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Submit ReviewMarc's post-acquisition support of PowerImporter is over, and he's running wild and free. Matt is setting out to submit Email Wonderful this week to the monday.com marketplace. The guys discuss pricing and how to keep it simple, and technical issues around CSS in emails.
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The guys are back!Matt is fighting with the HTML editor he's using for Email Wonderful, and is coming up with a go to market strategy. Marc is doing support according to his PowerImporter acquisition terms and they are coming to an end. Marc gives Matt his opinions on getting his app into the hands of his customers.
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Marc's AI-powered domain buying bot is drawing to a close. Matt is gaining momentum with his product EmailWonderful and is onboarding beta users!The guys talk through Matt's go-to-market plan and tips and tricks for getting potential clients on the phone.
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Matt has found early traction in the monday.com ecosystem and is building a quick MVP for a niche problem to solve. Marc is building an AI bot to buy expired domain names to feed his addiction.
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Marc is hacking on new technology, but building in public is killing his creativity. Matt is having a lot of fun playing in the monday.com marketplace and learning about Zapier and make.com.The guys discuss creativity and how to just enjoy hacking and how to think through problems we see in the world.
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Matt has hit a wall with his render blog and talks it out with Marc. What is the next bet he should make?
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It's all about Marc this week because he has sold PowerImporter! This is the story and some highlights
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Matt's momentum journey continues- he has published his free tool and has users! Matt has goal related questions for Marc about how to get stuff done outside of work.Marc is doing a deep dive into serverless and he and Matt have a long conversation about it.
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Marc is having a tough time with his shipping muscles after being disappointed with his performance with a recent hackathon. Matt is making good headway on his render blog.The guys discuss dealing with discomfort, and working the right muscles to ship in public and how do decide where experiments should take us when deciding to invest time into them
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Matt has lots of momentum on his new blog about render.com and is publishing articles with a goal of shipping a free product.Marc has taken control of the financials of his company and is doing his own books, and is finding it fun.The guys talk about financial operations when doing business, difficulties with it and an idea Matt has around bookkeeping.
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Matt and Marc are BACK for episode 100 after taking the summer off of recording.
Marc has been relaxing, camping, and hanging with his family. Matt has been freelancing after a tragic water spill and hacking on an ecommerce AI product.
The guys discuss Rob Walling's stair-step approach and if Matt should try his hand at blogging and learning to drive traffic.
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The guys discuss Stripe and how it works with SaaS companies, its shortcomings and benefits.
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Matt has updates about his projects. He’s trying to stay productive while enjoying his last few weeks in Lisbon.
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Matt is in the hotseat this week: he is trying to market the amazon product finder during a reddit blackout. He’s also breaking ground and making progress on his developer assistant. The guy's discuss how they'd monetize Jon Yongfook's engineering as marketing project onlinecertificategenerator.com.
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Matt’s has a few ideas for simple projects he's working on in the AI space to help make developers more efficient.The guys discuss hiring a life coach to help with momentum and goal setting. Could ChatGPT be that coach instead of a person?
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Marc is in the hotseat this week and is getting back to building MemberRow and reevaluating if the idea still makes sense from its original inception. He’s been exploring BulletTrain and is loving super scaffolding and how efficient it makes him. The guys discuss building in public and if it’s right for MemberRow.
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Marc is working on the refactoring for PowerImporter and finds himself wishing he had a better pre-composed starting blocks for his projects that he could use to get off the ground faster. Matt had an insightful discussion around the Amazon product discovery app he's building. The guys discuss Copilot and how to use it to maximize productivity.
Once you hear about how Marc uses ChatGPT to help him in the day to day, it will open your mind.The guys talk through how they are using ChatGPT in their workflows, how to engineer better prompts, and how Marc tweaks his experiences on the web to make his life better.
Matt is back in the hot seat this week. He has been in transit to Portugal, and has a v1 of a product demo video for the Amazon product research tool he's building. The guys talk through ways to use AI to help developers be more productive.
The guys talk through the incredible innovation that is ChatGPT and what it means for emerging software engineers.When everyone has a calculator, should we bother learning long division?
