Best Val Sopi Podcasts (2024)

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Pricing–change rollercoaster of emotions 35:15

3M ago35:15

35:15

Newsletter: https://blogstatic.io/blog/old-pricingBy Val Sopi

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A conundrum 🤔 14:12

5M ago14:12

14:12

Weighing the pros and cons of either keeping blogstatic as is and making it the best possible product at blogging OR going down the monetization route where there's more financial opportunity, but a new can of worms and a departure from the initial idea (rebrand/reposition). The big question: Are these limiting beliefs that are not allowing me to g…

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Pomodoro to the rescue 15:55

7M ago15:55

15:55

By Val Sopi

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EP70 — 11 months later 🤗 12:36

8M ago12:36

12:36

After an 11-month hiatus recording these, I'm trying to make a comeback.By Val Sopi

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blogstatic's Product Hunt launch and the aftermath 15:34

1+ y ago15:34

15:34

By Val Sopi

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The road to 5000 paid blogs 9:52

1+ y ago9:52

9:52

A quick look at what it will take to get to 5,000 paid blogs in total and make blogstatic a self-sustaining operation.By Val Sopi

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Is this product market fit? 🤔 9:58

1+ y ago9:58

9:58

By Val Sopi

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The week that tanked and what's next 12:33

1+ y ago12:33

12:33

It was a rough week. With the registrations and payments crashing down to zero.By Val Sopi

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A quick recap since my last solo episode 18:03

1+ y ago18:03

18:03

Visit valsopi.com for more details on the latest.By Val Sopi

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011: Road trips just like growing a SaaS is a marathon 37:13

2y ago37:13

37:13

Val's product: blogstatic Dominic's product: parleBy Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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Online authenticity and 'Build in Public' with Kevon Cheung 40:46

2y ago40:46

40:46

By Val Sopi

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Pierre de Wulf's story to $1M ARR with ScrappingBee 44:42

2y ago44:42

44:42

By Val Sopi

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Doing Email and Content "Write" with Samar Owais 28:42

2y ago28:42

28:42

By Val Sopi

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Saas and Productized Services with Benedicte Raae 50:21

2y ago50:21

50:21

By Val Sopi

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010: SaaS is hard for self-funded founders 31:02

2y ago31:02

31:02

Val's blogstatic: https://blogstatic.io/ Dominic's parle: https://parle.ioBy Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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Saas business lessons with Michele Hansen 48:04

2+ y ago48:04

48:04

Sat down with Michele to talk about Geocodio, Saas lessons, luck, switching gears, and more.By Val Sopi

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New pricing for blogstatic 43:33

2+ y ago43:33

43:33

Val's blogstatic Dominic's StaticBackendBy Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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Challenges founders face with Stefan Manku 53:58

2+ y ago53:58

53:58

Stefan Manku is a founder whisperer. He has the ability to help founders guide themselves. We sat down to talk about various challenges founders face based on Stefan's continuous work with other founders.By Val Sopi

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SEO & Content Talk with Dominic Kent 1:10:33

2+ y ago1:10:33

1:10:33

Dominic's blog-writing course with 30% off for Bootstrapping Saas listeners https://domkent.gumroad.com/l/khHYb Code: bootsaas for 30% offBy Val Sopi

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Dominic acquires another product! 44:30

2+ y ago44:30

44:30

Dominic has acquired True Fans by Ben Mann and Val decides to "shut up" saying any "big words" about the future : )By Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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with Spencer Jones: indiehacking, parenting, big startup jobs... 1:03:49

2+ y ago1:03:49

1:03:49

Indiehacking vs working at big Startups, marketing vs product, rebranding, and what it's like to make products while raising a family.By Val Sopi

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"Marketing challenge" updates 47:24

2+ y ago47:24

47:24

We talk about what came out of our marketing efforts in the past two weeks.By Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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with Brian Casel — "How far we can push with marketing until we notice the pull" 1:07:29

2+ y ago1:07:29

1:07:29

I sit down with Brian to talk about his new product ZipMessage, picking fights with the Goliath, Saas lessons from his journey, marketing, selling, business operations...By Val Sopi

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A "Marketing Challenge!" and going down the Saas memory lane 38:21

2+ y ago38:21

38:21

We spontaneously reminisce about our past Saas products and Dominic throws a curve ball by introducing a challenge!By Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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Resilience, purpose, and being as we are with Alex Mathers 1:00:35

