We talk with Johnny Tong about how he bought a SaaS and is now struggling to grow it. Should he rebuild it? Dive into marketing? Rework the onboarding flow? Buy a bunch of ads?  00:00 Intro  02:47 What Johnny is looking for  10:01 SurveyBot overview  15:29 Buyer's guide  22:00 "The funnel"  28:45 Onboarding friction  33:49 The ups and downs of build vs buy  41:19 Conversion rate  44:19 Marketing vs coding  50:47 The end goal  57:43 Getting professional help  59:00 Deeper understanding   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   Buy Grow Repeat Podcast: https://buygrowrepeat.com/  Find Johnny here: https://twitter.com/johnnytong   Books:   - The War of Art  - The Artist's Way

We talk with Johnny Tong about how he bought a SaaS and is now struggling to grow it. Should he rebuild it? Dive into marketing? Rework the onboarding flow? Buy a bunch of ads?   00:00 Intro   02:47 What Johnny is looking for   10:01 SurveyBot overview   15:29 Buyer's guide   22:00 "The funnel"   28:45 Onboarding friction   33:49 The ups and downs of build vs buy   41:19 Conversion rate   44:19 Marketing vs coding   50:47 The end goal   57:43 Getting professional help   59:00 Deeper understanding   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   Buy Grow Repeat Podcast: <a href="https://buygrowrepeat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://buygrowrepeat.com/</a>  Find Johnny here: <a href="https://twitter.com/johnnytong" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/johnnytong</a>  Books:   - The War of Art   - The Artist's Way

79 SaaS Deep Dive with Johnny Tong

Christian went to Greece and got a new perspective on how he could be living. Chris resubmitted AcornChat to the Slack app store and finished up a Kaggle competition.  00:00 Intro  03:17 AcornChat submitted to the Slack app store  06:40 Kaggle Patent competition  16:51 Reinforcement learning  21:06 Covid (again)  25:40 Building a Second Brain  38:05 On Looking  47:14 FileInbox cold calling  53:24 Consulting update  56:26 Switching to iOS   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   Book recommendations:   Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte  On Looking by Alexandra Horowitz

Christian went to Greece and got a new perspective on how he could be living. Chris resubmitted AcornChat to the Slack app store and finished up a Kaggle competition.   00:00 Intro   03:17 AcornChat submitted to the Slack app store   06:40 Kaggle Patent competition   16:51 Reinforcement learning   21:06 Covid (again)   25:40 Building a Second Brain   38:05 On Looking   47:14 FileInbox cold calling   53:24 Consulting update   56:26 Switching to iOS   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   Book recommendations:   Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte   On Looking by Alexandra Horowitz

78 Ways to organize and live your life

Chris wants to spend a bunch of money. Christian got advice to do some cold calling, but it sounds spooky 👻. plus 2 bonus hot takes  00:00 Intro  01:30 3d printer, camera and gpus  06:52 Kaggle update  15:49 Slack app update  17:52 Advanced Operating Systems  21:28 Rust  23:30 Personal productivity  25:30 FileInbox update  28:09 TDD  33:21 Firebase security rules  38:26 Spooky recommendation to increase MRR  43:16 100 paperclips  52:13 Hot take 1: Finance tracker (again but different)  59:02 Hot take 2: NFT project   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris wants to spend a bunch of money. Christian got advice to do some cold calling, but it sounds spooky 👻. plus 2 bonus hot takes   00:00 Intro   01:30 3d printer, camera and gpus   06:52 Kaggle update   15:49 Slack app update   17:52 Advanced Operating Systems   21:28 Rust   23:30 Personal productivity   25:30 FileInbox update   28:09 TDD   33:21 Firebase security rules   38:26 Spooky recommendation to increase MRR   43:16 100 paperclips   52:13 Hot take 1: Finance tracker (again but different)   59:02 Hot take 2: NFT project   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

