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What a fascinating episode with Daniel Vassallo, creator of smallbets.com.  From leaving Amazon to become self-employed, to experimenting and iterating on business models, software, books, courses, and finally his flagship community, Small Bets.

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Louie Bacaj (@LBacaj), once a Walmart engineer, made a bold career shift into the unpredictable world of venture capitalism and entrepreneurship. Now a co-leader of a thriving community for bootstrapped entrepreneurs, Louie reveals how the 'small bets' philosophy guides individuals toward financial freedom and fulfillment. Together with Daniel Vassallo, he has created a unique space that thrives on exclusivity and practicality, challenging the traditional go-big-or-go-home mentality.Reflecting on our shared transition from engineer to entrepreneur, we explore how small yet strategic side projects, a safety net of real estate investments, and the monetization of expertise can provide a mosaic of possibilities for those on the verge of leaving their day jobs. Join us as we uncover how integrating AI tools like GPT and Claude Opus helps our community members elevate content creation and make a difference. With inspiration from Sam Walton's step-by-step success, we see how impactful small bets can be. This journey isn't just about building businesses—it's about creating lives that align with our values. Tune in to hear great stories, strategies, and successes!00:00:00 From Engineer to Entrepreneur00:11:43 Transition From Engineering to Entrepreneurship00:20:27 Diverse Business Strategies and AI Implementation00:25:31 Advancing AI in Business Operations00:31:25 Building Success Through Small Bets00:39:48 Supporting Founder's Podcast and BooksThis episode is sponsored by Acquire.comThe blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/louie-bacaj-betting-small-to-win-big/The podcast episode: https://tbf.fm/episodes/318-louie-bacaj-betting-small-to-win-bigThe video: https://youtu.be/-c_Nh5_RbTgYou'll find my weekly article on my blog: https://thebootstrappedfounder.comPodcast: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podcastNewsletter: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/newsletterMy book Zero to Sold: https://zerotosold.com/My book The Embedded Entrepreneur: https://embeddedentrepreneur.com/My course Find Your Following: https://findyourfollowing.comHere are a few tools I use. Using my affiliate links will support my work at no additional cost to you.- Notion (which I use to organize, write, coordinate, and archive my podcast + newsletter): https://affiliate.notion.so/465mv1536drx- Riverside.fm (that's what I recorded this episode with): https://riverside.fm/?via=arvid- TweetHunter (for speedy scheduling and writing Tweets): http://tweethunter.io/?via=arvid- HypeFury (for massive Twitter analytics and scheduling): https://hypefury.com/?via=arvid60- AudioPen (for taking voice notes and getting amazing summaries): https://audiopen.ai/?aff=PXErZ- Descript (for word-based video editing, subtitles, and clips): https://www.descript.com/?lmref=3cf39Q- ConvertKit (for email lists, newsletters, even finding sponsors): https://convertkit.com?lmref=bN9CZw

Today's guest is Daniel Vassallo, the creator of the Small Bets community, which counts more than 5 ,000 members and includes engineers, entrepreneurs, and creators of all kinds. Daniel is also a former software engineer at AWS, the author of The Good Parts of AWS and created a successful Twitter course. With Daniel, we will talk about his unconventional journey in tech, the Small Bets philosophy, and advice for engineers about careers, site projects, technology and skills. Here is what we talked about: (01:11) Introduction & background (05:21) Small Bets' genesis & philosophy (14:36) Understanding the market (19:36) Taking care of the downsides (24:43) Improving your lifestyle first (29:05) The dangers of labelling yourself (32:10) Allocating your time (37:13) Self-managing your own work (45:34) Transitioning to a self-employed lifestyle (52:21) The selection criteria for your ideas — You can also find this at:

Jeremy & Jess were in cohort 23 of Daniel Vassallo's course, A Portfolio of Small Bets. After a few weeks of letting it all sink in, they share some of the things they learned, key take-aways, and more.

