 The Code Quality Challenge Tuple's open CTO position Kevin Shen's Dream Studio Course

<ul> <li><a href="https://tuple.app/code-quality-challenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Code Quality Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="https://tuple.app/jobs/cto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple's open CTO position</a></li> <li><a href="https://dreamstudiocourse.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Shen's Dream Studio Course</a></li></ul>

220: Ben and Adam Wrap The Year

Ben Kuhn drops by the pod. Check out his great blog! https://www.benkuhn.net/

Ben Kuhn drops by the pod. Check out his great blog! <a href="https://www.benkuhn.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.benkuhn.net/</a>

219: Ben's Friend Ben

Adam Wathan

218: Building a $1M/Year Dev Ed Business (with Adam Wathan)

Aaron Francis (Tuple's Marketing Engineer) drops by for advice on his non-Tuple project, a query builder for Rails and Laravel called Refine.

Aaron Francis (Tuple's Marketing Engineer) drops by for advice on his non-Tuple project, a query builder for Rails and Laravel called <a href="https://hammerstone.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Refine</a>.

217: Half a Job You Love

Penelope Phippen drops by and encourages Ben to set, like, even a single goal.

Penelope Phippen drops by and encourages Ben to set, like, even a single goal.

216: Penelopers, Penelopers, Penelopers

Sherry Walling

Talking with Dr. Sherry Walling about dealing with mental health personally and how to help people around you who may be struggling.  

Talking with Dr. Sherry Walling about dealing with mental health personally and how to help people around you who may be struggling.

215: Mental Health with Dr. Sherry Walling

214: Another week, another Wathan

Tuple launched a new marketing experiment this week. Derrick is continuing work on migrating SavvyCal to new hosting infrastructure.

Tuple launched a <a href="https://tuple.app/sends-you-on-vacation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new marketing experiment this week</a>. Derrick is continuing work on migrating SavvyCal to new hosting infrastructure.

213: Powered by Debt

The Tuple team had their first filming session for the meta-documentary about their marketing experiments. Derrick is awaiting results from the latest SavvyCal funnel experiments.

The Tuple team had their first filming session for the meta-documentary about their marketing experiments. Derrick is awaiting results from the latest SavvyCal funnel experiments.

212: Tuple Goes Hollywood

Ben and Derrick catch up on all things Tuple and SavvyCal. Ben recently raised prices for Tuple. Derrick is experimenting with major funnel changes for SavvyCal.

Ben and Derrick catch up on all things <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a> and <a href="https://savvycal.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SavvyCal</a>. Ben recently raised prices for Tuple. Derrick is experimenting with major funnel changes for SavvyCal.

211: This Is Not A Bad Reality

The Art of Product is a podcast chronicling the journeys of two entrepreneurs building software companies. Hosted by Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer.

This is the only podcast I listen to at 1x speed.

Refreshing

I&#39;ve really enjoyed following along as Ben and Derrick work on projects/businesses. Lots of value in this podcast, I&#39;d say its a bit of a hidden gem in the bootstrapping world! Great work guys!

An Awesome Look at Building a Product

The Art of Product

Ben announced the release of a new version of Tuple. The app includes improvements to its Webcam feature and requires less CPU usage and bandwidth. Also, Ben decided to turn off payment notifications from Stripe. Thankfully, too many emails created too much noise. He understands the value of not sending lots of emails, but the right emails to educate Tuple’s target market. Tuple’s pricing page and corporate swag will be released soon.  As a Superhuman user, Ben offered Derrick advice on implementing it via Chrome or Electron, as well as a setting to remove badges. In addition to Zapier, Derrick’s working on a Mailchimp integration for StaticKit. He stresses the importance of evolving product positioning to make compelling marketing. Yet, Derrick describes TinySeed’s growth goal that he got as ambitious and unlikely to be achieved.

Ben announced the release of a new version of Tuple. The app includes improvements to its Webcam feature and requires less CPU usage and bandwidth. Also, Ben decided to turn off payment notifications from Stripe. Thankfully, too many emails created too much noise. He understands the value of not sending lots of emails, but the right emails to educate Tuple’s target market. Tuple’s pricing page and corporate swag will be released soon. As a Superhuman user, Ben offered Derrick advice on implementing it via Chrome or Electron, as well as a setting to remove badges. In addition to Zapier, Derrick’s working on a Mailchimp integration for StaticKit. He stresses the importance of evolving product positioning to make compelling marketing. Yet, Derrick describes TinySeed’s growth goal that he got as ambitious and unlikely to be achieved.

112: The Evolution of Product Positioning

Rahul Vohra

Derrick’s feeling “superhuman.” Fortunately, he’s a user and lover of the Superhuman product. Maybe that’s why today’s guest is Rahul Vohra, co-founder and CEO of Superhuman. Today’s Topics Include:  Reason for Superhuman still being invite-only is not to increase user demand  Sustainable Word-of-Mouth Growth Engine: If you don’t pick the users, you can’t responsibly work on their feedback Purpose of Product and Target Audience: Email is work, and work is email; designed to be meaningful and life changing for high-volume email senders Startup Details: Deliberately think through and consider everything deeply from scratch Don’t turn down money when bootstrapping to find perfect product market/customer fit  Knack for knowing what people want, before they know they want something; and helping people realize they want something  Without active or spending money on marketing, Superhuman’s waitlist keeps growing Superhuman’s Values: Create delight, be intentional, and remarkable quality Best founders, including Rahul, are unstoppable forces of nature; they leave debris and destruction in their wake Time tracking a day in the life of Rahul: 40% managery; 20% recruiting; 14% fundraising; and 11% product, community engagement, and deep thoughts Superhuman’s pricing is low, but generates high value; big fan of round numbers Business and product metrics: Activation, seat churn, net dollar churn, speed, and reliability rates Objective: Refine entire Superhuman experience to exhibit remarkable levels of quality through three key results - ARR, hiring, and product sentiment Generate roadmap and find balance to maintain lead over market and continue to grow Startup Growth: Pick weekly growth rate; you don’t have to grow faster than you want to   Links and resources: Superhuman Rahul Vohra on LinkedIn Rahul Vohra on Twitter Rahul Vohra’s Email Superhuman Product-Market Fit Survey Rahul Vohra on This Week in Startups with Jason McCabe Calacanis Rapportive TechCrunch Product Hunt Hacker News Google Docs GitHub Startup = Growth - Paul Graham Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Level Level Retrospective Level Manifesto Tuple

