Default Alive

Default Alive

By Corey Haines & Chris SpagsBusinessEntrepreneurshipMarketing
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Default Alive episodes

  • 3 | Making progress as a Company of One

    Corey has a crazy first week on his own and contemplates how to create a calm "company of one." Chris forces himself out of the product development vacuum for his latest product and starts working on hiring out some engineering as marketing. They also talk about mental capacity as a knowledge worker, debate the incentives of public companies, and reducing information overload.

    Notable mentions:

    • Why you should send monthly advisor and investor updates by Tyler Tringas
    • Amy Hoy's article about consulting vs product
    • Swipe Files is annual only now
    • Michele Hansen on being able to reject ICE as a customer
    • Mailbrew
    • Company of One
    • It Doesn't Have To Be Crazy At Work
    • More podcasts for bootstrappers

    Learn more about their businesses:

    • Jetboost
    • Swipe Files

    Follow them on Twitter:

    • @coreyhainesco
    • @c_spags
    54 min
  • 2 | An anniversary and an announcement

    Corey parts ways with Baremetrics and goes full-time as a creator. Chris celebrates his one year anniversary working on Jetboost and grapples with an increased support volume. They also talk about having a job vs a business, evergreen vs invitation membership models, and what it was like first starting out.

    Notable mentions:

    • Chris's one year anniversary tweet
    • Corey's tweet announcement
    • Making The Leap by Corey
    • Startup To Last
    • Build Your SaaS
    • More podcasts for bootstrappers

    Learn more about their businesses:

    • Jetboost
    • Swipe Files

    Follow them on Twitter:

    • @coreyhainesco
    • @c_spags
    1 hr 1 min
  • 1 | Default Alive or Default Dead?

    Corey and Chris introduce the concept of the show, what to expect, and what it means to be "default alive." Corey talks about how he switched his courses from evergreen to an open/close model and now trying to figure out how to make the Swipe Files membership more valuable. Chris talks about how he mostly did marketing in August and is now switching back to "product mode." They also discuss the pros and cons of transparency and how it's different between software and content businesses.

    Notable mentions:

    • Default Alive or Default Dead? by Paul Graham
    • Bootstrapped Web
    • Software Social
    • More podcasts for bootstrappers

    Learn more about their businesses:

    • Jetboost
    • Swipe Files

    Follow them on Twitter:

    • @coreyhainesco
    • @c_spags
    57 min

About Default Alive

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Two founders share an unedited look at what it's like to bootstrap a startup through weekly updates. Chris Spags is the founder of Jetboost, a suite of no-code plugins for Webflow. Corey Haines is the…