“Harness builds software for teams that build software,” says Scott Sanchez, CMO of Harness. Scott and his team recognize that software developers at larger companies spend an increasing amount of time doing everything but coding. Harness provides a series of end to end products which ensure that that coding is high quality and delivered quickly and securely. He explains the importance of positioning and individuating in an industry in which an increasing number of people are selling a similar product. A large part of setting your business apart is providing thoughtful, valuable content.  Scott explains what such content looks like across all aspects of the business, some of which might be surprising. He particularly focuses on organic social content, what this looks like and why many marketers get it wrong. Letting the audience see the human face of your company is a great way to connect, he explains.This is good news for those just starting out who can't afford to pay for glossy marketing productions. It is also the best way to engage with software developers who are inherently marketing averse and skeptical of anything too polished. Scott also considers the difference between sales and marketing, and how models like ChatGPT will affect his and other industries. He warns against the short-term thinking that many marketers (often inevitably) fall into. Learn why he declares Justin Welsh and Daniel Vassallo are two entrepreneurs to watch. Quotes: “Marketing's job, if done well, is to not be marketing. We are trying to help our customers get from point A to point B, whatever that is for them. And the more you can express that in terms of outcomes and value, the better job you're doing.” (3:36-3:56 | Scott) “A year from now, 18 months from now, what do you want your ideal customer to say this company, this product is the best in the world at?” (16:18-16:29 | Scott)  “I think authentic, valuable content, not marketing content, the way a lot of people would think about it, but truly authentic and valuable content is worth 100x its weight.” (27:35-27:48 | Scott)  “I do think too many marketers, not by choice…are forced into short term thinking…I think you get into that hamster wheel of catch up, on on goals. And you end up making poor choices as a result of not having options.” (40:40-41:29 | Scott) Connect with Brendan Dell: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendandell/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrendanDell Instagram: @thebrendandell TikTok: @brendandell39 Buy a copy of Brendan's Book, The 12 Immutable Laws of High-Impact Messaging: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780578210926    Connect with Scott Sanchez: LinkedIn: @scottsanchez Twitter:@scottsanchez Facebook:@scottsanchez Instagram:@scottsanchez TikTok: @:scottsanchez Harness.io Please don't forget to rate, comment, and subscribe to Billion Dollar Tech on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts! Use code Brendan30 for 30% off your annual membership with RiverSide.fm  Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

In our ops & infra world, we learn to optimise for redundancy, for mean time to recovery and for graceful degradation. We instinctively recognise single points of failure, and try to mitigate the risks associated with them. For some years now, Daniel Vassallo has been doing the same, but in the context of life & work. Daniel talks about the role of randomness, about learning from small wins & about optimising for a lifestyle that matches your true preferences,. Apparently, ideas too should be treated like cattle, not pets.

In our ops & infra world, we learn to optimise for redundancy, for mean time to recovery and for graceful degradation. We instinctively recognise single points of failure, and try to mitigate the risks associated with them. For some years now, Daniel Vassallo has been doing the same, but in the context of life & work. Daniel talks about the role of randomness, about learning from small wins & about optimising for a lifestyle that matches your true preferences,. Apparently, ideas too should be treated like cattle, not pets.

This episode samples:Alvaro Trigo, who once was a web developer but could quit his day job to work on his open source software Fullpage.js.Daniel Vassallo tells us why he left his cushy job at Amazon to start many small businesses.Dagna Bieda explains how you can fast-track your engineering career and what mindset has to do with professional growth.Mauricio Aniche explains how to write tests that find bugs and what domain-driven testing is.Nuchals Dular shares why the engineering manager position he worked hard toward to wasn't meant for him.YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/XKKFCmvK7_M

To cap off Season 2, Jon and I spoke to what many might consider a tech success story. Daniel Vassallo is no stranger to tech Twitter, but in case he is a new name to you, Daniel is a former Amazon Software Engineer who now makes a living with a portfolio of small bets. He made his way to Seattle by way of Ireland, working for 7 years at Amazon before leaving the corporate world for the freedom of self-employment. I (Melissa) love Daniel's story, largely because I long to replicate his portfolio of small bets approach to work. This was a wonderful conversation. I appreciate Daniel's transparency and authenticity. Have a listen to hear: Daniel's path into amazon Correspondence college, long before remote schooling was a thing The interview process Navigating coding challenges over the phone -- these were pre-Zoom/Skype/Facetime days! Moving from Ireland to Seattle How his role and job scope changed over time Salary numbers over time The process of self-reflection through his time at Amazon Leaving amazon to pursue a portfolio of small bets Whether your goal is to work in tech for 30 years, or grind for 5 with an eye on early retirement, Daniel is worth a follow. The best place to connect is on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/data-and-dev/message

