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Two software founders -- one transitioning from freelancing, and one with an established business -- invite you to join their weekly chats about their businesses.

Michele Hansen & Colleen Schnettler


    • Feb 22, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 144 EPISODES

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    Colleen & Michele are back on the mics! (For today, at least)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 35:43


    After two years off-air, Michele and Colleen finally sit down together in front of the mics.Links:SaaS Marketing GymTinySeed Tales with Colleen are being released every Thursday on Startups for the Rest of Us!

    It passed the House! Now what?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 13:18


    The tax deal that includes a retroactive fix for domestic R&D expensing through 2025 passed the House! Now what?

    174 Update: Call Congress! Now!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 23:23


    "Hi, I'm a constituent in your district. Please tell the Representative to support HR 7024." That's all you have to say! Find your Rep's phone number: https://ssballiance.org/

    174 ALL-POINTS BULLETIN

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 6:10


    Time to call both of your Senators and your Representative to get fixing 174 on the priorities before the end of the year. This is especially critical if you're in: Idaho Illinois Kentucky Montana New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Dakota Tennessee Washington Look up their phone numbers: https://ssballiance.org/

    Side Projects as Insurance Policies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 52:59


    Michele chats with Kevin Griffin about how she sees side projects not only as a way to earn extra money but as insurance policies against losing your job or other unexpected life events. Subscribe to Multithreaded Income! 

    ADHD + Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Jesse J. Anderson, aka ADHD Jesse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 50:45


    Michele chats with Jesse J. Anderson, aka ADHD Jesse, about finding out one has ADHD as an adult, entrepreneurship as people with ADHD, parenting an ADHD child, and more. Get Jesse's book "Extra Focus: The Quick-Start Guide to Adult ADHD" and join his newsletter: https://adhdjesse.com/+ Recommended book on parenting kids with ADHD: ADD Superparenting

    Section 174 Update: Sign the new letter!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 16:03


    Sign the National Association of Manufacturers letter! https://ssballiance.org/

    Can the R&D Tax Credit Offset the Section 174 Changes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 28:20


    The R&D Tax Credit still exists, and it might be able to help you offset the Section 174 changes. Michele talks to R&D Tax Credit expert Jonathan Cardella of Strike Tax Advisory to learn more. Learn more: What is the R&D Tax Credit? IRS R&D Tax Credit rules Please note: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not tax advice. Talk to your tax preparer for advice about your specific situation. 

    The letter to Congress has been sent! Here's what comes next.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 14:15


    CNBC article: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/18/software-firms-face-huge-tax-bills-that-threaten-tech-startup-survival.htmlPolitico Morning Tax: https://twitter.com/mjwhansen/status/1648329709774684165

    Keep Calm and Carry On

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 80:33


    Michele gives another update on the Section 174 effort and chats with Tyler Tringas and Arvid Kahl. Huge thanks to Justin Jackson and Corey Haines for sending out the letter to their newsletters! Subscribe to their newsletters:Corey's newsletter: https://www.corey.co/Justin's newsletter: https://justinjackson.ca/newsletter

    Numbers Update + Chat with Landon and Kyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 60:55


    Numbers update on the letter to Congress + crossover with Made with Grit. 

    It's me, hi. It's the problem, it's Section 174

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 53:39


    An update from Michele on what she and Colleen have been doing for the past few months, and an urgent call to action to sign the Small Software Business Alliance Coalition letter to Congress: https://ssballiance.org/Tweet thread FAQ on Section 174: https://twitter.com/mjwhansen/status/1640696365637419008

    What 2023 Brings for Colleen, Michele, and This Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 36:47


    Colleen and Michele talk about their hopes and plans for 2023, and make an announcement about this show.Huge thanks to all of our listeners who became Software Socialites and supported our show! We genuinely appreciate your enthusiasm and support. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - a community for Laravel developers under-represented due to their gender Brendon from Feederloop Pascal from sharpen.page Lynn Romich from Konbini Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    The Forcing Function Episode: Launch Christian Genco's New SaaS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 38:31


