Out of Beta

Peter has turned his Q4 objectives and key results (OKRs) into a financial forecast and growth plan in SimSaaS. He’ll need to at least 5x his number of signups in the coming quarter. Meanwhile Matt receives an uncomfortable message from Rob Walling himself while on air. Matt on Twitter Peter on Twitter

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Matt and Peter dive deep into their decisions to offer free plans for SimSaaS and Branch.  Peter discusses their strategy session, and his formulation of his Q4 goals as objectives and key results (OKR’s), focusing on the acquisition and activation of new users. Matt on Twitter Peter on Twitter

Peter’s freaking out—how can he really nail down what's working and what's not? Could a freemium model for Branch be the answer? Matt has joined Capital Factory for the second time, marking the end of his pre-seed fundraising for SimSaaS. Matt commits to send out invites to SimSaaS while Peter prepares for the launch of a hosting partner integration. Peter on Twitter Matt on Twitter

What starting up gets tough, what keeps you confident? Matt and Peter lay out the assumptions that support the opportunities behind Branch and SimSaaS. The two review their progress and look ahead to September. Matt on Twitter Peter on Twitter

Conversation: Peter's employment creates extra hurdles for landing a flat. Commentary on "The Art of Product" 100th episode. Reading and sending acquisition signals. Branch's 1st hosting company integration (Pantheon) is live. Peter adjusts expectations for his developer intern. Processes and focus within early stage startups. How tools have made company-starting cheaper, more efficient. Russell P...

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What's the purpose of the podcast? How much should be shared? What shouldn't? Matt hires himself to do more product development. Going faster by reducing cognitive load. Matt hires an expert to define communication processes. Matt weighs the potential of freemium. Peter revises his company updates. Peter doubles down on hosting platforms as go-to-market partners. Peter and Matt consider the benefi...

Matt and Peter mull over the "Out of Beta" name. Peter recalls arriving in Minnesota and life as a funded startup. ;) TinySeed founders got some high-quality time together. The clarifying nature of goals. Peter met with a new business partner while in Minneapolis. Peter is delighted with a remix of Branch. Matt missed the retreat, stayed heads-down on product. SimSaaS has a brand new, very short s...

Peter's vacation skills are put to the test as his excitement with Branch bubbles over. Matt's maker efforts are exceeding his expectations after being busy as a manager last week. Peter shares his thinking around the nature of a Branch trial and Matt likes it! Matt's been invited to speak at the 2019 Business of Software conference. Matt shares some of his thoughts on being a second time founder....

With Matt back from the Canadian Rockies, he and Peter have a lot to talk about. The two share their weekly updates. Matt has been deep in Manager mode with sales meetings. Meanwhile, Peter is starting to onboard a new batch of people onto Branch. Matt also shares some enterprise sales wisdom, based on experience at his previous company, and Peter is making his own olives. Out of Beta also has a r...

Matt is still on the road, so Peter invites a guest on the show: Benedikt Deicke, the co-founder of FemtoConf and Userlist. Peter and Benedikt share their weekly updates and talk about Peter's recent experience with setting up Userlist. Peter is excited and Benedikt is hoping he won't be disappointed. Peter on Twitter Matt on Twitter Benedikt on Twitter Userlist FemtoConf

Matt is off to Yellowstone and Peter shares his updates from the past week of conferences and code refactoring. Matt on Twitter Peter on Twitter

Matt and Peter discuss an article from Intercom about product development and update listeners on their progress for the week (working on SimSaaS and Branch). Link to article: https://www.intercom.com/blog/great-product-managers-dont-spend-time-on-solutions/ Matt on Twitter Peter on Twitter

Matt and Peter discuss the ways they're asking for money from their early adopters and update listeners on their progress for the week (working on SimSaaS and Branch).  Peter's headed to Berlin for WordCamp 2019. - Matt on Twitter - Peter on Twitter

Matt and Peter introduce themselves, how they met, and their startups ( SimSaaS & Branch ), which are are both part of the TinySeed  2019 remote accelerator program. - Matt on Twitter - Peter on Twitter