In my conversation with Daniel Vassallo this week, I learned that Daniel uses social media —Twitter in particular— to find inspiration for his own work as a teacher and content creator. Intentionally doomscrolling Twitter to come up with writing prompts and business ideas? Why not!If we consider this a strategic effort, not just wasting our time on social media, let's develop a few frameworks that lead to more tangible results.Today, I want to talk about finding ideas, problems, and points of tension that hint at practical business opportunities on social media.- Find Business Ideas on Social Media- Find your Following, my Twitter course — now with Find your Following Essentials, the 7-day Twitter crash course- Zero to Sold & The Embedded Entrepreneur, my books on entrepreneurshipThis episode is sponsored by MicroAcquire. You can also watch this episode as a video on YouTube.

Today, I am talking to Daniel Vassallo, writer, founder, and person with very strong opinions. He is building a portfolio of small bets in public, on Twitter. I will talk to him about the importance of making money in diversified ways, how to structure your life around being a founder, and how to figure out which business ideas might actually work. Here is Daniel Vassallo.What is the lifetime value of a subscription business? 1:12Different kinds of software fit different pricing models. 5:04What is a portfolio of small bets? 9:30Business is unpredictable. You need to radically reduce the input. 13:48What common things do you share with other entrepreneurs? 17:46Don't try to be too novel. 21:31What's a good approach to spreading out your experiments? 26:14What is the best price for your business? 40:08How Pieter Levels' portfolio has changed over time. 45:58How you can use social media to get new ideas. 51:26Sometimes it's something seemingly unrelated that opens your eyes to a new way of doing things. 55:01Links:- Daniel's Revenue/Days on Market graph. This episode is sponsored by MicroAcquire. Here's the blog post for this episode.You can also watch this episode as a video on YouTube.

Daniel Vassallo talks about how he thinks of businesses as Small Bets, and how he grew multiple products to over 6 figures. His latest course brought in over $400,000 in the last year alone, and in this episode, he discusses his philosophy and approach to how he built it along with a thriving community.  

"The goal of this podcast is to help business builders learn some best practices when they go looking for their first 10, to expose the things worth doing and the things that might be dead ends and ultimately cost time and money. We should all be recycling these days, and when it comes to understanding your customers and how you talk to them, there's a ton of value that my guests have shared that is worth repeating." – Conor McCarthy.Welcome to the final episode of season 4 of The First 10 Podcast, and what a season it has been! This season, we have heard from an array of inspirational serial entrepreneurs who have created multiple businesses who kindly took the time to openly and honestly share their biggest learnings, challenges and wins with us. Helping business builders is at the heart of this podcast, and valuable golden nuggets of advice come with each new episode. So, to close off this season, we will be doing a re-cap with each of our guests to learn their top tips for someone just starting out and hoping to obtain their first ten customers. So, grab a pen and paper and let this refresher masterclass begin with our entrepreneurial experts Andy Mackin, Jakob Greenfeld, Shane Melaugh, Daniel Vassallo, Rob Walling, Dave Parker, Brian Casel, Brennan Dunn and Corey Haines.Connect with the First 10 season 4 guests: Andy Mackin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackinconsultancy Jakob Greenfeld: https://jakobgreenfeld.com/ Shane Melaugh: https://ikario.com/about/ Daniel Vassallo: https://dvassallo.com/ Rob Walling: https://robwalling.com/ Dave Parker: https://www.dkparker.com/  Brian Casel: https://briancasel.com/  Brennan Dunn: https://rightmessage.com/  Corey Haines: https://www.swipefiles.com/ Nick Loper: https://SideHustleNation.comConnect with First 10 Podcast host Conor McCarthy: https://www.first10podcast.comhttps://www.conormccarthy.me/work-with-me https://twitter.com/TheFirst10Podhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/comccart/Check out my podcast partners!Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1389931Otter: https://otter.ai/referrals/ETRNKY16Calendly: https://calendly.grsm.io/ilev18qxpn1eThis podcast was produced in partnership with podlad.com