77 Cold calling is spooky

Chris is prepping for an AI for JS devs course. Christian gets engaged! Also, he wants to get to $20k MRR in 12 months, so we talk about how that would be possible.  00:00 Intro  01:28 AI for JS devs course  19:33 Too many Kaggle competitions  26:00 Christian gets engaged!!!  31:19 Parable of the pottery class  39:25 $20k MRR in 12 months  44:04 Do you really want that?  46:42 Is it better for customers?  50:08 Chris is mean and hypocritical  51:32 Personal life is all over the place   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris is prepping for an AI for JS devs course. Christian gets engaged! Also, he wants to get to $20k MRR in 12 months, so we talk about how that would be possible.   00:00 Intro   01:28 AI for JS devs course   19:33 Too many Kaggle competitions   26:00 Christian gets engaged!!!   31:19 Parable of the pottery class   39:25 $20k MRR in 12 months   44:04 Do you really want that?   46:42 Is it better for customers?   50:08 Chris is mean and hypocritical   51:32 Personal life is all over the place   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

76 $20k MRR in 12 months (also Christian gets engaged 💍🥳)

Christian makes an easy way to send email templates from FileInbox. Chris got a response from the Slack App Store, and is wasted a bunch of time on an ML bug.  00:00 Intro  02:47 Chris's week  04:21 Slack app store  11:18 Working on things that don't go anywhere  16:36 Christian did a bunch of stuff  21:31 Fileinbox email system  24:03 What sells well  28:57 ffmpeg  32:18 Free Fileinbox for marketing?  37:40 3D printing bezier curves  45:24 Tick Tock development (again)  51:44 Just do stuff (again)  53:32 Tinnitus  57:59 How to read a paper   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   pubmed.gov  https://arxiv.org/

Christian makes an easy way to send email templates from FileInbox. Chris got a response from the Slack App Store, and is wasted a bunch of time on an ML bug.   00:00 Intro   02:47 Chris's week   04:21 Slack app store   11:18 Working on things that don't go anywhere   16:36 Christian did a bunch of stuff   21:31 Fileinbox email system   24:03 What sells well   28:57 ffmpeg   32:18 Free Fileinbox for marketing?   37:40 3D printing bezier curves   45:24 Tick Tock development (again)   51:44 Just do stuff (again)   53:32 Tinnitus   57:59 How to read a paper   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco  <a href="http://pubmed.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pubmed.gov</a> <a href="https://arxiv.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/</a>

75 What sells well

Chris is in 3 different AI competitions (anyone want to know how GPS works?) and Christian was gone and describes how it feels to get back to work. He's also selling a paramotor, so hopefully that goes well 😆  00:00 Intro  01:07 Life and death reflections  07:00 Give yourself some leeway  12:10 Work is hard until it's easy  16:00 Kaggle competitions  18:17 Objective measures of learning  27:39 Christian wants Black Mirror 🤨  29:24 Different types of AI problems  31:15 How GPS works  41:46 Patent competition (NLP)  44:57 Bird Call competition (audio)  49:26 Slack app store  49:53 MarketingChangelog.com  53:14 Christian's week  54:53 Getting started is the hardest part  57:02 Other tasks and projects   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris is in 3 different AI competitions (anyone want to know how GPS works?) and Christian was gone and describes how it feels to get back to work. He's also selling a paramotor, so hopefully that goes well 😆   00:00 Intro   01:07 Life and death reflections   07:00 Give yourself some leeway   12:10 Work is hard until it's easy   16:00 Kaggle competitions   18:17 Objective measures of learning   27:39 Christian wants Black Mirror 🤨   29:24 Different types of AI problems   31:15 How GPS works   41:46 Patent competition (NLP)   44:57 Bird Call competition (audio)   49:26 Slack app store   49:53 <a href="http://MarketingChangelog.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MarketingChangelog.com</a>  53:14 Christian's week   54:53 Getting started is the hardest part   57:02 Other tasks and projects   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

