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Software Social

Michele Hansen & Colleen Schnettlersoftwaresocial.dev
Two indie SaaS founders—one just getting off the ground, and one with an established profitable business—invite you to join their weekly chats.
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Episodes

Side Projects as Insurance Policies

Michele chats with Kevin Griffin about how she sees side projects not only as a way to earn extra money but as insurance policies against losing your job or other unexpected life events. Subscribe to Multithreaded Income !

Dec 05, 202353 minEp. 141

ADHD + Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Jesse J. Anderson, aka ADHD Jesse

Michele chats with Jesse J. Anderson, aka ADHD Jesse, about finding out one has ADHD as an adult, entrepreneurship as people with ADHD, parenting an ADHD child, and more. Get Jesse's book "Extra Focus: The Quick-Start Guide to Adult ADHD" and join his newsletter: https://adhdjesse.com/ + Recommended book on parenting kids with ADHD: ADD Superparenting...

Nov 21, 202351 minEp. 140

What 2023 Brings for Colleen, Michele, and This Show

Colleen and Michele talk about their hopes and plans for 2023, and make an announcement about this show. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who became Software Socialites and supported our show! We genuinely appreciate your enthusiasm and support. Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny...

Jan 03, 202337 minEp. 133

The Forcing Function Episode: Launch Christian Genco's New SaaS

Michele talked to Christian Genco on December 1 about what he needed to do to launch his new SaaS, TheVideoClipper, with a deadline of having it done before this episode was released. So... did he do it? Follow Christian! https://twitter.com/cgenco Check out TheVideoClipper: https://thevideoclipper.com/ Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a...

Dec 27, 202239 minEp. 132

Reflecting on 2022

Michele and Colleen reflect on the year. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show <3 Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Hovercode and Rocket Gems Jane and Benedikt from Userlist Kendall Morgan Ruben Gamez of SignWell...

Dec 20, 202236 minEp. 131

Culture + Feedback = ???

Michele shares her takeaways from the book The Culture Map and what it might mean for getting product feedback and building products across countries. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefa...

Dec 13, 202230 minEp. 130

TinySeed, TinyConf

Colleen recaps her learnings from her first TinySeed meetup/MicroConf: Local Austin. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The ...

Dec 06, 202227 minEp. 129

Listing on MicroAcquire

Colleen is ready to go all-in on Refine... and that means moving on from Simple File Upload. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters New supporters! Lynn Romich from Konbini Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade...

Nov 29, 202229 minEp. 128

The Hammerstone Podcast is back

Colleen and her business partner Aaron give an update on Hammerstone (Refine) in this crossover episode. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Lynn Romich from Konbini Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of ...

Nov 22, 202229 minEp. 127

Qualitative and Quantitative Data

Talking to other entrepreneurs made Michele realize that she hasn't talked about interplay of qualitative *and* qualitative data enough. Michele and Colleen talk about what that means in the context of feature requests and high-touch sales. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters New supporters! Brendon from Feederloop Pascal from sharpen.page Lynn Romich from Konbini C...

Nov 15, 202235 minEp. 126

TinySeed!

Colleen's company was accepted to TinySeed, which means she now gets to work on Refine full time. That means she can finally make some hard decisions and push. (Note: Colleen and Michele were actually in the same place last week, so that's why the audio quality is different than normal!) Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Special thanks to our new supporters! Brend...

Nov 08, 202232 minEp. 125

Getting Into Public Speaking as a Developer

Michele chats with indie developer Benedicte Raae about getting into public speaking through streaming. Follow Benedicte on Twitter! https://twitter.com/raae Benedicte's website: https://queen.raae.codes/ StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/ A couple friends of this pod have launched their own shows for entrepreneurs lately! Check them out: Ship SaaS Faster (Simon Bennett + Volkan Kaya): https://shipsaasfaster.com/ Marketing Retro (Adrienne Barnes + Josh Ho): https://marketingretro.substack.com/ ...

Nov 01, 202240 minEp. 124

Sick Leave for Indie Founders?

