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Interested in building your own SaaS company? Follow the journey of Transistor.fm as they bootstrap a podcast hosting startup.
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An update from Justin and Jon
Justin and Jon reconnect after a two-year podcasting hiatus. What's happened since their last episode? Lots! They talk about big changes in their pers...
"Justin, I built a SaaS!"
Harris Kenny was a long-time listener of the podcast, and dreamed about building his own software product. After multiple attempts, over 5 years, he f...
Giuuunta! Motivating yourself when you're not in startup mode
Bootstrapping a business is like getting a plane to lift off the ground. But what do you do once the plane is in the air?
Dave Giunta and Justin...
Adam Wathan: how small startups hire employees (Tailwind CSS)
How do founders of small bootstrapped companies hire new employees?
Adam Wathan got over 1600 people who applied for two new roles at Tailwind...
Is ONCE enough?
A panel discussion on 37signals' first ONCE product, the launch of Campfire ("pay for it once, install it, and run it on your own server"). Ian Landsm...
How Ben and David bootstrapped the Acquired podcast
Fast Company called Acquired "the #1 tech podcast sensation." I've been a huge fan of the show for years. So, I was surprised when they contacted me a...
Nashville team retreat: scary birds, country music, and a photo shoot
The whole team is on the show! Jon, Helen, Jason, Josh, and Justin are on the mics to discuss our recent team retreat to Nashville, Tennessee. If you'...
Paul Jarvis: gaining freedom by building an indie business
Justin catches up with his old internet friend Paul Jarvis. Today, Paul co-founded Fathom Analytics with Jack Ellis: a simple alternative to Google An...
How Tim worked on side-projects for 10+ years, and finally went full-time (with kids)
Tim reached out after the Aaron Francis episode: "I wanted to pitch you on the idea of coming on the podcast and sharing my journey of building side p...
Startup coaching: helping founders and team members realize their full potential
This week Jon and Justin are joined by Marcella Chamorro. Previously, she worked in startup marketing but has recently transitioned to coaching founde...
Michele Hansen update: Section 174 and bootstrapping with kids
In this podcast episode, Michele Hansen (Geocodio) gives us an update on Section 174 and provides her take on "bootstrapping with kids."
Michele...
Should a parent with young kids try to bootstrap a new startup?
In this episode, Justin speaks with Aaron Francis about being a new parent and trying to bootstrap a startup. Aaron argued the other side of Justin's...
Why we hired someone new
Jon and Justin welcome Joshua Anderton to the Transistor team! Josh is an amazingly talented full-stack web developer (Laravel, Rails, Tailwind CSS, A...
Act now before it's too late: Section 174
Michele Hansen (co-founder of Geocodio) is raising the alarm about Section 174. This legislation could dramatically increase your tax bill this year i...
This would kill our company immediately
Jon's back from his first real vacation in years. In this episode, we discuss how we've been removing inactive accounts on Transistor, SVB, Section 17...
One pepperoni pizza please
"I don't get it: if that money is for the government, how come the pizza place put it in their cash register?!?"
(Jon is on vacation - our next...
Super Fun SaaS Sales Tax (Part Deux)
Last week's episode hit a nerve! "The idea that every small software company in the world will be able to be in perfect compliance will every foreign...
Nobody wants to talk about this (SaaS sales tax)
Sales tax compliance: nobody in SaaS wants to talk about it. Jon and Justin tried to do something about it and it turned into a nightmare. According t...
The gang goes to Montréal
The whole Transistor team got together for a retreat in Montréal. Jon, Justin, Helen, and Jason chat about the experience.
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Jon & Justin reveal everything (part 2)
It's the fourth anniversary of Transistor's public launch! This is part 2 of "Jon and Justin answer your questions."
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Jon & Justin reveal everything (part 1)
It's the fourth anniversary of Transistor's public launch! In this two-part series, Jon and Justin answer your questions.
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Bootstrapping in France (Baptiste Jamin from Crisp)
Baptiste Jamin co-founded Crisp with a friend he met in high school.
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What's it like getting acquired by Spotify? (Dave Zohrob from Chartable)
Dave Zohrob is the co-founder of Chartable (a podcast analytics startup), talks about selling his company to Spotify in February 2022.
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Patrick Campbell: why ProfitWell sold to Paddle for $200M
Patrick Campbell just sold his startup, ProfitWell, to Paddle for $200 million.
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Going from $0 to $2 million in ARR in 7 years (the Missive story)
Philippe Lehoux and his two co-founders started working on Missive around 2015, and just passed $2 million in annual recurring revenue.
What sho...
Taylor Otwell: the business of Laravel in 2022
Taylor Otwell, is the founder of Laravel, a programming framework for PHP. But he's also one of the most successful indie SaaS operators I know. In th...
Why Customer Support = Startup Success
Helen and Justin talk about the importance of customer support for indie SaaS companies.
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What's it really like to work at Transistor?
We got the whole band together: Helen and Jason join Jon and Justin to talk about what it's really like to work at Transistor
Helen, Jason, Jon,...
Founders' retreat
Jon and Justin recorded this episode sitting on the same couch!
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Reflecting on 2021
Jon and Justin reflect on 2021 and get excited about 2022:
What happened in 2021?
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Brian Casel, of Bootstrapped Web, chats about his new app
In this guest episode, Justin chats with Brian Casel.
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What does my daughter think of the podcast industry?
In this bonus episode, Justin interviews his 18-year-old daughter, Sadie, about:
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A few questions
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Why should we care about our customers' feelings?
This week Justin chats with Michele Hansen, founder of Geocodio. I got fired up about interviewing customers!
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This is a big step for us
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Is venture capital bad?
This week Spencer Fry, founder of Podia.com, joins Justin Jackson to talk about venture capital and bootstrapping.
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Basecamp | Hiring | How to have a calm company
This week Jon and Justin discussed:
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A good business will change your life (for real)
This we, we chatted about:
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We're doing this and it's weird
Real humans making a business together:
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Podcast companies losing money?
Jon's back! He and Justin share their feelings/thoughts about the new year:
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