Podcast appearances and mentions of michele hansen

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!

Mastering Empathy in Business: An Interview with Michele HansenIn this episode of Present Influence, host John Ball interviews Michele Hansen, author of 'Deploy Empathy.' Michele discusses her journey from the technical side of business to understanding and mastering empathy. The episode covers how empathy can be a learned skill crucial for business success, even in technical fields like software development. Michele shares her insights on applying empathy in product management, marketing, and sales, emphasizing the importance of understanding people's contexts. The conversation explores the unexpected benefits of empathy in building trust and deepening relationships, as well as Michele's experiences and strategies for successful podcasting. Listeners are encouraged to consider how they can apply empathy in their own professional and personal lives.00:00 Introduction: The Importance of Empathy in Business00:17 Meet Michelle Hansen: From Technical Background to Empathy Advocate02:57 The Journey to Entrepreneurship and Writing a Book06:01 Understanding Empathy: Michelle's Insights08:40 Applying Empathy in Business and Beyond18:29 The Role of Podcasting in Promoting Empathy26:56 Practical Tips for Developing Empathy40:57 Conclusion: Embracing Empathy in Professional Life

In this episode of the Business of Laravel podcast, host Matt Stauffer interviews Michele and Mathias Hansen, the founders of Geocodio, a SaaS that provides hassle-free geocoding, built with Laravel. They discuss their motivation for creating the service, born from their own need for reliable geocoding data, and explore the challenges and benefits of working together as a couple, including how their roles have evolved as the company has grown. They also highlight the importance of listening to user feedback and customer input throughout the development process and share their experiences in hiring and building a remote team.Matt Stauffer Twitter Tighten Website Michele Hansen Twitter Mathias Hansen TwitterGeocodio WebsiteMichele's book - Deploy Empathy  -----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

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

"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/

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/

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! 

In this episode, host Kevin Griffin chats with Michele Hansen about her journey in business and publishing. Michele shares her experience running Geocodio, a geocoding and data-matching SAAS, and provides insights into her journey towards self-publishing her book 'Deploy Empathy.' Valuable lessons include the importance of multi-threaded income, risks, and insurance in business and writing a book's strenuous yet rewarding process.Join the MTI Discord: https://mti.to/discordCreators & Guests Michele Hansen - Guest Kevin Griffin - Host Links:Michele's Website: https://mjwhansen.comMichele on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mjwhansenGeocodio: https://www.geocod.io/Deploy Empathy: https://deployempathy.com/Software Social Podcast: https://softwaresocial.dev/

If you're shopping for books this Black Friday, here are the 15 most impactful books I read before and during my SaaS founder journey. From entrepreneurship to marketing and customer interaction, you'll have a lot to put on your Black Friday shopping list.My own work is available for 50% off on Gumroad for a few days, too. Use the code BFF for Zero to Sold, The Embedded Entrepreneur, and Find your Following.And now, let's grow your library with the likes of Rob Walling, John Warrillow, Michele Hansen, and many more:This episode is sponsored by Acquire.comThe blog post: The podcast episode: The video: https://youtu.be/F9iIxqtvNUIYou'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

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

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

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. 

In this episode I'm joined by Colleen Schnettler, which a lot of you would have heard from through her Software Social podcast she co-hosts with Michele Hansen. Colleen has been on quite the journey over the past few years, going from years of contracting to launching her first product, Simple File Upload, then getting a large contracting gig with Hammerstone, landing a separate full-time job to then quit 3 weeks later to rejoin that Hammerstone as a co-founder. Now Colleen is working on a product called HelloQuery, a reporting tool for SQL queries which has been accepted into a recent TinySeed batch.What we covered: 00:00 Intro 02:03 Why start the Software Social podcast? 02:59 Why start building products 04:04 Colleen's first product: Simple File Upload 05:07 Why they stopped the podcast 06:37 Joining Hammerstone 08:50 Being a solo founder 10:16 Hello Query 11:47 Closing down a successful product 13:50 Reccos Reccomendations Book: The Mom Test Podcast: Boostrapped Web Indie Hacker: Corey Haines Follow ColleenTwitterMy links Twitter Indie Bites Twitter Indie Bites YouTube Join the membership Personal Website 2 Hour Podcast Course PodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast) This Indie Life Podcast Sponsor - EmailOctopus

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

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

 Sponsored by Fetch Truck Rental. Goal: precipitate the repeal of 174 changesBut how? Get 1,000+ signatures on the Small Software Business Coalition Letter to Congress by April 10thSign the letter → Small Software Business Owners AllianceSDMichele's Twitter: @mjwhansenMichele's latest Twitter thread about Section 174 changes

