Slow & Steady
Benedikt Deicke, Benedicte Raae, and Brian Rhea
Join us as we share what it's like to build and launch a bootstrapped startup while working for yourself full-time. Benedikt is working on Userlist, and Benedicte is establishing herself as a Gatsby expert and developer advocate for hire.
Episodes
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May 19, 2021 • 48min
Productized Services with Special Guest Brian Casel
Benedikt is out this week, so Brian chats with fellow Brian, Brian Casel, about exploring paths to productizing the JTBD consulting service I've been offering.Brian CaselProcessKitExample of the JTBD Analysis Software
May 12, 2021 • 45min
To Productize or Not To Productize?
Brian thinks through some possible paths toward productizing the JTBD traction he's seeing and Benedikt is chipping away at small tasks while the upcoming home move chips away at his energy.AureliusTinySeedEnjoyHQ@happytrailsfamilyGolden Game GuildVisa trial subscription requirements
May 5, 2021 • 30min
Counting the days
Brian is preparing for a camper test run this weekend. Benedikt is drained from a weekend of moving boxes and furniture. TupleMatt Swanson on Twitter
Apr 28, 2021 • 45min
Want a house? Start a podcast.
Benedikt is surrounded by boxes and in the market for a kitchen. Brian is preparing to enter Backpack into a board game contest.
Apr 21, 2021 • 29min
Packing, Packing, Packing
Brian and Benedikt started to pack up their homes. In addition to that, Brian is fighting literal bugs and Benedikt is building a Zapier integration.ZapierJupyter Notebook
Apr 14, 2021 • 36min
Game changers
Benedikt is feeling excited about the feedback on Userlist's proposed marketing email functionality, and Brian has officially held a version of "Backpack" in his real-life hands!The Game CrafterCompany Accounts by Userlist on ProductHuntBrian’s Tweet about Backpack
Apr 7, 2021 • 45min
Going full circle
Benedikt talks about launching the companies feature of Userlist as well as some database performance break-throughs. Brian is very happy about how his consulting business is turning out this year and is dabbling with some new productized service ideas. Userlist's new companies featureBrian's websiteHammerstone
Mar 31, 2021 • 41min
Moving is great! Moving is the worst.
Benedikt got some bummer news about his lease and Brian might have a prototype of Backpack in his hands sooner than he thought.PgmustardBinary tree indexesGIN indexesGather Town The Game Crafter
Mar 24, 2021 • 39min
This will be a quick one… or maybe not
Brian and Benedikt catch up on their progress in the last week. Brian talks about his recent consulting project and play-testing Backpack. Benedikt just launched the new user and company profiles and is tackling some long standing performance issues. Jane McGonigal TEDJane on Knowledge ProjectJane on OlogiesYarn DeduplicateMicroConf Remote
Mar 17, 2021 • 55min
Timezones are the Worst
Brian shares about the latest round of revisions for Backpack and a customer sends the first ever marketing email via Userlist.Peter SuhmReform.appOpenAPIMicroConf RemoteRuben GamezGather.townBackpack on BGG
