Open Threads

Sep 24 2024 74 ep. 32 mins 27
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Brian Casel hosts conversations with founder friends. We talk about startups, products, software, entrepreneurship, but also what's happening in our lives away from our screens and revenue graphs.

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Community Business on Your Own Terms w/ Daniel Vassallo (Small Bets)

Sep 24 2024 81 mins  
What a fascinating episode with Daniel Vassallo, creator of smallbets.com. From leaving Amazon to become self-employed, to experimenting and iterating on business models, software, books, courses, and finally his flagship community, Small Bets.

Evolving Developer Education w/ Joel Hooks (egghead.io & badass.dev)

Sep 05 2024 56 mins  
Had a fascinating conversation today with Joel Hooks who runs egghead.io and badass.dev. We talked about about the evolving landscape of online education in the developer space.Recorded on September 5th, 2024.

Optimizing For Sanity w/ Chris Oliver (GoRails)

Sep 04 2024 80 mins  
Chris Oliver, the creator behind GoRails, Jumpstart, HatchBox and his new product, SellRepo, joins me to talk bootstrapping his Ruby on Rails training business and related tools with only a team of 3! A great wide-ranging conversation.Recorded on September 4th, 2024Note: Sorry! My short intro audio is left speaker only... But that's fixed after the first minute!

Programmatic SEO Projects With Josh Pigford

Aug 06 2024 52 mins  
I caught up with Josh Pigford today, founder of Maybe, ToolStash, and many other projects. We covered a lot of ground across many of his different projects, but spent the bulk of this chat geeking out about programmatic SEO. The strategy, the technical approach, and exactly what (and how) he built some of his AI-generated content marketing strategies for his projects.We recorded th

Bringing Great Design to WordPress with Mike McAllister

May 29 2024 33 mins  
Mike McAllister is a designer of brands, websites, products, and WordPress goodness... Here in part 2 of our conversation, we dive into Mike's current work on OllieWP, a new product that brings great design to the WordPress ecosystem.We also talked about the balance of working on products with taking on selective design consulting partnerships with clients.This conversation was rec

From Designing Products to Acquihired with Mike McAllister

May 22 2024 27 mins  
Mike McAllister has an incredible track record as a designer of brands, websites, products, and WordPress goodness... In part 1, we talked about Mike's experience building a successful WordPress products business that was acquired by WPEngine, and what he learned from the transition between indie product founder to acquihired in a large organization.In part 2, we'll dive into Mike'

From Products to Product Agency with Shawn Adrian of Input Logic

May 15 2024 67 mins  
Here's my conversation with Shawn Adrian, co-founder of Input Logic, a product design and development agency. They're also launching their own product in 2024 in the AI journaling space, called Stilo.ai.This conversation was recorded on March 5th, 2024.

The 80/20 Software Consultancy Model with Daniel Coulbourne

May 08 2024 65 mins  
Daniel Coulbourne is the cofounder of Thunk.dev and the co-host of the Talking Businessly podcast. We had a great conversation about the "80/20 model" in software development consulting, striking a balance between working with clients and building your own products and projects. This conversation was recorded on February 27th, 2024.

Radical Design with Jack McDade

May 01 2024 20 mins  
Jack McDade is the creator of the new course, Radical Design. He's also the founder of Statamic CMS. In this contuation of our conversation, we talked about Jack's unique approach to designing things and how he strikes a balance between fun refreshing projects like this, and running a successful product company.Brian and Jack's conversation was recorded on February 20th, 2024.

The Story of Statamic CMS with Jack McDade

Apr 24 2024 46 mins  
Jack McDade is the founder of Statamic CMS and the creator of the new course, Radical Design. In this conversation, Jack shared his story of going from film maker to full stack designer and developer to building a website CMS product.Brian and Jack's conversation was recorded on February 20th, 2024.