SaaS Life (saaslife.fm)

Ep. 19: Sam Is Back!

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Summary:

On this episode of saaslife.fm, Sam Schrup and Chris McAleenan talk about what it looks like for a bootstrapper to take paternity leave for a new baby or puppy sitting. Never a dull moment at home or work! 

Highlights from this Episode:

  • Demo Downtime: People were patient and willing to wait for Sam’s return.
  • Work/Life Balance: First week back finds work just as exhausting as life at home. 
  • Stack Overflow Question: Chris likes to code, but hasn’t kept up his skill set.
  • Mission Critical Dependency: What if something goes wrong while you’re gone?
  • Edge Cases: Fixing issues takes time and holds you back from building features.
  • Mental Shift: Actively cultivate mindset via previous experience, project patterns.
  • Deliverable Size: Downloading large file on Google Drive isn’t a good experience. 
  • TextRetailer Website: Revamped and launched to drive customer engagement.
  • Developer Resource: Sam’s hire made a widget to grow email and SMS lists.   

    • Links and Resources: 

    saaslife.fm

    Sam Schrup on Twitter

    Chris McAleenan on Twitter

    TextRetailer

    Textiful

    PipeTech Hub/Project

    Kraken.io Image Optimizer

    Stack Overflow

    Userlist.io

    Upwork

    Basecamp

    Linear

    Braintree

    Stripe

    Monoprice Water Leak Sensor

    Intro music by Monkey Warhol licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). 

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    SaaS Life (saaslife.fm)By Chris McAleenan, Sam Schrup