Matt is in the hot seat this week. He discusses the end of his Shopify experiment, and what his next focus is.The guys talk through driving traffic to test landing pages and what constitutes a good CTA.
Matt has a few new developments from his ecommerce research. Marc is deciding if and how the PowerImporter codebase needs to change to facilitate bringing on contractors to help him build more importers. The guys discuss Matt's finding and efforts so far in ecommerce and if there are opportunities that are more open to talking about their problems.
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Matt is struggling with next steps and bets to make in the ecommerce space. Marc is seeing his hosting bill going up as a result of an acquisition. The guys talk through what Matt should do next and the idea of barriers to entry in different markets.
Marc is back from vacation, feeling rejuvenated and ready to conquer. Matt has been digging in further into the ecommerce world and found a cool topic around product photography. The guys talk through Matt's ecommerce findings, further planning and his one-off plans to make pocket money.
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Marc is ready to hit the beach for vacation, and Matt has made progress on GDriveFixer and other opportunities. The guys talk through Matt's decision making and evaluating new market opportunities.
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Marc has been shipping a new performance update for PowerImporter as well as hacking on a chrome extension for fighting the Twitter algorithm. Matt is running is first test: a fixer for google drive favourites in finder. The guys discuss Matt's experiment, what's come of it and what the next steps are.
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The guys are BACK and ready to conquer. Matt is doubling down on goalsetting and working backwards from them but needs some help for the more amorphous goals. Marc is doing some housekeeping for PowerImporter.
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The guys review their 2022 and set intention and goals for 2023. Matt has big news!
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Marc was a part of the recent Webflow marketplace launch, but the rush burned him out. Matt is getting inspired by AI businesses showing up in his facebook feed and contemplating an offer to be a technical cofounder. The guys discuss how to come back from burnout and moving away from building in public.
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Matt is drinking port and finally offloading the operations of his business. Marc is drinking rum and coke and is questioning if the job of marketing that he dislikes so much is serving him. The guys discuss the definition of work and AI powered products.
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Matt is in Portugal slacking off. Marc has found and fixed a very profitable bug in PowerImporter. The guys discuss foreign transactions and the best ways to retain revenue when moving between currencies.
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Marc has been working on a new WordPress importer. Matt is about to head to Portugal. The guys discuss the shift in popular media away from creating lifestyle businesses, and how the lifestyle is the reason they both began indie hacking.
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Matt is back after vacation/sickness and is working on cultivating Matt Time. Marc is feeling filled with podcast related business ideas after taking over editing this podcast for a few weeks. The guys talk through Marc's business ideas and evaluate their potential.
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Xavier Coiffard of FocusPlus joins Marc to chat about productivity and mental well-being as a bootstrapped founder.
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Noah Bragg of Potion and Marc chat about the challenges of being a solo founder while balancing marketing and building the product.
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Matt has been consulting with a company to help find and screen a developer for them. Marc has been honing in on the type of candidate he'd like to make as part of his first hire. The guys discuss how to identify desirable candidates and how to screen people with no much experience.
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Emma Fletcher (@emmafletcher) of learntosolderkits.com fame stops by to tell the story of the genesis of learn to solder kits, how she grew her e-commerce operations and her newest venture Evergreen Support. She talks through hiring her first employee, building systems, dealing with supply chain bottlenecks and learning about businesses from the inside.
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Marc has shipped a Webflow to Airtable sync to PowerImporter and it's getting use in the wild. Matt is searching for an accountability partner to stay on the momentum wagon. The guys discuss testing business ideas, having goals, and what success looks like to each of them.
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Marc is back from camping and is making progress on his side project. Matt is having problems regulating his freelancing, but has some new insights for how to keep it from happening. The guys discuss platform risk and next experiments for Marc's project.Mentions:
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Marc is shipping a new PowerImporter feature before going on a camping trip. Matt is just about ready to start his product hunt preparation to market his slackbot. The guys discuss how they see the work they do today and how it fits in the era's of their lives.Mentions:
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Matt is finished the slackbot and is deciding whether to charge or not. Marc is feeling better, and getting his momentum back. The guys discuss when to charge for a product and Microconf masterminds.Mentions:
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Marc has been derailed from his challenge due to being sick. Matt's momentum is still high and he's making progress on his slackbot. The guys discuss ideal onboarding enablement for platforms and marketplaces.
