The Honeybadger Crew
FounderQuest
Developers building a software business on our own terms.
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Jan 3, 2025
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Everyone Says It’s a Bad Idea; Should You Do It Anyway? 01.10.2021 38:26
Show notes: Links: Felix Livni Schedulista Transcript: *This is an unedited, automated transcript, with only about 80% accuracy* Ben All right, so, uh welcome the founder quest today, you have me, Ben, because Star and josh are taking the day off and we have Felix of me who is with us or with me chatting about uh founder related stuff. It's just one of our uh, intermittent founder interview kind o...
Our Outbound Sales Autopsy 24.09.2021 25:37
Show notes: Links: Saasler Koombea Hook Relay Transcript: *note - this is an unedited, automatically generated, transcript with only about 80% accuracy* Ben So I say we we just had a new customer signed up just like minutes ago and said that the reason they signed up was our podcast. So awesome. Good stuff. Good stuff. So pro tip for you says operators out there, put a little box and your on bo...
There Ain't No Business Like No Business 17.09.2021 26:49
Show notes: Links: Bold Badgers NFT Mantis scooter Ridwell Write for Honeybadger Transcript: *note - this is an unedited automatically generated transcript with about 80% accuracy* Josh: So we really are we doing this, uh, super quick. Do we need to like speed up our voices? Artificially Ben: The chipmonk episode. Starr: There you go. No, we should just, we should slow them down. So it'll um, we c...
Hook Relay Is Livin' That FULL Duplex Lyfe! 10.09.2021 19:57
Show notes Links: Hey Dumpster Fire Goatse.cx Full transcript: *This is an unedited automated transcript which is only about 80% accurate* Starr Yeah, well, sad news. Um I did not see my printing press last weekend because I I came down with a cold, it wasn't it wasn't covid, so don't worry, it's okay. Um But we're waiting for the test to come back. So you know the difference between now and the...
Our Ops Are Smooth Like A Jar Of Skippy 03.09.2021 36:27
Show Notes: Links: Micromort Noblesse oblige Josh's dotfiles GitHub Code Spaces Full Transcript: Ben: Yeah. I've been holding out for the new MacBook Pros. The M1 is pretty tempting, but I want whatever comes next. I want the 16-inch new hotness that's apparently supposed to be launching in November, but I've been waiting for it so patiently for so long now. Josh: Will they have the M2? Ben: Yeah,...
Live From The Indie Hackers' Backstage 27.08.2021 18:37
Show notes: Links: Snohomish Centennial trail Indie Hackers AMA Intro CRM Full transcript: Starr: All right. Welcome back. Welcome back, everybody. So we took a little break. We're going to have her hot vax summer, but that- Josh: Hot vax summer. Starr: It turns out that was the mirage. It turns out that was a mirage. Josh: Well, it did reach 112 degrees in Portland. So it was hot. Starr: There yo...
FounderQuest Summer Break Annoucement 11.06.2021 0:31
Show notes: Seriously, this is just an announcement to let ya'll know we are taking a summer break. We'll be back, pinky swear!
Does Thinking Still Count As Working? 04.06.2021 36:35
Show notes: Links: Write for us Maybe Josh Pigford Flu data Full transcript: Ben: And today we don't have Starr, because Starr is on vacation this week, fireside chat. Josh: I will be on vacation next week, and the week after. Ben: Nice. Josh: I don't know if you saw, I extended my vacation. Ben: I didn't see this. Josh: Yeah. So, surprise! Ben: Two weeks back to back. That's a record. Josh: Yeah....
Will Working Together Ruin Our Anarchist Workflow? 28.05.2021 39:09
Show notes: Links: Twist Hook Relay Ben Orenstein Tuple Write for Honeybadger Full transcript: Starr: So Ben is joining us today from his car. It's bringing back fun memories. I recorded, I think the voiceover for our very first demo video in my car. Ben: Oh yeah? Nice. So as you may recall, I have a two story building that I lease one of the rooms, and the downstairs is a wine tasting room. Well...