    Michele talked to Christian Genco on December 1 about what he needed to do to launch his new SaaS, TheVideoClipper, with a deadline of having it done before this episode was released. So... did he do it? Follow Christian! https://twitter.com/cgencoCheck out TheVideoClipper: https://thevideoclipper.com/Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show!  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - a community for Laravel developers under-represented due to their gender Brendon from Feederloop Pascal from sharpen.page Lynn Romich from Konbini Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Reflecting on 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 35:33


    Michele and Colleen reflect on the year. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show

    Culture + Feedback = ???

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 30:22


    Michele shares her takeaways from the book The Culture Map and what it might mean for getting product feedback and building products across countries. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters    Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - a community for Laravel developers under-represented due to their gender Brendon from Feederloop Pascal from sharpen.page Lynn Romich from Konbini     Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    TinySeed, TinyConf

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 26:41


    Colleen recaps her learnings from her first TinySeed meetup/MicroConf: Local Austin. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - a community for Laravel developers under-represented due to their gender Brendon from Feederloop Pascal from sharpen.page Lynn Romich from Konbini Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Listing on MicroAcquire

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 27:05


    Colleen is ready to go all-in on Refine... and that means moving on from Simple File Upload. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters New supporters! Lynn Romich from Konbini    Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - a community for Laravel developers under-represented due to their gender Brendon from Feederloop Pascal from sharpen.page     Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    The Hammerstone Podcast is back

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 26:49


    Colleen and her business partner Aaron give an update on Hammerstone (Refine) in this crossover episode.Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Lynn Romich from Konbini Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - a community for Laravel developers under-represented due to their gender Brendon from Feederloop Pascal from sharpen.page     Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Qualitative and Quantitative Data

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 32:51


    Talking to other entrepreneurs made Michele realize that she hasn't talked about interplay of qualitative *and* qualitative data enough. Michele and Colleen talk about what that means in the context of feature requests and high-touch sales.Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters New supporters! Brendon from Feederloop Pascal from sharpen.page Lynn Romich from Konbini   Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - the community for women, non-binary and trans Laravel developers     Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    TinySeed!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 30:18


    Colleen's company was accepted to TinySeed, which means she now gets to work on Refine full time. That means she can finally make some hard decisions and push. (Note: Colleen and Michele were actually in the same place last week, so that's why the audio quality is different than normal!)Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Special thanks to our new supporters!  Brendon from Feederloop Pascal from sharpen.page Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - the community for women, non-binary and trans Laravel developers Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Getting Into Public Speaking as a Developer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 38:25


    Michele chats with indie developer Benedicte Raae about getting into public speaking through streaming. Follow Benedicte on Twitter! https://twitter.com/raaeBenedicte's website: https://queen.raae.codes/StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/A couple friends of this pod have launched their own shows for entrepreneurs lately! Check them out:Ship SaaS Faster (Simon Bennett + Volkan Kaya): https://shipsaasfaster.com/Marketing Retro (Adrienne Barnes + Josh Ho): https://marketingretro.substack.com/The Weekly Build (Marie Ng + Jesse Anderson): https://www.theweeklybuild.com/This Indie Life (James McKinven + Dagobert Renouf): https://indielife.fm/The Non-Tech Founders Podcast (Laura Elizabeth and Nathan Powell): https://nontechfounders.transistor.fm/Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - the community for women, non-binary and trans Laravel developers    Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Sick Leave for Indie Founders?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 27:49


    Should indie founders take sick leave? Michele and Colleen discuss.A couple friends of this pod have launched their own shows for entrepreneurs lately! Check them out:Ship SaaS Faster (Simon Bennett + Volkan Kaya): https://shipsaasfaster.com/Marketing Retro (Adrienne Barnes + Josh Ho): https://marketingretro.substack.com/The Weekly Build (Marie Ng + Jesse Anderson): https://www.theweeklybuild.com/This Indie Life (James McKinven + Dagobert Renouf): https://indielife.fm/The Non-Tech Founders Podcast (Laura Elizabeth and Nathan Powell): https://nontechfounders.transistor.fm/Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - the community for women, non-binary and trans Laravel developers    Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Competitive Advantage and Moats for Small SaaSes, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 32:57