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Matt stumbled a little bit in his slackbot development and is aiming to be done development this week. Marc has started a 60 day build in public challenge for a side business he's been fantasizing about. The guys discuss building in public and the no-audience approach to building.Mentions:
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Matt has been meeting his goal of 1 hour per day of Matt Time™ and hopes to finish development of his slackbot this week. Marc is itching to take on a side project, but feels torn that PowerImporter should be his sole focus.
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Matt is back from NFT NYC and full of stories about it. Marc professes his love for chrome extensions and hacking with most websites he visits. The guys discuss an idea for a project planning tool idea Matt has.
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Matt and Marc are getting momentum back! Matt got some actionable advise for workstation setup that have already yielded results and Marc is taking on small bugs to get his groove back.
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Matt and Marc have a coaching session: Matt is feeling a lot of frustration around getting something off the ground. Where is his time going? What mistakes is he making? Why is he not making the progress he wants?
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Matt is doing more research around assisting people. Marc is reconsidering building in public. The guys discuss the potential recession and meaningful tests Matt can run for a potential offering.
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Marc is knee deep in PowerImporter support and boxes of his stuff during his move. Matt has pushed his smart contracts to production and has been writing blog posts. The guys discuss an idea from Matt: professional service partnership with up and coming platforms.Mentions:
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Marc is living the dream in the Montreal springtime, working on the newest importer and moving house. Matt is doing more customer interviews about hiring assistants. The guys discuss ways Matt can continue to vet his idea and test the market.
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Matt has some very early insights from customer interviews and Marc is in the throws of packing and moving apartments. The guys discuss opportunities for how to use their unfair advantages to invest their money and diversify.
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Matt is quite taken with exploring productized services through being an assistant. Marc has been sick and unproductive. The guys talk through Matt's idea and ways to begin evaluating it.
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Matt is back from vacation and Marc is paving the way for hiring some dev help. The guys discuss a business idea: white-glove onboarding for virtual assistants.
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Volkan joins Marc this week to commiserate about running a bootstrapped SaaS as a solo founder. Volkan is the founder of a website builder called Versoly.
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Xavier joins Marc this week to chat about building in public on Twitter, testing new product ideas and MVPs, and what he would do differently if he started over.
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Marc is working on the google docs importer and dealing with an explosion in new customer support queries. Matt is working with Web3 auditors and learning more about the guts of Solidity. The guys discuss online communities as a business and how unattractive they seem.
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Marc has successfully executed his price increase and has sent his first email blast to his customers. Matt is funding significant mental relief billing by the day. The guys discuss appropriate pricing and approaches to building new features.
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Marc's first AudienceOps article hitting his blog shortly and is loving having the help marketing. Matt has been digging into upgradeable smart contracts and troubleshooting some serverless infrastructure issues. The guys discuss how "easy" it is to get MicroAcquired given the numbers.
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This week Marc has been fighting with Stripe hosted checkout in his efforts to increase prices. Matt's contracting in web3 and thoroughly impressed by the ecosystem. The guys discuss the best ways to communicate price increases.
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Marc is revisiting his pricing and is forming big plans. Matt is way overbooked with his consulting and figuring out how to move forward with his project. The guys discuss charging on value, while keeping pricing simple for customers.
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Marc has used his new found Twitter enthusiasm to amazing effect. Matt has knocked out initial developer podcast research and has guests booked. The guys discuss interviewing developers and what makes for stimulating audio.
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Guest Aaron Francis of Hammerstone.dev joins Matt and Marc to defend Twitter after the guys criticized the platform as a hellhole of grifters in the previous episode.
Aaron talks about why he loves Twitter, how to make your individual experience on the site more positive, and how to overcome the fear of sharing your work.
