Brian Casel hosts conversations with founder friends. We talk about startups, products, software, entrepreneurship, but also what's happening in our lives away from our screens and revenue graphs.
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Brian Casel (@casjam) and Jordan Gal (@jordangal) share their raw and real behind-the-scenes of their entrepreneur journeys. From bootstrapping software startups to raising money to selling and exiting businesses, to growing teams and the emotional rollercoaster that is startup life. It's all here in Brian and Jordan's weekly(ish) updates.
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Productize Podcast is the place for productized services entrepreneurs to hear interviews and case studies from others who are growing and scaling client services with the productized service (a.k.a. productized consulting) business model. Whether you're freelancing or you've grown a digital agency this podcast pulls out the juicy details on how folks have successfully transitioned from trading dollars for hours to truly scalable businesses. Hosted by Brian Casel, a multi-time founder and le ...
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Working Without Pants is the podcast for agency owners and consultants who are wanting to win more clients and better clients for their business. Each week, Jake Jorgovan brings you interviews with industry leaders and experts on how to win more clients for your agency or consulting practice. Past guests have included Brennan Dunn, Brent Weaver, Kai Davis, Philip Morgan, Brian Casel, Blair Enns, and many more. Learn more at https://jake-jorgovan.com/podcast
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The Productize Podcast is the place for productized services entrepreneurs to hear interviews and case studies from others who are growing and scaling client services with the productized service (a.k.a. productized consulting) business model. Whether you're freelancing or you've grown a digital agency this podcast pulls out the juicy details on how folks have successfully transitioned from trading dollars for hours to truly scalable businesses. Hosted by Brian Casel, a multi-time founder an ...
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Your go-to resource for how to grow your SaaS revenue without a sales team.
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Cashflow Podcasting: Authority, Audience Growth and Sales through podcasting
Ben Krueger: Podcasting Business Strategist joined by Tim Paige, John Lee Dumas, Jaime Tardy, Pat Flynn, James Schramko Natalie Sisson and other Podcast Marketing Experts
Ben Krueger, Chief Podcast Strategist takes you on a journey with leaders and brands who successfully leverage podcasting to generate BIG incomes and BIG results for their own businesses. The first 10 episodes is the Cashflow Podcasting “Fast-Start” Series to give you the step-by-step on how to launch a podcast for traffic, leads and sales. Then you’ll see case studies from various business types on how they’re using podcasting to generate significant income, plus their tips on how you can d ...
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Today on Bootstrapped Web: What if we bootstrapped? Funnel projects. Pricing experiments. Software speed. Tech-enabled services. Listener conversations on Ripple. Join our free community for Bootstrapped Web listeners Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rosie Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with Brian: Brian's…
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Connect with Brian, Jordan and fellow listeners in the Bootstrapped Web community on Ripple.fm Today: Asking the hard-hitting questions like... Coconut pastries... for or against? Is anyone actually able to log into the black hole that is Meta ads? Publishing a 1-page HTML landing page shouldn't be difficult. Should it? Brian's stuff: Brian's "One …
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Ripple.fm is live and open. Rosie is live for self serve signups. Niche social networking. Advertising using video. Cold outreach playbooks. And a special guest joins the show Join our free community for Bootstrapped Web listeners Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rosie Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with B…
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Programmatic SEO Projects With Josh Pigford
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I caught up with Josh Pigford today, founder of Maybe, ToolStash, and many other projects. We covered a lot of ground across many of his different projects, but spent the bulk of this chat geeking out about programmatic SEO. The strategy, the technical approach, and exactly what (and how) he built some of his AI-generated content marketing strategi…
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Brian launches built and launched something new. 2 things actually. Jordan changes pricing strategy for Rosie. Brian also changes pricing strategy for Clarityflow. And all find our AI hardware "friend". Connect with Brian, Jordan and fellow listeners in the Bootstrapped Web community on Ripple.fm Brian's stuff: Brian launched Ripple.fm Brian's new …
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Yet another new product announcement from Brian. Jordan launches to first customers. The era of hacking on new ideas. Summer speed ups. Professional standards. Vacations. Special guest joins us to tell us it's time to stop. Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rosie Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with Brian: B…