Should indie founders take sick leave? Michele and Colleen discuss. A couple friends of this pod have launched their own shows for entrepreneurs lately! Check them out: Ship SaaS Faster (Simon Bennett + Volkan Kaya): https://shipsaasfaster.com/ Marketing Retro (Adrienne Barnes + Josh Ho): https://marketingretro.substack.com/ The Weekly Build (Marie Ng + Jesse Anderson): https://www.theweeklybuild.com/ This Indie Life (James McKinven + Dagobert Renouf): https://indielife.fm/ The Non-Tech Founders...

Oct 25, 202230 minEp. 122

Competitive Advantage and Moats for Small SaaSes, Part 2

Michele continues her chat with Summit founder Matt Wensing about ways indie SaaS founders can think about moats and competitive advantages. This episode: cost advantages, size advantages (big and small), and false moats. Recommended reading on competitive advantages: The Little Book That Builds Wealth A couple friends of this pod have launched their own shows for entrepreneurs lately! Check them out: Ship SaaS Faster (Simon Bennett + Volkan Kaya): https://shipsaasfaster.com/ Marketing Retro (Ad...

Oct 18, 202235 minEp. 121

Talking Competitive Advantage and Moats for Small SaaSes, Part 1

Michele chats with Summit founder Matt Wensing about intangible assets, switching costs, and network effects, and how they apply to indie software companies. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Ste...

Oct 11, 202254 minEp. 120

Refine Update with Aaron and Colleen

Aaron Francis, Colleen's co-founder, swings by to chat about Refine. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The T...

Oct 04, 202235 minEp. 119

Super Pumped (aka The Saturday Edition)

Four things Colleen is super pumped about... and one thing she's not. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The ...

Sep 27, 202238 minEp. 118

Sprinting a Marathon

Colleen and Michele both have a lot going on. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo....

Sep 20, 202252 minEp. 117

Hairy Projects and Heat Waves

Michele's trying to figure out how to approach charging sales taxes, and Colleen finally pushes to prod. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bit...

Sep 13, 202232 minEp. 116

Distribution vs Marketing

Colleen's in go mode for Refine. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and B...

Sep 06, 202257 minEp. 115

One Weekly Win

Colleen shares the secret to her recent productivity. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy fr...

Aug 30, 202245 minEp. 114

The One Where Colleen Goes to LA and Michele Looks at Haybales

Should indie entrepreneurs take advice from VC-track folks? Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA R...

Aug 23, 202249 minEp. 113

That's the Job

Learning new things, feeling like you're a bit out of your depth, pushing to the next level: that's the job of being an entrepreneur, and Colleen and Michele are both experiencing that in different ways. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice pers...

Aug 16, 202238 minEp. 112

Work vs Life vs Everything Else

Michele and Colleen catch up on Michele's conference talks... and try to figure out how to make her life work. Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Brig...

Aug 09, 202244 minEp. 111

Bonus: Pre-Episode Banter for 8/9/22

Folks seem to love our casual banter, so here's what Zoom captured on our backup recording before we started the actual recording for next Tuesday's episode.

Aug 04, 20226 minEp. 110

Colleen vs the Cliff

It's finally August, and Colleen is coming up on the deadline for Refine to support her working full-time... or is it? Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade...

Aug 02, 202230 minEp. 109

Starting a Business - Even When Your Family Doesn't Want You To

Follow Lucie! https://twitter.com/LucieBaratte Check out Logology: https://www.logology.co/ See her husband Dagobert's memes: https://twitter.com/dagorenouf Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters . Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot St...

Jul 26, 202237 minEp. 108

Vision and Empathy with Lucie Baratte of Logology

Follow Lucie! https://twitter.com/LucieBaratte Check out Logology: https://www.logology.co/ Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters . Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tupl...

Jul 19, 202241 minEp. 107

What's Hammerstone? A Broadcast of the Hammerstone.dev Podcast with Colleen and Aaron

Check out Hammerstone here ! Huge thanks to all of our listeners who’ve become Software Socialites and support our show! You can become a supporter for $10 a month or $100 a year at softwaresocial.dev/supporters . Chris from Chipper CI The Daringly Handsome Kevin Griffin And Mike from Gently Used Domains , who has a nice personality Dave from Recut Max of OnlineOrNot Stefan from Talk to Stefan Brendan Andrade of Bright Bits Team Tuple Alex Hillman from The Tiny MBA Ramy from Memo.fm Jane and Ben...

Jul 12, 202248 minEp. 106
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