74 Getting started is the hardest part

Chris was on a trip, and Christian fell off the co-working wagon. Also, focus on authenticity (on YouTube, but everywhere too)  00:00 Intro  04:06 Tests  08:57 Having a beginner's mind  10:32 Fileinbox bugs  16:21 Consulting  18:52 SaaS math is bananas  23:50 Talking to customers  24:31 Focus is fickle  27:20 Makers.dev early episodes  34:54 Youtube as a reliable source of information  36:17 Prioritize authenticity  50:18 Attaboy  54:13 Hot Take #1: personal private podcast host  56:49 Hot Take #2: ffmpeg as a service (again)  01:02:21 How to start working with other people   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   undefined

Chris was on a trip, and Christian fell off the co-working wagon. Also, focus on authenticity (on YouTube, but everywhere too)   00:00 Intro   04:06 Tests   08:57 Having a beginner's mind   10:32 Fileinbox bugs   16:21 Consulting   18:52 SaaS math is bananas   23:50 Talking to customers   24:31 Focus is fickle   27:20 Makers.dev early episodes   34:54 Youtube as a reliable source of information   36:17 Prioritize authenticity   50:18 Attaboy   54:13 Hot Take #1: personal private podcast host   56:49 Hot Take #2: ffmpeg as a service (again)   01:02:21 How to start working with other people   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   undefined

73 SaaS math is bananas

Chris created his buyer's guide for acornchat. Christian gets another contracting job and wonders how to leverage that or if he should try to get more similar contracts.  00:00 Intro  00:50 SaaS buyer's guide  11:20 Look at all these salad dressings!  14:00 Machine learning theory and math  19:01 Fileinbox updates  24:37 Errands and engagement rings  32:09 Face follower contracting job  39:16 Making an automated Fiverr service  42:58 Modularizing code   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris created his buyer's guide for acornchat. Christian gets another contracting job and wonders how to leverage that or if he should try to get more similar contracts.   00:00 Intro   00:50 SaaS buyer's guide   11:20 Look at all these salad dressings!   14:00 Machine learning theory and math   19:01 Fileinbox updates   24:37 Errands and engagement rings   32:09 Face follower contracting job   39:16 Making an automated Fiverr service   42:58 Modularizing code   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

72 Weeding and contract jobs

Christian calculates his consulting rate per hour. Chris soft launched saastips.com and was immediately overwhelmed by email bot signups. After fixing that problem, it led to three new SaaS ideas.  00:00 Intro  02:57 Launching saastips.com  12:25 Fixing fake bot email signups  18:54 Hot take #1: email signup saas  23:55 Hot take #1.5: better newsletter sending UI  32:29 Hot take #2: Marketing Changelog  39:11 $183.60 per hour  51:45 Back to SaaS  57:14 Hot take #3: Face follower   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco 

Christian calculates his consulting rate per hour. Chris soft launched <a href="http://saastips.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">saastips.com</a> and was immediately overwhelmed by email bot signups. After fixing that problem, it led to three new SaaS ideas.   00:00 Intro   02:57 Launching <a href="http://saastips.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">saastips.com</a>  12:25 Fixing fake bot email signups   18:54 Hot take #1: email signup saas   23:55 Hot take #1.5: better newsletter sending UI   32:29 Hot take #2: Marketing Changelog   39:11 $183.60 per hour   51:45 Back to SaaS   57:14 Hot take #3: Face follower   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