Derrick’s feeling “superhuman.” Fortunately, he’s a user and lover of the Superhuman product. Maybe that’s why today’s guest is Rahul Vohra, co-founder and CEO of Superhuman. Today’s Topics Include: <ul> <li>Reason for Superhuman still being invite-only is not to increase user demand </li> <li>Sustainable Word-of-Mouth Growth Engine: If you don’t pick the users, you can’t responsibly work on their feedback</li> <li>Purpose of Product and Target Audience: Email is work, and work is email; designed to be meaningful and life changing for high-volume email senders</li> <li>Startup Details: Deliberately think through and consider everything deeply from scratch</li> <li>Don’t turn down money when bootstrapping to find perfect product market/customer fit </li> <li>Knack for knowing what people want, before they know they want something; and helping people realize they want something </li> <li>Without active or spending money on marketing, Superhuman’s waitlist keeps growing</li> <li>Superhuman’s Values: Create delight, be intentional, and remarkable quality</li> <li>Best founders, including Rahul, are unstoppable forces of nature; they leave debris and destruction in their wake</li> <li>Time tracking a day in the life of Rahul: 40% managery; 20% recruiting; 14% fundraising; and 11% product, community engagement, and deep thoughts</li> <li>Superhuman’s pricing is low, but generates high value; big fan of round numbers</li> <li>Business and product metrics: Activation, seat churn, net dollar churn, speed, and reliability rates</li> <li>Objective: Refine entire Superhuman experience to exhibit remarkable levels of quality through three key results - ARR, hiring, and product sentiment</li> <li>Generate roadmap and find balance to maintain lead over market and continue to grow</li> <li>Startup Growth: Pick weekly growth rate; you don’t have to grow faster than you want to </li> </ul> Links and resources: <a href="https://superhuman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Superhuman</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulvohra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rahul Vohra on LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rahulvohra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rahul Vohra on Twitter</a> <a href="mailto:rahul@superhuman.com" rel="nofollow">Rahul Vohra’s Email</a> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/marklittlewood/rahul-vohra-founderceo-superhuman-the-productmarket-fit-engine-122102118" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Superhuman Product-Market Fit Survey</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jasoncalacanis/videos/2299819313590909/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rahul Vohra on This Week in Startups with Jason McCabe Calacanis</a> <a href="http://www.rapportive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rapportive</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TechCrunch</a> <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Product Hunt</a> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hacker News</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/docs/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Docs</a> <a href="https://github.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub</a> <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup = Growth - Paul Graham</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/artofproductpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art of Product on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer</a> Website Derrick Reimer on <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein</a> Website Ben Orenstein on <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://level.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level</a> <a href="https://www.derrickreimer.com/essays/2019/05/17/im-walking-away-from-the-product-i-spent-a-year-building.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level Retrospective</a> <a href="https://level.app/manifesto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level Manifesto</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a>

91: Feeling Superhuman with Rahul Vohra

Derrick continues to make progress and work toward his self-imposed deadline for Level. He was able to implement and ship batched notifications for the product, which replaces the instantaneous push notifications you would get from a chat tool. It’ll probably be one of the key features to sell as part of the “Level” way. But he’s wondering how to leverage interesting features in marketing. Ben has been thinking about the same thing with Tuple. He wants to make some features of his product be a seperate, discrete entity that deserves its own spotlight. Capitalize on features! Today’s Topics Include: Craft a narrative around “why we did this and the choices we made” for features Tuple offers two modes: Navigator and Copilot Avoid labeling every single feature as a big deal; strike a careful balance Derrick’s working on reactions feature for Level; encourages thoughtful responses  Difference between like and acknowledge notifications; making them stateful Derrick closed pre-orders for Level on Dec. 14 and figuring out pricing paradigm Derrick plans to do individual onboarding to set users up for success with Level People are willing to pre-pay; optimize for meaningful engagement and feedback When something is not going well and you don’t know how to fix it, know you’re not alone Ben’s Bad Day: Pairing session revealed bugs and latency issues with Tuple Coping strategies for dealing with catastrophes; don’t freak out, blow out of proportion Tuple’s Week: Added 200 to mailing list, chasing leads, and improving product Links and resources: Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Level Tuple Stripe Screenhero Slack Basecamp iOS Superhuman Drip

Derrick continues to make progress and work toward his self-imposed deadline for Level. He was able to implement and ship batched notifications for the product, which replaces the instantaneous push notifications you would get from a chat tool. It’ll probably be one of the key features to sell as part of the “Level” way. But he’s wondering how to leverage interesting features in marketing. Ben has been thinking about the same thing with Tuple. He wants to make some features of his product be a seperate, discrete entity that deserves its own spotlight. Capitalize on features! Today’s Topics Include: Craft a narrative around “why we did this and the choices we made” for features Tuple offers two modes: Navigator and Copilot Avoid labeling every single feature as a big deal; strike a careful balance Derrick’s working on reactions feature for Level; encourages thoughtful responses Difference between like and acknowledge notifications; making them stateful Derrick closed pre-orders for Level on Dec. 14 and figuring out pricing paradigm Derrick plans to do individual onboarding to set users up for success with Level People are willing to pre-pay; optimize for meaningful engagement and feedback When something is not going well and you don’t know how to fix it, know you’re not alone Ben’s Bad Day: Pairing session revealed bugs and latency issues with Tuple Coping strategies for dealing with catastrophes; don’t freak out, blow out of proportion Tuple’s Week: Added 200 to mailing list, chasing leads, and improving product Links and resources: <a href="https://twitter.com/artofproductpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art of Product on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer</a> Website Derrick Reimer on <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein</a> Website Ben Orenstein on <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://level.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a> <a href="https://stripe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stripe</a> <a href="https://screenhero.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Screenhero</a> <a href="https://slack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a> <a href="https://basecamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Basecamp</a> <a href="https://developer.apple.com/ios/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iOS</a> <a href="https://superhuman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Superhuman</a> <a href="https://www.drip.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a>

68: Creating Differentiating Features

Derrick discovered his marketing and promotional tasks were eating up too much of his time and mind, so he took a break from them. He shifted his focus to the actual development of his product, Level. He made some forward strides on the product’s design.  Ben decided to give notice and leave his current job for an opportunity to develop a Screenhero alternative. Screenhero is a pair programming tool that has a rough history with Slack. So, he has a co-founder, new technology findings from Stanford, and encouragement from original developers. Could anything be more aligned?! Ben’s alternative and Derrick’s Level is a match made in heaven. Today’s Topics Include:  How Derrick is refactoring and optimizing data model items Is having one identity the right way to go or do people want to establish different identities within different communities? Ben encourages Derrick to not automatically do the opposite of Slack Derrick is trying to envision what people may request and be able to customize Shifting from the anonymous to identified Web Why Derrick decided to rewrite some database migration history  Derrick is developing Level’s registration and sign-up process Derrick is on a development roller coaster every day; getting back on the yoga train Development teams will become increasingly distributed, so the customer base for Ben’s alternative will only expand How Ben feels about the technology risk factor with his alternative tool Ben will be learning C++ to write the codebase and maintain it  If you’re enjoying the show please give us your ratings and reviews in iTunes. Links and resources: Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Tailwind CSS The Bootstrap Blog Drip GitHub Steve Schoger Screenhero MicroConf Thoughtbot Ruby on Rails

Derrick discovered his marketing and promotional tasks were eating up too much of his time and mind, so he took a break from them. He shifted his focus to the actual development of his product, Level. He made some forward strides on the product’s design. Ben decided to give notice and leave his current job for an opportunity to develop a Screenhero alternative. Screenhero is a pair programming tool that has a rough history with Slack. So, he has a co-founder, new technology findings from Stanford, and encouragement from original developers. Could anything be more aligned?! Ben’s alternative and Derrick’s Level is a match made in heaven. Today’s Topics Include: <ul> <li>How Derrick is refactoring and optimizing data model items</li> <li>Is having one identity the right way to go or do people want to establish different identities within different communities?</li> <li>Ben encourages Derrick to not automatically do the opposite of Slack</li> <li>Derrick is trying to envision what people may request and be able to customize</li> <li>Shifting from the anonymous to identified Web </li> <li>Why Derrick decided to rewrite some database migration history </li> <li>Derrick is developing Level’s registration and sign-up process </li> <li>Derrick is on a development roller coaster every day; getting back on the yoga train</li> <li>Development teams will become increasingly distributed, so the customer base for Ben’s alternative will only expand</li> <li>How Ben feels about the technology risk factor with his alternative tool</li> <li>Ben will be learning C++ to write the codebase and maintain it</li> </ul> If you’re enjoying the show please give us your ratings and reviews in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-product/id1243627144?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. Links and resources: <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein Website</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer Website</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer on Twitter</a> <a href="https://tailwindcss.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tailwind CSS</a> <a href="https://blog.getbootstrap.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bootstrap Blog</a> <a href="https://www.drip.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a> <a href="https://github.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub</a> <a href="https://www.steveschoger.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Schoger</a> <a href="https://screenhero.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Screenhero</a> <a href="https://www.microconf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MicroConf</a> <a href="https://thoughtbot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thoughtbot</a> <a href="http://rubyonrails.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruby on Rails</a>

