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Getting To Ramen

Joshua Anderton•www.gettingtoramen.com
Business
Entrepreneurship
One SaaS-trepreneur's journey to building a sustainable lifestyle business online. With all of the failures, successes, and learnings along the way (including interviews with people like Justin Jackson, Rob Walling, Ben Orenstein, and others).
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Episodes

It's a great time to SaaS

Josh talks about why it's such a great idea to build a software product right now. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sep 22, 2021•6 min•Ep. 36

Launching a SaaS. Selling a SaaS.

Here's a quick update on how things are going with Meeps and Upscribe Megamaker Podcast Meeps.app - A better way to manage an online community Upscribe on MicroAcquire ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Aug 07, 2021•12 min•Ep. 35

Never going solo again

I'm working on a new project with Justin Jackson. Here's what it's been like so far... ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jun 10, 2021•11 min•Ep. 34

I got micro-acquired

Recovered from surgery and back with an exciting announcement. One of my businesses has been acquired! Links Joshua's Newsletter (https://joshuaanderton.upscri.be) Micro Acquire - Startup acquisition marketplace Made With Grit - Podcast by Adreform's Landon Bennet and Kyle Conarro Adreform - Speed up your tedious ad ops tasks by 10x Userfeed - User feedback tool for Interom Putler - Consolidate all your stores, payment gateways and Google Analytics in a single app Billingly.io - Dunning emails a...

May 17, 2021•12 min•Ep. 33

Time to get a job

Time to make a change. Here's how the last 7 months have gone and my plans moving forward. JoshuaAnderton.ca (Josh's personal portfolio site) Upscribe Podmelon (Josh's podcast editing business) Vidmelon (Josh's video business) Transistor.fm Build Your SaaS AdReform Josh's tweet MegaMaker Potion.so Sandwich Video Wistia ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Apr 19, 2021•17 min•Ep. 32

PART 2: SaaS sales + getting to revenue quickly w/ Landon Bennet of AdReform

In this episode Josh talks to Landon Bennet of AdReform about finding and closing on larger SaaS customers. Landon has a ton of experience in SaaS sales at several customers (including 3 companies that he's successfully bootstrapped with his co-founder Kyle Conarro). This is a must-listen for any indie hackers or bootstrap founders. A few topics covered in the call are: Landon's approach to finding new (validated) business opportunities How early conversations with potential customer helped Land...

Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 31

PART 1: Finding and closing bigger SaaS customers w/ Landon Bennet of AdReform

In this episode Josh talks to Landon Bennet of AdReform about finding and closing on larger SaaS customers. Landon has a ton of experience in SaaS sales at several customers (including 3 companies that he's successfully bootstrapped with his co-founder Kyle Conarro). This is a must-listen for any indie hackers or bootstrap founders. A few topics covered in the call are: You should never be surprised by the outcome of a deal Time kills every deal Annual contracts Avoid forever discounts ★ Support...

Apr 08, 2021•30 min•Ep. 30

Founder depression

Josh talks about what it's been like managing his mental health while trying to grow a software company full-time. There's also a tiny rant about a certain well-known exit and how the employees were "taken care of". ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mar 23, 2021•19 min•Ep. 29

Should you start multiple businesses? (I built something new)

As a maker, it's easy to get distracted by new technologies or emerging fads. But is it a great idea to start-up more than one thing simultaneously? Also, I started a new thing... Billingly.io - Dunning emails & sms for less (don't pay until we've recovered revenue for you!) Upscribe - No-bloat email marketing and opt-in forms Podmelon - Quality podcast editing Basecamp - The All-In-One Toolkit for Working Remotely WildBit - The team behind Beanstalk, Postmark, DMARK Digest, and People-First...

Sep 17, 2020•7 min•Ep. 26

What not to work on next (advice from successful founders)

Tweet about balancing priorities as a founder Versoly Volkan Kaya Twitter DrawSQL Dennis Ong Twitter Userfeed.io Summit Matt Wensing Twitter BidSketch DocSketch Ruben Gamez Twitter Borrowing Brilliance ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

May 29, 2020•13 min•Ep. 25

What is "normal" now?

What will "business as usual" look like after this whole thing blows over? Plus; a few ways us techies can help during a pandemic. Show Notes Still here! Can things go back to normal? How this affects us and our businesses forever Ways we techies can help (financial and otherwise) Links & Resources The Tyler Stalman Podcast, EP80: Tech and the Pandemic, with Sam Sheffer Made With Grit Podcast, EP19: How we're dealing with COVID-19 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Apr 11, 2020•12 min•Ep. 23

Head of Product at Userfeed.io

Links & Resources Made with Grit podcast episode Landon's announcement on Twitter Userfeed - Build the right products and grow your business using Intercom data ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Feb 01, 2020•16 min•Ep. 21

The big Stripe dispute: a cautionary tale

While driving his mini-van home one evening, Josh talks about a Stripe dispute that happened over Christmas time and gives updates on Podmelon (his newly branded podcast editing business) and Upscribe.

Jan 19, 2020•18 min•Ep. 19

Repositioning a platform-reliant product

Stuck in traffic on my way home from downtown Vancouver, I talk about how the repositioning of Upscribe is going. I also give an update on the podcast editing business, and do some solo-founder venting...

Dec 06, 2019•19 min•Ep. 18

Stuck at $5K MRR...now what?

Upscribe https://upscri.be Podcard - Podcast editing services https://editing.podcard.fm ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nov 15, 2019•11 min•Ep. 17

Justin Jackson of Transistor.fm on why I'm not gaining traction

Justin Jackson https://justinjackson.ca Transistor.fm - Host all of your podcasts on Transistor https://transistor.fm MegaMaker - A community for bootstrappers https://megamaker.co Baremetrics Open Startups https://baremetrics.com/open-startups Upscribe's open metrics https://upscribe.baremetrics.com Derrick Reimer https://www.derrickreimer.com/ StaticKit http://statickit.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Sep 27, 2019•24 min•Ep. 11

Benedikt Deicke of Userlist.io on competing with Intercom in an established market

Follow @benediktdeicke on Twitter. Userlist.io - A behavior-based customer messaging tool for SaaS companies. StageCMS - The Content Management System for unique band website design. Slow & Steady Podcast - A podcast by Benedikt Deicke and Brian Rea about what it's like to build and launch a bootstrapped startup while working for yourself full-time. Also, check out Benedikt's co-founder Jane Portman's podcast UI Breakfast ! Userlist blog post about their launch strategy: https://userlist.io/...

Sep 20, 2019•39 min•Ep. 10

Product launches: Build first vs talk to customers first

After receiving some extremely appreciated listener feedback I go into more detail about how I started Upscribe following a failed project (that I also talk about) and the lessons learned. I also talk about the successful Product Hunt launch that brought in Upscribe' first 1000 users in just over a week.

Sep 05, 2019•13 min•Ep. 8
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