71 $183.60 per hour

Tim Leland

We chat with Tim Leland who runs a link shortener (t.ly) and a weather extension. We cover how he came up with the ideas, how he developed and marketed them, and where he sees the future of his products and Chrome extensions in general.  00:00 Intro  00:22 Tim Leland's start as a developer  05:24 The Chrome Extension Marketplace  09:52 Security concerns about Chrome extensions  16:21 Chrome change create opportunities for new developers  20:13 400k active users  21:48 How t.ly works and compares to other link shorteners  29:28 Marketing playbook  33:01 Chrome extension marketplace tips  37:15 Malicious chrome apps  40:35 How to make money with a Chrome extension  42:54 The hard parts of running a link shortener  49:40 What's next for t.ly?  55:19 Other marketing channels  01:00:56 Be simple technically, focus on marketing  01:03:05 Where to follow Tim   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   Where to find Tim online:   https://twitter.com/Tim_Leland  https://timleland.com/migrate-chrome-extensions-to-manifest-v3/  https://timleland.com/extensions/

We chat with Tim Leland who runs a link shortener (<a href="http://t.ly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">t.ly</a>) and a weather extension. We cover how he came up with the ideas, how he developed and marketed them, and where he sees the future of his products and Chrome extensions in general. 00:00 Intro 00:22 Tim Leland's start as a developer 05:24 The Chrome Extension Marketplace 09:52 Security concerns about Chrome extensions 16:21 Chrome change create opportunities for new developers 20:13 400k active users 21:48 How <a href="http://t.ly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">t.ly</a> works and compares to other link shorteners 29:28 Marketing playbook 33:01 Chrome extension marketplace tips 37:15 Malicious chrome apps 40:35 How to make money with a Chrome extension 42:54 The hard parts of running a link shortener 49:40 What's next for <a href="http://t.ly?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">t.ly?</a> 55:19 Other marketing channels 01:00:56 Be simple technically, focus on marketing 01:03:05 Where to follow Tim Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco Where to find Tim online: <a href="https://twitter.com/Tim_Leland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Tim_Leland</a> <a href="https://timleland.com/migrate-chrome-extensions-to-manifest-v3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://timleland.com/migrate-chrome-extensions-to-manifest-v3/</a> <a href="https://timleland.com/extensions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://timleland.com/extensions/</a>

70 Creating Successful Chrome Extensions with Tim Leland

Chris and Christian build some software businesses.

We both share our takeaways from Microconf.   00:00 Intro  00:37 Microconf growth '22  07:46 Takeaway #1: Focus instead of niche  13:16 Takeaway #2: Buying is harder than selling  19:35 subpoint: have a buyers guide  27:18 Takeaway #3: It's OK to optimize for experience instead of growth  39:05 Tall poppy syndrome  41:37 Excited for SaaS again  46:20 A nice little Italian restaurant on the internet  50:28 Hot take #1: Google voice style frontend for Twilio  55:20 Hot take #2: Tree map for expenses in QuickBooks  01:02:00 Fixed audio   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   🚽 “How to Craft a Story that Sells” by April Dunford: https://www.recap.app/april-dunford  🔍”How to Go-To-Market Across Many Verticals” by Asia Orangio: https://www.recap.app/asia-orangio  🐎”Ending Well: The Complex Psychology of Exiting Your Company” by Sherry Walling: https://www.recap.app/sherry-walling  ☑️The 7-Figure To Do List: 29 Tactics To Level-Up Your Business In 60 Minutes or Less by Rob Walling: https://www.recap.app/rob-walling-2022  🚀”Here’s the exact method I used to scale to $100k MRR in 12 months”: https://twitter.com/nathanbarry/status/1512782207508643845  🌳Grand Perspective’s tree map: http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/  🍝 “​​Nice Italian restaurant of the internet”: https://youtu.be/0CDXJ6bMkMY