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

Toxic positivity isn't a term many people are familiar with - us included. First Michele introduced Nicole to the idea, and then Nicole introduced Kate to it. In this episode we're removing all barriers to discuss how social pressures are preventing us from validating our own - and others - emotions, along with the toll it's taking on our overall well being.Points Discussed in this Episode What is toxic positivity exactly?  All emotions are valid; to deny yourself certain emotions just makes things worse Intentional vulnerability and how empathy plays a huge role  Michele shares some examples of toxic positivity How social media plays a role How much of your personal life belongs in your online brand? The importance of self-empathy and being able to move through an emotion versus pushing it away Recognizing activities in your life or business that drain you Mentioned in this episode: Deploy Empathy: A practical guide to interviewing customersGeocod.io: Michele's businessSoftware Social PodcastToxic Positivity: The Dark Side of Positive Vibes (article)MJWHasen.comMichele's TwitterThank you so much for joining us for this special feature episode with Michele Hansen on toxic positivity!Don't forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don't agree.

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted at GOTO Aarhus.gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview hereMichele Hansen - Author or "Deploy Empathy" and Co-Founder of GeocodioHannes Lowette - Head of Learning & Development at Axxes, Monolith Advocate, Speaker & Whiskey LoverRESOURCESdeployempathy.combrenebrown.comDESCRIPTIONCode is always a means to an end rather than the end product itself. It's extremely important to understand the broader picture and see what the code that you or your team are going to write is helping to solve.Michele Hansen, author of Deploy Empathy and co-founder of Geocodio, reveals some of the best practices around understanding your users and responding to their needs. Join Michele and Hannes Lowette, head of learning & development at Axxes, while they dive into how to run successful and useful customer interviews.RECOMMENDED BOOKSMichele Hansen • Deploy EmpathyJim Kalbach • The Jobs to be Done PlaybookBrené Brown • The Gifts of ImperfectionBrené Brown • I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't)Brené Brown • Dare to LeadStone, Chaparro, Keebler, Chaparro & McConnell • Introduction to Human FactorsTwitterLinkedInFacebookLooking for a unique learning experience?Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.techSUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this episode, I interview Nicole Baldinu, an entrepreneur and Co-Founder of WebinarNinja & The $100 MBA. She's based in Sydney, Australia. Nicole was an ESL teacher for 12 years, went to film school, and then pursued a career in entrepreneurship. After working as an ESL teacher, Nicole decided to co-develop an idea, which is The $100 MBA that was launched in 2013; later on, WebinarNinja, which was established in 2014, earned 1 million ARR in USD in 2021.  According to Nicole, the approach that small-medium business owners should develop and maintain is having an optimal state of mind because that's where your productivity depends. She said, “So the ability to call yourself out, when you recognize you're actually not in an optimal state of mind… realizing that hang on and making an emotional decision.” This Cast Covers: How Troy found Nicole Baldinu. Webinars and Podcasts. Nicole's journey before heading out as an entrepreneur. Alpha and Beta stages of The $100 MBA and WebinarNinja. What is The $100 MBA? What is WebinarNinja? How both companies are funded. Having a healthy peer system, mentors, and coaches. Keeping an optimal state of mind. The importance of resiliency. Links: Nicole's LinkedIn Nicole's Twitter Nicole's Website Additional Resources: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill  How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie Free Time by Jenny Blake Deploy Empathy by Michele Hansen     Quotes: “Never to promise an exact date. Those early second estimates, then you double it.” —Nicole Baldinu “You're part of this creation of something that didn't exist until you decide to make it happen. And then you see other people using that thing. That's an incredible feeling.” —Nicole Baldinu “When leading a team; you have certain standards, you have certain beliefs in the way that you want things to be in the way you think they should be.” —Nicole Baldinu “It's the creative process; nothing in business is fixed or permanent. You're constantly in flux, you're constantly in change. And that's exciting.” —Nicole Baldinu “Focus on the work.” —Nicole Baldinu   Music from https://filmmusic.io “Cold Funk” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 

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

Earlier this week, I talked to Michele Hansen of Geocodio on The Bootstrapped Founder Podcast. Michele co-founded the business with her husband and ran it as a side project for several years. Now, that's a long time to wait before you commit full-time to a project. We also learned during our conversation that there are many ways of determining when the right time is to make that leap: for me, it was reaching a specific revenue figure, and for Michele, it was something else entirely.So let's explore this critical step today. When should you go from side-project to full-time? What are the significant catalysts that speed up this process?- When Should You Go from Side-Project to Full-Time?- 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.

