Searching For SaaS

Today on the show we talk about the signup process for Nate's new SaaS - Testing Taxi. Self-guided trials are not an option so what should he do?

We also check in on Nate's SEO push on Status List and where he's running stuck.

Links:

https://testing.taxi

This is episode 79

Today Nate and Josh dive into 3 different SaaS companies and ask: would this be a good business to buy? We dive into how we might market, position or turn a profit with each. The results may surprise you.

We also dig into the AI-powered things SaaS businesses are spinning up lately - a full gamut on the show today.

This is episode 78

Today we talk about Nate’s latest project and if it’s time to buy a domain and tell the world. Josh weights in and gives some helpful SEO tips to get started.

Also today, we talk about abilities and environment and how those have both shaped our entrepreneurial journey.

Links:

https://lawrenceandco.com/your-oxygen-mask-first

This is episode 77

Today, Josh and Nate discuss the value of domains. What would you pay

for a used domain? Why do people pay millions of dollars for special

domain names? Some of us like to hold 90+ domains for a "rainy day".

Others only buy domains when they're ready to launch something.

More on aquisition of chat.com

https://twitter.com/dharmesh/status/1641094109187260421

This is episode 76

Nate shutdown a project because it wasn't panning out. All of a sudden, customers are showing up

asking to have it turned on. Nate shares the story and what he's going to do about it.

Also today, Josh went on a founders retreat. He shares the wonders of diverse paths in company building

and how finding "your people" is so meaningful.

This is episode 75

Today, we talk about poker star Annie Duke's book on decision making. As founders,

we often look at the world through rose colored glasses. Today we talk about

ways to be realistic, limit failure and increase our chance of success.

You can find Annie Duke's book on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.ca/Thinking-Bets-Making-Smarter-Decisions/dp/0735216355/ref=asc_df_0735216355/

This is episode 74

Nate’s landing page hasn’t been converting. Today, we dive into a tear down of what’s good, what’s missing and how we can improve it.

You can find the video version of this episode at:

https://joshho.substack.com/p/c18f4386-f062-463e-9f31-8d632de6e2ea

This is episode 73

This week we talk about the common advice to “raise prices”. Josh talks about where this can go wrong and how he thinks about pricing.

Links:

Peep Leja - podcast episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laying-the-foundation-for-long-term-company-alignment/id1575516851?i=1000601807767

This is episode 72

Do you have trouble remembering the names of software tools? We do too!

Today, we talk about SaaS names and how some stick and some are impossible to remember.

This is episode 71

Today Josh has an idea for a site map research tool that could be in Nate’s wheel house. We bat it around and figure out what the key product is and what next steps would be.

We also talk about learning by exploring and listening to others. This is a huge part of how Nate & Josh learn and it’s neat to hear about their experiences with this.

This is episode #70