Product People

By Justin Jackson

A podcast focused on great products and the people who make them... more

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The podcast currently has 101 episodes available.

Product People episodes:

August 07, 2019EP101 – Scott Young: teach yourself how to program, finally!
I've been trying to learn how to program since 1985. This past year, at 38 years old, I finally figured out how.
Questions we discuss in this episode:
Is there only "one" way to learn how to code?
Why is getting started SO HARD?
How did Justin finally figure out a way to learn programming?
Show notes
Get the book: Ultralearning
Scott's blog
PDF: The science of cycology
The latest from Justin:
Want to start a podcast?
My podcasting startup: Transistor.fm
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Listen to my startup podcast: Build your SaaS
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1h 28min
January 24, 2019EP100 – James Clear: improving your life in 2019 with Atomic Habits
James Clear describes how you can improve your life, using small incremental steps that add up to big wins.
Questions we discuss in this episode:
How does "what you repeatedly do" affect your identity?
How does someone’s context affect their ability to set and maintain good habits? Are good habits only for people of privilege?
How can you maintain habits for people with depression, anxiety or attention deficit?
How to form habits when your schedule is not in your control? (if you have kids, etc...)
If you do fall out of a habit, what should you do? Revive it, or let it go?
What systems and tools can you use to help automate, facilitate or help ingrain healthy habits?
Show notes
Get the book: Atomic Habits
Get the habits journal
Steven Pressfield: "Stevie Wonder’s territory is the piano. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s is the gym. When Bill Gates pulls into the parking lot at Microsoft, he’s on his territory"
Seth Godin: "Who is it for, and what is it for?"
Seth Godin: “People like us do things like this.”
James Clear's AMA on Reddit
Read James' blog: JamesClear.com
James Clear: "Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become."
Nir Eyal shuts off his internet every night
James Clear: "When you're struggling with a new habit, your effort's not wasted, it's just being stored."
The latest from Justin:
My new startup: Transistor.fm
Podcast in 2019!
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Listen to my startup podcast: Build your SaaS
Want to start a podcast?
★ Looking for a community of bootstrappers?
Join MegaMaker Club
Looking for your app's first 100 customers?
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1h 3min
January 02, 2019EP99 – Ben Orenstein's new startup is focused on pair programming
Ben is the co-founder of Tuple.app and is running a new course called Habits for Hackers.
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Show notes
Ben Orenstein on Twitter
Habits for Hackers
Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin talking about Johnny Cash
Ben's working on a new product: Tuple.app
Ben's episode on Bootstrapped Web
TinySeed
Earnest Capital
Ben's co-founder weekly retro questions
learntopair.com - Ben's guide to pair programming
Art of Product podcast
Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear
The latest from Justin:
My new startup: Transistor.fm
Podcast in 2019!
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin
🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.
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1h 8min
December 17, 2018EP98 – The hard truth about bootstrapping startups (Part 2 with Jason Cohen)
Jason Cohen asks Justin Jackson hard questions about his startup, Transistor.fm, and what it's going to take to go full-time.
This is the second half of our chat. Part 1 was really just setting the stage. Part 2 digs into the real-life challenges of bootstrapping a business.
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Show notes
Podcast in 2019!
Justin's original tweet
Blog post: Can you bootstrap on the side?
Watch this interview on YouTube
Jason Cohen on Twitter
The latest from Justin:
My new startup: Transistor.fm
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin
🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.
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1h 11min
December 14, 2018EP97 – Can you bootstrap a company on the side? (Part 1 with Jason Cohen)
When you're building a startup you have these questions:
Should I work on my startup on the side, and grow it slowly?
Should I take investment and go full-time sooner?
These are the questions that have been circulating in my head over the past few months.
Which is why when Jason Cohen, founder of WPengine and someone I respect, replied to my tweet, I took note:
"It’s difficult to find successful companies where founders didn’t work 80+ hours and took longer than four years to get to $1M ARR. If you're two years in and you still need a day job then by definition it doesn’t have good fundamentals. I usually think of "$10k/month/founder" as a rough measure of whether you're ready for full-time. Saying that should take three years is wrong. It's hard to find that companies that live and took that long."

