Open Threads

Craig Hewitt, founder of Castos, moved to France for 5 years but he and his family have moved back here to the States. We unpack life and business abroad vs. stateside and the many tradeoffs.

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In SaaS, speed matters. A lot. Benedikt Deicke, co-founder of Userlist, joins me to chat about shipping speed and how we decide what to build next. It’s too easy to get these essentials wrong!

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I could talk for days about music. So can Justin Jackson, cofounder of Transistor. So we geeked out on our favorite bands, documentaries, and how these experiences actually shape us as entrepreneurs …

After exiting his 1st SaaS and shuttering all his social media profiles, Nathan Powell is back online with a new idea for a SaaS - Feature Flux. Let’s dig into it.

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The story of why Nathan Powell quit the internet for a while after exiting his SaaS business (and why he came back to start his new company, Feature Flux).

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Tyler King, CEO and co-founder of Less Annoying CRM, is back on the show to talk about teams. Remote, in-house, culture, experience, and everything in between.

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Building in public ain’t all about the highlight reel. Craig Hewitt, founder of Castos, and I agree that there’s so much more to learn from our fails. The question is, how can we share them publicly …

Justin Jackson, co-founder of Transistor, joins me to share the story of how he started a snowboard shop in the late 90s and what, if any, parallels can be drawn to software businesses today.

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Dan Rowden, founder of ilo, and I share our experiences running multiple products simultaneously vs focusing on one.

Brian and Dan's conversation was recorded on September 26, 2022.

Tyler King, CEO and co-founder of Less Annoying CRM, joins me to commiserate on why marketing a SaaS is so damn hard in 2022.

Brian and Tyler's conversation was recorded on September 19, 2022.

Kalen Jordan, founder of Commercehero.io, joins me to talk about the next business idea.

Brian and Kalen's conversation was recorded on September 12, 2022.

Dan Rowden, founder of ilo.so, joins me to talk about Twitter in 2022

Brian and Dan's conversation was recorded on September 5, 2022.

Matt Gartland, partner and CEO of Smart Passive Income, joins me to talk about the business of community.

Brian and Matt's conversation was recorded on August 29, 2022.

Chris Lema joins me to talk about transitioning away from WordPress.

Brian and Chris's conversation was recorded on August 22, 2022.

Chris Lema, seasoned CEO, experienced product strategist, and respected business coach, joins me to talk about coaching as a profession.

Brian and Chris's conversation was recorded on August 15, 2022.

Ian Landsman, founder of Helpspot, joins me to talk all about news diets.

Brian and Ian's conversation was recorded on August 8, 2022.

Alexis Grant, founder and CEO of They Got Acquired, joins me to talk all about Media Brand as a Business

Brian and Alexis's conversation was recorded on August 1, 2022.

Ben Orenstein, co-founder of Tuple, joins me to talk all about the role of music in our lives.

Brian and Ben's conversation was recorded on July 25, 2022.

Laura Roeder, co-founder of Paperbell, joins me to talk all about life in America vs. life in the UK.

Brian and Laura's conversation was recorded on July 18, 2022.