And it seems to be working for him. He grew his twitter following from 1.2k to 5.1k followers in just one year by doing exactly that—all without any schedulers or automations.
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Marc's marketing adventures continue with incredible results. Matt is getting strict with his schedule. The guys discuss Matt's idea discovery experiments.
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Marc has been outsourcing with moderate success. Matt is weighing out ideas for 12 startups in 12 months to find something small he can begin with. The guys think through some ideas off of Matt's idea list and talk them through as potential ideas.
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Marc is taking his first steps towards outsourcing marketing and Matt is strongly considering 12 startups in 12 months. The guys discuss customer acquisition on fiverr and ideas small enough for one a month.
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The guys are back from vacation and recharged to tackle 2022. They go over highlights from 2021 and plans and resolutions for 2022.
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Marc has successfully shipped the bi-directional sync and Matt is gushing over Python. The guys are heading into the end of year vacation.
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Marc has finished the bi-directional relationship sync and now that it's in production he's squashing bugs. Matt is thinking about how to price his consulting work and talking about his investigations into crypto.
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Marc is finishing up the bi-directional relationship, but testing is slow. Matt is beginning his crypto-education journey. The guys discuss the open web and how the rest of the year will shake out.
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Nocode conf is over and webflow has announced a lot of changes that have shaken up Matt’s ideas for GDPR webflow hosting. Marc is finishing up the bi-directional importer and is planning a rollout. The guys discuss shape-up planning and how to prioritize as solo founders.
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Marc has been planning and coding a rewrite of the PowerImporter sync to support bi-directional relationships and is having a blast. Matt is stuck in a rut and working out how to manage his time. See you at NoCodeConf!
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Marc is setting MemberRow aside for now while he regroups on PowerImporter and handles support and adds new features. Matt is feeling stuck, he’s feeling a lot of fear and that’s getting in the way of moving forward. The guys talk through pricing and feelings.
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Marc is realizing that his development efforts have taken too much of his time and he needs to spend more time marketing. Matt has been taking a small break to avoid burnout. The guys discuss affiliate marketing and how awesome vim is.
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Marc was taking it easy last week and recovering, but is back on the shipping train this week. Matt has learned a lot from his Webflow research and is thinking about the right approach to validating his idea. The guys discuss accounting and legal strategies.
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Marc has finished the MVP of MemberRow and is ready to show his earliest customers. Matt has been approaching people for customer interviews on the Webflow forum. The guys discuss the next steps in marketing their products and how dumb the postgres json query syntax is.
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Marc hit a snag with devise and dynamic roles, delaying the shipping of the MemberRow MVP. Matt hit a milestone with his Webflow proof of concept and is on the road to interview customers. The guys talk through setting expectations with yourself and how to have a sense of urgency but also treat yourself with kindness.
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Marc is coding his brains out on MemberRow and is close to shipping his alpha. Matt is working through the last bit of the technical uncertainty for his Webflow tool MVP. The guys discuss online communities and how interesting and annoying NFTs are.
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Marc invested in a rails SaaS template and is using it to great effect to code his face off on MemberRow. Matt is experimenting with Webflow’s APIs and hitting technical problems that the guys discuss.
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Marc is coding up a storm for the MemberRow MVP while support requests begin to ramp up for PowerImporter. Matt is diving into his latest project: helping Webflow users break the 10,000 row limit. The guys discuss Matt’s new project and how to take it to market.
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Marc is seeing a big response to the launch of MemberRow and is interviewing beta customers. Matt has finished his big deliverable for his freelancing client and is returning to normal life. The guys discuss MemberRow and what the best course of action is for next steps.
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Marc has announced his newest addition to the WAP ecosystem: MemberRow and Matt is busy stressing out about delivering value for his freelancing client. The guys discuss MemberRow and its role in the WAP stack and plans for taking it to market.
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Marc is getting set for the launch of his side project and the new version of rails doesn't play well with the defaults for past defaults. Matt Is having trouble setting boundaries and is fighting with feelings of guilt. The guys discuss scoping for Marc's launch and how to start putting out the word.