Today we'll be digging into that! (Check back next week for Part 2)
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Show notes
Podcast in 2019!
Justin's original tweet
Blog post: Can you bootstrap on the side?
Watch this interview on YouTube
Jason Cohen on Twitter
WPEngine recently raised $250 million
The latest from Justin:
My new startup: Transistor.fm
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin
🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.
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33min
November 23, 2018EP96 – My secret phone call with Hamish
Hamish Macpherson is an engineer at Buffer, and was one of the first people to join MegaMaker.
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Show notes
Follow Hamish Macherson on Twitter
Buffer
Hamish's Stand to Make side-project
The latest from Justin:
My new startup: Transistor.fm
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin
Send Justin a message on Snapchat: @mijustin
🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.
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58min
November 05, 2018EP95 – "Programming's gateway drug" with Samantha Geitz
This is a great chat with Samantha Geitz, a Senior Developer at Tighten, and the founder of BetaFish.
Topics in this episode:
Should "business/marketing" people learn programming?
What's the difference between messing around and being a serious programmer?
Do regular programmers Google for answers?
Why English Majors can make great programmers.
If you want to learn hard things, do you need to be in a classroom?
Why should take a mental health day when you need it.
Announcement:
Want to speak at a tech conference? I'm doing class called "public speaking for geeks." More info here.
Show notes
Samantha Geitz on Twitter
Tighten.co
Battle.Tighten.co
Samantha's new startup: BetaFish
CoinPress.cc
Samantha's blog post: "How I overcame my fear of public speaking"
Stuff from Justin...
My new startup: Transistor.fm
Looking for community? Join MegaMaker Club
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin
Send Justin a message on Snapchat: @mijustin
Thanks to...
Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm
🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.
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1h 8min
June 11, 2018EP94 – Does the old SaaS playbook still work in 2018?
So many great topics in this episode:
Should developers learn design?
Derrick's "viral signup" trick
How important is a personal brand?
How to promote your project (while you're still building it)
Do software companies need to become more service oriented?
Announcement:
I'm having a birthday sale! Go to megamaker.co/birthday and get up to 38% off Marketing for Developers, my books, and Product Validation Checklist!
Show notes
This is the recording from the Art of Product Podcast. Full episode will be there!
Ben Orenstein on Twitter
Derrick Reimer on Twitter
Derrick's new app: level.app
Stuff from Justin...
My new startup: Transistor.fm
Startup announcement
How do you validate your idea? megamaker.co/validate
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin
Send Justin a message on Snapchat: @mijustin
Thanks to...
Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm
🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.
📺 Learn how to start your own podcast!
...more
57min
June 01, 2018EP93 – SaaS pricing with Patrick Campbell
I'm building a new SaaS in 2018 with my buddy Jon Buda called Transistor.fm. Now, we're trying to figure out our pricing. We're trying not to pretend we know everything there is to know about running a SaaS.
So, we wanted to reach out to some experts and get outside opinions about how to create our pricing tiers. So I asked Patrick Campbell, from Price Intelligently, to help give us some direction. He blew my mind. This conversation is incredible, you're going to get so much out of it.
Two announcements:
Want to validate your product idea? Productvalidationchecklist.com is launching soon.
Now is your last chance to get Marketing for Developers. Use the the code "summer2018" and get $50 off. In July, I'm taking it off my store so I can relaunch it in October. (If you buy now, you get future updates).
Show notes
Jon and I discussed pricing on Build Your SaaS
Patrick Campbell on Twitter: @patticus
Patrick's free pricing software for SaaS: profitwell.com
Price Intelligently's book
Stuff from Justin...
My new startup: Transistor.fm
Startup announcement
How do you validate your idea? megamaker.co/validate
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin
Send Justin a message on Snapchat: @mijustin
Thanks to...
Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm
🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.
📺 Learn how to start your own podcast!
...more
58min
March 15, 2018EP92 – 2018 MicroConf guide with Mike Taber
Mike Taber (Bluetick) and Rob Walling (Drip) started MicroConf in 2011 as a conference for self-funded startups. It's gone from just over 100 attendees to nearly 500. It's become the place for bootstrappers to hang out.
Get $100 off MicroConf Starter Edition

Go to megamaker.co/microconf or text "microconf" to (424) 247-5762.

Show notes
Read the 2018 MicroConf Guide
Register for MicroConf
Get $100 off Starter Edition
TED - how to make a great presentation
DeckSet - make amazing slides
Draftsend - Hiten Shah's new slidesharing app
Mike Taber on Twitter
Bluetick - Mike's software company
The Startups for the Rest of Us podcast

Stuff from Justin...
My new startup: Transistor.fm
Startup announcement
How do you validate your idea? megamaker.co/validate
Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter
Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin
Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin
Send Justin a message on Snapchat: @mijustin

Thanks to...
Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm
Theme music: Striker-metal.com

★ Thinking about how to validate your product? megamaker.co/validate ★
🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.
📺 Learn how to start your own podcast!
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50min

FAQs about Product People:

How many episodes does Product People have?

The podcast currently has 101 episodes available.