2+ y ago1:00:35

1:00:35

Sat down with Alex to talk about presenting in public, happiness, social anxiety, productivity, some deep aspects of self and everything in between.By Val Sopi

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How to sell ethically with Martin Stellar 1:02:42

2+ y ago1:02:42

1:02:42

Martin Stellar (https://twitter.com/martinstellar) talks about what it means being a Monk and how all that relates to ethical selling. We talk about products, Martin's coaching, his new services and apps, and even tailoring. It's along one full of gems.By Val Sopi

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Back from the holiday break 35:37

2+ y ago35:37

35:37

We chat about Vivid, Dominic's new product and Val's growth efforts.By Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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Cam Sloan: "You don't need to get your personal brand from your business!" 59:40

2+ y ago59:40

59:40

I got a chance to talk to my long time online friend, Cam Sloan, who's currently working on Hopscotch. We talk about the challenges of being a solo founder, b2b/b2c Saas opportunities, personal brand, photography, and more.By Val Sopi

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Talking shop with Noah Bragg 43:29

2+ y ago43:29

43:29

Noah just quit his job to fully focus on Potion.so. We go deep and talk about the benefits of running a growing product, exiting, VC money, growth, lessons, building vs marketing, and more.By Val Sopi

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Moving on and talking marketing 38:51

2+ y ago38:51

38:51

News from Dominic about Tangara and Val's next steps to market blogstatic.By Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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That period between MVP and PMF 43:21

2+ y ago43:21

43:21

Dominic and Val chat about the agony of the purgatory while searching for PMF.By Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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Talking to Ben: Does going slow(er) sabotage our growth? 42:46

2+ y ago42:46

42:46

Ben Mann (@digitaltrouble) comes up to share what he's been up to.By Val Sopi

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Dominic onboarding new clients 39:58

2+ y ago39:58

39:58

We talk about the importance of features over marketing.By Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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Intro to our current products 32:04

2+ y ago32:04

32:04

Dominic and Val talk about the products they're currently working on and what's next for them.By Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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Hello world 0:20

2+ y ago0:20

0:20

A quick intro about what our show is about.By Dominic St-Pierre and Val Sopi

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The pull 10:28

3y ago10:28

10:28

blogstatic's momentum is growing and I'm trying to maintain my pace without being overwhelmed.By Val Sopi

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Reloading 5:58

3y ago5:58

5:58

A quick update after a 5-month break from recording.By Val Sopi

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Letting go of desperation 40:22

3y ago40:22

40:22

We talk about how making products should come from a genuine place.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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Building social capital vs going for cash 36:51

3y ago36:51

36:51

We talk about slow steady growth and social capital.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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Improv #10 42:59

3y ago42:59

42:59

We celebrate our EP10 milestone by hating on twitter : )By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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Do only what is needed to NOT fail - no more, no less 38:17

3y ago38:17

38:17

Fernanda shares her latest projects including https://growthnotes.ghost.io/. Val talks about a few new mental models he has come across.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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All-in with your product, or not? 47:39

3y ago47:39

47:39

We share our experiences of going all-in with a product and our risk tolerance.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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Building in public without being a show off 36:08

3y ago36:08

36:08

We talk about how to build a personal brand, genuinely, without sounding like we're boasting.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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Keeping up with mental health 33:29

3y ago33:29

33:29

We talk about how mental health affects our productivity and things we should (read: must!) do to be kinder to ourselves.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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Scratching your own itch, or not. 54:05

3y ago54:05

54:05

We talk about sleep, gpt3, and if we can work on products we don't care about but might pose a great opportunity.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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The importance of being at ease when working on products 44:18

3y ago44:18

44:18

We talk about how you feel when making your product is how users will feel when using it, deliberate marketing plans, and being an indie maker vs having a job.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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Optimize your work by getting to know yourself 47:16

3y ago47:16

47:16

We talk about what works and what doesn't for us when working on products and projects, how we don't like cold calling, and being okay with taking on something that already exists.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi

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Things that boost our confidence as indie makers 44:06

3y ago44:06

44:06

Fernanda talks in detail about the sale of her product Inspired. Val talks about his cautious optimism with blogstatic's new registrations.By Fernanda Graciolli & Val Sopi