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Amir Salihefendić: Remote Work at Doist Mar 27, 2020

= Remote Work Series #9 =

This episode is part of a series on Remote Work. I'm talking to leaders of remote companies about the pros and cons of working remotely, the most common challenges that remote-first teams face and how to overcome them. Issues like communication, hiring, loneliness and isolation, figuring out timezones, et cetera.

My guest this week is Amir Salihefendić. Amir is the founder and CEO of Doist, a company that builds productivity apps like Todoist and Twist. And they do it as a fully-remote team distributed across 25 countries and a dozen timezones.

Darren Murph: Remote Work at GitLab Mar 04, 2020

= Remote Work Series #8 =

This episode is part of a series on Remote Work. I'm talking to leaders of remote companies about the pros and cons of working remotely, the most common challenges that remote-first teams face and how to overcome them. Issues like communication, hiring, loneliness and isolation, figuring out timezones, et cetera.

My guest today is Darren Murph. Darren is Head of Remote at GitLab where he is working to empower more people and companies to go remote, implement better ways of working, and equip his team with the tools and processes they need to thrive in an officeless environment.

Josh Pigford: Remote Work at Baremetrics Feb 28, 2020

= Remote Work Series #7 =

This episode is part of a series on Remote Work. I'm talking to leaders of remote companies about the pros and cons of working remotely, the most common challenges that remote-first teams face and how to overcome them. Issues like communication, hiring, loneliness and isolation, figuring out timezones, et cetera.

My guest this week is Baremetrics Founder & CEO Josh Pigford.

Joel Gascoigne: Remote Work at Buffer Feb 19, 2020

= Remote Work Series #6 =

This episode is part of a series on Remote Work. I'm talking to leaders of remote companies about the pros and cons of working remotely, the most common challenges that remote-first teams face and how to overcome them. Issues like communication, hiring, loneliness and isolation, figuring out timezones, et cetera.

My guest this week is Joel Gascoigne, the founder and CEO of Buffer, a platform to help build your brand on social media.

Tammy Bjelland: Remote Work at Workplaceless Feb 05, 2020

= Remote Work Series #5 =

This episode is part of a series on Remote Work. I'm talking to leaders of remote companies about the pros and cons of working remotely, the most common challenges that remote-first teams face and how to overcome them. Issues like communication, hiring, loneliness and isolation, figuring out timezones, et cetera.

This week I'm speaking to Tammy Bjelland. Tammy is the Founder and CEO of Workplaceless, a training company helping remote professionals, and the organizations that lead them, learn to thrive.

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Morgan Legge: Remote Work at Convert Jan 29, 2020

= Remote Work Series #4 =

This episode is part of a series on Remote Work. I'm talking to leaders of remote companies about the pros and cons of working remotely, the most common challenges that remote-first teams face and how to overcome them. Issues like communication, hiring, loneliness and isolation, figuring out timezones, et cetera.

This week I'm speaking to Morgan Legge. Morgan is a remote work evangelist at Convert.com, a personalization and A/B testing tool for enterprises.

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Resource suggestions from Morgan:

[Read] Convert Blog with articles on our hiring process, remote work. Holacracy and conscious business

[Video] GTD Productivity + Asana (and Holacracy)

(The details of how to use Placeholders in Multiple projects starts around 16:30)

[Read] GTD + Holacracy + Asana at Springest

[Video] Tactical & Governance Meetings: This operating process allows our (remote) meetings to focus on the work

[Podcast] Interview with Convert CEO Dennis van der Heijden: Must-listen for any startup founder who is looking for a more human and honest approach to what can happen on your journey.

Marie Prokopets: Remote Work at FYI Jan 22, 2020

Today I'm talking to Marie Prokopets, co-founder of FYI.

= Remote Work Series #3 =

This episode is part of a series on Remote Work. I'm talking to leaders of remote companies about the pros and cons of working remotely, the most common challenges that remote-first teams face and how to overcome them. Issues like communication, hiring, loneliness and isolation, figuring out timezones, et cetera.