 Corey Haines joins me to talk all about a marketer in search of a technical co-founder“You need to have usage before revenue because no one's going to pay for something that isn't actually being used that they are not finding utility out of and in making you.” - Corey HainesWatch this episode on YouTubeIn this conversation:Corey Haines:Corey's company, Swipe FilesCorey on Twitter: @coreyhainescoCorey's personal siteBrian Casel:Brian's company, ZipMessageBrian on Twitter: @casjamThanks to ZipMessageZipMessage (today's sponsor) is the video messaging tool that replaces live calls with asynchronous conversations.  Use it for free or tune into the episode for an exclusive coupon for Open Threads listeners.Quotes from this episode:Clip 1Corey:From my perspective as a marketer, I think that the marketing across each one of the products is relatively the same. It's not really like harder or easier for any one of them. I think the product is kind of the crux there. I love the example of Daniel Vassallo on Twitter. He's a really good thinker. And creator and maker.He shares openly. He is like all his revenue from the products that he creates. The vast majority of his income comes from info products ebooks and courses and things like that. And then he does some consulting for Gumroad and like I think actually one of his first projects. But the tiniest amount of revenue, I think only does like $1,000 a month is his sass called Userbase.I think one because it's just inherently harder to find product-market fit with software you can kind of like get lucky and strike gold and like build something that's like very new and needed and just people are clamoring for most of the time. You kind of has to like feel your way around and make a couple of changes and pivots and get up to feature parity in order to start competing with an incumbent or start being attractive for people to you.Brian:It's true. It's so hard because it literally has to be solving a problem that people are ready to buy and get their problem solved. Whereas with a course, I found that like, yes, it really, really benefits a lot of people who buy it and watch every lesson and implement it and use it to grow their business. And that's great.But then there's always other a lot of other buyers, you know, they don't necessarily go through it all. They don't necessarily implement it all, but it's sort of exploratory. Like they'll buy they'll make the purchase just to go down that rabbit hole for a little bit to see what it's like. And maybe they'll learn like, you know what, that's not for me. And in that case, it's still sort of they still got value out of learning that path is not for me. Right.Clip 2Corey:The tension there is that -  what am I working on today? Am I working on a product or am I working on marketing? And I have to do both. You know, and it usually involves. But like I'm either answering emails that are marketing-related or I'm in between GitHub issues. Yeah. And it's I mean, one of the.Brian:One of the best pieces of advice I've seen a lot of actors give to each other is to do a week on week off for a product or marketing is to spend one weekCorey:on the product. When I come to like whatever they are you're moving half as fast. That's true. You are moving definitely half as fast. I do a lot of that too, but it's never that clean. It's never like you know, literally Monday to Friday product time and then next Monday to Friday, it's marketing time. I mean, it's never that clean, you know, because opportunities are going to come into your inbox at any time.And that's when I have to just like flip into marketing mode and go do this podcast, you know.

Daniel Vassallo (@dvassallo) and Arvid Kahl (@arvidkahl) have both already made it as indie hackers. They join Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen) to discuss making money as an indie hacker, designing your life after you reach financial freedom, avoiding risk, mitigating inflation, and whether or not college is worth it.Related episodes: #212 – Actionable Steps for Building the Right Business with Arvid Kahl #177 – Mastering the Lifestyle-First Approach to Indie Hacking with Daniel Vassallo #140 – Vital Learnings from Bootstrapping and Selling a $55k a Month Business with Arvid Kahl of FeedbackPanda

Have you ever heard that to grow your business, you must think big? Well, what if we were to tell you that's not always the case. Joining Conor on today's episode is special guest Daniel Vassallo. Daniel is a master of taking small bets and has a fascinating story to share. Daniel's professional career was a roaring success as he worked for the globe's largest e-commerce retailer, Amazon. However, despite the promotions, benefits, and attractive six-figure salary, Daniel decided to take the bold plunge from his desirable full-time role into the unknown realm of self-employment on a mission to strike a more sustainable work-life balance. In this episode, Daniel reveals his small bets portfolio strategy, openly shares his learnings from failure, and explores the benefits of aiming for low-hanging fruit. Daniel also unpacks the randomness and unpredictability of business and reminds us how success is never a guarantee. Key points throughout the episode include: An introduction to Daniel Vassallo. Developing muscle for uncertainty.The journey of self-employment and exploring future opportunities. Daniel's inspiration generator for choosing suitable projects. The key of knowing what to pursue and what to avoid. The importance of making small bets and not over-investing. Finding work-life compatibility.Validating ideas and growing through failures. The role of randomness and chance in business. Finding inspiration amongst the wins. Converting a hobby into a stream of income.  How small wins can make a massive difference. Why analysing your customers buying patterns is vital.The steppingstones to success: why visibility and credibility are essential.  Daniel's advice on obtaining your first 10 customers.Connect with Daniel Vassallo:https://dvassallo.com/https://dvassallo.gumroad.com/https://twitter.com/dvassallo/https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielvassallo/Connect with First 10 Podcast host Conor McCarthy: https://www.first10podcast.comhttps://twitter.com/TheFirst10Podhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/comccart/ Resources:Book: Hollywood Economics by Arthur De Vany.  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hollywood-Economics Check out my podcast partners!Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1389931Otter: https://otter.ai/referrals/ETRNKY16Calendly: https://calendly.grsm.io/ilev18qxpn1eThis podcast was produced in partnership with podlad.com

