FounderQuest

The Honeybadger Crew
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FounderQuest

Developers building a software business on our own terms.

  1. OCT 11

    Acquiring Fireside with John Nunemaker

    Josh and Ben catch up with John Nunemaker after Rails World and dig into John's recent acquisition of Fireside.fm, the podcasting platform created by Dan Benjamin. What's next for John? In short, he's curating some Very Good Software™. https://www.johnnunemaker.com/acquiring-fireside/https://www.johnnunemaker.com/how-to-find-a-business-partner/https://danbenjamin.com/http://sifterapp.com/https://www.indierails.com/

    55 min

  2. AUG 30

    Pricing

    Ben, Josh, and John discuss pricing, including how to approach pricing, what they do and don't like about pricing, and how pricing works at Honeybadger and Flipper. https://cottonbureau.com/p/9EMACZ/shirt/the-process#/17943854/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-mhttps://blog.flippercloud.io/per-seat-pricing-sucks/https://garrettdimon.com/journal/posts/data-modeling-saas-entitlements-and-pricinghttps://basecamp.com/pricinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_aversionhttps://statamic.com/

    49 min

  3. JUL 19

    Shipping in Layers with Will and John

    While Josh is on vacation, Ben chats with guests Will King and John Nunemaker about the process and perils of trying to ship reliably.  https://www.wking.dev/logs/shipping-in-layershttps://longform.asmartbear.com/slc/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_producthttps://archive.ph/20130719182750/http://www.businessballs.com/treeswing.htmhttps://www.amazon.com/How-Fight-Hydra-Ambitions-Destined-ebook/dp/B07J57YF47

    36 min

  4. JUN 21

    Dogfooding, Developers, and Discord!

    Ben and Josh catch up after a few weeks of heads-down product work, and they have lots to talk about—including a new Discord server for FounderQuest listeners! Plus, hear Josh’s thesis on why it’s a huge problem if you’re not using your product to the max. Shape UpSeth GodinBlue Ridge RubyMonitoramaJoin the Honeybadger Discord! https://discord.gg/aQaDVBedRf

    37 min

  5. JUN 7

    Scaling Judoscale with Adam McCrea

    Longtime friend of the pod Adam McCrea joins Josh and Ben to catch up and chat about his journey building Judoscale—an autoscaling service for Heroku, Render, and AWS! Blue Ridge RubyJosh’s Blue Ridge Ruby recapKyle SholdPrintfectionJudoScaleSignWellHeroku Add-onsRouter blog post: https://judoscale.com/blog/heroku-router-post-mortem

    37 min

  6. MAY 24

    Writing and Content Marketing for Developers

    John Nunemaker returns to FounderQuest to discuss his writing process—after the guys debate code linters and formatters, of course. It's important to start with the essentials. Links:Standardrb Josh’s 2013 Ruby Style Guide GitHub Copilot Copilot Chat for Neovim Seth Godin Amy Hoy My Life in Advertising by Claude Hopkins This book will teach you how to write better by Neville MedhoraCarbon

    49 min

  7. MAY 17

    RailsConf recap with John Nunemaker

    Josh and Ben are joined by John Nunemaker to discuss their recent trip to Detroit for RailsConf, as well as the announcement from RubyCentral that 2025 will mark the final RailsConf (though not the last Rails conference!). Later in the episode, Josh and Ben reveal the outcome of their Honeybadger Insights launch goal and discuss the team's last dev cycle. John also shares an update on his work with Flipper! Links:Chartkick Frictionless Generators Flipper todo_or_die gem heya gem Userlist John Nunemaker Last RailsConf announcement and survey Detroit People MoverFounderQuestMastodon - @FounderQuest@honeybadger.socialTwitter - @honeybadgerappHoneybadger

    47 min

  8. MAR 15

    Insights Into Our Marketing Playbook

    This week, Josh and Ben dive deep into the marketing strategy for their new product, Insights, in response to a listener question. They talk about what groups they are targeting first, some of the planned marketing tactics for reaching each group, and how they are building awareness within the Honeybadger app without annoying existing users. Links: pg_cron Judoscale Traction Insights tour page  Insights announcement blog post  Meet the badgersFounderQuestMastodon - @FounderQuest@honeybadger.social Twitter - @honeybadgerappHoneybadgerClickHouse - hosted by DoubleCloud

    36 min
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Developers building a software business on our own terms.

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  • Creator
    The Honeybadger Crew
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    116
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 Honeybadger Industries LLC
  • Show Website
    FounderQuest

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