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Choosing & Sustaining Product Ideas w/ Colleen Schnettler

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Colleen Schnettler, founder of HelloQuery, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion around the question of choosing the right product idea to commit to as an entrepreneur.

Brian and Colleen recorded this conversation on November 17th, 2023.

Brian's update was recorded on May 6th, 2024.


  • (00:00) - Colleen Schnettler
  • (02:50) - Twitter, Conference, and Podcast friends!
  • (04:32) - Transitioning between between ideas
  • (05:17) - Joining TinySeed
  • (06:16) - the ZipMessage to Clarityflow story (as of Nov 2023)
  • (17:43) - Emotional Runway
  • (19:08) - Choosing a product idea
  • (22:55) - Converting a service into a SaaS
  • (28:05) - Riding a wave
  • (32:02) - Evaluating potential ideas
  • (35:36) - Validating ideas before building
  • (43:05) - Audience growth vs. not
  • (47:12) - What are you optimizing for?
  • (52:36) - Survivorship bias
  • (54:14) - Looking back on mistakes
  • (56:35) - Shipping tiny ideas

Brian's Product Studio
My product studio, Instrumental Products, is where I partner with SaaS companies to provide UI, UX and custom-built pages and components to give your SaaS a modern user experience.

Brian's YouTube channel
Subscribe to my YouTube channel where I'm building products and showing the process.

Brian's Newsletter
Subscribe to my newsletter where I send my best ideas and stories from working on products.

This Podcast on YouTube
This podcast is on YouTube! You can watch full episodes on video by subscribing to the FSF Podcast Channel on YouTube.

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Colleen Schnettler, founder of HelloQuery, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion around the question of choosing the right product idea to commit to as an entrepreneur.

Brian and Colleen recorded this conversation on November 17th, 2023.

Brian's update was recorded on May 6th, 2024.


  • (00:00) - Colleen Schnettler
  • (02:50) - Twitter, Conference, and Podcast friends!
  • (04:32) - Transitioning between between ideas
  • (05:17) - Joining TinySeed
  • (06:16) - the ZipMessage to Clarityflow story (as of Nov 2023)
  • (17:43) - Emotional Runway
  • (19:08) - Choosing a product idea
  • (22:55) - Converting a service into a SaaS
  • (28:05) - Riding a wave
  • (32:02) - Evaluating potential ideas
  • (35:36) - Validating ideas before building
  • (43:05) - Audience growth vs. not
  • (47:12) - What are you optimizing for?
  • (52:36) - Survivorship bias
  • (54:14) - Looking back on mistakes
  • (56:35) - Shipping tiny ideas

Brian's Product Studio
My product studio, Instrumental Products, is where I partner with SaaS companies to provide UI, UX and custom-built pages and components to give your SaaS a modern user experience.

Brian's YouTube channel
Subscribe to my YouTube channel where I'm building products and showing the process.

Brian's Newsletter
Subscribe to my newsletter where I send my best ideas and stories from working on products.

This Podcast on YouTube
This podcast is on YouTube! You can watch full episodes on video by subscribing to the FSF Podcast Channel on YouTube.

  continue reading

70 episodes

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