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FounderQuest

Developers building a software business on our own terms.

Technology Startup Business
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
35 minutes
Episodes
120
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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Welcome To The Land Of Tomorrow

Welcome To The Land Of Tomorrow

Join Ben, Starr, and Josh on this week's FounderQuest for a look at our dystopian future. Ben shares the most interesting questions he received while interviewing and the discussion results in the cr…

00:27:23  |   Fri 06 Mar 2020
How Long Could Our Company Survive Without Us?

How Long Could Our Company Survive Without Us?

This week on FounderQuest, Josh, Starr, and Ben hypothesize how long Honeybadger could keep going if they went off the grid given the current pace of tech churn. They also discuss going all-in on COB…

00:31:34  |   Fri 28 Feb 2020
A Mortal Kombat Rampage for Pole Position on Galaga

A Mortal Kombat Rampage for Pole Position on Galaga

This week Josh, Ben, and Starr talk vintage console games and announce details about Honeybadger's upcoming RailsConf blow out. The episode then pinballs over to dismissing FU money, insights on hiri…

00:47:52  |   Fri 21 Feb 2020
Founder Show and Tell

Founder Show and Tell

The honeybadgers have been busy this week! Ben, Josh and Starr each have work that shipped this week that they want to brag on. This episode strides over vast expanses, covering issues like complianc…

00:43:35  |   Fri 14 Feb 2020
FounderQuest Predicts The Future Of Work

FounderQuest Predicts The Future Of Work

In this episode the Badgers talk about their predictions for the future of work. They also discuss some of the pros and cons to working remotely and how to prevent loneliness. Conveniently enough, Ho…

00:36:01  |   Fri 07 Feb 2020
Prepare Thyself For When The Tax Man Cometh

Prepare Thyself For When The Tax Man Cometh

Ben and Starr have an informal fireside chat about recent tax changes and how to navigate them when running a SaaS company with nationwide sales. Learn about some of the surprising rules some states …

00:14:26  |   Fri 31 Jan 2020
Should You Target Pieces Of Pie Or Whole Enchiladas?

Should You Target Pieces Of Pie Or Whole Enchiladas?

History is made this week as FounderQuest welcomes its first ever guest, Justin Jackson, co-founder of Transistor.fm! A debate ensues around whether it's better to build a product for a niche market …

00:54:12  |   Fri 24 Jan 2020
We Pull Back The Curtain On A Secret Project

We Pull Back The Curtain On A Secret Project

This week Josh reveals his super secret project that he's been working on and it will...BLOW...YOU...AWAY!!! Just kidding, you and your surroundings are most likely safe but it's pretty darn cool! Wa…

00:39:53  |   Fri 17 Jan 2020
Discovering Our Strengths

Discovering Our Strengths

In this episode Josh, Starr, and Ben talk about each of their results from taking the CliftonStrengths assessment and debate the validity of the results. They also discuss if having differing strengt…

00:33:15  |   Fri 10 Jan 2020
Hawaiian Punch And 2020 Resolutions

Hawaiian Punch And 2020 Resolutions

The trio is morphing into a duo on this week's episode of FounderQuest, Fireside Chat edition. Ben and Josh talk about their 2020 resolutions, upping their serverless usage, side projects, and holida…

00:27:53  |   Fri 27 Dec 2019
The Things We Shipped In 2019

The Things We Shipped In 2019

This week Josh, Ben, and Starr look back at all of the things that Honeybadger shipped in the last 12 months. They also give Apple some free management advice and provide their thoughts on MicroConf'…

00:46:31  |   Fri 20 Dec 2019
Is It Time For The Big Rewrite?

Is It Time For The Big Rewrite?

This week on FounderQuest Josh, Starr, and Ben talk about the quandary of not knowing how to build something until after you’ve already built it. Therefore, once it's built it can be hard to fight th…

00:32:04  |   Fri 13 Dec 2019
The 2019 Thanksgiving Freestyle Episode

The 2019 Thanksgiving Freestyle Episode

The guys throw the show notes out the window and kick it freestyle on this special Thanksgiving episode. All of today’s hard-hitting questions are answered: Dark meat or light meat? Turkey or duck? T…

00:19:24  |   Fri 06 Dec 2019
Is Offering A Free Plan Worth The Hassle?

Is Offering A Free Plan Worth The Hassle?

This week on FounderQuest, the guys talk about their decision to offer a free plan alongside the paid plans for Honeybadger and how it impacted the overall business. Josh is also back shares the hott…

00:31:33  |   Fri 29 Nov 2019
Is Marketing On Marketplaces Worth It?

Is Marketing On Marketplaces Worth It?

This week Ben and Starr talk about Honeybadger's efforts using marketplaces to get new business and whether it's worth the development time needed to set them up. They also discuss Honeybadger's part…

00:27:47  |   Fri 22 Nov 2019
Should You Comply With Compliance?

Should You Comply With Compliance?

On this week's episode of FounderQuest Josh, Ben, and Starr talk about their Soc 2 and GDPR compliance efforts. They go over the different strategies to handle compliance, the potential costs involve…

00:33:16  |   Fri 15 Nov 2019
Should You Blow Up Your Backlog?

Should You Blow Up Your Backlog?

This week on FounderQuest the guys weigh in on a recent debate sparked by Jason Fried at Basecamp around the value of backlogs. In short, Fried proports that backlogs cause unnecessary stress and tha…

00:21:39  |   Fri 08 Nov 2019
How Honeybadger Creates Content

How Honeybadger Creates Content

The guys talk about creating content for Honeybadger and the difficulties switching back and forth from writing prose to writing code. Starr channels his inner Anna Wintour and describes his latest i…

00:22:13  |   Fri 01 Nov 2019
Don't Let Customer Service Crush You

Don't Let Customer Service Crush You

The guys talk about how they are scaling up their awesome customer service without adding headcount and their journey from email customer support, to chat support, and back to email support. They als…

00:34:51  |   Fri 25 Oct 2019
You Know What We Did Last Summer - Season Two Begins!

You Know What We Did Last Summer - Season Two Begins!

Season Two of FounderQuest is upon you! The guys discuss what they did while on summer break, releasing breadcrumbs on Honeybadger and why they help when debugging, launching the new blog, Amazon RDS…

00:27:52  |   Fri 18 Oct 2019
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