Dads with Startups

Dads with Startups

By John Reynolds & Kevin MarshallBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Dads with Startups episodes

  • EP 014 - Why John has been sleeping on the floor
    John's family is continuing to deal with sick kids and constant sports. He also gave himself a raise, which his wife is thrilled about. Kevin had quite the scare when his domain was flagged for phishing. He's been working on integrations with 3rd party website providers, and self-serve signup has been going well. Keven is thinking about dropping his freemium plan.
    John and Kevin are a couple of Dads who are figuring out how to be both successful business owners as well as successful fathers and spouses.
    52 min
  • EP 013 - Time management and customer onboarding
    John is wayyy stressed out and behind on work. He needs to figure out how to manage his time better and improve his focus. Kevin suggested "snake oil" juice - hey, it's the results we care about, right?
    Kevin had a good run updating his web app and fixing annoying bugs. He's trying to figure out which app stores he can get into and is having challenges with that. He also discusses conversion funnels and customer onboarding.
    John and Kevin are a couple of Dads who are figuring out how to be both successful business owners as well as successful fathers and spouses.
    37 min
  • EP 012 - Microconf Growth, Content, and Customer Interviews
    John shares his takeaways from Microconf Growth, Kevin shares his methods for content creation. They both discuss customer interviews and customer feedback. Things mentioned:
    - April Dunford's Book: Obviously Awesome
    - MicroConf Growth '22
    John and Kevin are a couple of Dads who are figuring out how to be both successful business owners as well as successful fathers and spouses.
    40 min
  • EP 011 - Ditching Wordpress and Launching Self Serve Signups
    Kevin and John share recent vacations: Tennis and Disneyland. John shares recent hiring developments, also his Wordpress site was hacked so he switched to Webflow. Kevin has launched self-serve signups and is working on building out a partnership with Webflow for his courseware plugin.
    John and Kevin are a couple of Dads who are figuring out how to be both successful business owners as well as successful fathers and spouses.
    35 min
  • EP 010 - Demos and Communities
    Kevin has been having a lot of success with demos. Self signup is not quite ready but he's getting close. John is still hiring, and swamped in the meantime. They both talk about hosting communities or masterminds for their users.
    John and Kevin are a couple of Dads who are figuring out how to be both successful business owners as well as successful fathers and spouses.
    45 min
  • EP 009 - Hiring, how to prioritize work
    John is still spending all his time hiring. Kevin is dealing with feature requests from early users. They discuss how to prioritize tasks. John suggests using the Eisenhower effort vs impact matrix for choosing what kinds of features to build.
    John and Kevin are a couple of Dads who are figuring out how to be both successful business owners as well as successful fathers and spouses.
    50 min
  • EP 008 - Christmas, payments, hiring
    John and Kevin recap Christmas with their families. John went Christmas shopping and accidentally bought a couple mountain bikes. Kevin is working toward launching self-serve sign ups, and building relationships with partners and affiliates. They discuss payments and hiring.
    John and Kevin are a couple of Dads who are figuring out how to be both successful business owners as well as successful fathers and spouses.
    37 min
  • EP 006: Customer Service
    Kevin and John talk about selling/buying homes, customer service, and customer satisfaction surveys. They discuss handling customer feedback and how it motivates them. They also discuss the NPS (Net Promoter Score) survey, as well as the product-market fit survey.
    John and Kevin are a couple of Dads who are figuring out how to be both successful business owners as well as successful fathers and spouses.
    Mentioned:
    https://delighted.com/
    https://review.firstround.com/how-superhuman-built-an-engine-to-find-product-market-fit
    34 min
  • EP 005: John's company has joined TinySeed. Kevin has lowered his prices, but, was that smart?
    In this episode John announces that his company Civic Review has joined the TinySeed accelerator program. Kevin and John discuss the differences between bootstrapping a company and raising VC money. Kevin has been experimenting with pricing for his Wordpress plugins. Also, both founders are buying or selling houses - so that's fun :)
    John and Kevin are a couple of Dads who are figuring out how to be both successful business owners as well as successful fathers and spouses.
    34 min

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