205 episodes

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.

Slow & Steady Benedikt Deicke, Benedicte Raae, and Brian Rhea

    • Business
    • 5.0 • 4 Ratings

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.

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

    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.

    • 33 min
    Why go to therapy if you can podcast

    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.

    • 26 min
    A bittersweet update

    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.

    • 43 min
    A Journey from SaaS to Self-Discovery with Shai Schechter

    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 hr 1 min
    Embracing the fractional life

    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
    🎊 200 🎊

    🎊 200 🎊

    To celebrate our 200th episode, Benedikt and Benedicte take a look back at their journey since 2019 and how these milestones have shaped where they are today.
    UserlistWheePOW!Queen Raae & Family on YouTubeFollow Benedikt on TwitterFollow Benedicte on TwitterFollow the Slow & Steady Podcast on Twitter

    • 1 hr 10 min

Customer Reviews

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4 Ratings

4 Ratings

🤍🧲JohnnyHORSE🧲🤍 ,

Very good podcast😌

Brian and Benedict are very kind and I love the new edition of Benedicte. The honest peek into their lives has helped me get more ideas and be more satisfied with my work because I’m a software developer too. I like to listen to Slow and Steady in the morning because it’s very funny 😁 in the beginning and it makes me happy and is a start to a good day. Then I listen to the rest because it’s more serious (but still the perfect amount of friendly and funny😝) and helps me with my work.

I highly recommend this podcast!

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