We both share our takeaways from Microconf. 00:00 Intro 00:37 Microconf growth '22 07:46 Takeaway #1: Focus instead of niche 13:16 Takeaway #2: Buying is harder than selling 19:35 subpoint: have a buyers guide 27:18 Takeaway #3: It's OK to optimize for experience instead of growth 39:05 Tall poppy syndrome 41:37 Excited for SaaS again 46:20 A nice little Italian restaurant on the internet 50:28 Hot take #1: Google voice style frontend for Twilio 55:20 Hot take #2: Tree map for expenses in QuickBooks 01:02:00 Fixed audio Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco 🚽 “How to Craft a Story that Sells” by April Dunford: https://www.recap.app/april-dunford 🔍”How to Go-To-Market Across Many Verticals” by Asia Orangio: https://www.recap.app/asia-orangio 🐎”Ending Well: The Complex Psychology of Exiting Your Company” by Sherry Walling: https://www.recap.app/sherry-walling ☑️The 7-Figure To Do List: 29 Tactics To Level-Up Your Business In 60 Minutes or Less by Rob Walling: https://www.recap.app/rob-walling-2022 🚀”Here’s the exact method I used to scale to $100k MRR in 12 months”: <a href="https://twitter.com/nathanbarry/status/1512782207508643845" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/nathanbarry/status/1512782207508643845</a> 🌳Grand Perspective’s tree map: <a href="http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/</a> 🍝 “​​Nice Italian restaurant of the internet”: <a href="https://youtu.be/0CDXJ6bMkMY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/0CDXJ6bMkMY</a>

69 MicroConf Growth '22 Takeaways

Chris almost has Acorn Chat feature complete and ready to submit to the Slack app store. Christian is getting close to finishing the serverless FileInbox v1. Also we talk about RSI and using voice commands as a potential way to limit injury.  00:00 Intro  00:37 Expectation maximization  06:06 Acorn Chat  09:10 Screenshots and video marketing  12:55 Simple can be a differentiating factor  17:50 New Kaggle competition - are patents good or bad?  28:21 AI can be both good and bad  31:48 All the Music  33:49 The Gap  35:48 FileInbox recording, uploading, and downloading  41:25 RSI causes and fixes  44:44 Talon voice control  49:22 Home automation architecture   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   🔍 "The Gap" by Ira Glass: https://youtu.be/91FQKciKfHI  🎼 All the Music project: https://youtu.be/sJtm0MoOgiU  🎧 All The Music player: https://gen.co/allthemusic

Chris almost has Acorn Chat feature complete and ready to submit to the Slack app store. Christian is getting close to finishing the serverless FileInbox v1. Also we talk about RSI and using voice commands as a potential way to limit injury. 00:00 Intro 00:37 Expectation maximization 06:06 Acorn Chat 09:10 Screenshots and video marketing 12:55 Simple can be a differentiating factor 17:50 New Kaggle competition - are patents good or bad? 28:21 AI can be both good and bad 31:48 All the Music 33:49 The Gap 35:48 FileInbox recording, uploading, and downloading 41:25 RSI causes and fixes 44:44 Talon voice control 49:22 Home automation architecture Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco 🔍 "The Gap" by Ira Glass: <a href="https://youtu.be/91FQKciKfHI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/91FQKciKfHI</a> 🎼 All the Music project: <a href="https://youtu.be/sJtm0MoOgiU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/sJtm0MoOgiU</a> 🎧 All The Music player: <a href="https://gen.co/allthemusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gen.co/allthemusic</a>

68 Close to feature complete

Chris is almost ready to submit his Slack app to the Slack app directory. Christian tries to figure out how to charge for work he wants to do for a friend. Christian also has ideas about home automation.  00:00 Intro  01:08 Kaggle essay competition  08:16 Building a Slack app  09:32 The amount of time things take to get done  17:09 Administrative poms  20:12 Home automation  37:50 Doing work for friends: paid or free?  52:48 Fileinbox update  55:36 Naming things is hard   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris is almost ready to submit his Slack app to the Slack app directory. Christian tries to figure out how to charge for work he wants to do for a friend. Christian also has ideas about home automation.   00:00 Intro   01:08 Kaggle essay competition   08:16 Building a Slack app   09:32 The amount of time things take to get done   17:09 Administrative poms   20:12 Home automation   37:50 Doing work for friends: paid or free?   52:48 Fileinbox update   55:36 Naming things is hard   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