39: Another New Beginning

Jason Cohen

Derrick is away, so Ben welcomes Jason Cohen, CTO of WP Engine and four-time entrepreneur. Jason knows a thing or two about startups and mentoring them to achieve profitability and growth.  Jason is a straight talker and tells it like it is to get to solutions sooner. He encourages bootstrap founders to find an advisor who aligns with their goals. You need to know how to take advice and use advice that is right for you and your business. Even if you get great advice, think for yourself! Today’s Topics Include:  Advice is not enough; luck, execution, and other pieces are involved Be honest and know what qualities investors want Jason characterizes a company as a learning machine that’s constantly failing, not doing the right thing, and has no resources; but has agility to learn and react quickly Embrace your humanity and smallness; don’t lie about being big Share the good and bad about your startup journey for others to feel connected to and support it When making decisions, apply filters to cut out things; constraints are useful Universal Rule of Success: You’re all in and apply a lot of energy; makes you more productive and fulfilled Many paths lead to success and failure; pick ones that naturally fit you A good engineer can build features (not risky), but can they do everything else - probably not (risky); identify how a company’s priorities need to change to address risk To be sustainable, get help and became an expert in something - not everything Product success depends on use cases and maturity of company (convince customers how good it is now and will get even better); if product isn’t good, then business won’t last  Jason shares ideas and options regarding Ben’s Tuple product When bootstrapping, getting money is challenging because you’re not on people’s radar  Links and resources: WP Engine A Smart Bear Blog Can you bootstrap a company on the side? (Part 1 with Jason Cohen) Jason Cohen - Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business Capital Factory Paul Graham SmartBear Peter Thiel Adwords Slack Hangouts Marco Silicon Valley Successes Podcast Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Level Tuple

Derrick is away, so Ben welcomes Jason Cohen, CTO of WP Engine and four-time entrepreneur. Jason knows a thing or two about startups and mentoring them to achieve profitability and growth. Jason is a straight talker and tells it like it is to get to solutions sooner. He encourages bootstrap founders to find an advisor who aligns with their goals. You need to know how to take advice and use advice that is right for you and your business. Even if you get great advice, think for yourself! Today’s Topics Include: <ul> <li>Advice is not enough; luck, execution, and other pieces are involved</li> <li>Be honest and know what qualities investors want</li> <li>Jason characterizes a company as a learning machine that’s constantly failing, not doing the right thing, and has no resources; but has agility to learn and react quickly</li> <li>Embrace your humanity and smallness; don’t lie about being big</li> <li>Share the good and bad about your startup journey for others to feel connected to and support it</li> <li>When making decisions, apply filters to cut out things; constraints are useful</li> <li>Universal Rule of Success: You’re all in and apply a lot of energy; makes you more productive and fulfilled</li> <li>Many paths lead to success and failure; pick ones that naturally fit you</li> <li>A good engineer can build features (not risky), but can they do everything else - probably not (risky); identify how a company’s priorities need to change to address risk</li> <li>To be sustainable, get help and became an expert in something - not everything</li> <li>Product success depends on use cases and maturity of company (convince customers how good it is now and will get even better); if product isn’t good, then business won’t last </li> <li>Jason shares ideas and options regarding Ben’s Tuple product</li> <li>When bootstrapping, getting money is challenging because you’re not on people’s radar </li> </ul> Links and resources: <a href="https://wpengine.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WP Engine</a> <a href="https://blog.asmartbear.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Smart Bear Blog</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESZ3ViBEC3U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Can you bootstrap a company on the side? (Part 1 with Jason Cohen)</a> <a href="https://vimeo.com/74338272" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Cohen - Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business</a> <a href="https://www.capitalfactory.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Capital Factory</a> <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Graham</a> <a href="https://smartbear.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SmartBear</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Thiel</a> <a href="https://ads.google.com/home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adwords</a> <a href="https://slack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a> <a href="https://hangouts.google.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hangouts</a> <a href="https://marco.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marco</a> <a href="https://www.siliconvalleysuccesses.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Silicon Valley Successes Podcast</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/artofproductpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art of Product on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer</a> Website Derrick Reimer on <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein</a> Website Ben Orenstein on <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://level.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a>

69: Sound, Actionable Advice with Jason Cohen

Derrick shipped a revamped version of StaticKit’s homepage and plans to add a payments section soon. He’s eager to conduct another round of customer development calls. If you want to chat about your experience with static sites and help shape product direction for StaticKit, schedule a call with Derrick on Calendly.   Ben already utilizes a checkout option for Tuple and shares some of its challenges. Also, Ben announced and shipped the release of a highly requested and expected Tuple feature—ability to start a Tuple session without sharing your screen. Despite Tuple’s burst of free trial signups, Ben described a decreased conversion rate to paying customers. Both Ben and Derrick share how design matters, especially when upgrading or switching browsers and operating systems that make your app look like a scam and sketchy! 

Derrick shipped a revamped version of StaticKit’s homepage and plans to add a payments section soon. He’s eager to conduct another round of customer development calls. If you want to chat about your experience with static sites and help shape product direction for StaticKit, schedule a call with Derrick on <a href="https://calendly.com/derrickreimer/statickit-chat?month=2019-11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Calendly. </a> Ben already utilizes a checkout option for Tuple and shares some of its challenges. Also, Ben announced and shipped the release of a highly requested and expected Tuple feature—ability to start a Tuple session without sharing your screen. Despite Tuple’s burst of free trial signups, Ben described a decreased conversion rate to paying customers. Both Ben and Derrick share how design matters, especially when upgrading or switching browsers and operating systems that make your app look like a scam and sketchy!