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Brian's next product announcement. Marketing first. Small bets. Private podcasting. AI product development speed. Summer vacations. Connect with Brian: Brian's next product landing page Brian's Service: Tailor-Made UI Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Twitter: @casjam Brian on Threads: @brian.casel Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rosie Jord…
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US Presidential debate analysis. America. Launch week. First customers. Perfect storm for a new product idea. Questioning assumptions. Seeking feedback. Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rosie Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with Brian: Brian's consultancy: Tailor-Made UI Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on T…
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Tailor-Made UI. Knowing your customer. Launch-week learnings. Sales calls. Cold outreach. Margin & space. Date night hangovers. Summer camp. Connect with Brian: Brian's Service: Tailor-Made UI Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Twitter: @casjam Brian on Threads: @brian.casel Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rosie Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal…
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Launching heyrosie.com. First demos. Twitter feeds. Productized consulting. Homepage rewrite. Summer camp. Concerts. Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rosie Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with Brian: Brian's consultancy: Instrumental Products Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Twitter: @casjam Brian on Thre…
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Launch week. AI demos. Prompt engineering. Help docs. Product marketing. New feature prep. B2B vs. B2C strategies. Coastal living. Mainstream AI. Connect with Brian: Brian's Product Consultancy: Instrumental Products Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Twitter: @casjam Brian on Threads: @brian.casel Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rally Jorda…
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Troubleshooting back pain. "Early access" vs. "Sign up". Build (or brag) in public. Bootstrapping via consulting. Starter app templates. The AI voice space. No-BS marketing. Working outside. Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rally Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with Brian: Brian's consultancy: Instrumental …
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Bringing Great Design to WordPress with Mike McAllister
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Mike McAllister is a designer of brands, websites, products, and WordPress goodness... Here in part 2 of our conversation, we dive into Mike's current work on OllieWP, a new product that brings great design to the WordPress ecosystem. We also talked about the balance of working on products with taking on selective design consulting partnerships wit…
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Shady domain brokers. Cooling off on product ideas. Pricing questions. High vs. low volume funnels. Launch and learn. Conflicting realities. Deadlifts. Summer travel. Connect with Brian: Brian's Product Consultancy: Instrumental Products Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Twitter: @casjam Brian on Threads: @brian.casel Connect with Jordan: Jordan's…
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From Designing Products to Acquihired with Mike McAllister
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Mike McAllister has an incredible track record as a designer of brands, websites, products, and WordPress goodness... In part 1, we talked about Mike's experience building a successful WordPress products business that was acquired by WPEngine, and what he learned from the transition between indie product founder to acquihired in a large organizatio…
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GPT-4o. Sleepless nights. Product idea excitement. Self-serve funnels. Keeping calm before the storm. Selling to small business. Knicks in 6? The David Park Tweet that Jordan referenced. Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rally Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with Brian: Brian's consultancy: Instrumental Prod…
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From Products to Product Agency with Shawn Adrian of Input Logic
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Here's my conversation with Shawn Adrian, co-founder of Input Logic, a product design and development agency. They're also launching their own product in 2024 in the AI journaling space, called Stilo.ai. This conversation was recorded on March 5th, 2024. {{ campaign_start }}By Brian Casel
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No, we're not talking about Product Hunt (the website) today. This one's about: Hunting for new product ideas. Categories in AI. Finding a partner. Divesting in audience. Hobbies. Attention diets. Mothers day. Connect with Brian: Brian's Product Consultancy: Instrumental Products Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Twitter: @casjam Brian on Threads:…
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The 80/20 Software Consultancy Model with Daniel Coulbourne