67 Doing work for friends: paid or free?

MeetingPlace is sold, so Chris is working on his next SaaS. Christian keeps getting stuff done on FileInbox, and wonders when he can actually fly with his paramotor.  00:00 Intro  02:28 Microaquired  09:29 SaaS feelings  13:23 Why developers are bad at marketing  16:31 What is the core functionality?  17:58 AcornChat development roadmap  22:31 Kaggle update  28:50 Getting work done one step at a time  44:42 Hobbies   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

MeetingPlace is sold, so Chris is working on his next SaaS. Christian keeps getting stuff done on FileInbox, and wonders when he can actually fly with his paramotor. 00:00 Intro 02:28 Microaquired 09:29 SaaS feelings 13:23 Why developers are bad at marketing 16:31 What is the core functionality? 17:58 AcornChat development roadmap 22:31 Kaggle update 28:50 Getting work done one step at a time 44:42 Hobbies Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

66 Why developers are bad at marketing

Chris finalizes the sale of MeetingPlace. Christian worries that he's getting too productive.  00:00 Intro  01:03 Completing the sale of MeetingPlace  11:33 Should Christian sell something?  15:01 Data science  16:14 Coworking progress  21:30 Open vs closed mode of working  32:09 Admin work  38:49 Three Body Problem  40:29 Paramotor Adventure   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris finalizes the sale of MeetingPlace. Christian worries that he's getting too productive. 00:00 Intro 01:03 Completing the sale of MeetingPlace 11:33 Should Christian sell something? 15:01 Data science 16:14 Coworking progress 21:30 Open vs closed mode of working 32:09 Admin work 38:49 Three Body Problem 40:29 Paramotor Adventure Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

65 Selling MeetingPlace Part 2

Chris sells a SaaS! Christian tries to figure out what makes him productive. [Sorry for the audio quality! - it gets better next week]  00:07 Slava Ukraini  03:31 Selling MeetingPlace  08:43 Advice for selling a SaaS  11:21 Strategy to build apps just to sell  13:53 Motivation to sell  16:15 SaaS valuation calculations  20:30 Data competitions  22:51 Accountability buddy effectiveness  27:03 Time estimates are hard  30:41 Another app idea  33:05 So easily tricked  34:16 Open vs Closed mode  36:58 Goals for the next week  41:26 Administrative stuff  45:18 Talking openly about work issues  48:24 Audio quality  49:05 Allergies   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   The Killer Combo of Free Content with Paid Promotion – Jordan Gal – MicroConf Growth 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9aLKqRuS7A

Chris sells a SaaS! Christian tries to figure out what makes him productive. [Sorry for the audio quality! - it gets better next week] 00:07 Slava Ukraini 03:31 Selling MeetingPlace 08:43 Advice for selling a SaaS 11:21 Strategy to build apps just to sell 13:53 Motivation to sell 16:15 SaaS valuation calculations 20:30 Data competitions 22:51 Accountability buddy effectiveness 27:03 Time estimates are hard 30:41 Another app idea 33:05 So easily tricked 34:16 Open vs Closed mode 36:58 Goals for the next week 41:26 Administrative stuff 45:18 Talking openly about work issues 48:24 Audio quality 49:05 Allergies Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco The Killer Combo of Free Content with Paid Promotion – Jordan Gal – MicroConf Growth 2018: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9aLKqRuS7A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9aLKqRuS7A</a>