    Michele continues her chat with Summit founder Matt Wensing about ways indie SaaS founders can think about moats and competitive advantages. This episode: cost advantages, size advantages (big and small), and false moats.Recommended reading on competitive advantages: The Little Book That Builds Wealth A couple friends of this pod have launched their own shows for entrepreneurs lately! Check them out:Ship SaaS Faster (Simon Bennett + Volkan Kaya): https://shipsaasfaster.com/Marketing Retro (Adrienne Barnes + Josh Ho): https://marketingretro.substack.com/The Weekly Build (Marie Ng + Jesse Anderson): https://www.theweeklybuild.com/This Indie Life (James McKinven + Dagobert Renouf): https://indielife.fm/Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - the community for women, non-binary and trans Laravel developers    Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Talking Competitive Advantage and Moats for Small SaaSes, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 52:22


    Michele chats with Summit founder Matt Wensing about intangible assets, switching costs, and network effects, and how they apply to indie software companies. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - the community for women, non-binary and trans Laravel developers    Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Refine Update with Aaron and Colleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 33:09


    Aaron Francis, Colleen's co-founder, swings by to chat about Refine. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic Larabelles - the community for women, non-binary and trans Laravel developers    Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Super Pumped (aka The Saturday Edition)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 36:13


    Four things Colleen is super pumped about... and one thing she's not. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Chris of Jetboost.io Daryl Shannon of Docamatic    Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Sprinting a Marathon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 50:09


    Colleen and Michele both have a lot going on.Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited  Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Hairy Projects and Heat Waves

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 30:28


    Michele's trying to figure out how to approach charging sales taxes, and Colleen finally pushes to prod.Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Jesper Christiansen of FormBackend Matthew Wojtowicz of WorkCited     Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Distribution vs Marketing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 54:53


    Colleen's in go mode for Refine. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io    Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    One Weekly Win

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 43:13


    Colleen shares the secret to her recent productivity.Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    The One Where Colleen Goes to LA and Michele Looks at Haybales

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 47:13


    Should indie entrepreneurs take advice from VC-track folks?Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io    Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    That's the Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 35:53


    Learning new things, feeling like you're a bit out of your depth, pushing to the next level: that's the job of being an entrepreneur, and Colleen and Michele are both experiencing that in different ways.Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Work vs Life vs Everything Else

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 42:19


    Michele and Colleen catch up on Michele's conference talks... and try to figure out how to make her life work. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Bonus: Pre-Episode Banter for 8/9/22

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 3:57


    Folks seem to love our casual banter, so here's what Zoom captured on our backup recording before we started the actual recording for next Tuesday's episode. 

    Colleen vs the Cliff

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 28:16


    Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters  Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Starting a Business - Even When Your Family Doesn't Want You To

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 34:40 Transcription Available


    Follow Lucie! https://twitter.com/LucieBaratteCheck out Logology: https://www.logology.co/See her husband Dagobert's memes: https://twitter.com/dagorenoufHuge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Josh Smith of Keyhero.io Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Vision and Empathy with Lucie Baratte of Logology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 39:13 Transcription Available


    Follow Lucie! https://twitter.com/LucieBaratteCheck out Logology: https://www.logology.co/Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    What's Hammerstone? A Broadcast of the Hammerstone.dev Podcast with Colleen and Aaron

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 45:38 Transcription Available


    Check out Hammerstone here!Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    From Side Project to Full Time with Damon Chen and Michael Rouveure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 45:06 Transcription Available