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Josh Ho: Remote Work at Referral Rock Jan 15, 2020

= Remote Work Series #2 =

This episode is part of a series on Remote Work. I'm talking to leaders of remote companies about the pros and cons of working remotely, the most common challenges that remote-first teams face and how to overcome them. Issues like communication, hiring, loneliness and isolation, figuring out timezones, et cetera.

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Today I'm talking to Josh Ho, the founder and CEO of Referral Rock, a referral marketing SaaS company for every type of business, not just e-commerce.

Josh began bootstrapping the company as a side project in 2014 and has since grown Referral Rock to a remote-first team of 13 doing over $70k/mo in MRR.

Schöneck Shoaf: Remote Work at 1 Second Everyday Jan 08, 2020

= Remote Work Series #1 =

This episode is part of a series on Remote Work. I'm talking to leaders of remote companies about the pros and cons of working remotely, the most common challenges that remote-first teams face and how to overcome them. Issues like communication, hiring, loneliness and isolation, figuring out timezones, et cetera.

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Schöneck is the COO and co-founder of 1 Second Everyday, a mobile app that lets you record one second every day and then edits those seconds together to create a single spell-binding movie of your life.

They are a member of Indie VC’s v3 cohort and were recently selected by Apple as a Best of 2019 app.

Ben Orenstein: Building for a Picky Niche Nov 27, 2019

Ben is the co-founder of Tuple, a remote pair programming tool for developers. He is also the cohost of the Art of Product Podcast.

John "Pliny" Eremic: Endcrawl's Unconventional Approach Nov 06, 2019

Pliny is the co-founder of Endcrawl. Endcrawl is a SaaS that manages and renders end credits for movies and TV shows like Moonlight, Halloween, and The Big Sick. After bootstrapping the business for 7 years, they’ve recently raised a $450,000 seed round with investments from Earnest Capital, their own user base, and other aligned angel investors.

April Dunford: How to Position Your Product Oct 30, 2019

April is the author of “Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get it, Buy it, Love it.”

Michele Hansen: Growing Geocodio Oct 23, 2019

Michele is the co-founder of Geocodio, a bootstrapped SaaS that offers hassle-free geocoding for thousands of customers including the Associated Press, Amazon, Expedia, and more.

Anne-Laure Le Cunff: Mindframing for Entrepreneurs Oct 16, 2019

Anne-Laure is a founder, writer, and speaker. She studies Neurosciece at King’s College London and also spends her time building products and writing about wellness, creativity, and culture at Ness Labs.

Sofia Quintero: Building EnjoyHQ Oct 09, 2019

Sofia is the founder of EnjoyHQ, a tool that helps teams keep all their research data in one place. She was previously Head of Growth at Geckoboard and a Techstars Mentor.

Ryan Singer: Shipping Work that Matters with "Shape Up" Oct 02, 2019

Ryan is Head of Product Strategy at Basecamp where he has designed features used by millions and invented processes used by their team to design, develop and ship the right things. He shares many of those processes in his new book, “Shape Up”.

Rob Fitzpatrick: Conducting Better Customer Interviews with "The Mom Test" Sep 11, 2019

Rob is the author of The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you. He and I talk about common mistakes people make when conducting customers interviews and how to avoid them.

Jack McDade: Creating a Memorable Product Sep 04, 2019

Jack is the designer, developer, and creator of Statamic. A Laravel-based CMS that makes creating and maintaining a website fun again. He also writes a fantastic newsletter for rebels and dreamers at jackmcdade.com

Tyler Tringas: Alternative Fundraising Options for Bootstrappers Aug 28, 2019

Tyler is the founder and General Partner at Earnest Capital, where he makes seed-stage investments in bootstrappers, indie hackers, makers, and real businesses.

He was previously the founder and developer of Storemapper, a Micro-SaaS he grew and eventually sold.

