The Boring Startup

In a previous episode I talked about the mental rollercoaster you go through trying to start a company and thinking about quitting your job. This episode is an update to that view and how it's not as binary as I thought.

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Recently I've been thinking a lot about this question. Do I want to turn my work into my hobby or do I want to turn my hobby into work? Tune in on this episode as I dissect that question and where I stand on it.

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I'm upping my content game across all of my distribution channels. I'm a big believer that you can give away helpful content for free while also getting something in return in the form of attention and future sales. In this episode I talk about how I'm approaching my content right now and also give an update on how things are going with the redesign and dev kit creation.

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All the crappy Silicon Valley mantras about how to run a hardware startup company are not only bad cliches but they are simply impractical for most people. In this episode I talk about some of the advantages of taking the road less traveled. The boring road as it were.

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The first attempt at monetizing the StatFeedr "sawdust" is going to be in the form of an e-paper dev kit based around the ESP32 module. In this episode I talk about the thought process around pursuing this as a potential revenue source.

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In this episode I talk about what the "sawdust" is from the StatFeedr product. I break down all the things I've created as part of the product that aren't really the main value-add. I also cover why this might be valuable to other pro makers and startups.

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In this episode I talk about why I'm ditching Particle and moving to the Espressif ecosystem. I talk about why I originally chose Particle, why I'm making the decision to leave and why ESP32 is my choice going forward.

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In this episode I talk about the consumer psychology around pricing Internet of Things products. There are essentially 2 basic models and both are extremely difficult to make profitable. This and other insight into why making a consumer hardware product is really really hard.

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I'm going to officially call this season 2 of the podcast as we slightly switch the focus of the podcast to something I'm super excited about. In this episode I talk about what that change is and what to expect going forward. 

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We attended our first industry show in Las Vegas to introduce the StatFeedr tech to the industry. In this episode I talk about how it went and what we learned.

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