I am talking to Michele Hansen, the co-founder of Geocodio, an indie SaaS business in the world of mapping and geolocation. I've been a fan of her work, both as a founder and as an active member of the Indie Hacker community for years now. I followed her journey with the business just as much as her foray into writing her first book, Deploy Empathy. Michelle really gets the founder community, and she's a respected teacher of all things customer development.In this episode, we chat about finding the right time to commit to a business, learning when to say no, finding your niche, and learning languages. Enjoy!You can find Michele on Twitter at https://twitter.com/mjwhansen/. Also, check out her book Deploy Empathy.Here is a short summary of the topics discussed in this episode:How do you set boundaries with a podcast? 3:08How do you judge what you say against what someone else would perceive as useful for themselves? 9:23How do you make sure you serve the right customers? 13:06Focus on what you already have instead of where you can go. 19:47Work in progress vs. goals. 23:13The journey is the interesting part, not the destination. 28:54The challenge of self-actualization after a big transition. 31:58What was the sign that it was time to go full-time? 39:14The financial hurdle of being an entrepreneur in the US. 42:35Where the fear of losing everything comes from. 48:09The mean voice in your head speaking. 51:43Being able to recognize your own growth is a big part of entrepreneurship. 57:38Low expectations allow you to surprise yourself, which leads to a better result. 1:00:47This episode is sponsored by MicroAcquire. Here's the blog post for this episode.You can also watch this episode as a video on YouTube.

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

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

Michele Hansen is the co-founder of Geocodio, a SaaS business that provides geocoding and data matching for addresses, co-host of the fantastic podcast Software Social and author of the book Deploy Empathy, which is all about how to do great customer interviews. We cover a lot of ground in this short episode, including how to write a book, building in public and mental health as a founder. Along with some concrete tips on how exactly you can do customer research.What we covered in this episode: Michele's podcast tour Building in public Why context is important for Twitter debates The real reason Michele wrote her book Starting with a newsletter How to do customer research How to understand your customers Changing their podcast support model Mental health as a founder Being a founder with ADHD Recommendations Book: The Little Book that Builds Wealth; Charlie Wilson's War Podcast: The Indicator Indie Hacker: Marie Ng Follow Michele Twitter Personal site Follow Me Twitter Indie Bites Twitter Personal Website Buy A Wallet 2 Hour Podcast Course PodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast) Sponsor - Ramen ClubMy favourite community has just got a significant upgrade as it rebrands to Ramen Club, the best community to help you get to Ramen Profitability.Ramen club has 4 remote coworking sessions a week, masterminds, accountability calls, live AMAs, a fractional CFO, in-house VA, discounts and so much more. But most of all, the founder Charlie has done a wonderful job at cultivating a wonderfully friendly and supportive community.To join the world's most supportive community for bootstrapped founders to reach ramen profitable and beyond, head to ramenclub.so and use code "INDIEBITES" to let Charlie know I sent you and get 50% off your first month.

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

How do you know what people want? You have to see their problems from their perspective. Michele Hansen, cofounder of Geocodio and author of Deploy Empathy: A Practical Guide to Interviewing Customers, is a master of the art of understanding a target audience. By making a concerted effort to get in customers' heads, she's multiplied […] The post MBA2163 Extended Interview: Michele Hansen – How to Build The Product and Business You Want by Deploying Empathy appeared first on The $100 MBA.

How do you know what people want? You have to see their problems from their perspective. Michele Hansen, cofounder of Geocodio and author of Deploy Empathy: A Practical Guide to Interviewing Customers, is a master of the art of understanding a target audience. By making a concerted effort to get in customers' heads, she's multiplied […] The post MBA2163 Extended Interview: Michele Hansen – How to Build The Product and Business You Want by Deploying Empathy appeared first on The $100 MBA.

