Build Your SaaS Your backlog is making me thirsty
Jul 16, 2019
45:23
Justin and Jon dive into the growing backlog of features, bugs and tasks, and talk about how they might better manage it as a two-person team. A big new milestone is reached!
- Jon had a bit of anxiety over the growing backlog in Clubhouse
- New ideas were being thrown into an unscheduled list, but weren't yet actionable.
- Some ideas can be left alone for awhile and revisited to see if they're still worthwhile.
- Ben Orenstein wants to delete your entire backlog.
- 6 week cycles like Basecamp does might help out - but what does that mean for a tiny team?
- We hit $20K in MRR in under a year!
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Show notes:
- Basecamp's new online book: Shape Up
- Ben Orenstein's tweet: "My new consulting engagement: you pay me $10,000 and I delete your project’s backlog while explaining that nothing of value has been lost."
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