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  • Bootstrapping with kids and waiting to launch

    Bootstrapping with kids and waiting to launch
    2022/02/14

    Josh and Justin recorded this on Jan 19th, 2022.

    Show notes

    • Meeps – the best way to start a membership site
    • Why haven't we launched yet?
    • The anxiety of not being able to sleep as an entrepreneur: "how am I going to make this work?"
    • How much revenue does the MegaMaker community make per year?
    • Bootstrapping with kids
    • Survey results
    • ProBar.co – track your progress towards a goal publicly

    Find Josh and Justin online:

    • Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton
    • Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm
    • Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin

    Support the show:

    • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
    • Please! Share the show with your friends.
    • The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app

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    48 分
  • Which part of the product will get traction?

    Which part of the product will get traction?
    2021/12/16

    Sorry this episode is late! Josh and Justin recorded Dec 1st, and I'm publishing it two weeks later.

    Show notes

    • Justin's Black Friday results
    • When should we launch? January 15, 2022
    • Francesco's tweet about Typefully revenue vs Mailbrew
    • Tweet: "With startups, the amount of reward you get (revenue) is based on demand: "How strongly do people want what you're selling?""

    Find Josh and Justin online:

    • Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton
    • Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm
    • Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin

    Support the show:

    • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
    • Please! Share the show with your friends.
    • The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app
    • Want to start a podcast?
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    40 分
  • How many early access customers did we get?

    How many early access customers did we get?
    2021/08/16

    In this episode, Josh and Justin discuss when to open up a SaaS for early-access; and how they're going to use Meeps to make it better.

    Show notes

    • Early-access homepage
    • Our early access email
    • How we're running early access for Meeps
    • Tweet: anyone else noticing a slow August?
    • How Justin does marketing at Transistor

    Find Josh and Justin online:

    • Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton
    • Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm
    • Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin

    Support the show:

    • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
    • Please! Share the show with your friends.
    • The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app
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    33 分
  • Is Josh ready for early access?

    Is Josh ready for early access?
    2021/08/09

    In this episode, Josh and Justin discuss when to open up a SaaS for early-access; and how they're going to use Meeps to make it better.

    Show notes

    • Casey Neistat interview
    • Sign up for Meeps early access!
    • Meeps video update

    Find Josh and Justin online:

    • Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton
    • Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm
    • Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin

    Support the show:

    • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
    • Please! Share the show with your friends.
    • The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app
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    48 分
  • What it takes to run a paid online community (8+ years)

    What it takes to run a paid online community (8+ years)
    2021/07/19

    I had a conversation about building online communities on Twitter Spaces that I wanted to share with you.

    Show notes

    • Thanks to Vineet Sinha for organizing the Twitter Spaces: https://twitter.com/VineetSinha

    Find Josh and Justin online:

    • Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton
    • Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm
    • Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin

    Support the show:

    • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
    • Please! Share the show with your friends.
    • The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app
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  • Is truly possible to validate a product idea before launch?

    Is truly possible to validate a product idea before launch?
    2021/07/12

    In this episode, we answer some questions from MegaMaker members:

    • Val asks: "I'm super curious about this: How much of starting Meeps was a "hunch" rather than a structured discovery?"
    • Ben asks: "Validation, what are ya'll trying right now/soon to get a signal if you're onto something? Also, is there a "company-wide" donut Friday? 😉"
    • Tom asks: "Yes, specifically user discovery: how do you validate that the customer has, knows about, and will pay to solve the problem?"
    • Jon: "(From our remote work discussion in MegaMaker): I'm interested in learning how you work together. Pros/cons?"

    Show notes

    • "Business ideas are observations paired with hunches." https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1258879868952952833
    • Join our waiting list on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/meeps
    • Community Weekly: https://communityweekly.co/
    • Memberful pricing: https://memberful.com/pricing
    • Justin's spreadsheet for subscription platforms
    • VentureBeat: Commsor raises $16 million to unlock insights from companies’ online communities
    • Commsor: a list of all the community tools
    • Community.club
    • Community jobs: https://www.community.club/jobs

    Find Josh and Justin online:

    • Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton
    • Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm
    • Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin

    Support the show:

    • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
    • Please! Share the show with your friends.
    • The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app
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  • Josh gets some runway

    Josh gets some runway
    2021/06/28

    In this episode: Joshua Anderton gets three months of runway so he can work full-time on Meeps.app.

    Show notes

    • The benefit of the TALL stack: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1409304136504414210
    • MegaMaker community on Meeps: https://megamaker.meeps.app/
    • How did validation work with Transistor? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNDgRcJYAEg
    • Product Hunt Ship: https://www.producthunt.com/ship
    • Justin's barber: https://www.instagram.com/brett_thebarber/
    • Matty Conrad: https://www.instagram.com/mattyconrad/
    • Podcast hosting: https://transistor.fm
    • Theme music: Striker-metal.com

    Find Josh and Justin online:

    • Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton
    • Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm
    • Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin

    Support the show:

    • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
    • Please! Share the show with your friends.
    • The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app
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    43 分
  • Observing customer demand (plus: we reveal the name)

    Observing customer demand (plus: we reveal the name)
    2021/06/14

    This episode Joshua Anderton and Justin explore customer demand; how to recognize it, and where to find it. Plus: what do you think of the name? 😅

    Show notes

    • The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app
    • Taylor Otwell's Laravel framework: https://laravel.com
    • Adam Wathan and Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com
    • Podcast hosting: https://transistor.fm
    • Theme music: Striker-metal.com

    Find Josh and Justin online:

    • Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton
    • Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm
    • Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin

    Support the show:

    • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
    • Please! Share the show with your friends.
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    37 分