Make Lemonade

Today we’re joined by the formidable Jack Ellis, co-founder of Fathom Analytics , the simple, privacy focused alternative to Google Analytics. While Jack isn’t running a successful software company, he spends time teaching people with his courses. He has two, which have made over $250k cumulatively Timestamps: 01:31 - Becoming the face of Fathom 10:35 - Google vs Fathom 13:22 - What are the altern...

Today JR and James joined by Arvid Kahl , who previously built and sold his SaaS, Feedback Panda, for a life changing amount of money. From then Arvid has made it his mission to help other indie founders build a successful bootstrapped business, through his books Zero to Sold and The Embedded Entrepreneur and also his weekly blog, newsletter and podcast, The Bootstrapped Founder. In this episode w...

Today we’re bringing you a Lemonhead episode where JR and James take you behind the scenes of what it takes to build a affiliate feature from scratch and how the team are shaping up for launch. Hope you enjoy this little peek under the surface of how the Lemon Squeezy team operates. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:42 Is running Lemon Squeezy stressful? 01:32 Feeling the pull of Lemon Squeezy momentum 0...

Today we’re joined by Thomas Frank , a YouTube creator with over 2.8m subscribers on his main channel and 138k subscribers on his Notion-focused channel, Thomas Frank Explains. He started out helping ambitious college students study better and pivoted to the self-help/personal development niche. He’s a creator in every sense, going from YouTube videos to writing books, making courses and even laun...

In this episode, JR and James are joined by Brett Williams , the founder of Designjoy , a one-man productized design service that was making $160k p/m at it's peak. People have been asking the question “how does he do it?” and previously you had to rely on meta-analysis to find out. Now Brett is going to tell you EXACTLY how he runs a one-person, $1m a year business with his new course, Productize...

In this episode JR and James discuss some thriving creator businesses and what they’ve been doing right. Especially some of those that have used YouTube to build a brand, then start course or template companies. Seems there is a lot of people focusing on productivity (and Notion) making lots and lots of money. From student doctors to self proclaimed "productivity geeks", these content creators hav...

The Make Lemonade podcast is back with a fresh new format. We’re going co-hosted, meaning co-founder J.R. is going to be joined each week by James McKinven (you might have heard his voice on the Indie Bites podcast). Some episodes we'll be riffing on some topics, other times we’ll interview some of the best creators and entrepreneurs around and, finally, we’ll bring you some juicy behind the scene...

In today's episode, I sit down with Simon Rohrbach, the Co-Founder & CEO of Plain.com — CS without the BS. Previously, Simon led design at Deliveroo and was the entrepreneur in residence at Index Ventures . There's something to be said about building products within "nonsexy" categories. For example, customer service. When it comes to customer service solutions, not much has changed in the past de...

We're back with another solo Lemonhead session with @jrfarr (JR Farr). Today I wanted to reflect on one year since we launched, 10 years in the making, as we look towards the next phase of growth with our first hires. In this episode, I give you two important pieces of advice on hiring, along with my notes from Simon Sinek’s, Leaders Eat Last, on how to continue to evolve as a leader as your team...

Yo! We're back with a brand new episode. I decided to do something a little different today. I just sat down and hit record and started talking about what was on my mind as a founder myself. I talked about the current phase of the business journey we're in. This led me to start talking about the idea of building an audience vs. capturing an audience.  We'll be back with more interviews, Lemonhead...

Meet Peter, the co-founder of Reform — the modern form builder.  A long-time developer who studied at the Copenhagen Business School.  Over the years, Peter has built and sold several digital products. Peter was also part of the first batch of the TinySeed — an accelerator fund for bootstrappers.  Peter is hoping to carve his own niche in the form builder space and so far, he and his team are off...

Mark is an indie developer from Manchester. He's the Founder of UiPress , a WordPress plugin that provides a white-label admin experience for WordPress. Over the years of using WordPress and its evolution, the admin experience has been a hot topic. But what if you could customize it to your own needs. That's where UiPress comes in. Mark's story of success with UiPress began when he almost gave up...

