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Jon & Justin reveal everything (part 1)
Episode 142
It's the fourth anniversary of Transistor's public launch! In this two-part series, Jon and Justin answer your questions.
01:22 - Our history14:51 - What is the secret to running Transistor as a compa…Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Bootstrapping in France (Baptiste Jamin from Crisp)
Episode 141
Baptiste Jamin co-founded Crisp with a friend he met in high school.
Highlights (go straight to 🔥 for the best stuff):
1:42 – Crisp competes with massive companies: Zendesk, HelpScout, Intercom2:52 – …Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
What's it like getting acquired by Spotify? (Dave Zohrob from Chartable)
Episode 140
Dave Zohrob is the co-founder of Chartable (a podcast analytics startup), talks about selling his company to Spotify in February 2022.
Highlights (go straight to 🔥 for the best stuff):
1:00 – What's t…Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Patrick Campbell: why ProfitWell sold to Paddle for $200M
Episode 139
Patrick Campbell just sold his startup, ProfitWell, to Paddle for $200 million.
Highlights (go straight to 🔥 for the best stuff):
0:00 – "My problem is I'm always curious if other people are living a b…Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Going from $0 to $2 million in ARR in 7 years (the Missive story)
Episode 138
Philippe Lehoux and his two co-founders started working on Missive around 2015, and just passed $2 million in annual recurring revenue.
0:00 – Getting to know Philippe, and what it's like living in Qu…Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Taylor Otwell: the business of Laravel in 2022
Episode 137
Taylor Otwell, is the founder of Laravel, a programming framework for PHP. But he's also one of the most successful indie SaaS operators I know. In this episode we discuss:
0:30 – Taylor is changing h…Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Why Customer Support = Startup Success
Episode 136
Helen and Justin talk about the importance of customer support for indie SaaS companies.
1:08 The hardest part about podcasting is doing it every week1:38 We just launched the new podcast website them…Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
What's it really like to work at Transistor?
Episode 135
We got the whole band together: Helen and Jason join Jon and Justin to talk about what it's really like to work at Transistor
Helen, Jason, Jon, Justin, all squeezed into the podcasting closet to make…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Founders' retreat
Episode 134
Jon and Justin recorded this episode sitting on the same couch!
Photo of the Coeur de BoeufThe last time we were together in person: April 30, 2019 [Photo]2022 roadmap planning. We're exploring what w…Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Reflecting on 2021
Episode 133
Jon and Justin reflect on 2021 and get excited about 2022:
Rework podcast episode: the word "startup"Should we rename the show "Maintain your SaaS"? ;)Biggest highlights: hiring Helen and JasonGiving …Published on 3 years, 8 months ago