Slow & Steady

Benedikt Deicke, Benedicte Raae, and Brian Rhea
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Join us as we share what it's like to build and launch a bootstrapped startup while working for yourself full-time. Benedikt is working on Userlist, and Benedicte is establishing herself as a Gatsby expert and developer advocate for hire.

  1. 12 SEPT

    No perfect solution

    Benedikt comes back from a short vacation. Benedicte talks about their struggles with estimated arrivals at Whee. EmberFestPrior to his vacation in Munich last week, Benedikt and the Userlist team pushed a few of their upcoming features into production. He’ll also be meeting Leo for the first time in person this week at EmberFest in Dublin. With so many factors that might affect the estimated arrivals of their rented bikes, Benedicte and the Whee team are looking for better solutions to this roadblock. She also shares her observations while she watches Lillian and the other neighborhood kids work on their lemonade stands.

    43 min

  2. 29 AGO

    Lovely Everyday Life

    Benedicte and Benedikt talk about their hobbies. EmberFestCards Against ArtisansNow that the school year has started, Benedicte is enjoying a freer mental space. With this, she decided that her focus project for next quarter will be “Lovely Everyday Life” so she can do activities that make her everyday life lovelier. Benedicte also recently attended Laravel Live Denmark where she talked about the Joy of Side Projects. Benedikt is making great progress with his drumming and is thinking about signing up for in-person lessons to further improve his skills. Leo will be talking at EmberFest in Dublin this September and will also be the first time that the two of them will be meeting in person.

    32 min

  3. 8 AGO

    A not so slow summer

    Benedikt and Benedicte talk about this year’s unusual summer pace, bug fixing, and more. With most people going on vacations during the summer, businesses usually anticipate things to slow down a bit for the season. But unlike previous years, it looks like businesses are not seeing much of a summer slump this year. Benedikt and the Userlist team have been chipping away at some small improvements on the product, dealing with weird bugs, and have an upcoming database maintenance. Benedicte is also dealing with bugs at Whee and is plowing through dependency hell. She and her Pirate family are also preparing their rustic Airbnb property for the first guest who’ll be staying with them this week.

    29 min

  4. 26 JUL

    A summer of heat waves, tropical storms, and everything in between

    Benedicte shares stories from their summer at the cabin. Benedikt talks about their latest product improvements. The summer brought nice summer nights and tropical storms in Scandinavia, giving Benedicte and her pirate family some memorable cabin office life experiences. She also shares that they’ve fixed up a part of their property and listed it on Airbnb.  Meanwhile, It’s a hot and humid summer in Benedikt's part of Europe. Despite the heat, Bendikt and the team got a lot of things done: finishing the exports, improving imports, and now have a nicer overall batch operations architecture. Benedicte and Benedikt talk about two-factor authentication, content repurposing, and more.

    34 min

  5. 28 JUN

    Why go to therapy if you can podcast

    It’s another bittersweet episode as our hosts talk about wins and some sad news. Whee! wins the Oslo environmental prizeQueen Raae and her family on the way to the cabin officeThe past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind for Benedicte: attending Lillian’s flute recital, spending a spa day with Salma (@whitep4nth3r on Twitter) in Larvik, and traveling back to Oslo to receive Whee!’s award. Last week was also very emotional for her and the family because they finally moved mom to the nursing home. Benedikt is feeling productive again this past week: finishing the Mixpanel integration and working on self-service CSV exports. He also enjoyed the meet up with bootstrapped founders at Frankfurt. And with everything going great with the new hire, Benedikt shares that this is Michael’s final week with them.

    27 min

  6. 13 JUN

    A bittersweet update

    Benedikt shares a bittersweet update at work. Benedicte talks about Whee. WheeThe Userlist team went into hiring mode these past couple of weeks as a team member will be saying goodbye soon. On the upside, Benedikt has successfully completed the drum course and will be rewarding himself with some new gear. Benedicte shares how Whee works, and the ideas they’re currently exploring to serve more customers in the future.

    44 min

  7. 30 MAY

    A Journey from SaaS to Self-Discovery with Shai Schechter

    Shai Schechter chats with Benedikt and Benedicte about his journey with RightMessage and what he’s been up to these days. Feelings WheelFollow Shai on TwitterCheck out Shai’s websiteExplore Shai’s reading listBoth coming from software backgrounds and coming into the online marketing world, Shai and Brennan created RightMessage to have marketing sites become a bit more dynamic and change based on who was visiting. Shai exited the company in 2023 after working on the product for six years. Since then, he’s been taking it slow and steady while he figures out what to do next. Shai, Benedikt, and Benedicte talk about the lessons he learned in his SaaS journey, why it’s important to be honest with yourself about your current realities, and more.

    1 h y 1 min

  8. 16 MAY

    Embracing the fractional life

    Benedicte enjoys the mix of remote and in-person activities that comes with her several fractional roles. Benedikt tries to get back into the work groove. WheeUrlboxBenedicte is enjoying the mix of her fractional roles with Outseta and Whee, giving her the best of both worlds of remote and in-person work. She also shares details about their upcoming collaboration with Urlbox. Coming back from a long vacation and taking days off for some holidays the past few weeks, Benedikt is still trying to get back to regular programming at work. He’s also thinking about which feature they’ll focus on building next.

    40 min
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Join us as we share what it's like to build and launch a bootstrapped startup while working for yourself full-time. Benedikt is working on Userlist, and Benedicte is establishing herself as a Gatsby expert and developer advocate for hire.

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  • Creador
    Benedikt Deicke, Benedicte Raae, and Brian Rhea
  • Años de actividad
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodios
    208
  • Clasificación
    Explícito
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Benedikt Deicke, Benedicte Raae, and Brian Rhea
  • Mostrar sitio web
    Slow & Steady

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