Messages
1/5/2024
9 : 54
My 2023 year in review
Howdy! Happy New Year! Today, I'm sending you my annual review. Justin in Berlin For the last ten years, I've been sharing my thoughts and reflections in a year-in-review post each year. As
11/21/2023
20 : 24
Please don't do this
I can't believe someone just sent me this.
11/17/2023
2 : 52
Don't ignore the Prosumer market
The normal advice for people building SaaS companies is "Don't build software for consumers (B2C); build it for businesses (B2B)."
9/30/2023
12 : 4
How to do indie marketing these days
Here's 9 ideas that I think still work in 2023
9/22/2023
18 : 44
Flipping tables and hiring kids
It's me, JJ. I have tons of stuff to share with you: the Transistor team and I just got back from our team retreat in Nashville (here are some photos). And soon, I'll be heading to Belgium to
9/5/2023
13 : 34
How I would build a new startup if I had to do it all over
I've been brainstorming how I would build a new indie startup if I had to do it again in 2023. Here are 5 principles I'd use.
8/5/2023
8 : 14
Haven't heard from Paul Jarvis in a while
What ever happened to Paul?
7/22/2023
8 : 14
What I learned about you
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Thanks to everyone who replied to last week's email. I believe I got 63 responses, and while I couldn't respond to every email, I read all of them.
7/16/2023
13 : 14
Where are you at?
hey, here's a few thoughts from today One of the challenges of running this email list (which I started in 2008!) is knowing where everyone's at in their journey and what they're looking
7/8/2023
8 : 14
Ouch.
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Well, this hasn't been the most fun week on my mountain bike. 😬 I was heading down to the chairlift at the downhill park, slipped on some gravel, and fell
6/21/2023
19 : 34
Are you too cheap?
At one point, he admitted that his product was priced lower than his competitors.
6/20/2023
5 : 44
So much going on
hey, here's a few thoughts from today June is a busy month: my wife just started a new job, school is winding down for all my kids, my eldest son is graduating grade 12, my daughter is visiting us
5/12/2023
7 : 29
Another perspective: can parents bootstrap?
hey, here's a few thoughts from today That last email (and this blog post and this tweet thread) elicited a lot of responses. It tuns out, many of you are parents thinking about bootstrapping (or
5/6/2023
8 : 14
Can you bootstrap a business if you have young kids?
hey, here's a few thoughts from today As a parent of older kids (ages 13-20), I've been reflecting on the challenges of bootstrapping a business while raising young children. I tried building
4/26/2023
22 : 34
What is Bluesky?
People leaving Twitter. Plus: we hired someone! (And my wife is helping me build a studio)
4/5/2023
18 : 18
Can you sign this today?
hey, here's a few thoughts from today If you have a small software company in the USA, your taxes could go up by 466% this year: "Just got our taxes done. I lied. Section 174 increases our
3/31/2023
20 : 24
ChatGPT isn't the startup platform you've been waiting for
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Since my last newsletter I've thought more about ChatGPT, and whether or not it's a good opportunity for bootstrappers. If you'd like to read last
3/25/2023
6 : 44
Is ChatGPT the next big bootstrapper opportunity?
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Lately, I've been getting an increasing number of DMs from founders trying to launch new products built on top of ChatGPT. They ask me for my advice, and
3/18/2023
8 : 24
Price that product
hey, here's a few thoughts from today A few weeks ago I told you about my friend Val, who was considering new pricing for his product Blogstatic. I said, "before you can determine which
3/12/2023
9 : 14
Update on this marketing experiment
hey, here's a few thoughts from today As I've mentioned previously, I've contracted Josh Anderton to help update Transistor's marketing site. I think some of the stuff we've worked