Getting To Ramen

Josh talks about what it's been like managing his mental health while trying to grow a software company full-time. There's also a tiny rant about a certain well-known exit and how the employees were "taken care of".

• Making a Living From the Paid Newsletter Ecosystem with Yaroslaw Bagriy of Newsletter Crew

Took the plunge! Josh talks about what it's been like after a month of working on Upscribe full-time.

As a maker, it's easy to get distracted by new technologies or emerging fads. But is it a great idea to start-up more than one thing simultaneously? Also, I started a new thing...

• Billingly.io - Dunning emails & sms for less (don't pay until we've recovered revenue for you!)
• Upscribe - No-bloat email marketing and opt-in forms
• Podmelon - Quality podcast editing
• Basecamp - The All-In-One Toolkit for Working Remotely
• WildBit - The team behind Beanstalk, Postmark, DMARK Digest, and People-First Jobs
• Ad Reform - Your intelligent ad ops assistant

• Tweet about balancing priorities as a founder
• Versoly
• Volkan Kaya Twitter
• DrawSQL
• Dennis Ong Twitter
• Userfeed.io
• Summit
• Matt Wensing Twitter
• BidSketch
• DocSketch
• Ruben Gamez Twitter
• Borrowing Brilliance

Links & Resources

• Userfeed.io
• Build Your SaaS

What will "business as usual" look like after this whole thing blows over? Plus; a few ways us techies can help during a pandemic.

Show Notes

• Still here!
• Can things go back to normal?
• How this affects us and our businesses forever
• Ways we techies can help (financial and otherwise)

Links & Resources

• The Tyler Stalman Podcast, EP80: Tech and the Pandemic, with Sam Sheffer
• Made With Grit Podcast, EP19: How we're dealing with COVID-19

Links & Resources

• Made with Grit podcast episode
• Landon's announcement on Twitter
• Userfeed - Build the right products and grow your business using Intercom data

Links & Resources

• Rob's Stairstep Approach to Bootstrapping blog post
• Josh's 2019 revenue tweet
• Rob's response to revenue tweet