How Tim worked on side-projects for 10+ years, and finally went full-time (with kids)

06/20/23 • 55 min

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Tim reached out after the Aaron Francis episode: "I wanted to pitch you on the idea of coming on the podcast and sharing my journey of building side projects for the last decade while raising a family. I can also share the guardrails I put in place before finally going full-time on T.LY."

Highlights:

(00:12) - Welcome
(01:18) - Who is Tim Leland?
(03:25) - What guardrails did you put in place?
(06:29) - What's the sales funnel?
(08:18) - Family as a motivator
(16:26) - How would you describe your effort during this process?
(20:11) - What about family boundaries?
(23:30) - How do you manage your thoughts?
(31:20) - How have you been able to manage the effort level?
(34:49) - The pressure of cutting the cord from your job
(38:21) - What's it been like being full time on t.ly?
(40:04) - What's your SEO magic touch?

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Highlights:

(00:12) - Welcome
(01:18) - Who is Tim Leland?
(03:25) - What guardrails did you put in place?
(06:29) - What's the sales funnel?
(08:18) - Family as a motivator
(16:26) - How would you describe your effort during this process?
(20:11) - What about family boundaries?
(23:30) - How do you manage your thoughts?
(31:20) - How have you been able to manage the effort level?
(34:49) - The pressure of cutting the cord from your job
(38:21) - What's it been like being full time on t.ly?
(40:04) - What's your SEO magic touch?

Links:

Thanks to our monthly supporters

Pascal from sharpen.page
Rewardful.com
Greg Park
Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit.com.au
Marcel Fahle, wearebold.af
Bill Condo (@mavrck)
Ward from MemberSpace.com
Evandro Sasse
Austin Loveless
Michael Sitver
Colin Gray
Dave Giunta

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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Startup coaching: helping founders and team members realize their full potential

This week Jon and Justin are joined by Marcella Chamorro. Previously, she worked in startup marketing but has recently transitioned to coaching founders and teams. We discussed how startup founders and their team members can realize their full potential.

Here are some highlights:

(00:24) - Introducing Marcella
(03:08) - How do you define your coaching?
(05:15) - What do you see with rising stars?
(09:42) - Do you navigate team dynamics or individual work?
(14:45) - Any advice for founder's stress
(23:27) - Personal lives do come to work
(33:02) - The ability to have difficult conversations
(47:23) - A lot of value in speaking to someone who's not you
(50:44) - How can people reach out Marcella?

Quote:"I think people who choose to do coaching want to be really good at what they do and they want to have a really good life. They are looking to optimize their time on planet Earth." – Marcella

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Paul Jarvis: gaining freedom by building an indie business

Justin catches up with his old internet friend Paul Jarvis. Today, Paul co-founded Fathom Analytics with Jack Ellis: a simple alternative to Google Analytics. Paul is also the author of the book "Company of One," which has influenced a whole generation of indie entrepreneurs (and has been reviewed by Cal Newport, Chris Guillebeau, Ben Chestnut, Tiago Forte, and more). Previously, Justin and Paul did a weekly mastermind, where they supported and encouraged each other around our indie businesses. They decided to do a catch-up call and recorded it so you could listen in. 👍

Highlights:

(00:10) - Intro
(02:20) - Being off the internet
(03:58) - What's a typical day for Paul?
(06:21) - Looking back at our Mastermind call
(08:08) - There's no beginning and no end
(10:36) - Things that are out of your control affect your business
(13:08) - Does Justin's surfing metaphor make sense to a surfer?
(16:11) - How would you start an indie business in 2023?
(22:05) - You've got to get in motion
(25:08) - Using products in your category for a long time
(27:53) - Is there still any room in Saas?
(31:56) - The act of making the bet
(38:45) - Is freelancing still viable in 2023?
(42:55) - Company design is lifestyle design
(45:00) - Worrying about being stagnant
(47:20) - How do you handle customer feature requests?
(52:08) - It's ok to be late to a shift in the market
(58:24) - Caring is an indie advantage
(01:05:05) - Collaboration is what gets us anywhere

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Links:

Fathom Analytics (get $10 off)
Book: Company of One
Article: How to Start a Mastermind
Wayback Machine: Mint Analytics
Article: Why we moved from courses to SaaS
Self-Publishing Hangout: Paul Jarvis, Nathan Barry, Sacha Greif, Justin Jackson

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Evandro Sasse
Austin Loveless
Michael Sitver
Colin Gray
Dave Giunta

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Build Your SaaS - How Tim worked on side-projects for 10+ years, and finally went full-time (with kids)

Transcript

Justin00:00:12.814

Hey, everybody. Welcome to Build Your SaaS. This is the behind the scenes story of building a web app App in 2023. I'm Justin. And today, I've got a guest, Tim Leland. Tim, Tim, how's it going, man?

Tim00:00:26.935

It's going good. Great to finally be on here. I've been listening to you for feels like years. I don't even know how far back.

Justin00:00:34.030

When did we start the show?