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Marc is overcoming both the technical and mental hurdles for his next move for PowerImporter and Matt is getting his ducks in a row for his next project. The guys go over a plan for goals for the next month of Matt's project.
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Matt has had a spiritual awakening around goal setting, and is learning to work backwards from them. Marc is coming out of summer mode and building proof of concepts for new entrants into the PowerImporter ecosystem. The guys discuss staying authentic on social media and trying out surfing in the local river.
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Marc is returning to normal life and it's giving him a surge of productivity. Matt is getting interesting opportunities and is trying to understand how to evaluate if they are right for him. The guys discuss how to set goals and to use them as a framework to evaluate decisions.
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Marc has support under control and is getting time for deep work as his vacation looms and he considers businesses that fire their customers. Matt is considering working for a more senior entrepreneur as a way of learning and mining for new ideas- or is he avoiding the pain of uncertainty?
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Marc is busy with support and his deep work on his side projects. Matt is in the middle of moving, and preoccupied with finishing his R&D consulting. The guys discuss opportunistic entrepreneurship and how that relates to their unfair advantages.
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Matt is dealing with deadlines for his SRED consulting and it’s eating up his time. Marc is feeling stuck- it’s difficult to get motivated to take on new commitments when the nice weather and freedom of his family is drawing him away from his computer. The guys talk about business-finance literacy and the ways that starting a business is hard.
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It’s summer time and the guys are feeling the pull away from their desks into the outdoors. Marc has been contemplating white labelling and how it fits his strengths and Matt is seeing a pattern in how his time is being split between indie hacking and freelancing.
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Marc is planning a Notion importer and having fun brainstorming marketing ideas. Matt is interviewing more developers but is feeling like he isn’t making progress. The guys discuss partnerships and Marc gives some tough love around the discoveries Matt has had around developers and remote whiteboarding.
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Marc is finally winning the war on support and has time to ship improvements to PowerImporter. Matt has been interviewing lots of developers and shares some of the things he’s learned. The guys discuss interview tactics and the consequences of finding customers who aren’t a perfect fit.
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Matt has been doing lots of customer interviews and learning a lot about developers doing remote work. Marc has had enough of the support grind and is figuring out what opportunities to say no to. The guys bond over a mutual distaste for the typical FAANG interview process.
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Marc had another support heavy week and is looking for ways to ease his support burden so he can maximize time building. Matt is interviewing every developer in his network and hungry for more. The guys discuss doing customer discovery, the demands of social media and staying authentic while being a good community member.
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Marc is dealing with affiliate programs for his soon to be announced side project. Matt is experiencing a flurry of activity around consulting and trying to finally finish it off. The guys discuss The Mom Test and have a coaching session around Matt’s growing fear of talking with people to do customer discovery and Marc's desire to create space to celebrate his wins.
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Marc is gearing up for a side project to help market PowerImporter and is trying to sort out referrals. Matt is bad at taking vacation and trying to figure out how to rest while being in a holding pattern. The guys discuss ramifications of GDPR and what remote work will look like post-pandemic.
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Marc is investigating side projects as additional offerings for Webflow users and thinking about a new marketing project. Matt is shutting down fbars.app and is taking a vacation, contemplating what is next for him. The guys discuss affiliate programs and how to tackle reading books.
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Marc is taking a break from marketing to do product development and loving it. Matt is thinking what to do in the next few months after his consulting finishes up and he decides what to focus on next. The guys discuss playbooks and how to not repeat past mistakes.
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Matt and Marc are both feeling burnt out and are trying to figure out how to plan for and get some rest when global pandemics rob them of their usual healthy habits. With summer coming, there's a big opportunity to recover from this long year.
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Matt finished his initial Facebook ads run and has lots of thoughts about how it went and what he learned. Marc is continuing with copywriting but is having a hard time finding people to hire to help him. The guys try to figure out what a meaningful vacation looks like as the weather improves for summer.
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Marc and Matt attended Microconf remote last week and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. This episode is a recap of their experience, and ideas for how to apply some of the takeaways.
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