Slow & Steady

Benedikt has shipped In-App Messaging behind a feature flag and it wasn't as painful as he thought it would be! Brian is sluggishly getting back into the swing of things after an eventful Thanksgiving in the US.

• YearCompass.com
• Brian’s Website

Brian's "Remote work doesn't have to be lonely" project is picking up momentum and has a name and website. Meanwhile, Benedikt is happy about Userlist's performance in November but confused by JSON Web Tokens. 

• Brian’s post on the Forces of Progress
• Benedikt's Twitter thread on JWT
• Baremetrics
• Profitwell
• Chartmogul
• Summit
• Matt on Twitter
• Project Headlamp 
• We work remotely
• Brian’s feature on WWR
• Baremetrics Experts

Brian is back from a week in the Grand Canyon and Benedikt has some exciting news about his time commitment to Userlist.

• Founder Collaboration Agreement resources
  • PandaDoc Founders’ Agreement Template
  • How to Create the Perfect Cofounder Agreement with Your Business Partner
  • Calculating Co-Founder Equity Split
  • Startup founder vesting: Here’s what it is and why it’s your best friend
• Jane on Startups for the Rest of Us
• Tuple
• Branch
• TinySeed

Brian is on vacation this week, so Benedikt is joined by Peter Suhm of Branch. Peter and Benedikt talk about the history of Branch, how Peter got into building software products, as well as his experiences with Tiny Seed. 

• Branch
• WPPusher
• Out of Beta
• Tiny Seed
• Peter on Twitter
• Benedikt on Twitter

Brian is inching toward being ready to start pitching his prototype to customers and Benedikt is feeling a bit uneasy about Userlist's trial conversions.

• Slow & Steady on Twitter
• Brian on Twitter
• Benedikt on Twitter

Benedikt is excited about an expensive purchase while Brian is ironing out the last kinks in the onboarding flow of his new product. 

• Standard Code
• Tiny Seed
• Slow & Steady on Twitter
• Brian on Twitter
• Benedikt on Twitter

Benedikt gives an update on his time at MicroConf Europe and Brian thinks there's a similarity in bootstrappers' perception of markets and our inability to grasp the size of the universe 🌝👽

• MicroConf Europe
• TinySeed
• MicroConf Europe
• April Dunford - Obviously Awesome
• Bright & Early
• Gesture Drawing
• Out of Beta

After giving a short update on their past week, Brian and Benedikt talk about Ryan Singer's book Shape Up. 

• Slack Workflows 
• TeamMood
• Ryan Singer – Shape Up
• Brian’s Interview with Ryan Singer
• MicroConf Europe
• MicroConf Growth & Starter

Benedikt is back from vacation and Brian is closing in on finalizing the functionality for his "Remote Work Doesn't Have to Be Lonely" prototype.

• Userlist
• Userlist Office Hours
• Brian's thread on Remote Work

Brian is joined by special guest Derrick Reimer while Benedikt is on vacation. Brian & Derrick get meta and talk about the pros and cons of doing a "Built-in-Public" Podcast.

• Derrick's site
• StaticKit
• I'm Walking Away From the Product I Spent a Year Building
• Art of Product Podcast