Landsman on software
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11/17/20 • 47 min
Justin is joined by everybody's favorite Twitter Uncle: Ian Landsman (founder of HelpSpot).
- Ian's encounter with his internet hero Joel Spolsky
- Do you get worried that this all going to go away?
- How scared should we be of the competition?
- How do you hedge your bets?
- We prognosticate about what our bootstrapper friends' blind spots are. 🤣
- We both ask for investors live, on air.
- How founders should manage their personal finances.
- How our past experience can make us blind to opportunities.
- How can devs connect with marketers?
- Which startups would we invest in.
What should we talk about next?
- Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @ianlandsman
- Leave a comment on PodHunt; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts.
- Email us: [email protected]
Thanks to our monthly supporters:
- Take It EV podcast
- Ethan Gunderson
- Helmut Irle
- Colt Borg
- Marc Beinder
- Anton Zorin
- Bill Condo
- Sofia Quintero
- Chris Willow
- Mason Hensley
- Borja Soler teami.io
- Ward from MemberSpace.com
- Travis Fischer
- Matt Buckley, from NiceThings.io
- Russell Brown
- Evandro Sasse
- Noah Prail, eventOneHQ.com
- Robert Simplicio, Simplicio.com
- Colin Gray alitu.com
- Josh Smith, hellosift.com
- Brian Rhea (Pronounced “Ray”)
- Shane Smith, dev.transistor.fm
- Austin Loveless
- Michael Sitver, letterjoy.co
- Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis, usefathom.com
- Dan Buda danbuda.com
- Darby Frey
- Samori Augusto, thebicrowd.com
- Brad from Canada
- Mike Walker
- Adam DuVander
- Dave Giunta (JOOnta)
- Kyle Fox GetRewardful.com
- 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 ★Justin is joined by everybody's favorite Twitter Uncle: Ian Landsman (founder of HelpSpot).
- Ian's encounter with his internet hero Joel Spolsky
- Do you get worried that this all going to go away?
- How scared should we be of the competition?
- How do you hedge your bets?
- We prognosticate about what our bootstrapper friends' blind spots are. 🤣
- We both ask for investors live, on air.
- How founders should manage their personal finances.
- How our past experience can make us blind to opportunities.
- How can devs connect with marketers?
- Which startups would we invest in.
What should we talk about next?
- Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @ianlandsman
- Leave a comment on PodHunt; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts.
- Email us: [email protected]
Thanks to our monthly supporters:
- Take It EV podcast
- Ethan Gunderson
- Helmut Irle
- Colt Borg
- Marc Beinder
- Anton Zorin
- Bill Condo
- Sofia Quintero
- Chris Willow
- Mason Hensley
- Borja Soler teami.io
- Ward from MemberSpace.com
- Travis Fischer
- Matt Buckley, from NiceThings.io
- Russell Brown
- Evandro Sasse
- Noah Prail, eventOneHQ.com
- Robert Simplicio, Simplicio.com
- Colin Gray alitu.com
- Josh Smith, hellosift.com
- Brian Rhea (Pronounced “Ray”)
- Shane Smith, dev.transistor.fm
- Austin Loveless
- Michael Sitver, letterjoy.co
- Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis, usefathom.com
- Dan Buda danbuda.com
- Darby Frey
- Samori Augusto, thebicrowd.com
- Brad from Canada
- Mike Walker
- Adam DuVander
- Dave Giunta (JOOnta)
- Kyle Fox GetRewardful.com
- 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
Want to start a podcast on Transistor? Justin has a special coupon for you: get 15% off your first year of hosting: transistor.fm/justin
★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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What should we talk about next?
- Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda
- Leave a comment on PodHunt; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts.
- Email us: [email protected]
Thanks to our monthly supporters:
- Take It EV podcast
- Ethan Gunderson
- Helmut Irle
- Colt Borg
- Marc Beinder
- Anton Zorin
- Bill Condo
- Sofia Quintero
- Chris Willow
- Mason Hensley
- Borja Soler teami.io
- Ward from MemberSpace.com
- Travis Fischer
- Matt Buckley, from NiceThings.io
- Russell Brown
- Evandro Sasse
- Noah Prail, eventOneHQ.com
- Robert Simplicio, Simplicio.com
- Colin Gray alitu.com
- Josh Smith, hellosift.com
- Brian Rhea (Pronounced “Ray”)
- Shane Smith, dev.transistor.fm
- Austin Loveless
- Michael Sitver, letterjoy.co
- Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis, usefathom.com
- Dan Buda danbuda.com
- Darby Frey
- Samori Augusto, thebicrowd.com
- Brad from Canada
- Mike Walker
- Adam DuVander
- Dave Giunta (JOOnta)
- Kyle Fox GetRewardful.com
- 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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What should we talk about next?
- Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @MrSimonBennett
- Leave a comment on PodHunt; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts.
- Email us: [email protected]
Thanks to our monthly supporters:
- Take It EV podcast
- Ethan Gunderson
- Anton Zorin
- Bill Condo
- Chris Willow
- Mason Hensley
- Borja Soler teami.io
- Ward from MemberSpace.com
- Travis Fischer
- Matt Buckley, from NiceThings.io
- Russell Brown
- Evandro Sasse
- Noah Prail, eventOneHQ.com
- Robert Simplicio, Simplicio.com
- Colin Gray alitu.com
- Josh Smith, hellosift.com
- Shane Smith, dev.transistor.fm
- Austin Loveless
- Michael Sitver, letterjoy.co
- Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis, usefathom.com
- Dan Buda danbuda.com
- Darby Frey
- Samori Augusto, thebicrowd.com
- Brad from Canada
- Mike Walker
- Adam DuVander
- Dave Giunta (JOOnta)
- Kyle Fox GetRewardful.com
- 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
Want to start a podcast on Transistor? Justin has a special coupon for you: get 15% off your first year of hosting: transistor.fm/justin
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Transcript
Hey. Welcome to build your SaaS. This is the behind the scenes story of building a web app in 2020. Trying to show you what it's really like to do this. And, this week, I've got a great guest for you, Ian Landsman, who's been building software businesses since 2004 when he launched helpspot.com.
JustinAnd back then, that was installed on location software. And then 5 years ago, they released a SaaS versio
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