Natalie Nagele: Wildbit's Rebellious Pragmatism Aug 21, 2019

Natalie and I discuss the balance between creativity and pragmatism in running a business, facilitating deep work, and the benefits of taking a walk over checking Slack.

Lianna Patch: Using Punchier Copywriting to Increase Conversion Rates Aug 07, 2019

Lianna helps SaaS businesses write funny, personality-filled copy at punchlinecopy.com and SnapCopy.co. She’s written for Freshbooks, Manly Bands, GhostBed, and The Contract Shop, among others, and she’s here to share her approach with us today.

Laura Roeder: Transitioning from Services to SaaS Jul 31, 2019

Laura Roeder is the founder and CEO of MeetEdgar, a social media automation tool she launched in 2014 to help marketers share their best evergreen content. Today we’re going to chat about her journey from consulting to leading a team of 15 and lessons learned along the way.

Marie Poulin & Ben Borowski: Finding a Business Model that Works for You Jul 24, 2019

Marie Poulin and Ben Borowski are the creative force behind the digital services agency, Oki Doki. They are also the creators of Doki, a product that allows creators to offer courses, training, and mentoring programs online.

Applying JTBD to Make Products Customers Love – with Brian Rhea Jul 18, 2019

I'll be back with more interviews next week, so this week's episode is an interview I did with Chad McAllister on his show The Everyday Innovator.

How to Provide What Your Customer Really Wants – with Brian Rhea Jul 10, 2019

This episode originally appeared on Dominic's show, "The Startup Life."

Laura Elizabeth: Launching a Product by Scratching Your Own Itch Jul 03, 2019

Laura is an entrepreneur and designer. She’s the founder of Client Portal, a product that helps creative agencies manage the client onboarding process. She also runs designacademy.io which helps developers conquer their fear of design.

Client Portal
Laura on Twitter
Laura's Free Email Course on Client Management
Client Portal's Public Trello Board
Brennan Dunn's Double Your Freelancing
Design Academy
Gail Goodman on the "Long, Slow SaaS Ramp of Death"
Naval on Luck
I can't find the Todo list method I mentioned around the 45th minute! I'll keep looking!

Alli Blum: Converting More Customers with Better Onboarding Jun 26, 2019

Alli is an expert in copywriting and onboarding optimization for SaaS products. She helps her clients understand why some users bail on their trial and others upgrade. If you’re struggling with high churn or low activation rates, Alli has some wisdom you’ll want to hear.

Asia Matos: Getting Your First 100 Customers Jun 19, 2019

Asia helps SaaS companies and founders with marketing and growth. She’s the founder of DemandMaven and you can find out more about her there at demandmaven.io.

Andrea Hill: Innovation and Ethical Design Jun 12, 2019

If you’ve got a complex problem in need of an elegant solution, Andrea is someone you'll want to listen to.

Andrea is a UX Researcher and Product Strategist. She has lead Innovation efforts at companies like LexisNexis, ReadyTalk, and through her own consultancy, Frameplay. Next up for her is a fellowship with Code for Canada, where she’ll be embedded within a division of the government of Canada for 10 months.

Val Geisler: Writing Better Onboarding Emails Jun 05, 2019

Val is the good kind of email marketer :) She helps companies write emails that people actually want to read and respond to.

If email onboarding is an important part of your business, you don't want to miss this episode.

Kelly Miller: Building Your Brand May 29, 2019

Kelly is the author of “Get Attention: Brand Building for Startups.” She’s also the communications lead for Women Who Code DC, and Co-organizer of Tech Rebalanced.

Georgiana Laudi: Positioning Your Company for Growth May 22, 2019

Georgiana Laudi is a SaaS marketing & growth advisor. She has a long career in marketing but in 2009, switched her focus entirely to SaaS, working with companies like Unbounce, Appcues and Sprout Social. In addition to working with founders and marketers 1:1, she, along with Claire Suellentrop, also co-hosts Forget The Funnel, a series of workshops for marketers in SaaS.

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