111: Continuous Improvement for Growth

Updates and pricing strategies highlight today’s episode. Ben did yoga this morning, and he is feeling relaxed as he is settling in with his new lifestyle. Next week Ben is closing his first part-time chief revenue officer engagement. Now it’s time to come up with a contract and a pricing strategy.  Derrick is looking at different pricing strategies and markets for Drip. There are so many opportunities for positioning and marketing. The extended trial free plan has created a full pipeline that converts at a healthy rate. Derrick also spent his Memorial Day weekend playing with the programming language Elixir and learning some cool new data manipulation techniques. Enjoy the show. Today’s topics include: The startup life ups and downs and the brain body connection. Doing work as an independent creative professional and how contracts help get freelancers paid.  How reaching out to your email list can lead to interesting opportunities. Pricing for services and how to price based on value. Different pricing packages with tiers and bundling strategies. Problems with offering free plans and support and scale issues.  When product features increase so do support obligations. People being nice on the Internet. Content hubs or Websites. Learning Elixir. Links and resources: Podcast Motor F*ck You, Pay Me by Mike Monteiro Patrick McKenzie @Patio11 Drip Julian Shapiro Elixir Phoenix Framework Programming Phoenix 

Updates and pricing strategies highlight today’s episode. Ben did yoga this morning, and he is feeling relaxed as he is settling in with his new lifestyle. Next week Ben is closing his first part-time chief revenue officer engagement. Now it’s time to come up with a contract and a pricing strategy. Derrick is looking at different pricing strategies and markets for Drip. There are so many opportunities for positioning and marketing. The extended trial free plan has created a full pipeline that converts at a healthy rate. Derrick also spent his Memorial Day weekend playing with the programming language Elixir and learning some cool new data manipulation techniques. Enjoy the show. Today’s topics include: The startup life ups and downs and the brain body connection. Doing work as an independent creative professional and how contracts help get freelancers paid. How reaching out to your email list can lead to interesting opportunities. Pricing for services and how to price based on value. Different pricing packages with tiers and bundling strategies. Problems with offering free plans and support and scale issues. When product features increase so do support obligations. People being nice on the Internet. Content hubs or Websites. Learning Elixir. Links and resources: <a href="https://www.podcastmotor.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast Motor</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">F*ck You, Pay Me by Mike Monteiro</a> Patrick McKenzie <a href="https://twitter.com/patio11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Patio11</a> <a href="https://www.drip.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a> <a href="https://www.julian.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Julian Shapiro</a> <a href="https://elixir-lang.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elixir</a> <a href="http://www.phoenixframework.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phoenix Framework</a> <a href="https://pragprog.com/book/phoenix/programming-phoenix" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Programming Phoenix</a>

3: New Pricing Strategies

Matt Wensing

Even if a product, such as Tuple, is good and people don’t need to be convinced to buy it, there’s still plenty of work to be done. It involves communication, coordination, and collaboration. Ben’s perfect sales pitch and ultimate goal: Sell once, revenue forever. Ben picks his guest co-host’s brain about big deals with major companies. Luckily, Matt Wensing is willing to share his enterprise sales experience, including setting price points, hiring salespeople, and developing documentation. Matt is the founder and CEO of Summit, Out of Beta podcast host, and Riskpulse founder. 

Even if a product, such as Tuple, is good and people don’t need to be convinced to buy it, there’s still plenty of work to be done. It involves communication, coordination, and collaboration. Ben’s perfect sales pitch and ultimate goal: Sell once, revenue forever. Ben picks his guest co-host’s brain about big deals with major companies. Luckily, Matt Wensing is willing to share his enterprise sales experience, including setting price points, hiring salespeople, and developing documentation. Matt is the founder and CEO of Summit, Out of Beta podcast host, and Riskpulse founder.

122: SaaS Sales with Matt Wensing

Derrick shipped config file for StaticKit’s UI migration and shifted his focus to other areas of the product. He plans to deliberately and consistently test email messages to determine which generate response and interest in StaticKit. He continues to connect with TinySeed mentors.  Ben understands the value mentors offer in helping entrepreneurs easily avoid bad ideas and pursue good ones. Also, he’s working on writing content for his October advisor update. What’s the next step following Tuple’s free trial? T-shirt? Should Ben think bigger and Shape Up?  

Derrick shipped config file for StaticKit’s UI migration and shifted his focus to other areas of the product. He plans to deliberately and consistently test email messages to determine which generate response and interest in StaticKit. He continues to connect with TinySeed mentors. Ben understands the value mentors offer in helping entrepreneurs easily avoid bad ideas and pursue good ones. Also, he’s working on writing content for his October advisor update. What’s the next step following Tuple’s free trial? T-shirt? Should Ben think bigger and Shape Up?

110: The Importance of Mentors

Some podcasts present terrible sound quality, yet garner tons of listeners. Ben and Derrick are professionals, and care about the sound quality of their AoP podcast episodes.  Despite audio difficulties, Ben and Derrick are back. They sound good, and they’re ready to rock their updates on StaticKit and Tuple!  Today’s Topics Include:  Should you test? Trust weak data? Split-test customer email messaging tools should push you to test as default path (Not) Steady State of New Trials: Email blast offering free Tuple trial to everybody Tuple T-shirt Prototype: Take the next step in funnel to pay for Tuple to get T-shirt Structure and Process: Sense of energy from Tuple’s stand ups and status updates  Tuple to handle classic startup chaos by reading, Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters by Ryan Singer StaticKit Solopreneur: Derrick’s suffering from decision fatigue, struggling to juggle multiple tasks, and balancing building a great product and connecting with customers   Links and resources: Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Tuple Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide StaticKit TinySeed Using Tailwind CSS with Next.js  Level Audio-Technica ATR2100 USB Drip Shape Up JAMstack Conf Slack

Some podcasts present terrible sound quality, yet garner tons of listeners. Ben and Derrick are professionals, and care about the sound quality of their AoP podcast episodes. Despite audio difficulties, Ben and Derrick are back. They sound good, and they’re ready to rock their updates on StaticKit and Tuple! Today’s Topics Include: <ul> <li>Should you test? Trust weak data? Split-test customer email messaging tools should push you to test as default path</li> <li>(Not) Steady State of New Trials: Email blast offering free Tuple trial to everybody </li> <li>Tuple T-shirt Prototype: Take the next step in funnel to pay for Tuple to get T-shirt</li> <li>Structure and Process: Sense of energy from Tuple’s stand ups and status updates </li> <li>Tuple to handle classic startup chaos by reading, Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters by Ryan Singer</li> <li>StaticKit Solopreneur: Derrick’s suffering from decision fatigue, struggling to juggle multiple tasks, and balancing building a great product and connecting with customers </li> </ul> Links and resources: <a href="https://twitter.com/artofproductpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art of Product on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer</a> Website Derrick Reimer on <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein</a> Website Ben Orenstein on <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/pair-programming-guide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide</a> <a href="https://www.statickit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StaticKit</a> <a href="https://tinyseed.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TinySeed</a> <a href="https://statickit.com/guides/next-js-tailwind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Using Tailwind CSS with Next.js</a> <a href="https://level.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level</a> <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/cms/wired_mics/b8dd84773f83092c/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica ATR2100 USB</a> <a href="https://www.drip.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a> <a href="https://basecamp.com/shapeup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shape Up</a> <a href="https://jamstackconf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JAMstack Conf</a> <a href="https://slack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a>

109: Split Test = Optimization

Rob Fitzpatrick

Ben and Derrick welcome Rob Fitzpatrick, author of The Mom Test: How to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you. It’s not your typical non-fiction business book, but short and straight to the point. It should be a mandatory prerequisite for anyone embarking on the startup journey.  Derrick’s Level Retrospective describes how Rob’s book had a major impact on his most recent startup experience. People want to be supportive, so it’s difficult to get unbiased feedback during customer validation. Derrick already knew this to be correct, but underestimated the degree to which everyone lies. So, he felt betrayed by early validation efforts proved to be radically different from reality. Today’s Topics Include:  Don’t ask anyone if your business is a good idea because everyone is biased Burden of truth should be put on yourself, not your customers Entrepreneur’s Superpower: Getting support before it’s deserved because passion pollutes feedback Founder Fit: Does your business idea merge with your product and lifestyle goals?  Founder Centric: Cashflow-positive education and training agency for startups Product-Market Fit: People share their problems via a proposed solution; when customers send feature requests, get to root of the problem  Statistical significance of sample size is a trap; reach point of diminishing returns to move forward with product, and focus on number of/hours spent on conversations Entrepreneurs and customers think every problem matters, but they don’t  What to do next to pivot in the right direction and niche down  Links and resources: The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick Rob Fitzpatrick The Workshop Survival by Rob Fitzpatrick Founder Centric Steve Blank Paul Graham Skype Slack Hacker News Superhuman Product-Market Fit Survey Songkick Spin Selling by Neil Rackham Drip Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Level Level Retrospective Level Manifesto Tuple

