Build In Public Podcast

Episode 9 with Justin Jackson (Co-Founder of Transistor)

Sep 10, 2021

49:00

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Is There a Community for People Who Build Communities?

05:33

How Much of This Is a Function and Is Not a Function for a Con Company?

02:32

Teaming Up With People Is One of the Best Things I've Done Recently

03:09

Introduction

4min

Podcast Player, Spotify, It's All Stacked Over One Over the Other

4min

How Much of This Is a Function and Is Not a Function for a Con Company?

3min

Customer Success Is So Much of the Business

2min

Why the Underlying Structure of the Business Matters

3min

Market Pool - What Is the Latest Iteration of That Thinking?

5min

Is This Coming From the Water or Is It Coming From Everyone Splashing Things?

4min

Is There a Community for People Who Build Communities?

6min

Building Public Is Just One Tool

6min

10.

Is There a Version of Justin Jackson Who Wasn't Active on the Internet?

4min

11.

The DMS Drama and Just Drama All Over the Place

2min

12.

How Many Articles Have You Written?

4min

13.

Teaming Up With People Is One of the Best Things I've Done Recently

3min

In this episode, I sat down with one of the most influential indie hackers Justin Jackson. He's a co-founder of Transistor.fm (the very platform on which my podcast is hosted!) which is a podcast hosting and analytics tool used by clients like Indie Hackers, the Vegas Golden Knights, and VH1. He also writes a newsletter, hosts a podcast called "Build Your SaaS" and runs a community called MegaMaker. In this chat, we discuss how indie developers can win in a market filled with behemoth companies by prioritizing customer service and UX design. We also touch on the power of building "calm" companies and the freedom it allows, how to check the water (look for demand) before creating new startups and so on. Justin is a brilliant thinker and a wonderful person that I enjoyed learning from. Thanks for listening!