In today's episode, you'll learn from Mike McAlister . Over the past decade, Mike has carved out his works in the WordPress industry. Mike has the unique ability to be a designer, developer, and marketer.  With this formula, he has launched and grown multiple projects from ground zero to over a million dollars in revenue before, ultimately, being acquired by WP Engine. Today, Mike is the Principal...

For the past decade, Matt Medeiros has become an expert when it comes to podcasting and building audiences. Within the WordPress eco-system, Matt is a staple in the community where he runs The Matt Report and The WP Minute . Today, Matt is the Director of Podcast Success at Castos where he helps new and existing podcast shows become successful. I can't think of a better role for Matt. If you're lu...

Kacper Staniul is a growth marketer and the founder of Scrapelabs — a web scraping service. His company specializes in web scraping for businesses looking for data analysis, competitive analysis, pricing monitoring, and more.  (3:05) going full-time (6:49) tools and software used (8:00) what's next? (8:57) how long does web scraping take? (15:50) wrapping up As always thanks for being a listener o...

By day, Michael Riddering (aka @Ridd ), is the founding designer for Maven — a cohort-based education platform. By night, he's the founder of Figma. Academy — a design course that teaches advanced design tactics delivered directly inside of Figma. In this episode, Ridd breaks down how he built Figma Academy. We uncover a decision he made early on that helped influence Figma Academy into the succes...

Here's a list of ways to connect with Laura Eddy: Twitter: @typeheist Websites: Laura Eddy , Typeheist , Haunts . (1:45) favorite type of design (2:58) where does inspiration come from (3:45) how long does it take to design a font (8:11) favorite design tools (9:29) design & development experience (11:40) balancing work and side-hustles (15:52) reading to learn (17:39) getting started in font desi...

There's an old African proverb that goes something like this: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. This is sometimes easier said than done. Hiring is hard and today I'm going to break down how to make your first 5 hires. Hopefully, this helps you avoid some of the costly mistakes I made. As always, thanks for being a listener of the show. Here's a breakdown of toda...

As always thanks for being a listener of the Make Lemonade show. Hosted by @jrfarr — brought to you by LemonSqueezy.com.  If you're looking to sell digital products online, be sure to check out Lemon Squeezy or follow us on Twitter @lmsqueezy

As always, thanks for being a listener of the show. For today's episode, I talk about all things landing pages. (0:20) intro (1:25) all about the headline (4:45) hero elements (5:31) amplify the pain (the problem) (7:06) the big reveal (the solution) (8:07) social proof (if you got it, flaunt it) (8:50) don't just tell, show (9:47) benefits first, features last (10:47) use cases / case studies (11...

As always thanks for being a listener of the Make Lemonade show. Hosted by @jrfarr — brought to you by LemonSqueezy.com.  If you're looking to sell digital products online, be sure to check out Lemon Squeezy or follow us on Twitter @lmsqueezy

As always, thanks for being a listener of the show. For today's episode, I break down when and if you should raise money for your company. The analogy I use is you can either ride the unicorn or chase the unicorn.  (1:20) ride the unicorn or chase the unicorn (3:04) types of funding (7:30) convertible notes vs. price rounds (9:45) when to get funding (11:45) what kind of company do you want to bui...

As always thanks for being a listener of the Make Lemonade show. Hosted by @jrfarr — brought to you by LemonSqueezy.com.  If you're looking to sell digital products online, be sure to check out Lemon Squeezy or follow us on Twitter @lmsqueezy

As always thanks for being a listener of the Make Lemonade show. Hosted by @jrfarr — brought to you by LemonSqueezy.com.  If you're looking to sell digital products online, be sure to check out Lemon Squeezy or follow us on Twitter @lmsqueezy

As always thanks for being a listener of the Make Lemonade show. Hosted by @jrfarr — brought to you by LemonSqueezy.com.  If you're looking to sell digital products online, be sure to check out Lemon Squeezy or follow us on Twitter @lmsqueezy