Ben and Derrick welcome Rob Fitzpatrick, author of The Mom Test: How to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you. It’s not your typical non-fiction business book, but short and straight to the point. It should be a mandatory prerequisite for anyone embarking on the startup journey. Derrick’s Level Retrospective describes how Rob’s book had a major impact on his most recent startup experience. People want to be supportive, so it’s difficult to get unbiased feedback during customer validation. Derrick already knew this to be correct, but underestimated the degree to which everyone lies. So, he felt betrayed by early validation efforts proved to be radically different from reality. Today’s Topics Include: <ul> <li>Don’t ask anyone if your business is a good idea because everyone is biased</li> <li>Burden of truth should be put on yourself, not your customers</li> <li>Entrepreneur’s Superpower: Getting support before it’s deserved because passion pollutes feedback</li> <li>Founder Fit: Does your business idea merge with your product and lifestyle goals? </li> <li>Founder Centric: Cashflow-positive education and training agency for startups</li> <li>Product-Market Fit: People share their problems via a proposed solution; when customers send feature requests, get to root of the problem </li> <li>Statistical significance of sample size is a trap; reach point of diminishing returns to move forward with product, and focus on number of/hours spent on conversations</li> <li>Entrepreneurs and customers think every problem matters, but they don’t </li> <li>What to do next to pivot in the right direction and niche down </li> </ul> Links and resources: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mom-Test-customers-business-everyone/dp/1492180742" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick</a> <a href="https://robfitz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rob Fitzpatrick</a> <a href="https://www.workshopsurvival.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Workshop Survival by Rob Fitzpatrick</a> <a href="http://www.foundercentric.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Centric</a> <a href="https://steveblank.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Blank</a> <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Graham</a> <a href="https://www.skype.com/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Skype</a> <a href="https://slack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hacker News</a> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/marklittlewood/rahul-vohra-founderceo-superhuman-the-productmarket-fit-engine-122102118" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Superhuman Product-Market Fit Survey</a> <a href="https://www.songkick.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Songkick</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Rackham/e/B000APLFJK/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spin Selling by Neil Rackham</a> <a href="https://www.drip.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/artofproductpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art of Product on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer</a> Website Derrick Reimer on <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein</a> Website Ben Orenstein on <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://level.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level</a> <a href="https://www.derrickreimer.com/essays/2019/05/17/im-walking-away-from-the-product-i-spent-a-year-building.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level Retrospective</a> <a href="https://level.app/manifesto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level Manifesto</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a>

90: The Mom Test with Rob Fitzpatrick

Derrick returned from JAMstack Conf with a jolt of energy and excitement thanks to face-to-face conversations and strategic connections with potential StaticKit customers.  Ben expressed interest in once again speaking at developer conferences. After all, he has plenty of worthwhile information and lessons learned to share about Tuple.  Today’s Topics Include:  Frontend and Backend: Considerations for implementation/migration with StaticKit  Main Objective at JAMstack: Market validation, not to make sales to customers Future Feature: Allows people to configure StaticKit account via config file Prevent UI Creep and Wall of Fields: Keep it elegant, but flexible and customizable Instant Gratification and Relief: Numbers are rising again after Tuple’s sign-up fluctuation Tuple Trick: Free, two-week trial for submitting email via invite box; stabilization and scaling are serious concerns due to more customers Ben’s optimism leads to deleted tweet about Tuple T-shirts How much MMR is enough? Never enough; bigger, brighter, more interesting future   Links and resources: Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Tuple Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide StaticKit TinySeed Using Tailwind CSS with Next.js  JAMstack Conf MicroConf Slack Netlify WordPress Drupal JSON Drip Justin Jackson Shopify Rob Walling Paul Jarvis Jason Fried

Derrick returned from JAMstack Conf with a jolt of energy and excitement thanks to face-to-face conversations and strategic connections with potential StaticKit customers. Ben expressed interest in once again speaking at developer conferences. After all, he has plenty of worthwhile information and lessons learned to share about Tuple. Today’s Topics Include: <ul> <li>Frontend and Backend: Considerations for implementation/migration with StaticKit </li> <li>Main Objective at JAMstack: Market validation, not to make sales to customers</li> <li>Future Feature: Allows people to configure StaticKit account via config file</li> <li>Prevent UI Creep and Wall of Fields: Keep it elegant, but flexible and customizable</li> <li>Instant Gratification and Relief: Numbers are rising again after Tuple’s sign-up fluctuation</li> <li>Tuple Trick: Free, two-week trial for submitting email via invite box; stabilization and scaling are serious concerns due to more customers</li> <li>Ben’s optimism leads to deleted tweet about Tuple T-shirts</li> <li>How much MMR is enough? Never enough; bigger, brighter, more interesting future </li> </ul> Links and resources: <a href="https://twitter.com/artofproductpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art of Product on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer</a> Website Derrick Reimer on <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein</a> Website Ben Orenstein on <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/pair-programming-guide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide</a> <a href="https://statickit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StaticKit</a> <a href="https://tinyseed.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TinySeed</a> <a href="https://statickit.com/guides/next-js-tailwind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Using Tailwind CSS with Next.js</a> <a href="https://jamstackconf.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JAMstack Conf</a> <a href="https://microconf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MicroConf</a> <a href="https://slack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a> <a href="https://www.netlify.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Netlify</a> <a href="https://wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WordPress</a> <a href="https://www.drupal.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drupal</a> <a href="https://www.json.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JSON</a> <a href="https://www.drip.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mijustin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justin Jackson</a> <a href="https://www.shopify.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shopify</a> <a href="https://robwalling.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rob Walling</a> <a href="https://ofone.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Jarvis</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonfried" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Fried</a>

108: Getting Back to Growth Planning

Derrick and Ben have descended upon Las Vegas for MicroConf and an audience hungry for valuable tips on how to successfully start and grow a business. Ben will have two Starter Edition sessions: Q &amp; A with Rob Walling and Idea to Validation to Launch: The First 365 Days of Tuple. Today’s Topics Include:  MicroConf Goals: Connect with people, spend quality time with friends; don’t feel guilty or FOMO about not going to all talks Ben’s seeking a designer to replace super-successful Steve Schoger Optimism to Realism: Derrick’s shift in mindset about Level at 2018 vs. 2019 MicroConf  Sharing wisdom and giving advice - all of the fun, and none of the hard work Not knowing what makes someone a good fit for Level; let people vote with their dollars Getting more founders into therapy to help their mental health Derrick’s mentor role for TinySeed: The Startup Accelerator Designed for Bootstrappers  Tuple’s theme of recurring and expansion charges, but also one churn so far  Links and resources: MicroConf Ben Orenstein at MicroConf Rob Walling Steve Schoger Drip Sam Harris Wistia Soapbox TinySeed Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Level Tuple

