84: Developer Mindset with Brian Casel
Who\u2019s the mystery voice that only gets better as you listen to this episode? Actually, you\u2019re probably already familiar with the work of the man behind the microphone.
\n\nDerrick is busy moving to a new home, so Ben\u2019s co-host is Brian Casel of BootstrappedWeb, ProcessKit, Audience Ops, and Sunrise KPI.
\n\nToday\u2019s Topics Include:
\n\n- \n
- Ben and Brian just got back from MicroConf; it\u2019s an annual gathering of \u201call our people\u201d \n
- Some talks were among their favorites, but others were mediocre and missed the mark \n
- Brian\u2019s goal was to meet 5-10 new people doing interesting things, and reconnect and catch up with others he\u2019s known for years \n
- Brian is an Art of Product (AoP) podcast listener and wants Ben and Derrick to not hold back, dig in, challenge each other, and ask more questions \n
- Are more people listening to Ben and Derrick\u2019s podcast? Fireside metrics reveal that a lot of Tuple or Level customers come from listening to it \n
- More bootstrappers need to start a podcast and find friends to share ups and downs \n
- What happened when Ben pushed Brian to learn how to code? ProcessKit - best thing Brian\u2019s built on the Web \n
- Phenomenon of how programmers love complexity \n
- ProcessKit pricing and customer research; Ben\u2019s advice to get people to buy/use it \n
- Tuple Update: App is great; Ben\u2019s been emailing list, and people are buying it \n
Links and resources:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArt of Product Podcast Episode 58 with Brian Casel: Evolving Roles as a Startup Founder
\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Savage: How an Offer to Sell Wistia Inspired Us to Take On $17M in Debt
\n\nJason Fried: Q+A with Jason Fried
\n\n\n\nJoanna Wiebe: Money Words: Seven of the words and phrases we use most often in high-converting copy
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDerrick Reimer Website
\n\nDerrick Reimer on Twitter
\n\nBen Orenstein Website
\n\nBen Orenstein on Twitter
\n\n\n\n\n\n