By Christopher Hawkins
Moving out of consulting & into products
In this episode, I answer questions from listeners about why the show is ending, who my favorite guests are, what I’m doing next, and more! Let me leave you with this letter: Dear Listener, It’s been an interesting three years,...
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This Episode Sponsored By: Conquering Client Conflict Paying late, not responding to emails, arguing about art direction…enough is enough. Get more respect make more money by resolving these conflicts in your favor – more details In this episode, organizational...
In this episode, Quick Sprout and Kiss Metrics founder Hiten Shah talks about early SEO consulting, finding the ROI in a startup, and more. Bootstrapped Product Talking Points Why you need good distribution AND good product Why innovation isn’t necessarily...
FAIR WARNING: I had some microphone issues with this episode, deal with it. In this episode, Cantabile developer founder Brad Robinson tells us how he’s been validating his product with customer feedback since day 1, how he got over...
In this episode, Fearless Salary Negotiation author Josh Doody tells us how he’s treating his book launch like a startup, his plan for finding revenue streams as a self-published author, and more! Bootstrapped Product Talking Points How project management skills...
In this episode, Less Accounting founder Allan Branch shares his journey from freelancer to founder. We’ll touch on being a late bloomer, how cultural values shape the career path we take, and finish on some very strong self-care suggestions to...
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This Episode Sponsored By: SuccessfulSoftware.net’s “Start Your Own Software Business” Intensive weekend course, 10-11 October in England: More details Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating....
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Tom Rossi, founder of Tickspot and Buzzsprout, share his founders’ journey on this episode. From client services to...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! DJ Coffman joins the show today. We talk about DJ winning the recent Gumroad Small Product Lab challenge....
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Justin Jackson joins the show today. From hacking on a Vic 20 to releasing multiple products and podcasts,...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Tracy Osborn joins us today to talk about her founders journey. From college CS to art courses, to...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Richard Felix joins the show in this episode. Richard Felix has a multi-product mini-empire going on. From his...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Today we have Garrett Dimon (founder of Sifter) on the show. Garrett shares the story of his transition...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! The talented Cat Noone of Liberio joins us to talk about her experience in freelancing and in moving...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! This episode, we learn about life as a non-technical founder, courtesy of Ron Story, Jr. sharing his story...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! This episode of Chasing Product features Ryan Battles, walking us through the essentials of Saas marketing. Bootstrapped Product...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! This episode of Chasing Product features Dave Rodenbaugh, giving a master class on outsourcing product development. Bootstrapped Product...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! This episode of Chasing Product features Amy Hoy, sharing her no-BS-allowed outlook on startup realities and growing a...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Mike Taber of AuditShark shares his tale of building a software business while on the road as a...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Alex Yumashev (founder of JitBit) joins us to talk about growing into a small software firm with multiple products....
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! In Episode 14, Joanna Weibe (founder of CopyHackers) sets us all straight on what copy hacking (writing conversion...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Josh Pigford, serial maker of things, joins me for this episode. Josh has a wonderfully diverse portfolio of projects....
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! This time out, I talk with Patrick McKenzie about his journey through software entrepreneurship, and why “charge more...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! On Episode 11, I talk to David Raffauf, founder of Scoreboard, a Saas app that handles invoicing for...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! In this episode, Tim Whitacre of Plain and Argyll Studios shares what he’s learned while transitioning out of...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! This episode features Rachel Andrew telling us her startup story. Going from freelancer to launching an app, Rachel...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Episode 8 features Ivan Lopez, founder of AB Press Optimizer and Project Conductor. Ivan shares his tale of...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! What are you prepared to do? That’s the question Ian Landsman poses in Episode 7 as we talk...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! In episode 6, Carl Diesing shares the story of how his consulting firm went about acquiring a software...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! In this episode, Brennan Dunn talks about consulting work and the product business. He shares some of the...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Ready for more talk about bootstrapping? Brian Casel joins us for the 4th episode. We talk about Brian’s...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! After two episodes of bootstrapped product founders with Saas apps, I went mobile! Episode 3 features a talk...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Ruben Gamez of Bidsketch joins me on this second episode. We discuss his journey from freelancer to day...
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! I’m so grateful to announce that the first episode of Chasing Product is now live. In this episode,...