Derrick and Ben have descended upon Las Vegas for MicroConf and an audience hungry for valuable tips on how to successfully start and grow a business. Ben will have two Starter Edition sessions: Q &amp; A with Rob Walling and Idea to Validation to Launch: The First 365 Days of Tuple. Today’s Topics Include: <ul> <li>MicroConf Goals: Connect with people, spend quality time with friends; don’t feel guilty or FOMO about not going to all talks</li> <li>Ben’s seeking a designer to replace super-successful Steve Schoger</li> <li>Optimism to Realism: Derrick’s shift in mindset about Level at 2018 vs. 2019 MicroConf </li> <li>Sharing wisdom and giving advice - all of the fun, and none of the hard work</li> <li>Not knowing what makes someone a good fit for Level; let people vote with their dollars</li> <li>Getting more founders into therapy to help their mental health</li> <li>Derrick’s mentor role for TinySeed: The Startup Accelerator Designed for Bootstrappers </li> <li>Tuple’s theme of recurring and expansion charges, but also one churn so far</li> </ul> Links and resources: <a href="https://www.microconf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MicroConf</a> <a href="https://www.microconf.com/starter/speakers/ben-orenstein/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein at MicroConf</a> <a href="https://robwalling.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rob Walling</a> <a href="https://www.steveschoger.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Schoger</a> <a href="https://www.drip.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a> <a href="https://samharris.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Harris</a> <a href="https://wistia.com/soapbox" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wistia Soapbox</a> <a href="https://tinyseed.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TinySeed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/artofproductpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art of Product on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer</a> Website Derrick Reimer on <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein</a> Website Ben Orenstein on <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://level.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a>

82: Idea to Validation to Launch: MicroConf 2019

Rob Walling joins Derrick once again as a guest co-host while Ben is traveling in Hong Kong. Rob was Derrick's co-founder at Drip, runs MicroConf, and hosts the Startups For the Rest of Us podcast.  Derrick and Rob discuss the latest Level updates and strategize how best to approach previewing product mockups to potential customers. They discuss how the early phase of a startup is very fulfilling because you can be very creative, but also stressful because of risk and uncertainty. Rob gets Derrick's feedback about offering one-on-one founder consulting in his spare time. Links and resources: Rob Walling on Twitter Startups for the Rest of Us Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter MicroConf Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Level Live #3: A Fireside Chat with Rob Walling Drip Twist Basecamp Soylent

Rob Walling joins Derrick once again as a guest co-host while Ben is traveling in Hong Kong. Rob was Derrick's co-founder at Drip, runs MicroConf, and hosts the Startups For the Rest of Us podcast. Derrick and Rob discuss the latest Level updates and strategize how best to approach previewing product mockups to potential customers. They discuss how the early phase of a startup is very fulfilling because you can be very creative, but also stressful because of risk and uncertainty. Rob gets Derrick's feedback about offering one-on-one founder consulting in his spare time. Links and resources: <a href="https://twitter.com/robwalling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rob Walling on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startups for the Rest of Us</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer Website</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer on Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.microconf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MicroConf</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein Website</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein on Twitter</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/lDb-93uWVLw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level Live #3: A Fireside Chat with Rob Walling</a> <a href="https://www.drip.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a> <a href="https://twistapp.com/?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twist</a> <a href="https://basecamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Basecamp</a> <a href="https://www.soylent.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soylent</a>

43: Strategizing Product Validation

Ben has moved into his new apartment and had an interesting discussion about fitness with the movers. Derrick got back is Bod Pod results and is formulating his precise fitness goals for fat loss and muscle gain. Ben is still on the job market and had an interview last week. Ben and Derrick discuss successful interview techniques and experiences they’ve had in the past.  In Drip news, Drip recently got a brand refresh, including a new logo, marketing site, color palette, new messaging, app skin, and more. They are working on focusing their marketing efforts to position Drip in the market as an Ecommerce CRM. Listen in as Derrick discusses the Drip refresh and the thinking behind it.  Today’s Topics Include: Fitness and Derrick’s fitness goals Drip’s recent brand refresh Market positioning in Ecommerce Ben’s job search progress and interview tactics If you’re enjoying the show please give us your ratings and reviews in iTunes. Links and resources: The 30-Day Code Quality Challenge RefactoringRails.io Drip

Ben has moved into his new apartment and had an interesting discussion about fitness with the movers. Derrick got back is Bod Pod results and is formulating his precise fitness goals for fat loss and muscle gain. Ben is still on the job market and had an interview last week. Ben and Derrick discuss successful interview techniques and experiences they’ve had in the past. In Drip news, Drip recently got a brand refresh, including a new logo, marketing site, color palette, new messaging, app skin, and more. They are working on focusing their marketing efforts to position Drip in the market as an Ecommerce CRM. Listen in as Derrick discusses the Drip refresh and the thinking behind it. Today’s Topics Include: Fitness and Derrick’s fitness goals Drip’s recent brand refresh Market positioning in Ecommerce Ben’s job search progress and interview tactics If you’re enjoying the show please give us your ratings and reviews in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-product/id1243627144?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. Links and resources: <a href="https://www.codequalitychallenge.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 30-Day Code Quality Challenge</a> <a href="http://refactoringrails.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RefactoringRails.io</a> <a href="https://www.drip.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a>

30: Nailing an Interview, and the New Drip Design

In this episode, Derrick is broadcasting from California as he visits his family. Ben went to Vermont last week and quickly realized how relaxing it is to be outside and see greenery. Such a different feel from the tension in the city.  Ben has been chatting with a couple of people about consulting as a revenue officer. He had an interesting chat with someone but their visions just weren’t aligned in terms of value and compensation. Also it turned out this person wasn’t the decision maker, and the founder wasn’t as agreeable to Ben’s terms. Lesson learned - always talk to the decision maker. Ben is also struggling with whether he really wants to be involved in consulting. He may want to just focus on his product. Enjoy the show. Today’s topics include: Buying Apple laptops and how tricky it can be. When interviewing and making offers it’s always a good idea to talk to the decision maker.  Launching info products and being smart about the automation and marketing. Ben’s idea for a SaaS starter kit has been getting positive feedback.  Derrick shipped a new Drip feature called sharing workflows. There will be a gallery with workflows that people can just click on and use. Derrick is making good progress and writing less code, so that he won’t be the bottleneck on his team.  It’s motivating to have people focused on their area of expertise. Challenges of getting new hires and team members up to speed.  Links and resources: Drip Leadpages Thoughtbot  WWDC2017 SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark Test Brennan Dunn How to exit the Vim editor Podcast Motor

In this episode, Derrick is broadcasting from California as he visits his family. Ben went to Vermont last week and quickly realized how relaxing it is to be outside and see greenery. Such a different feel from the tension in the city. Ben has been chatting with a couple of people about consulting as a revenue officer. He had an interesting chat with someone but their visions just weren’t aligned in terms of value and compensation. Also it turned out this person wasn’t the decision maker, and the founder wasn’t as agreeable to Ben’s terms. Lesson learned - always talk to the decision maker. Ben is also struggling with whether he really wants to be involved in consulting. He may want to just focus on his product. Enjoy the show. Today’s topics include: Buying Apple laptops and how tricky it can be. When interviewing and making offers it’s always a good idea to talk to the decision maker. Launching info products and being smart about the automation and marketing. Ben’s idea for a SaaS starter kit has been getting positive feedback. Derrick shipped a new Drip feature called sharing workflows. There will be a gallery with workflows that people can just click on and use. Derrick is making good progress and writing less code, so that he won’t be the bottleneck on his team. It’s motivating to have people focused on their area of expertise. Challenges of getting new hires and team members up to speed. Links and resources: <a href="https://www.drip.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a> <a href="https://www.leadpages.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leadpages</a> <a href="https://thoughtbot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thoughtbot </a> <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2017/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WWDC2017</a> <a href="https://webkit.org/perf/sunspider/sunspider.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark Test</a> <a href="https://www.doubleyourfreelancing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brennan Dunn</a> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11828270/how-to-exit-the-vim-editor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to exit the Vim editor</a> <a href="https://www.podcastmotor.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast Motor</a>

