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66: TinySeed Updates with Rob Walling
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Dec 6, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Ben and Derrick are joined by Rob Walling to share updates - their favorite part of most podcasts!
It’s been a good week in Tuple marketing land. Thanks to Ben’s tweet announcing the release date for its alpha, his launch list goal was reached. He was surprised by how willing people were to help out when he asked them to do it.
Rob is working on TinySeed, a startup accelerator for bootstrappers.
Derrick provided a pre-order update on Level and plans to do direct outreach to those who ordered it to determine their level of interest for validation.
Today’s Topics Include:
Managing Mental State: Jubilation followed by fear; developers tend to turn something positive into a negative
Ben’s customized onboarding experience with Superhuman to be set up for success
TinySeed takes a sane approach to work and build stuff that everyone can benefit from
Believing in and making a big commitment to your startup; if it fails, that’ll be a bummer
Frequent Feedback: Know where you’re going
Angel investing has given Rob a specific skill set from how to pick founders/companies to being their advisor
More money doesn’t make you move faster, especially when it comes to SaaS startups
TinySeed follows the dividends/cash for equity approach when milestones are met to align everybody; forced accountability through meetings
Derrick is working on Level’s onboarding flow and laying a foundation for future tutorials for users to embrace a different way of working
Derrick’s addressing the legal side of Level, such as privacy policies/terms of service
Chat is junk food - it’s a bad thing, but you still want it; Level is more like the vegetables and what you actually need
Links and resources:
Rob Walling (https://robwalling.com/)
Startups for the Rest of Us (https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/)
Drip (https://www.drip.com/)
Brian Casel (https://briancasel.com/)
Chad Fowler (http://chadfowler.com/)
Superhuman (https://superhuman.com/)
Business of Software (https://businessofsoftware.org/)
The Product Market Fit Engine (https://businessofsoftware.org/2018/11/product-market-fit-engine-rahul-vohra-ceo-superhuman/)
Reportive (http://www.reportive.com/)
TinySeed (https://tinyseed.com/)
MicroConf (https://www.microconf.com/)
HubSpot (https://www.hubspot.com/)
SparkToro (https://sparktoro.com/)
Paul Graham (http://www.paulgraham.com/)
Joanna Wiebe (https://copyhackers.com/about-copy-hackers/)
Snapterms (http://snapterms.com/)
Stripe Atlas (https://stripe.com/atlas)
Slack (https://slack.com/)
Art of Product on Twitter (https://twitter.com/artofproductpod)
Derrick Reimer (http://www.derrickreimer.com) Website
Derrick Reimer on Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer)
Ben Orenstein (http://www.benorenstein.com/) Website
Ben Orenstein on Twitter (https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en)
Level (https://level.app/)
Tuple (https://tuple.app/)
It’s been a good week in Tuple marketing land. Thanks to Ben’s tweet announcing the release date for its alpha, his launch list goal was reached. He was surprised by how willing people were to help out when he asked them to do it.
Rob is working on TinySeed, a startup accelerator for bootstrappers.
Derrick provided a pre-order update on Level and plans to do direct outreach to those who ordered it to determine their level of interest for validation.
Today’s Topics Include:
Managing Mental State: Jubilation followed by fear; developers tend to turn something positive into a negative
Ben’s customized onboarding experience with Superhuman to be set up for success
TinySeed takes a sane approach to work and build stuff that everyone can benefit from
Believing in and making a big commitment to your startup; if it fails, that’ll be a bummer
Frequent Feedback: Know where you’re going
Angel investing has given Rob a specific skill set from how to pick founders/companies to being their advisor
More money doesn’t make you move faster, especially when it comes to SaaS startups
TinySeed follows the dividends/cash for equity approach when milestones are met to align everybody; forced accountability through meetings
Derrick is working on Level’s onboarding flow and laying a foundation for future tutorials for users to embrace a different way of working
Derrick’s addressing the legal side of Level, such as privacy policies/terms of service
Chat is junk food - it’s a bad thing, but you still want it; Level is more like the vegetables and what you actually need
Links and resources:
Rob Walling (https://robwalling.com/)
Startups for the Rest of Us (https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/)
Drip (https://www.drip.com/)
Brian Casel (https://briancasel.com/)
Chad Fowler (http://chadfowler.com/)
Superhuman (https://superhuman.com/)
Business of Software (https://businessofsoftware.org/)
The Product Market Fit Engine (https://businessofsoftware.org/2018/11/product-market-fit-engine-rahul-vohra-ceo-superhuman/)
Reportive (http://www.reportive.com/)
TinySeed (https://tinyseed.com/)
MicroConf (https://www.microconf.com/)
HubSpot (https://www.hubspot.com/)
SparkToro (https://sparktoro.com/)
Paul Graham (http://www.paulgraham.com/)
Joanna Wiebe (https://copyhackers.com/about-copy-hackers/)
Snapterms (http://snapterms.com/)
Stripe Atlas (https://stripe.com/atlas)
Slack (https://slack.com/)
Art of Product on Twitter (https://twitter.com/artofproductpod)
Derrick Reimer (http://www.derrickreimer.com) Website
Derrick Reimer on Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer)
Ben Orenstein (http://www.benorenstein.com/) Website
Ben Orenstein on Twitter (https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en)
Level (https://level.app/)
Tuple (https://tuple.app/)
Released:
Dec 6, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
2: From Good to Great: Welcome to the Art of Product podcast. Derrick is rocking his “I ♥ yoga” shirt because he started practicing yoga at a studio down the street. He also gives us an update on new changes and features at Drip. Derrick was inspired by Ben’s newsletter and decided to work on his own newsletter, which gave him a great opportunity to use his own product. Ben is discovering that unemployment is a roller coaster. His stress level has been about 5X his normal baseline stress level. He started working at the co-working space and attending mixer events. He is emailing people on his list and sharing his ideas to get feedback for possible products for him to work on. Ben has been reflecting on how people and relationships make him shine and is considering finding a co-founder for his product. by The Art of Product