64 Selling a SaaS

Microconf is in 40 days! We talk about what we want to accomplish before then, and come up with a strategy to hold each other accountable and get stuff done.  00:00 Intro  01:18 MicroConf in 1.5 months  04:07 The next 40 days  10:22 Accountability buddies  15:13 AI competitions  19:13 Tesla safe driving score  24:20 Writing mini blog posts  31:42 Paramotoring  33:45 Flashcard app  38:54 The big SaaS idea for a flashcard app  42:17 Neuroticism   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Microconf is in 40 days! We talk about what we want to accomplish before then, and come up with a strategy to hold each other accountable and get stuff done. 00:00 Intro 01:18 MicroConf in 1.5 months 04:07 The next 40 days 10:22 Accountability buddies 15:13 AI competitions 19:13 Tesla safe driving score 24:20 Writing mini blog posts 31:42 Paramotoring 33:45 Flashcard app 38:54 The big SaaS idea for a flashcard app 42:17 Neuroticism Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

63 Accountability buddies

Chris has to relearn a bunch of math and tries to figure out how to teach it as well. Christian has a new way to try to get things done by delaying work on his fun projects.  00:00 Intro  03:08 ML Math  08:16 Teaching as you're learning  17:57 Games that you can't lose  22:08 Anki flashcards app  31:55 New tactic to get things done  36:04 Making clear priorities for Christian's assistant  40:18 Have you ever made a french fry?  45:11 Tesla roadtrip  50:53 Paramotoring  57:08 FSD Beta 10   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris has to relearn a bunch of math and tries to figure out how to teach it as well. Christian has a new way to try to get things done by delaying work on his fun projects. 00:00 Intro 03:08 ML Math 08:16 Teaching as you're learning 17:57 Games that you can't lose 22:08 Anki flashcards app 31:55 New tactic to get things done 36:04 Making clear priorities for Christian's assistant 40:18 Have you ever made a french fry? 45:11 Tesla roadtrip 50:53 Paramotoring 57:08 FSD Beta 10 Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

62 Have you ever made a french fry?

Chris tries to figure out how to learn the math he needs for ML by teaching it. Christian buys a new domain name, then works on another project for 16 hours and tries to figure out how to deliver it.  00:00 Intro  03:38 Benefits of taking a break  08:28 How to teach math?  12:52 Am I a web dev or actually shifting to AI?  14:07 Snow water equivalent competition  19:23 Doge wordle  26:50 Feeling like a BOSS  34:45 Nerdle solver  38:31 Magic robot arm  43:10 Some people are controversial  52:17 Don't make work for other people   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris tries to figure out how to learn the math he needs for ML by teaching it. Christian buys a new domain name, then works on another project for 16 hours and tries to figure out how to deliver it. 00:00 Intro 03:38 Benefits of taking a break 08:28 How to teach math? 12:52 Am I a web dev or actually shifting to AI? 14:07 Snow water equivalent competition 19:23 Doge wordle 26:50 Feeling like a BOSS 34:45 Nerdle solver 38:31 Magic robot arm 43:10 Some people are controversial 52:17 Don't make work for other people Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

61 Like a Boss

Christian had a really productive week and would like to figure out how to have more weeks like that. Chris is doing well in a Kaggle competition and had to learn a bunch of math for ML this week.  00:00 Intro  02:11 ML math is like coding  08:45 How Kaggle promotes code and idea sharing  18:12 Balancing family life and work  27:20 Christian's super productive week  33:04 Stripe extension vs coding your own  35:36 How to handle feature flags  37:20 What can an executive assistant do?  43:10 Attaboy  49:07 Making SaaS videos (as a service?)  52:10 Wordle solver  53:32 Make more videos   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Christian had a really productive week and would like to figure out how to have more weeks like that. Chris is doing well in a Kaggle competition and had to learn a bunch of math for ML this week. 00:00 Intro 02:11 ML math is like coding 08:45 How Kaggle promotes code and idea sharing 18:12 Balancing family life and work 27:20 Christian's super productive week 33:04 Stripe extension vs coding your own 35:36 How to handle feature flags 37:20 What can an executive assistant do? 43:10 Attaboy 49:07 Making SaaS videos (as a service?) 52:10 Wordle solver 53:32 Make more videos Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

60 Having a Really Productive Week

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