
Open Threads
Brian Casel hosts conversations with founder friends. We talk about startups, products, software, entrepreneurship, but also what's happening in our lives away from our screens and revenue graphs.
Latest episodes

Apr 25, 2022 • 35min
The case for media as marketing with Corey Haines
Corey Haines, founder and creator of Swipe Files, shares his insights on why to market your business as a media company and position yourself to become the platform for arbitrage. He’s "stair-stepping" his way to entrepreneurship, building a portfolio of small bets to optimize for autonomy, mastery, and purpose.Brian and Corey's conversation was recorded on April 25, 2022.

Apr 18, 2022 • 26min
How does open source software work (as a business)? With Adam Wathan (TailwindCSS)
Today Adam Wathan, creator of TailwindCSS, joins me to unpack the concept of open-source software as a thing on the internet - what it means to publish open source, contribute to OSS projects, and what it looks like to manage a massively popular and fast-growing project.Brian and Adam's conversation was recorded on April 18, 2022.

Apr 11, 2022 • 30min
What should a new podcast be about? Justin Jackson (Transistor.fm) helps me figure it out.
Am I overthinking this new podcast? Should I stick to a tried-and-true format? These are the questions you may face when launching a new podcast and.. There isn't any single correct answer to these questions! Justin Jackson, co-founder of Transistor.FM, helps me sort through all these creative content ideas in episode #1 of Open Threads.Brian and Justin's conversation was recorded on April 11, 2022.

Apr 8, 2022 • 5min
This is 'Open Threads'
This is Open Threads, a podcast by Brian Casel featuring conversations with founder friends about life in entrepreneurship. This trailer tells you what the show's all about, what I'm planning for it, and a little bit about me.
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