63: Ethical Businesses

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63: Ethical Businesses

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Oct 8, 2019

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Running a successful business is hard, and with the myriad of decisions that you make, it’s also difficult to do so in an ethical way. Alice, Curtis, and Jelly look back at the decisions they’ve made in trying to run ethical businesses, how they’ve worked out long term, and whether they’ve been the right choices in the long term.

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Oct 8, 2019

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Surviving in the muddy waters of the App Store as an indie isn’t easy. Alice Zhao, Curtis Herbert and Daniel “Jelly” Farrelly explore what it means to them, what they do to make it work, and how to claim your independence.

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4: Work/Life Balance: When the lines start to blur between work and life, it can be very difficult to make sure that you’re spending enough... by Independence
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1: Independence: What is independence, and why is it something that Belle, Curtis and Jelly aspire to achieve? In their inaugural... by Independence
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8: Interacting with Customers: Customer support is a huge part of any business where you create products. Dealing with problems, handling requests and... by Independence
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28: Marketing: Every app is different, and the approach to marketing that app is different too. From word of mouth, to building... by Independence
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14: Keeping in the Loop: To continue to thrive and grow, every indie needs to spend time learning and staying aware of their industry. Our hosts... by Independence
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18: Health and Fitness: One of the most important assets for any indie is their health: if that fails you, it makes it really difficult to... by Independence
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20: Getting Things Done: The task list for indies is seemingly never-ending, and requires effort just to stay on top of what needs to be done... by Independence
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7: Side Projects: As indies, we’re naturally drawn to having projects alongside our regular workload. These can grow into whole new... by Independence
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3: Finances: Money comes and money goes. This ebb and flow is ever more noticeable as an indie, coming with a unique set of concerns... by Independence
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19: The Downsides of Working Alone: There’s a plethora of good things about getting to work from home—the reduced commute time, being able to set your... by Independence
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24: Minimum Viable Product: Getting from idea to a minimum viable product is difficult, because it’s all about knowing what to ship, and making... by Independence
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22: Feature Creep: Avoiding bloat in a long-term project can be difficult, and it could make you wonder whether you should even continue... by Independence
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15: Speaking to the Press: Managing press is an important part of creating products, especially around releases. Alice, Curtis and Jelly discuss... by Independence
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26: Losing Control: There’s nothing scarier than losing control, especially when it comes to the things you’ve worked so hard to... by Independence
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23: Pricing: As it turns out, Jelly has been thinking a lot about his pricing lately. He really can’t figure it out, so he calls... by Independence
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55: The Single Point of Failure: When it comes to our businesses as indies, the weakest link in the chain is us. Alice, Curtis and Jelly look at each of... by Independence
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32: Portfolios: Where do ideas come from? Is every idea worth building into a full-fledged product? Is it better to have many projects,... by Independence
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44: Doing What You Love: There are a lot of benefits to doing what you love as an indie, but there are also many things that you don’t... by Independence
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27: Ask Us Anything (2018): Independence is one year old! For the inaugural birthday episode, our intrepid hosts answer your questions. They... by Independence
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65: Subscriptions: If you’re considering doing an app with subscriptions, there’s some things you may want to consider before you make... by Independence
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64: Post-Launch Review: After launching a new thing—or an update to a thing—Jelly likes to stop, look back at the process, and evaluate how... by Independence
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62: Data Privacy: If there’s one thing that’s important when building a business around software, it’s data, but there are also... by Independence
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61: Starting New Projects: It’s sometimes far too easy to get caught up in the idea that when we create something as indies, it’s for other... by Independence
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60: Intentional Growth: Growing our products and acquiring new users is something that most indies aren’t particularly good at, but it’s a... by Independence
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59: App Launch Map: Long time friend of the show, Aleen Simms, joins our trio to talk about her upcoming project, App Launch Map, and how... by Independence
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58: Inspiration: If there’s one thing we rely on as indies, it’s inspiration. We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t have it, and... by Independence
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57: Keeping up with the Cooks: Every year at WWDC, Apple drops a bunch of new things for app developers to work on, and 2019 is no different… in... by Independence
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56: The Happiest Customer: Positive comments sure do feel nice, but should we be doing more with them than just acknowledging their existence?... by Independence
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55: The Single Point of Failure: When it comes to our businesses as indies, the weakest link in the chain is us. Alice, Curtis and Jelly look at each of... by Independence
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54: Feature Planning: Often, it can be very tempting to come up with an idea, and just start building it right away. While this can feel like... by Independence
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53: Ask Us Anything (2019): Independence is two years old, and our intrepid hosts once again answer questions fielded by listeners. Finally,... by Independence
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51: Merchandising: If you have a product that people love, it’s entirely possible that they want ways to show it off. In the lead up to... by Independence
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50: Guiding Stars: When we start down the indie path, we usually have very purposeful ideas for the products we want to build, but many of... by Independence
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49: The (Hypothetical) Exit Strategy: With her time as limited as it is, Alice has been thinking about what her exit from the indie life might look like,... by Independence
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48: Balancing Work: Alice has started a new job, and Jelly is neck deep in a client contract, which leaves them very little time to get... by Independence
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47: Expectations: Part of running a business is dealing with your customer’s expectations, and this is no more evident than in the App... by Independence
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46: Hiring a Developer: At some stage, it’s entirely possible that you might end up needing to hire a developer to help you finish your... by Independence
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45: Launching an App: There’s a lot that goes on when launching a new app: marketing, feedback… and watching the sales chart desperately... by Independence
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43: Lessons Learned in 2018: While they ring in the new year, Alice, Curtis and Jelly look back at 2018, with all its highlights, failures,... by Independence
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63: Ethical Businesses

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