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

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

Geocodio Co-Founder and author of Deploy Empathy: A practical guide to interviewing customers Michele Hansen joins us to talk about all things customer interviews – how, when and who to interview; what to do with the results; and specific tactics to get the most out of it.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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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

Ben & Jay are joined by Michele Hansen, author of Deploy Empathy, A Practical Guide to Interviewing Customers.  Michele is co-founder of Geocodio, an indie SaaS, and co-host of the Software Social podcast.  Hear about Michele's journey from sending interview tips to founders by email to a newsletter to a book, her aspiration for the book, and about being a fan of Jobs to be Done.All Things Twitter:Michele HansenDeploy EmpathySoftware Social podcastA Sherpa's Guide to InnovationBen TingeyJay GerhartSupport the show

How can you make the most of your customer interviews? Our guest today is Michele Hansen, co-founder of Geocodio and author of Deploy Empathy. You'll learn how to get started with customer development, how to incentivize users to participate in interviews, how to structure your calls, and more.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts.Show NotesDeploy Empathy — Michele's bookSoftware Social — Michele's podcastThe Mom Test — a book by Rob FitzpatrickLean Customer Development — a book by Cindy AlvarezInterviewing Users — a book by Steve PortigalFollow Michele on TwitterToday's SponsorThis show is brought to you by Userlist — the best tool for sending onboarding emails and segmenting your SaaS users. To follow the best practices, download our free printable email planning worksheets at userlist.com/worksheets.Interested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here.Leave a ReviewReviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here's how.

Sat down with Michele to talk about Geocodio, Saas lessons, luck, switching gears, and more.

This episode is a rebroadcast of my appearance on the Software Social Podcast with Michele Hansen. The episode there is called How to Use Twitter Effectively (feat. Arvid Kahl) and we go way beyond that in the conversation. We touch on building in public, mental health, empowerment, and kindness. You can find more information on my course here: Find your Following.

List of Ukrainian indie businesses/OSS contributors/creators to support: https://ukrainianweb.biz/ Donate to World Central Kitchen: https://donate.wck.org/ and let Michele know your donation is part of her matching campaign (michele@deployempathy.com)This is intended as *additional* help in addition to the many other places to donate to help Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, rather than instead of those efforts.Michele Hansen  0:00  Hey, everyone, it's Michele here with a, yeah, I guess a special message on the Ukraine situation. So, like everyone around the world, we have been horrified by what is going on there, and trying to do whatever we can to help. And so I just wanted to update you on two really quick things that that are ways that you can help as well. So the first one is, is pulling together a list of Ukrainian indie businesses. As we know, there's a lot of developers and designers and people in our community, not not not just in our sort of global human community, but really in our world and our community in Ukraine, and want to want to support them as much as we can. And so pulling together a list on Twitter, but also my friend, Matt Nunogawa, he turned this into a website now. So you can go to Ukrainian web dot biz, and you can see a list of all of these businesses created and run by Ukrainians. Everything from a, you know, open source contributors to figma icons to morning pages app, coming soon pages, builder, databases, test management systems, Mac utilities, like clean my Mac, data for SEO purposes. There's also a personal finance money tracker app called Five Cents, which the story of that one just really hit me particularly hard, because the the developer just launched it a month ago. And he posted an update on the other day that saying that, you know, his his his feed for the last month is all sort of our normal, you know, building public kind of updates when we've just launched something. And then he said that he had to stop working on it and spend his time trying to keep his family safe from the attacks. So, um, lots of good businesses here. I hope we can all help support them. And so that's Ukrainian web dot biz, but also if you if you have friends in Ukraine, I mean, so many of us have staff and contractors and everything else. And friends in Ukraine. So if you know if people who are creators are running a SAS are infoproducts, open source, you know what, whatever, right? Like, you know, definitely just reply to the tweet, and let's build that list. The other thing is that so we on on behalf of Geocodio, we are are trying to raise $20,000 for World Central Kitchen. And so we will donate $10,000, we'll match $10,000. We've already donated $1,000. So this is on top of that, we're going to donate that $10,000 no matter what, but we would really love to make it more. And I'd love for you to help with that. Even if it's like five or $10 that that helps. Right World Central Kitchen is an amazing, nonprofit run by Chef Jose Andres who is a proud son of Washington, DC where I used to live, who goes around the world whenever there is a crisis to feed people. And his organization is truly wonderful. I volunteered with it myself during the US federal government shutdown couple of years ago when government employees you know, weren't getting paychecks and we're feeding them and so I've seen from my own eyes how wonderful giving of an organization it is, but also how well run it is. And Jose Andres himself is on the Polish border feeding people who are coming across. Of course, there's many other ways to help as well. So I say this not as you should only help these efforts, but these are in addition to whatever else you might be doing. And yeah, so I hope you can help whether that's UkrainianWeb.biz or donating the World Central Kitchen and sending me receipts. But also, if you have people in Ukraine that you're supporting your I know, Harris Kenny, for example of IntroCRM. He has a staff member in Ukraine who is working with a group to buy groceries for people in Kyiv that you can also reach out to him about, but like if you know of efforts going on please let me know happy to use whatever platform we have to, to share that and and try to help people. So we'll be back to our normal programming this week. And sorry, next week. And yeah, thank you. Thank you for thank you for helping. Slava Ukraine.