Today's episode is sponsored by Codiga, a smart coding assistant and automated code review platform. Try Codiga for FREE!Links:Retweet and Like for a chance to win either Daniel's Build a Twitter Audience Course or his Good Parts of AWS bookDaniel's Twitter that contains all he doesSubscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Deezer, or via RSS.

Three years ago, Daniel Vassallo quit working at Amazon. He was a very highly-paid software developer there. Without a job lined up, he wanted to create his own path. He currently has a portfolio of small bets (products, services and more) and wants to help you do the same. Daniel has over 110,000 Twitter followers. In this episode, you will learn how to use Twitter tips as well. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Daniel on Twitter!Connect with David on Twitter!

Daniel Vassallo has taken a brave plunge: He left his high-status, high-paying job to follow his heart and live the good life as he imagines it to be. In this episodes he shared many of the ideas that prompted this bold move and some of the insights he has gained during his ongoing journey. Among other things, we touched on Stoicism, productivity, serendipity, security, evolution and wellbeing. One of my favorite concepts introduced in this episode is the "inspiration generator", so look out for it!   To follow Daniel's ideas and work, access his Twitter bio: twitter.com/dvassallo  

In this episode, we talk with independent creator and Gumroad Head of Product, Daniel Vassallo.Daniel Vassallo is the creator of Userbase and several successful Gumroad products, including The Good Parts of AWS and Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience. In 2019, he left a $500,000 job at Amazon to work for himself. Today, he is Head of Product at Gumroad in a part-time role.We talked about lifestyle and career design, Daniel's new course "A Portfolio of Small Bets," the unpredictability of creative outcomes, and strategies to deal with it. Links: Daniel's website: https://dvassallo.comDaniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dvassalloDaniel's Gumroad: https://dvassallo.gumroad.comDaniel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dvssll/

In 2019 Daniel Vassallo left his $500k salaried job at Amazon to go indie. In the 2 years since he left Daniel has placed many small bets, something he's become known for. In particular Daniel has seen success from his Info Products and building his audience on Twitter, which has grown from 0 to 91k. He wrote a short book on the good parts of AWS, which has made $126,000, then following the Twitter growth, wrote a book called Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience, which has made $244,000. He shares all of his revenue reports in his Profit and Loss community, which in itself has made over $30k in the past year. In total, and in just over 2 years, Daniel has made $570k in revenue and $306k in profit since leaving his job at Amazon. But he's gained something he didn't have while working for someone else, freedom.➡️ Get the uncut, 80 minute recording with Daniel on the Indie Feast membership here.What we covered in this episode: Leaving a $500k job at Amazon to go Indie The trap of judging your life based on financial value Why the initial focusing on one product didn't work out for Daniel Where the small bets mindset originated How to deal with context switching with small bets Dealing with an uncertain income Why info products work well for a small bets strategy How book publishers work and how we can apply their methods The importance of the "small" in small bets How you can build a twitter audience like Daniel Why Daniel started making wooden cutting boards How he made $2,600 from one tweet Recommendations Book: Anti Fragile by Nassim Taleb Podcast: Indie Hackers Indie Hacker: Peter Askew More on Daniel Twitter On the IH pod His most popular articles Follow Me Twitter Indie Bites Twitter Personal Website Buy A Wallet 2 Hour Podcast Course Sponsor - Fathom AnalyticsFor the longest time, website analytics software was seriously bad. It was hard to understand, time-consuming to use, and worse, it exploited visitor data for big tech to profit. I've spent countless hours in Google Analytics dashboards trying to figure even out the most basic metrics.This is exactly why I signed up for Fathom as soon as I heard Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis were building it.Fathom is simple website analytics that doesn't suck. It's easy to use and respectful of privacy laws, with no cookies following your users around the web. They're also a bootstrapped, sustainable business so I love supporting them. Yes, it might feel strange paying for analytics at first, but once you realise the real cost of free Google Analytics and realising how easy to use Fathom is, you won't go back. You can install the lightweight code on as many websites as you want and quickly see the performance of all your sites.Link → https://usefathom.com/bites