4: Always Talk With the Decision Maker

If you listen regularly to the Art of Product podcast, then you’re probably familiar with the ongoing joke: How long does it take before we mention Steve Schoger and Adam Wathan? Well, today is your lucky day because not only do Derrick and Ben mention them, but Adam is once again their special guest.  Adam is a software developer, writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. Also, he is the creator of Nitpick CI, host of the Full Stack Radio podcast, and author of Refactoring UI and Refactoring to Collections. He describes the process of successfully making, promoting, and selling courses on the Internet. Plus, Steve makes a special appearance to share his side of the story! Today’s Topics Include:  Concept and Collaboration: How Adam and Steve work together to create courses Be genuinely helpful by offering free, good content for people to know, like, and trust you Build an audience/authority on a topic to make people want to learn from you Understand difference between what you care about vs. what your audience cares about  Care about quality and effort put into all aspects; utilize Steve’s design tips on Twitter Signals and validation that your content resonates with and is helpful to your audience  What Makes a Successful Partnership: Similar values, but complementary skills  Promotion via email, newsletter, social media, case studies, and screencasts to grow number of subscribers/followers Courses: Parts and Pieces (Books, Videos, and More) and Pricing to Make ROI Launching Products and Surpassing Sales Expectations  Links and resources: Adam Wathan Nitpick CI Refactoring UI Refactoring to Collections Full Stack Radio Podcast Adam Wathan’s MicroConf Presentation Adam Wathan on GitHub Adam Wathan’s Email Adam Wathan on Twitter 7 Practical Tips for Cheating at Design Steve Schoger Steve Schoger on YouTube Heroicons Steve Schoger on Twitter Wes Bos Bootstrap Stripe An eBook pricing model that resulted in $100,000 in sales Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Level Tuple

If you listen regularly to the Art of Product podcast, then you’re probably familiar with the ongoing joke: How long does it take before we mention Steve Schoger and Adam Wathan? Well, today is your lucky day because not only do Derrick and Ben mention them, but Adam is once again their special guest. Adam is a software developer, writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. Also, he is the creator of Nitpick CI, host of the Full Stack Radio podcast, and author of Refactoring UI and Refactoring to Collections. He describes the process of successfully making, promoting, and selling courses on the Internet. Plus, Steve makes a special appearance to share his side of the story! Today’s Topics Include: <ul> <li>Concept and Collaboration: How Adam and Steve work together to create courses</li> <li>Be genuinely helpful by offering free, good content for people to know, like, and trust you</li> <li>Build an audience/authority on a topic to make people want to learn from you</li> <li>Understand difference between what you care about vs. what your audience cares about </li> <li>Care about quality and effort put into all aspects; utilize Steve’s design tips on Twitter</li> <li>Signals and validation that your content resonates with and is helpful to your audience </li> <li>What Makes a Successful Partnership: Similar values, but complementary skills </li> <li>Promotion via email, newsletter, social media, case studies, and screencasts to grow number of subscribers/followers</li> <li>Courses: Parts and Pieces (Books, Videos, and More) and Pricing to Make ROI</li> <li>Launching Products and Surpassing Sales Expectations </li> </ul> Links and resources: <a href="https://adamwathan.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Wathan</a> <a href="https://nitpick-ci.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nitpick CI</a> <a href="https://refactoringui.com/book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Refactoring UI</a> <a href="https://adamwathan.me/refactoring-to-collections/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Refactoring to Collections</a> <a href="http://www.fullstackradio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Stack Radio Podcast</a> <a href="https://microconf.gen.co/adam-wathan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Wathan’s MicroConf Presentation</a> Adam Wathan on <a href="https://github.com/adamwathan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub</a> Adam Wathan’s <a href="mailto:adam.wathan@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">Email</a> Adam Wathan on <a href="https://twitter.com/adamwathan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://medium.com/refactoring-ui/7-practical-tips-for-cheating-at-design-40c736799886" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7 Practical Tips for Cheating at Design</a> <a href="https://www.steveschoger.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Schoger</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxqiDtkXtOCNJdckODHk9YA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Schoger on YouTube</a> <a href="http://www.heroicons.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heroicons</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/steveschoger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Schoger on Twitter</a> <a href="https://wesbos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wes Bos</a> <a href="https://getbootstrap.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bootstrap</a> <a href="https://stripe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stripe</a> <a href="https://blog.asmartbear.com/selling-ebook.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An eBook pricing model that resulted in $100,000 in sales</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/artofproductpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art of Product on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer</a> Website Derrick Reimer on <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein</a> Website Ben Orenstein on <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://level.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a>

70: Refactoring UI: Concept to Launch

Ben and Derrick are joined by guest Adam Wathan, an esteemed software developer, writer, speaker and entrepreneur from Ontario, Canada. He is the creator of Tailwind CSS, author of Refactoring to Collections and host of the Full Stack Radio podcast. Listen in as he shares how he built his own products over time and became an independent entrepreneur, and talks about his new project Tailwind CSS.  Today’s Topics Include: Starting his first side projects and products Adam’s successful marketing channels and strategies Lessons learned from past product launches Experience with pricing plans and tiers  Adam’s current projects and products, including Tailwind CSS CSS programming, utility and presentation If you’re enjoying the show please give us your ratings and reviews in iTunes. Links and resources: Tailwind CSS Test-Driven Laravel Refactoring to Collections Full Stack Radio Adam on Twitter @adamwathan The 30-Day Code Quality Challenge RefactoringRails.io Drip

Ben and Derrick are joined by guest Adam Wathan, an esteemed software developer, writer, speaker and entrepreneur from Ontario, Canada. He is the creator of Tailwind CSS, author of Refactoring to Collections and host of the Full Stack Radio podcast. Listen in as he shares how he built his own products over time and became an independent entrepreneur, and talks about his new project Tailwind CSS. Today’s Topics Include: Starting his first side projects and products Adam’s successful marketing channels and strategies Lessons learned from past product launches Experience with pricing plans and tiers Adam’s current projects and products, including Tailwind CSS CSS programming, utility and presentation If you’re enjoying the show please give us your ratings and reviews in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-product/id1243627144?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. Links and resources: <a href="https://tailwindcss.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tailwind CSS</a> <a href="https://course.testdrivenlaravel.com/early-access" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Test-Driven Laravel</a> <a href="https://adamwathan.me/refactoring-to-collections/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Refactoring to Collections</a> <a href="http://www.fullstackradio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Stack Radio</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/adamwathan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam on Twitter @adamwathan</a> <a href="https://www.codequalitychallenge.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 30-Day Code Quality Challenge</a> <a href="http://refactoringrails.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RefactoringRails.io</a> <a href="https://www.drip.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a>

