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3/8/2023
9 : 24
Val’s pricing conundrum
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Choosing a price for your software is one of the hardest decisions you can make. Changing prices after you've launched is even harder. I was recently
1/28/2023
9 : 14
"What happened with you last year?"
(my 2022 year in review)
1/21/2023
9 : 24
Building this in public
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Before the holidays, I got lots of advice from you on improving the search rank for Transistor's "How to start a podcast" page. I wanted to do a
12/7/2022
0 : 54
Everyone everyone GPT3
hey, here's a few thoughts from today GPT3 (and GPT chat) has definitely captured the imagination of the tech/startup community. Jon (my business partner) got it to "write a sonnet about
12/4/2022
9 : 14
An easy choice
hey, here's a few thoughts from today In business, you want people who are searching for a particular product/service/solution to find you. But what people are really seeking is the best version of
12/1/2022
1 : 44
Why do you want to be famous?
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Here are a few things I've been thinking about. As always, if you have something to say – please reply to this email. 👍 ----- avoid fame if you can There
11/17/2022
6 : 34
Classic mistake
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Here's a few thoughts for today. (BTW - thanks for all the thoughtful replies I got to my last email. Keep those coming!) ---- A common estimating mistake
11/13/2022
22 : 44
is twitter done?
hey, here's a few thoughts from today I'm not cheering for the death of Twitter. I've been on the platform since October 2008, and it's meant a lot to me. Twitter is where I go to
11/10/2022
11 : 35
Content warning
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Hey friends, Here's a few thoughts from today: ---- Thoughts on Mastodon I've been trying out Mastodon. People bill it as a "Twitter alternative.
11/5/2022
8 : 4
“you’re being overly pessimistic”
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Howdy, Thanks to everyone who replied to my last email (over 33 of you!). People were overwhelmingly supportive of the new format. I appreciate you. ❤️ I have
11/2/2022
0 : 4
A few thoughts from today
hey, here's a few thoughts from today Howdy, Justin Jackson here. I'm trying something new with my newsletter: I'm going to send shorter emails, more frequently, featuring a few "
10/29/2022
8 : 4
What we did in Montreal
Howdy! Hey friends, Earlier this month, the Transistor.fm team and I did our first in-person retreat in Montreal. We're a small team that works remotely, and we'd never all been in the same
10/22/2022
9 : 14
The potential dark side of AI and GPT-3 writing tools
Howdy! Hey friends, I have a backlog of topics I've been meaning to email you about. But today I did an interview with a journalist from The Information, and it resulted in a cascade of
7/30/2022
8 : 14
It's been 4 years since we did this
Howdy! Four years ago (2018), Jon Buda and I were in his apartment in Chicago, getting ready to launch a brand new podcast hosting company. Justin Jackson @mijustin After months of hacking on @
7/9/2022
8 : 24
Older founders do this better
Howdy! Jon and I didn't start working on our startup, Transistor, together until we were both in our late 30s. When we launched, in August 2018, I had just turned 38, and Jon had just turned 37
6/5/2022
8 : 14
How'd that launch go?
Howdy! Last week, Jon, Jason, Helen, and I launched Transistor's first new product since 2018: a free website builder for podcasts. Many of you helped us with our launch on Product Hunt (thank
5/21/2022
8 : 14
How I'm building anticipation for our Product Hunt launch
Howdy! The Transistor team and I are getting ready to launch a new product on Product Hunt. For most indie hackers, launching on Product Hunt is a way of announcing your product to the world,
5/15/2022
8 : 14
Why are you doing this?
Howdy! When Jon and I started Transistor, our primary motivation was to have a better life. We wanted to build something we could be proud of. We were tired of working for other people. We wanted
5/7/2022
8 : 14
Same effort, but better results
Howdy! Back in 2001, Bob and Jane each picked a stock and invested $1000. Bob picked IBM. Jane picked Apple. Bob's $1000 investment turned into $2643 Jane's $1000 investment turned into
4/30/2022
8 : 14
Here's where willpower can hurt you
Howdy! At the beginning of a new business venture, being a founder with lots of willpower, skills, energy, and drive can actually hurt you. Grit, determination, and hustle are important, but they