38 min

#11 - Going Full-Time on Side Business with Eric Turner of JapanDev Tech Culture Podcast - Conversations With Successful Founders In Japan

    • Entrepreneurship

Kaustubh (@_ofkaus) and Prashant (@primaprashant) sit down with Eric Turner (@_etdev), founder of Japan Dev, and VCList.jp, to talk about his transition to an IndieHacker role, common business mistakes made by engineers, getting customer feedback, sharing progress, and more.



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Topics:


00:32 - Intro
01:09 - Working full-time on JapanDev and being accountable
06:16 - Tasks with high ROI and impact
07:38 - Job market in Japan
15:00 - Building features that customers want
18:43 - How JapanDev started and early mistakes
26:11 - Managing side-business along with a full-time job
31:01 - Eric’s long term plans
34:20 - The technology for which Eric is most optimistic?

Kaustubh (@_ofkaus) and Prashant (@primaprashant) sit down with Eric Turner (@_etdev), founder of Japan Dev, and VCList.jp, to talk about his transition to an IndieHacker role, common business mistakes made by engineers, getting customer feedback, sharing progress, and more.



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Do you love our content and want to help us grow? Leave a review on our website.



Want to be among the first to hear from us? Follow us on Twitter @techculturepod.



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Topics:


00:32 - Intro
01:09 - Working full-time on JapanDev and being accountable
06:16 - Tasks with high ROI and impact
07:38 - Job market in Japan
15:00 - Building features that customers want
18:43 - How JapanDev started and early mistakes
26:11 - Managing side-business along with a full-time job
31:01 - Eric’s long term plans
34:20 - The technology for which Eric is most optimistic?

38 min