Repeat episode: Daniel Vassallo co-authored a book called “The Good Parts of AWS,” and made over $40K in sales in the first couple of weeks. In this episode, he breaks down all the details about the marketing & pricing strategies that he followed.

Daniel Vassallo used to work for Amazon. By every measuring standard, he should have been happy & content. He was successful, making a high salary, getting promotions, working with great coworkers - all while working for one of the biggest companies in the world. However, over time, Daniel's motivation to work there decreased, and after a lot of internal deliberations, he decided to quit his high 6 figure job at Amazon to pursue the unknown. He didn't want to live on someone else's terms so he decided to take his independence into his own hands. What happened next was completely unexpected... Daniel and I discussed: Why he left his cushy Amazon job Crossing $400K in sales on Gumroad (from 3 info products) in 1.5 yrs. What his plan (or lack of one) was when he left Amazon The info product space Why he chose Gumroad as his preferred platform Why you don't need to be an "expert" to sell info products The importance of transparency The democratization of content on the internet How he drives traffic to his courses And much more... Daniel Vassallo My take: I love risk-takers - I love when a person decides to bet on themselves, and lead the life they desire to live. Not every risk pays off - sometimes things don't work out - but there's really only one way to find out, and that's through action. The internet offers everyone a fair chance to pursue their passion or their ideas - and make a living from it. Support The Podcast

[00:03:15] Andrew introduces himself, what he does, and more about the businesses that he started.[00:09:48] Chris asks Andrew what took him from PHP to Ruby.[00:12:22] Find out about the project Andrew did with Rails.[00:14:28] The conversation turns to talking about going from consulting, into wanting to build a product, and the transition being a hard decision.  [00:16:48] Jason tells us about his issue with being idea driven. He's excited about building, the marketing stuff he's not good at, and he's okay with talking to people but he doesn't want to. He also mentions a great book to read called, The Mom Test. [00:20:48] Andrew tells us his first experience of chasing an idea of building a product outside of consulting. Chris tells us about an e-book to check out from Rob Walling called, Start Marketing: The Day You Start Coding (and other essays), and what he did to find his product market fit especially doing Go Rails and Ruby on Rails screencasts. Chris talks about investing in “marketing” and interacting on Twitter. He mentions to follow Daniel Vassallo.[00:30:39] Chris asks Andrew where he feels he's at in this process.[00:34:28] One of the things that scares Andrew is support on things and he asks Chris if he ever looked at outsourcing support for his products or if he has any issues keeping up with support requests, and of course Chris has so much to share about this. [00:40:49] Jason and Andrew chat about their experiences doing products with a partner to help with contributing and marketing and if it worked out or not. Chris mentions selling to print shops as a good place to start. [00:52:05] Chris talks about an old blog post he did when he was debating on the idea of starting Go Rails and why he posted a survey on his site.[00:56:17] Chris and Andrew share some great business advice on what's most important to them which isn't always the money, but the satisfaction in the end. [01:00:30] Find out about Chris and Andrew's thoughts on product ideas.[01:06:39] Andrew tells us about the different networking groups he was in coming from his last business, and Chris talks about networking local and online. [01:12:21] Find out where you can follow Andrew on the internet.  Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Andrew SabettaSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterSabetta Consulting, LLCAndrew Sabetta WebsiteThe Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob FitzpatrickStart Marketing: The Day You Start Coding (and other essays) by Rob WallingDaniel Vassallo TwitterGo Rails-Courses with Chris OliverGo Rails