Understanding Bitcoin From a Developer's Perspective 21.05.2021 50:53
Show notes: Links: Mike Mondragon CRDT Ship of Theseus Exceptional Creatures Shiba Inu Full Transcript: Ben: I'm just gonna dive on in there. I'm so eager. I'm so excited. It's actually weird because Starr is the one that typically starts us off. Josh: Yeah. I thought we were just going to start with our just general banter, and then not introduce the guest until 30 minutes later. Ben: By the way....
Kicking The Tires On Basecamp Alternatives 14.05.2021 38:23
Show notes: Links: Threads.com Bluey Vogmask Twist It’s a Southern Thing If I had a front porch Full transcript: Josh: How y'all doing? Ben: I'm doing. Starr: Yeah, about the same. Ben: I've been riding my scooter to work all week. Starr: Oh, how's that? Ben: It's a lot of fun. Got a little electric kick scooter and top speed about 25 miles per hour. I was concerned about it being able to get up t...
Rails Goes Off The Rails! 07.05.2021 58:48
Show notes: Links: Write for Honeybadger Fluffy Arnold Schwarzenegger impression Changes at Basecamp Coinbase is a mission focused company Faker Full transcript: I've been like texting with Zoomer person. And their emoji game is so deep and subtle that I just don't even know how to respond to these. I'm just like a thumbs up and they're just like emoji of falling leaves. How do I interpret that? J...
SaaS Life Isn't All Sunshine And Rainbows 23.04.2021 34:11
Show notes: Links: Lego space shuttle Challenger disaster Challenger: The Final Flight Roam xkcd Footage of Josh two weeks after final Pfizer shot The Final Countdown The Beach Boys Full transcript: Starr: All right. So now you're going to joke about how, since I've been vaccinated... Josh: Are you saying you are vacc'ed? Starr: In vacc'ed. I'm chipped. I like to say I'm chipped. Josh: Got your in...
How To Improve Survey Response Rates With Extortion 16.04.2021 36:02
Show notes: Links: Tailscale Ubiquity hack Front Write for Honeybadger Full transcript: Ben: The struggle is real when it comes to WiFi here. Because until two weeks ago you could've said, "Yeah, use Ubiquiti, it's all great." Now, there's this big disruption that they're having this attack that they didn't want to admit to. Josh: Yeah. I didn't hear about this. Ben: Yeah. So the thing that was te...
Are We Starting A Text Editor Holy War? 09.04.2021 38:29
Show notes: Links: Exceptional Creatures TradingView Duke Cannon - Thick Beer Ruben Gamez MicroConf AppSumo Community Marketplace Full transcript: Ben: You know, today is April second, as we record this. And I am so excited because I survived April Fools' Day without falling for anything online. All the dumb stuff that happens on April Fools' Day. Josh: I'm a little worried, because I didn't notic...
Monetizing Free Users And Recapping MicroConf 02.04.2021 38:40
Show Notes Links: Gather Roblox Vs. Second Life Docsketch Ruben Gamez AppSumo Intro CRM Full Transcript: Ben: Yeah, the party doesn't start until you show up, Josh. Josh: I'm a party animal. Starr: Yeah, that's true. How's everybody doing? Josh: Good. Ben: I had a good last week. How are you, Starr? Starr: I'm doing pretty good. I got to dive a little bit into our sort of usage data for free users...
Tracking The Elusive SaaS Sales Funnel 26.03.2021 28:58
Show notes: Links: Intro CRM Ahoy Andrew Kane Full transcript: Ben: So I am feeling great this morning. Starr: Oh Good. Why are you feeling great? Ben: So over the past couple weeks, I've been working on cleaning up the low level noise, errors that are happening, that aren't really severe and that get corrected because of retries and things like that. So stuff, that's not broken, broken, it's just...