24: Tailwind CSS with Adam Wathan

While Derrick is away, Ben welcomes Don Goodman-Wilson, who was the first hire at Screenhero in 2013.   Don shares his version of Screenhero’s incredible journey, its migration to Slack, and Tuple coming to the rescue. Better late than never!  Today’s Topics Include:  Work Ethic/Culture: Doctorate in philosophy requires logic and dedication Engineering Challenges: Learning low-level C/C++ code in Screenhero product Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac: Harmonizing code bases Web Application Programming: User interface (UI), reliability, latency, quality, and billing Product/Market Fit: Quick growth, adoption, and implementation of Screenhero Pair Programming: Personal and professional sharing and collaboration Second Day at First Expo: Atlassian’s interest, followed by Slack’s acquisition Platform of Choice: Who’s the best partner to work with to achieve Screenhero’s goals? In and Out of the Sandbox: Screenhero’s prone to crashing and uses private APIs Slack destroyed Screenhero: Expectations and compromises created culture clash  Heartbreaking, Rational Reality: Removal of remote screen control in Slack calls Maintainerati’s Mission: Understand challenges and offer solutions for maintaining open source software  Links and resources: Don Goodman-Wilson  Don Goodman-Wilson on LinkedIn Maintainerati Screenhero Y Combinator Slack The Screenhero Story - The Screenhero Blog Removal of remote screen control in Slack calls Atlassian HipChat WebRTC Redis Python Stripe Ractive.js Ruby-Grape Rack Ruby on Rails Dropbox Google Hangouts Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Maintainerati on Twitter Tuple Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide StaticKit Level Level Retrospective Level Manifesto

While Derrick is away, Ben welcomes Don Goodman-Wilson, who was the first hire at Screenhero in 2013. Don shares his version of Screenhero’s incredible journey, its migration to Slack, and Tuple coming to the rescue. Better late than never! Today’s Topics Include: <ul> <li>Work Ethic/Culture: Doctorate in philosophy requires logic and dedication</li> <li>Engineering Challenges: Learning low-level C/C++ code in Screenhero product</li> <li>Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac: Harmonizing code bases </li> <li>Web Application Programming: User interface (UI), reliability, latency, quality, and billing</li> <li>Product/Market Fit: Quick growth, adoption, and implementation of Screenhero</li> <li>Pair Programming: Personal and professional sharing and collaboration</li> <li>Second Day at First Expo: Atlassian’s interest, followed by Slack’s acquisition</li> <li>Platform of Choice: Who’s the best partner to work with to achieve Screenhero’s goals?</li> <li>In and Out of the Sandbox: Screenhero’s prone to crashing and uses private APIs</li> <li>Slack destroyed Screenhero: Expectations and compromises created culture clash </li> <li>Heartbreaking, Rational Reality: Removal of remote screen control in Slack calls</li> <li>Maintainerati’s Mission: Understand challenges and offer solutions for maintaining open source software</li> </ul> Links and resources: <a href="https://don.goodman-wilson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Don Goodman-Wilson</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/degoodmanwilson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Don Goodman-Wilson on LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://maintainerati.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maintainerati</a> <a href="https://screenhero.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Screenhero</a> <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Y Combinator</a> <a href="https://slack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a> <a href="https://blog.screenhero.com/post/109339022326/the-screenhero-story" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Screenhero Story - The Screenhero Blog</a> <a href="https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/360022908874-Removal-of-remote-screen-control-in-Slack-calls" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Removal of remote screen control in Slack calls</a> <a href="https://www.atlassian.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atlassian</a> <a href="https://www.atlassian.com/partnerships/slack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HipChat</a> <a href="https://webrtc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WebRTC</a> <a href="https://redis.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redis</a> <a href="https://www.python.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Python</a> <a href="https://stripe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stripe</a> <a href="https://ractive.js.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ractive.js</a> <a href="https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruby-Grape Rack</a> <a href="https://rubyonrails.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruby on Rails</a> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dropbox</a> <a href="https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/artofproductpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art of Product on Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Reimer</a> Website Derrick Reimer on <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Orenstein</a> Website Ben Orenstein on <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Maintainerati" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maintainerati on Twitter</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple</a> <a href="https://tuple.app/pair-programming-guide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide</a> <a href="https://www.statickit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StaticKit</a> <a href="https://level.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level</a> <a href="https://www.derrickreimer.com/essays/2019/05/17/im-walking-away-from-the-product-i-spent-a-year-building.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level Retrospective</a> <a href="https://level.app/manifesto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level Manifesto</a>

95: What Really Happened to Screenhero

Today we talk about how Ben just launched his new landing page and set up the domain for his new Rails video course. Ben’s also feeling pretty good about being committed to the first thing and now it’s full steam ahead with the video course. Now it is time to put together a marketing and list-building plan and start organizing the content and getting feedback. Ben feels it will be a compelling video course and plans to go after pre-orders. Derrick has been shipping stuff this week. He just rediscovered the pulse tab on GitHub which gives a nice summary of what they have done over the week. They are making improvements to the subscriber page, and they have added global snippets. They have more refinements coming such as search when there are many items in a drop-down list. Derrick has had a lot going on, so he is turning off some of his notifications to avoid overload when he is trying to work.  Today’s topics include: Ben is beginning to focus on Rails in particular for his new video course.  The next step is driving as many people to the page as possible to collect emails. Then he is putting together a working table of contents and getting feedback on that by reaching out to people who are interested. Going after teams for video course projects. Possible ways to structure things to appeal to teams that would purchase the course. How it’s nice to have someone else you know nearby while working and the benefits of sharing co-working space. Derrick has been making a lot of programming improvements and refinements to Drip. Convenience and flexibility of using plugins. Preventing things from getting lost in the noise. Dealing with notification overload and letting go a little bit.  If you’re enjoying the show please give us your ratings and reviews in iTunes.  Links and resources: Drip RefactoringRails.io FormKeep GitHub/Pulse

Today we talk about how Ben just launched his new landing page and set up the domain for his new Rails video course. Ben’s also feeling pretty good about being committed to the first thing and now it’s full steam ahead with the video course. Now it is time to put together a marketing and list-building plan and start organizing the content and getting feedback. Ben feels it will be a compelling video course and plans to go after pre-orders. Derrick has been shipping stuff this week. He just rediscovered the pulse tab on GitHub which gives a nice summary of what they have done over the week. They are making improvements to the subscriber page, and they have added global snippets. They have more refinements coming such as search when there are many items in a drop-down list. Derrick has had a lot going on, so he is turning off some of his notifications to avoid overload when he is trying to work. Today’s topics include: Ben is beginning to focus on Rails in particular for his new video course. The next step is driving as many people to the page as possible to collect emails. Then he is putting together a working table of contents and getting feedback on that by reaching out to people who are interested. Going after teams for video course projects. Possible ways to structure things to appeal to teams that would purchase the course. How it’s nice to have someone else you know nearby while working and the benefits of sharing co-working space. Derrick has been making a lot of programming improvements and refinements to Drip. Convenience and flexibility of using plugins. Preventing things from getting lost in the noise. Dealing with notification overload and letting go a little bit. If you’re enjoying the show please give us your ratings and reviews in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-product/id1243627144?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes.</a> Links and resources: <a href="https://www.drip.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drip</a> <a href="http://refactoringrails.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RefactoringRails.io</a> <a href="https://formkeep.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FormKeep</a> <a href="https://github.com/blog/1476-get-up-to-speed-with-pulse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub/Pulse</a>

5: Ways We Maintain Focus

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