    This episode was sponsored by Calm Fund, an ecosystem of founders and funders of profitable, sustainable, calm businesses. Calm Fund invests early in profitable businesses that want to maximize their chances of success and build for the long-term. Calm Fund was founded by an exited indie SaaS founder, Tyler Tringas. Michele Hansen is one of the many indie SaaS founders who are investors/mentors in Calm Fund.You can learn more about Calm Fund at https://calmfund.com/ and apply for funding at https://apply.calmfund.com/, no warm intro needed.Follow Damon: https://twitter.com/damengchenFollow Michael: https://twitter.com/MichaelRouveureFollow Calm Fund: https://twitter.com/calmfund

    When Should You Let People Pay You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 38:25 Transcription Available


    Follow Vic! https://twitter.com/VicVijayakumarEveryOak, Vic's preschool communications SaaS: https://www.everyoak.com/Try out HeyTexting: https://www.heytexting.com/Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Q&A!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 38:18 Transcription Available


    Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Aaron from Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Simon Bennett of SnapShooter Backups Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    Sales Mode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 29:58 Transcription Available


    Check out The Art of Product Podcast and Default Alive. And of course, Colleen's favorite twitter thread by Nathan Barry. Also mentioned, Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on what makes the top 10% of founders different. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains, who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Aaron from Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Moncef from Ruby on Mac Steve of Be Inclusive Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    101 Episodes!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 34:44 Transcription Available


    Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin Mike from Gently Used Domains Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Aaron from Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Proud MaMa from Oplnet, LLC Anna from Kradl Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit

    The One Where the WiFi Goes Out

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 21:33 Transcription Available


    Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin Mike from Gently Used Domains Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Aaron from Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Lana and Alex from Recapsy Joe Masilotti of railsdevs.com Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios

    Betting on Multiple Horses with Dan Rowden and James McKinven

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 36:52


    Follow Dan! https://twitter.com/drSee all of Dan's businesses: https://danrowden.com/Follow James! https://twitter.com/jmckinvenSee all of James' businesses: https://jamesmckinven.com/Listen to No More Mondays: https://nomoremondays.fm/Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin Mike from Gently Used Domains Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Aaron from Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Adam from Rails Autoscale Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik Damian Moore of Audio Audit Podcast Checker Eldon from NodleStudios

    The Water Bowl of Sorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 33:21 Transcription Available


    Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin Mike from Gently Used Domains Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Aaron from Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Chris from Urlbox Caeli of Tosslet Greg Park from TraitLab Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik

    Be a Champion with Zuzana Kunckova, Founder of Larabelles

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 49:19 Transcription Available


    Follow Zuzana on Twitter. Zuzana's website. Check out Larabelles. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin Mike from Gently Used Domains Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Aaron from Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Cam Sloan Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik

    Launching, Back to the Future Style

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 33:33 Transcription Available


    Check out Colleen's new product, Refine: https://hammerstone.devHuge thanks to all of our listeners who've become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin Mike from Gently Used Domains Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Aaron from Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell Corey Haines of SwipeWell Mike Wade of Crowd Sentry Nate Ritter of Room Steals Anna Maste of Subscribe Sense Geoff Roberts from Outseta Justin Jackson, MegaMaker Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis from Fathom Analytics Matthew from Appointment Reminder Andrew Culver at Bullet Train John Kostor Alex of Corso Systems Richard from Stunning Josh,the annoyingly pragmatic founder Ben from Consent Kit John from Credo and EditorNinja Michael Koper of Nusii Proposals Arvid Kahl James Sowers from Castaway.fm Nathan of Develop Your UX Jessica Malnik

    Positioning for Maximum Impact with Zach Goldie

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 28:55 Transcription Available


    Check out Zach's website: https://www.zachgoldie.com

    Founding, Selling, and Starting Anew with Adam Pallozzi, Exited Founder of Junior Rockers and Co-Founder of SleepHQ

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 49:29 Transcription Available


    Follow Adam: https://twitter.com/adampallozziCheck out Adam's new business, SleepHQ: https://sleephq.com

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