All Episodes
Stuck at $5K MRR...now what?
I'm back after missing a week. Today's episode is a bit of a recap on what I've been up to, Upscribe's apparent revenue peak, and the productized service business I've...
Ben Orenstein of Tuple.app on building a fast-growing bootstrapped company
In this episode I talk to Ben Orenstein of Tuple.app and Art Of Product podcast about how years of building "social capital" with his audience has paid off with the "f...
Matt Wensing of SimSaaS.co on why you don't need a co-founder and taking funding from TinySeed
In this episode Matt talks about why he's chosen not to have a co-founder with his new company. He also talks about his experience with TinySeed and why he took fundin...
Landon and Kyle of Userfeed.io and AdReform.com on using continues customer feedback to inform product
Landon Bennet and Kyle Conarro recently hit $250K ARR with Userfeed and AdReform. We talk about their journey to profitability and how hard it really is to get there.
Mubashar Iqbal of PodHunt on building the company you want to work for
Mubs and I chat about learning to code, side projects (he's built over 80 so far) and building the business you actually want to work for. We also talk about why he is...
Matt Wensing of SimSaaS.co on scaling Stormpulse pricing from $0/mo to $30k/mo
I had the privilege of chatting with Matt Wensing about his first company Stormpulse and how he evolved the freemium product through customer interviews until he was a...
Justin Jackson of Transistor.fm on why I'm not gaining traction
Justin Jackson reached out about why he felt Upscribe isn't gaining the traction I had hoped for. We talk about why well-known writers and brands are leaving Medium.co...
Benedikt Deicke of Userlist.io on competing with Intercom in an established market
I had an awesome chat with Benedikt Deicke (co-founder of Userlist.io) about his start in development at 15, initial experience building a SaaS company for metal bands...
Going part time / building for everyone == building for no-one
Making a change! One that will affect Upscribe, and this podcast. I also reflect on my time in a rock band and how it has influenced the way I build software.
Product launches: Build first vs talk to customers first
After receiving some extremely appreciated listener feedback I go into more detail about how I started Upscribe following a failed project (that I also talk about) and...
Creating an emotional connection between your customer and your product
Customer service has become one of my favourite parts of running a small SaaS company. You learn so much about your product and what people are feeling when they use i...
Growing a startup and a young family and learning to take my time seriously
I’ve been doing a poor job lately of being present while with my family. In this episode I talk about some of the pressures of having a young family and trying to star...
Why annual plans are a win win and I’m building features for nobody
In this episode I talk about my phone call with Corey Haines from Baremetrics (https://baremetrics.com) and how he showed me how I’ve been building a bunch of features...
The downside to this “No Code” fad and lessons from a millionaire
This No Code fad has been huge. Tools like Bubble, WebFlow, etc. are killing it and changing the way we launch and build products. But there may be a cost I think most...
Why MRR is a deceiving metric and my 2 year old thinks I don’t love him
Balancing a day job, a family, and a side project can be a rollercoaster of emotion. So are revenue analytics. I talk about these (while trying to say “umm” less), how...