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How to Start a Successful Bootstrapped Web App Business (12 hours of audio)

108 points by jv22222 16y ago

idleworx 16y ago
Well put together. I've been catching up with techzing shows for the past few months (while commuting), and this brings together some of the better podcasts (not sure why you don't have Pelti there from balsamiq, it was the first best interview on techzing in my opinion)
- jv22222 16y ago
  Sure! Which section would you like Peldi to go in?
  - jv22222 16y ago
    Ok I've put Peldi in there in the marketing section
sabat 16y ago
You see, Justin? We are paying attention.
- binomial 16y ago
  This is the second comment of this form that I've seen made for a submission from this website. What's the context?
  - sabat 16y ago
    Heh -- Justin is the guy who coined "luck surface area" and apparently thinks no one knows it. I had answered a question in another thread about who made it up, and someone followed that up with "see Justin? they are paying attention" -- so I thought I'd be funny and repeat that.
samh 16y ago
The techzing podcast is great easy listening for startup hacker types. For those who don't know the techzing format is two developers having a regular chat about the startup projects they are working on, their consulting work and the stories they found interesting on hacker news. There are also guest interview shows, sometimes with tech / startup people and sometimes with more exotic guests (one interview was with a geologist about peak oil and helium 3 fusion. Another was about the evidence behind alien sightings). If you like startup podcasts I recommend you check out a few episodes of techzing and see if it's too your liking.
samh 16y ago
Of course we know the real reason for this post is to beat Jason in the battle of the blogs :)
- jv22222 16y ago
  Doh! You got me!!! ;)
wyclif 16y ago
Deciding on and Idea I think you meant "Deciding on an Idea." Right? [EDIT] Also... Derek Sivers muses this question should properly be written, "...muses on this question."
- deleted 16y ago
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- jv22222 16y ago
  Done. Thx :)
antigua 16y ago
Q: How do you Start a Successful Bootstrapped Web App Business? A: Don't spend 12 hours listening to podcasts.
- samh 16y ago
  For some work that requires light attention, having a startup podcast going in the background can be very inspiring.
- sbarre 16y ago
  As someone seriously considering giving this a go (our consulting business is about to complete it's first year, we have built up a good war chest in the bank without any investment, and we're planning our web app right now), I would be foolish not to listen to the advice and experience (with a grain of salt) of those who have come before me and succeeded. Anything that helps me avoid mistakes that others have figured out is a good thing. The comment above - while maybe tongue in cheek - is short-sighted to say the least. Thanks for putting these together!
  - mkramlich 16y ago
    I don't think it was short-sighted. I think his point, while partly intended to be funny, of course, was that spending 12 hours to inject a certain amount of information is inefficient if the same substance could have been gleaned much more quickly in the form of concise, curated chunks of text.
    - soyapi 16y ago
      On the other had, you don't have to listen to the podcasts in one session or one day.
      - sbarre 16y ago
        And really with the amount of time you will be spending building your startup, 12 hours is nothing. :-)
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Jak3t 16y ago
Files are missing!
- jv22222 16y ago
  Which ones? They all work for me...
  - DeusExMachina 16y ago
    Probably if people use a flash blocker, they don't see them.
marknutter 16y ago
Step 1: self promote with how-to-start-a-successful-startup books, podcasts, and blog posts.
butu 16y ago
I downloaded all the mp3 file for listening later. Here is the list of direct download hope it may help to someone http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-056.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-056.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-076.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-076.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-087.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-087.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-079.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-079.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-068.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-068.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-004.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-004.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-034.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-034.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-012.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-012.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-070.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-070.mp3
geekytenny 16y ago
nice
caillou 16y ago
I made an RSS feed of just these episodes, that way you can download them all with one click in iTunes: http://files.pierrespring.com/techzinglive_bootstrap.rss http://files.pierrespring.com/techzinglive_bootstrap.rss I have also added instructions on how to add an RSS feed to iTunes on my blog, if you don't know how to do that: http://pierrespring.com/2010/11/19/techzing-compilation-bootstrapping-a-web-app-business/ http://pierrespring.com/2010/11/19/techzing-compilation-boot... Enjoy and let me know if you like it ;)

