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May 02, 2018•50 min•Ep. 10
What’s been happening? New iTunes review from Shane Smith in Australia: "Keep up the great work. Love hearing the behind-the-scenes part of setting up your SaaS." T-shirt contest! Leave a review you’ll be entered to win a limited edition Transistor t-shirt! New features inside Transistor: Embeddable players Shareable links Direct MP3 download URL File uploader We've closed early access. Official launch coming soon! Marketing website is almost done We're working on a secret new thing - stay tuned...
Apr 24, 2018•49 min•Ep. 9
Recent news We're an official Spotify partner. You'll be able to find us in Spotify soon! Build Your SaaS was #1 on Product Hunt! 1,773 downloads that day. Our previous record was 443 downloads in a day. ;) Searching for Casey Neistat . How do people find out about Transistor? Thanks Joe Workman for referring us a new customer! Check out his show: Weaver Radio . New shareable / embeddable share links coming soon! Main topic: money Should your startup get funding? Quotes: Joel Gascoigne , founder...
Apr 17, 2018•49 min•Ep. 8
What’s been happening? Is the Macbook Pro 2013 the best computer ever made? Jon's review of the new Macbook Pro: the screen, the keyboard, the thinness are great. He doesn't like the touchbar, and it crashed a lot initially. Thanks to Bill for the Spotify introduction! We tried out Amazon Transcribe and it was hilarious Main topic: Partner communication, making decisions We got a question on Twitter from Dennis Martinez : “How often do you both keep in touch with each other talking about the pro...
Apr 10, 2018•38 min•Ep. 7
Jon and Justin discuss "Why did we choose podcasting? And why now?" Picking the right idea, the right market, and having the right timing is crucial. Current trends we've noticed: Dungeons and Dragons is getting popular again. Maybe because of Stranger Things? Podcasting, and branded podcasts, continue to grow in popularity. Increasingly, I'm hearing folks talk about the Tim Ferriss podcast in coffee shops. Instead of asking "What are you reading?" folks are asking "What podcasts are you listeni...
Apr 03, 2018•53 min•Ep. 6
This episode is sponsored by Bullet Train . If you’re building a SaaS in Ruby on Rails stop what you’re doing right now, and visit BulletTrain.co . You asked us: "What's your tech stack for Transistor?" In this episode, Jon goes into the nerd stuff. What programming language, frameworks, and infrastructure we're using to build our SaaS. What we recommend: Programming language: use what you know! Make sure you can connect to the community (both local and on the web) Hosting: use Heroku if you don...
Mar 27, 2018•57 min•Ep. 5
News We’ve opened up early access! We’ve been inviting people by email. We currently have 15 shows on our platform. In four months, we’ve served 2,335,033 downloads! So far: great feedback and feature requests. We have a bunch of folks in our trial funnel. We’ll start seeing whether people convert to paying accounts on April 6. XOXO is back ! Top fears when you're building a SaaS Can our servers handle the load? (So far, so good: over 2 million downloads) Will the user experience be good? Are we...
Mar 20, 2018•45 min•Ep. 4
A story In 1999, Basecamp started a blog called Signal vs Noise, which they billed as “Strong opinions and shared thoughts on design, business, and tech.” It had a huge impact on their business. By 2009, over 100,000 people were subscribed. Later, in their best-selling book Rework, they said: “When you build an audience, you don’t have to buy people’s attention – they give it to you. This is a huge advantage. So build an audience. Speak, write a blog, tweet, make videos – whatever.” Nowadays, it...
Mar 13, 2018•34 min•Ep. 3
Who are we? Jon is a Web Designer and Developer in Chicago. Justin is a Product Manager and Podcaster from Canada. How did we meet? We met in 2014 at XOXO in Portland. At the end of the festival, we said to each other: “We should build something together someday.” How do you find a cofounder? Go to events! Build your own projects: make stuff, tell people. Build long-term relationships (“I’m never going to team up with someone I just met”) What should you look for in a cofounder? Complimentary sk...
Mar 06, 2018•38 min•Ep. 2
Jon Buda and Justin Jackson are building and launching a new product this year called Transistor. You can follow along as we explore this question: What does it take to build a SaaS business now? Is all of the low-hanging fruit gone? You'll get to hear our real raw emotions: "A lot of my time right now is spent trying to figure out how motivated the customer is to sign up." If this sounds interesting, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to shows. Show notes How to start ...
Feb 17, 2018•6 min•Ep. 1