Do Developers Actually Pay Money For Things? 12.03.2021 35:58
Show notes: Links: Sidekiq-cron TextExpander Alfred Sondors Metacycle Full transcript: Ben: So, you may not be surprised to hear this, but I've been doing a lot of shopping for electric vehicles this past week. Starr: Oh yeah? Josh: Oh. Ben: And there are some new electric motorcycles and scooters coming out that are very, very tempting. There's one in particular, the Sondors model, which is goi...
Is It Better To Be At Amazon's Mercy Or Your Own? 05.03.2021 35:32
Show notes: Links: Loom Telestream Recut Lovesac Comfy Sacks Flipper Full transcript: Ben: You know how we had that recent episode with John Nunemaker about Flipper and feature flags and that sort of thing. Starr: Oh, a podcast episode. Ben: Yeah. Yeah. Starr: I thought you meant a dramatic episode. Josh: It's just another episode with John. Starr: Oh my God. That guy. Josh: That was awesome. Yeah...
When Is The Convenience Of Outsourcing Not Worth The Price? 03.03.2021 36:06
Show notes: Links: Printfection Swag.com Full transcript: Josh: How's it going? Ben: I'm working on this Printfection migration and I've been thinking about what to do here. So we got this outreach from Printfection about our pricing going up, in our case, dramatically. We decided we just don't want to pay that much for what we're getting. So I'm going through all of our inventory looking at our P...
Talking Startups And Pricing Strategies With John Nunemaker 26.02.2021 55:16
Show Notes: Links: John Nunemaker Website John Nunemaker Twitter Flipper Cloud Speaker Deck Scientist Full Transcript: Ben: So today we have a special episode of FounderQuest. We have John Nunemaker with us, instead of Starr. Starr was taking a break today. And Josh and I are going to be chatting with John, and talking about the fun things that John's doing. John, I got to start off by saying that...
All Your Contractors Are Belong To Us! 19.02.2021 36:16
Show Notes: Links: The Boys in The Boat Founding Sales All your base are belong to us Write for us Full Transcript: Starr: I loved Beavis and Butthead so much in the 90s. Ben: Yeah, it was awesome. Starr: I was prepared not to like it because all I heard was everybody talking about how stupid it was. And then I watched it. I was like, this is amazing. This is just my brand. I was the target demogr...
What Is The Lowest Maintenance Website Imaginable? 12.02.2021 43:49
Show Notes: Links: Heya Ben Curtis’ Mad Money DreamHost Affiliate Link Write for us Full Transcript: Ben: Thanks to Starr, we are now linked on the Honeybadger site. Josh: Nice. Starr: Oh, yeah. It only took two years to do that. Josh: I saw that on the "about" page. Ben: What made me think about it, I'm just, I don't know, surfing the site for something. I'm like, "You know what? We should probab...
Is Our Business Model A Hedge On The Internet? 05.02.2021 28:05
Show Notes: Links: Amy Hoy - Wall Street Bets Bloomberg - How Will the GameStop Game Stop Clayton Christensen - Theory of Disruptive Innovation Art of The Product Podcast - Does Tuple Ever Crash? Jobs@honeybadger.io Write for Honeybadger Full Transcript: Ben: Did y'all buy any GameStop this week? Josh: I thought about it yesterday while Robinhood was not allowing buy orders or whatever, because my...
The Bootstrapper's Guide to the Ninja Launch 29.01.2021 42:59
Show Notes: Links: Cobol On Cogs Square Hole TikTok Video Hook Relay Universal Honeybadger.js FounderQuest Accounts Episode Write for Honeybadger's Blog Full Transcript: Ben: Did you see that tweet I posted in the channel, the TikTok video about the shape sorter? Josh: It was so good. Starr: So good. Josh: Laughed really hard. Ben: So good. I just loved the voice of the person doing the shapes. Jo...
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