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Brian's update was recorded on August 6th, 2024. Daniel Coulbourne is the cofounder of Thunk.dev and the co-host of the Talking Businessly podcast. We had a great conversation about the "80/20 model" in software development consulting, striking a balance between working with clients and building your own products and projects. This conversation was…
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Choosing a name. YouTube experiments. SEO. Reaching a foreign industry. Branding exercise. The New York Knicks. Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rally Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with Brian: Brian's consultancy: Instrumental Products Brian's YouTube channel: @briancasel Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian o…
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Jack McDade is the creator of the new course, Radical Design. He's also the founder of Statamic CMS. In this contuation of our conversation, we talked about Jack's unique approach to designing things and how he strikes a balance between fun refreshing projects like this, and running a successful product company. Brian and Jack's conversation was re…
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Protyping with AI. Burnout aftermath. Validation theories that need retiring. Go-to-market. MVP speed. SaaS UI components as a service. Kitchen Reno. Passover. Knicks Games. Connect with Brian: Brian's Product Studio: Instrumental Products Brian's YouTube channel: @briancasel Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Twitter: @casjam Brian on Threads: @br…
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The Story of Statamic CMS with Jack McDade
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Jack McDade is the founder of Statamic CMS and the creator of the new course, Radical Design. In this conversation, Jack shared his story of going from film maker to full stack designer and developer to building a website CMS product. Brian and Jack's conversation was recorded on February 20th, 2024. Brian's update was recorded on August 6th, 2024.…
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Email for SaaS. Selling to Main Street. AI in the real world. Offloading customer support. UI/UX consultancy pricing. YouTube experimentation. Vacation guilt. Kitchen renovations. Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rally Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with Brian: Brian's consultancy: Instrumental Products Br…
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Software founder life in NYC with Sam Selikoff
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Sam Selikoff, cofounder of BuildUI, returns to the show and we talk all about NYC! New York City, one of my favorite places. Brian and Sam’s conversation was recorded on December 15th, 2023. Brian's update was recorded on August 6th, 2024. (00:00) - Software founder life in NYC with Sam Selikoff (05:51) - What is the crowd like? (08:00) - New York'…
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Exploring products that sell to SaaS. Flights. Credit card points. Passover. Elections. Twitter. Validation. No-kids vacations. Connect with Brian: Brian's Product Studio: Instrumental Products Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Twitter: @casjam Brian on Threads: @brian.casel Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rally Jordan on Twitter: @jordanga…
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Building a Courses Business with a YouTube audience with Kevin Powell
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Kevin Powell returns to the show where we talk about the business side of his work as a YouTuber and teacher of front-end development and CSS. Brian and Kevin’s conversation was recorded on December 7th, 2023. Brian's update was recorded on August 6th, 2024. (00:00) - Building a Courses Business with a YouTube audience with Kevin Powell (04:26) - K…
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Idea hunting. Competitors. Levels. Portfolios. Rough products. Customer success. Weekly pricing. Productized services. Earthquakes. Supplements. Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rally Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal Jordan on Threads: @jordangal Connect with Brian: Brian's consultancy: Instrumental Products Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Tw…
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How Lianna Patch Reinvented Her Copywriting Business
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Lianna Patch wasn’t thrilled with the work she was doing, who she was doing it for, and the lack of fun she was having as a professional copywriter. So she changed everything and relaunched her Punchline Copy business with a focus on comedic copy. Brian and Lianna’s conversation was recorded on December 13th, 2023. Brian's update was recorded on Au…
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Creating Content & New Product Ideas
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Brian's first LinkedIn post. YouTube. Texas. Northeast. Inbound vs. outbound. New product ideas. AI. Ecommerce. Customer Success. Tapping demand. Connect with Brian: Brian's Product Studio: Instrumental Products Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow Brian on Twitter: @casjam Brian on Threads: @brian.casel Connect with Jordan: Jordan's company, Rally Jordan on …
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