Michele Hansen is the co-founder of Geocodio, a SaaS product that provides straightforward and easy-to-use geocoding and data matching for addresses. She's also the author of "Deploy Empathy: A Practical Guide to Interviewing Customers". Show Notes: • https://saasclub.io/308 Join Our Email List • Get weekly SaaS learnings, new podcast episodes, and actionable insights right in your inbox: https://saasclub.io/email/ Join Our Community for Free • SaaS Club is the community for early-stage SaaS founders and entrepreneurs: https://saasclub.co/join

Michele's Website - https://mjwhansen.com/Michele's Twitter - https://twitter.com/mjwhansenGeocodio -  https://www.geocod.io/Software Social, Podcast - https://softwaresocial.dev/Deploy Empathy, book - https://deployempathy.com/Brene Brown - https://brenebrown.com/Empathy Gives Us Superpowers, Matt Stauffer, video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMFjO2szDnkHow To Talk So Kids Will Listen...And Listen So Kids Will Talk, book - https://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Kids-Will-Listen/dp/0743525086Book Preview: Deploy Empathy by Michele Hansen with Justin Jackson, video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtBrIcO5aUoNever Split The Difference by Chris Voss, book - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018FHCPDO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Four Types of Trauma Response - https://lifestance.com/blog/four-types-trauma-response/

It's a light week this week; everyone is coming down from Build. If you missed that, check out last last week's newsletter. Now on to what happened Last week in .NET.Jared Parsons, member of the Roslyn core team, talks about string vs. String. That is, for those of you listening to this instead of reading it, the keyword string vs. the class String. As it turns out, they're not the same thing. There is also a special circle of hell for people who override String. @ me on Twitter @gortok if you think I'm wrong about this. Not about .NET but relevant to our interests, Michele Hansen's preorder for “Deploy Empathy” is open. Michele is the founder of https://geocod.io, which is, as the name says, a geocoding API. She does a lot of customer interviews for Geocodio, and previously she was a product manager for The Motley Fool, where she — you guessed it — did a lot of customer interviews. Anyway, she's written a book (and she has a newsletter!) about customer interviews that will give you the feedback that you need for your product or service. I don't do sponsored content here, and if you work on a product or are a consultant trying to sell a service, you need to read this book. Periodt. Benefits of the preorder is you get rough drafts of the book. Seriously, buy it.This is one of the best produced virtual keynotes I've seen ever Scott Hanselman “and friends” bring you a Build keynote unlike any other. I mentioned this last week, but it's worth noting again. Watch it. It's that good.Raymond Chen talks about Arm32 If this is your introduction to Raymond Chen, you're one of today's lucky 10,000. Feel free to peruse his back catalog and be amazed and entertained for thousands of hours. Today he talks about Windows and Arm32.Microsoft is partnering with Morgan Stanley to provide reference cloud architectures for highly regulated industries (like the financial industry). This is akin to Las Vegas partnering with Satan, but I get it. This is corporate synergy.C# 9's blazor ‘colorization' and appropriate C# 9 syntax highlight and documentation is live If this sentence is confusing to you I'd like to point out I present the links; I do not vet them for sanity.Paint.NET Is smackdab in the middle of its migration to .NET Core and some parts are already live. If you aren't aware of Paint.NET. It's… Paint. In .NET. That's it, that's the hook. All joking aside, it's a rather wonderful paint program and it just happens to be written in .NET — now .NET Core. Microsoft.IO.RecyclableMemoryStream 2.1.0 is released Could someone explain to me how a .NET 4.6.2 targeted application can now use Span? email me at george+whatthefuckisthisshit@georgestocker.com.Microsoft wants to be twitter's main character for a day by censoring the “Tienanmen Square Tank Man” image on the anniversary of the Tienanmen Square massacre. rubs head with hands… Do you see how this is bad, Microsoft? Do you? I can't rub a company's nose in their own mess, but I'd sure like to.And that's it for what happened last week in .NET. Tip your service staff, and tune in next week.

Here are the original show notes, including a transcript of the episode.Learn more about the Software Social Podcast here.You can find Danielle on Twitter.