Stacking the Bricks: Creators and Entrepreneurs You Can Relate To
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 44
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2020
EP24 - Teamwork is harder than you think (Part 2 of a series)
In this episode we talk about the second of five things I wish I’d known when I started Freckle, things that would have made my life so much more profitable and pleasurable.
EP23 - "Everything will get easier if..." (Part 1 of a series)
2015 was the best ever for Amy's SaaS business Freckle, with $625k of gross receipts, and so far we’re on track to hit close to $800k annual run rate (ARR) before this year is out. Those are some big…
EP22 - How to make an offer they can't refuse (Outreach Masterclass with Kai Davis)
When Kai Davis sends you an email, there's a good chance he's asking for something. Amazingly...he does it without looking like a total jerkface. Is he some sort of wizard of persuasion? No, no. He …
EP21 - The most dangerous room in the house
Let us show you how most of the "risk" in starting a business isn't really risk at all.
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EP20 - Swift Kick in the Ass (Accountability)
Got 5 minutes? Then let Amy give you a swift kick in the ass.
Learn why "accountability" doesn't work the way you think it does, and how to change your mindset to get more done.
Need another swift kick…
EP19 - A Swift Kick in the Ass (The Game of Business)
Got 5 minutes? Then let Amy give you a swift kick in the ass.
Listen to this quick, bite-sized episode of Stacking the Bricks to learn why business is unlike any other game you've ever played.
Need ano…
EP18 - Our Profitable Mess (and how we're cleaning it up)
Last year was dedicated to renovating 30x500, and it's already paying off for our students and for us. Yayyyyy!
But if we're honest...some of the most crucial parts of our business are a mess. A mess …
EP17 - Kids Incorporated
Amy has talked about starting Freckle. Alex has talked about starting Indy Hall. But NEITHER of these were our first brushes with business.
To get our true origin stories, you'd need to see what we we…
EP16 - How do you design products people love?
Scott Hurff - who you met back in Episode 2 of this show - just released a new hit book through O'Reilly called "Designing Products People Love."
But Amy and Alex aren't interviewing Scott about his b…
EP15 - Why "Lambo Goals" never keep you motivated
Hey brick stackers, Amy here.
Last time we talked about resolutions (which are easy). Now let's talk about motivation (which is hard).
Realtalk: How many times have you started a project with a burst o…
EP14 - What are your New Years Pants?
Why are we talking about Amy's pants on a business show? There's a connection, we promise. You know this is gonna be good.
Stacking the Bricks is back for 2016!
Special thank you to everyone who reache…
EP13 - Justin Weiss's shift from side projects to successful product launches
"The idea that, oh well, I shouldn't charge money for this because… some reason.
Justin spent years noodling on side projects. He made every excuse in the book for not charging for them, including som…
EP12 - "I'm shipping ebombs, now what?" - From Pain to Product with Nick Piegari
Click here to watch the video of the ebomb that you hear in the intro of this episode -> https://unicornfree.com/2015/so-youve-got-some-safari-and-ebombs-now-what-pain-to-product-coaching-part-2
ebomb…
EP11 - "I just need someone to hold me accountable."
"I just need someone to hold me accountable."
"If only there was a community where I could get advice…"
"Let me tell you my plan…"
Have these phrases ever passed your lips? And then you failed to 1. exe…
EP10 - Why do people worship the struggle of entrepreneurship? And how to avoid it.
Newsflash: Lean Startup and Customer Development are inherently broken.
If you ask me, the whole process is functionally bankrupt. Why? Let me answer your question with a pair of questions:
Why do you …
EP9 - How to clear a path for product success
Jim Gay is a busy dad. A REALLY busy dad, with 4 kids.
He really wanted a product business so he could spend more time with his family instead of working endless stressful hours to pay the bills.
But t…
EP8 - From pain to product Masterclass with Amanda Thomas
Amanda has learned the hard way that publishing beautiful books on the Kindle and other e-readers is a pain in the ass.
In this hour long masterclass, Amy and I help Amanda through her first steps in …
EP7 - Part two of "The Life-changing Magic of Shipping"
Want a different result than you've been getting? Then you need a different approach.
Enjoy part two of our 2-part conversation to learn the revolutionary approach that Japanese organizing expert Mari…
EP6 - "The Life-changing Magic of Shipping"
Right now I'm reading a book called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Japanese organizing expert Marie Kondo.
It's amazing. I can't recommend it enough. Already, I'm feeling an increase in lig…
EP5 - The evil voicemail effect
Earlier this week, Alex and I were stuck. Hard. I was crazy unhappy with the lessons I'd been trying to design. What I was doing… wasn't working.
Why was I stuck? What did we do to get unstuck? What o…