A.D. Vassallo nos contó historias y anécdotas muy valiosas, cuando estaba en escuela superior, baloncesto colegial, cuando de novato en el BSN anota 53 puntos, igualando el récord de su padre, y también conversamos de la selección nacional. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchandshootpr/support

https://dvassallo.com/ (Daniel Vassallo) and I discuss how to structure your life around what you care about, getting comfortable with uncertainty, and what it means to spend time well. Daniel Vassallo left his $500K per year job at Amazon to work for himself. He's "quarter-time" at https://gumroad.com/ (Gumroad), where he sold https://gumroad.com/l/twitter-audience (Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience) and https://gumroad.com/l/aws-good-parts (The Good) Parts of AWS. Right now, he's building https://userbase.com/ (Userbase), a way for developers to add user authentication to static sites. Listen on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rajits-show/id1547154924 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0XUMlzxwTxjY2PjrJgdwLU (Spotify) | https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vcmFqaXQv (Google) | https://overcast.fm/itunes1547154924 (Overcast) | https://pca.st/6mlec7xf (PocketCasts)

Daniel Vassallo quit his job at Amazon to work for himself and make a living via a portfolio of small bets. - @dvassallo on Twitter - DVassallo.com - Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience Course - Why I quit a $500K job at Amazon to work for myself As always, this episode of Starting Now is brought to you by BYLT. At BYLT we help you get started online. Whether you want to start a blog or a business head on over to BYLT.co to get started. Subscribe to Starting Now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Also watch the video interview on YouTube. And, finally, if you're enjoying our podcasts and care to learn more about us, at SPYR we build minimalist businesses and we help you start your own at BYLT. Find the full transcript and more at BYLT.co/daniel-vassallo

HighlightsWork, Studies, ProfessionRelaxation, Hobbies, CreativityFriends, CommunityHealth, FitnessIntellectualEmotional, SpiritualFinancesPersonal life and familyBelongings (Home, Objects)Bucket ListLessons learnedIntentionally designing my life with Amanda shielded our familyI am here to serve TTRPG creatorsBeing a better writer is mostly about being interestingI thrive in uncertaintyInspiration, constraints, and NoCode leads to remarkable resultsFocus on social media was bad for my business but great for relationshipsMake new habits attainable rather than optimalI'm a great people leadWhen building a new API, start with infrastructureWe are bad at evaluating risk and lean on culture to guide usLeverage your personal monopolyCareer advancement is about who you knowIt's hard to predict ROI in the early stages. You should take more shots and diversify.Intentions for 2021Process over goalsCollaborate. Collaborate. Collaborate.More, cheaper testsAsk for moneyLearn NoCode toolsStop worrying about social media and become a teacherLeave space for inspiration and reflectionBuild trust and dialogue with my audienceIntentional information consumptionTriple down on writingTriple down on mythologyRecommit to longsword fightingImprove family spending habitsContinue to hike and exerciseContinue with pianoContinue studying marketingBuild more with family

AWS has over 150 different services. Databases, log management, edge computing, and lots of others. Instead of being overwhelmed by all of these products, an engineering team can simplify their workflow by focusing on a small subset of AWS services–the defaults.Daniel Vassalo is the author of The Good Parts of AWS. An excerpt from the book: “The cost of acquiring new information is high and the consequence of deviating from a default choice is low, so sticking with the default will likely be the optimal choice. A default choice is any option that gives you very high confidence that it will work.” Having confidence in your workflow–even if it is a simple workflow–has advantages.S3, EC2, Elastic Load Balancers: for simple web applications, this is really all you need to build your business. Daniel Vassallo worked at AWS for more than 8 years before leaving to become an entrepreneur and author. He joins the show to talk about what the good parts of AWS are, and his strategy for building applications with that subset of services.

De las cualidades de un juvenil Barea con quien jugó en categorías menores, jugar partidos del BSN sin fanáticos, consejos de su padre Danny Vassallo, fotos viejas, su mentalidad debutando en la selección con los NBA Arroyo y Barea, Danilo Pinnock, Jesse Pellot Rosa, repasamos el 5to juego de la final ante los Santeros, discutimos el Mike Harris del 2014-2015, ponemos punto final a la historia de los Capillorones, recordamos el Torneo McDonald's en preparación al Mundial Sub 21 del 2005, la renuncia de Carlos Calcaño (Sub 21), la controversia con Denis Clemente (Sub 21), Sean Singletary, las stats del Ramu y mucho más. ¡Que disfrutes! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/elramuopina/support