108 points by jv22222 16y ago

Well put together. I've been catching up with techzing shows for the past few months (while commuting), and this brings together some of the better podcasts (not sure why you don't have Pelti there from balsamiq, it was the first best interview on techzing in my opinion)

jv22222 16y ago
Sure! Which section would you like Peldi to go in?
- jv22222 16y ago
  Ok I've put Peldi in there in the marketing section

sabat 16y ago

You see, Justin? We are paying attention.

binomial 16y ago
This is the second comment of this form that I've seen made for a submission from this website. What's the context?
- sabat 16y ago
  Heh -- Justin is the guy who coined "luck surface area" and apparently thinks no one knows it. I had answered a question in another thread about who made it up, and someone followed that up with "see Justin? they are paying attention" -- so I thought I'd be funny and repeat that.

samh 16y ago

The techzing podcast is great easy listening for startup hacker types. For those who don't know the techzing format is two developers having a regular chat about the startup projects they are working on, their consulting work and the stories they found interesting on hacker news. There are also guest interview shows, sometimes with tech / startup people and sometimes with more exotic guests (one interview was with a geologist about peak oil and helium 3 fusion. Another was about the evidence behind alien sightings). If you like startup podcasts I recommend you check out a few episodes of techzing and see if it's too your liking.

samh 16y ago

Of course we know the real reason for this post is to beat Jason in the battle of the blogs :)

jv22222 16y ago
Doh! You got me!!! ;)

wyclif 16y ago

Deciding on and Idea I think you meant "Deciding on an Idea." Right? [EDIT] Also... Derek Sivers muses this question should properly be written, "...muses on this question."

deleted 16y ago
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jv22222 16y ago
Done. Thx :)

antigua 16y ago

Q: How do you Start a Successful Bootstrapped Web App Business? A: Don't spend 12 hours listening to podcasts.

samh 16y ago
For some work that requires light attention, having a startup podcast going in the background can be very inspiring.
sbarre 16y ago
As someone seriously considering giving this a go (our consulting business is about to complete it's first year, we have built up a good war chest in the bank without any investment, and we're planning our web app right now), I would be foolish not to listen to the advice and experience (with a grain of salt) of those who have come before me and succeeded. Anything that helps me avoid mistakes that others have figured out is a good thing. The comment above - while maybe tongue in cheek - is short-sighted to say the least. Thanks for putting these together!
- mkramlich 16y ago
  I don't think it was short-sighted. I think his point, while partly intended to be funny, of course, was that spending 12 hours to inject a certain amount of information is inefficient if the same substance could have been gleaned much more quickly in the form of concise, curated chunks of text.
  - soyapi 16y ago
    On the other had, you don't have to listen to the podcasts in one session or one day.
    - sbarre 16y ago
      And really with the amount of time you will be spending building your startup, 12 hours is nothing. :-)
16y ago

Jak3t 16y ago

Files are missing!

jv22222 16y ago
Which ones? They all work for me...
- DeusExMachina 16y ago
  Probably if people use a flash blocker, they don't see them.

marknutter 16y ago

Step 1: self promote with how-to-start-a-successful-startup books, podcasts, and blog posts.

butu 16y ago

I downloaded all the mp3 file for listening later. Here is the list of direct download hope it may help to someone http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-056.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-056.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-076.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-076.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-087.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-087.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-079.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-079.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-068.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-068.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-004.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-004.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-034.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-034.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-012.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-012.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-070.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/techzing/techzing-070.mp3

geekytenny 16y ago

nice

caillou 16y ago

I made an RSS feed of just these episodes, that way you can download them all with one click in iTunes: http://files.pierrespring.com/techzinglive_bootstrap.rss http://files.pierrespring.com/techzinglive_bootstrap.rss I have also added instructions on how to add an RSS feed to iTunes on my blog, if you don't know how to do that: http://pierrespring.com/2010/11/19/techzing-compilation-bootstrapping-a-web-app-business/ http://pierrespring.com/2010/11/19/techzing-compilation-boot... Enjoy and let me know if you like it ;)