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The Art of Product
The Art of Product is a podcast chronicling the journeys of two software entrepreneurs (Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer) building startups. Discussions span from the technical realm to the business side and everything in between.
Episodes
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- 217: Half a Job You Love
- 216: Penelopers, Penelopers, Penelopers
- 215: Mental Health with Dr. Sherry Walling
- 214: Another week, another Wathan
- 213: Powered by Debt
- 212: Tuple Goes Hollywood
- 211: This Is Not a Bad Reality
- 210: Talk to Your Customers
- 209: Penelope Again-ope
- 208: Prime Foot-Shooting Material
- 207: Musings on Advice
- 206: IRL at MicroConf
- 205: Wathan Stops by
- 204: Miscellanea
- 203: the Hiring Spree
- 202: the Art and Pain of Design
- 201: Getting Things Done with Stephen Dolan
- 200: the 200th Episode!
- 199: Keeping Up With Courtland
- 198: Leaving Room to React
- 197: Growth Mindset
- 196: the Hedonic Treadmill
- Metric Obsession
- 194: The Future of AoP
- 193: Feeling Ambitious
- 192: This Is Not a Fire Drill
- 191: Shaping Up with Adam Wathan
- 190: Unpacking Stripe, Continued
- 189: Back in the Saddle
- 188: Priorities, Priorities
- 187: Wait, There Are How Many Time Zones?!
- 186: Investing in the Core
- 185: Incremental Improvements
- 184: Delete Your Backlog?
- 183: Soaking in Nature
- 182: Cutting Churn
- On a Shipping Spree
- 180: Unpacking Stripe with Penelope Phippe
- 179: Riffing on Reform
- 178: Why Build a Business at All?
- On the Frontier
- 176: Making the Rounds
- 175: Ben's Meetings
- 174: Everything Is a Vision Quest
- 173: Shreyas Doshi on Product Management
- 172: Markidan on Marketing
- 171: Humans Have a Lot of Drawbacks
- 170: Beautifully, Wonderfully Dissatisfied Customers
- 169: the Startup Rollercoaster
- 168: I'd Rather Commit Sins of Overambition
- 167: Crossing $10k
- 166: Hello from Linux
- 165: the Art of Negotiation
- 164: We Love a Good Null Constraint
- 163: Catching Up With Paul Jarvis
- 162: Do You Even Clubhouse?
- 161: the Podia Operating System
- 160: Digging Moats
- 159: Does Tuple Ever Crash?
- 158: There's Nothing Like a Sharp Knife
- 157: SavvyCal Wins Product Hunt
- 156: Reflections on 2020
- 155: How Do You Buy a New Habit?
- 154: Courtland Allen Must Be Stopped
- 153: the Value of Coaching
- 152: Default Alive by Spring
- 151: the One Comma Club
- 150: It's Like the Vinyl of Telling Time
- 149: Check Your Business Privilege
- 148: No Design Survives Contact With The DOM
- 147: Incremental Shipping
- 146: Growing Teams
- 145: What's Next for StaticKit
- 144: Launching SavvyCal
- 143: Networking Thoughts
- 142: a Savvy Rebrand
- 141: Hiring Optimally
- 140: We Have Customers
- 139: Efficiency Starts With Groceries
- That's Not How Cults Work
- 137: Approved!
- 136: Feedback Is Everything
- 135: Do We Really Need an Office?
- 133: Perfect Is the Enemy of Good
- 134: Introducing Mighty Cal
- 132: Digging a Moat
- 131: Making Calculated Bets
- 130: Certainty Isn't the Goal
- 129: Remember When Software Came on Floppy Disks?
- 128: One Day at a Time
- 127: a Tuple Growth Spurt
- 126: Tuple Takes Over
- 125: Keeping Things in Perspective
- 124: Back After a Break
- 123: Customer Service as a Competitive Advantage
- 122: SaaS Sales with Matt Wensing
- 121: Futureproofing Your Business
- Product Pricing with Adam Wathan
- 119: Undoing a Twitter Addiction
- 118: Reliability and Minimalism
- Our 2020 Roadmap
- 116: Should We Be Setting Annual Goals?
- 115: Debunking the Arrival Fallacy
- 114: Building Today for Tomorrow's Growth
- 113: Rounding out the Product Roadmap
- 112: the Evolution of Product Positioning
- 111: Continuous Improvement for Growth
- 110: the Importance of Mentors
- 109: Split Test = Optimization
- 108: Getting Back to Growth Planning
- 107: Becoming a Multi-Product Company (with Amir Salihefendić)
- 106: Creating Growth Key Metrics
- 105: Exploring Freemium
- 104: Tiny Conferences, and Business Growth Challenges
- 103: Code Quality and Balancing TDD
- 102: Single Sign On (SSO) for Tuple?
- 101: Mentorship Momentum with Matt Wensing of SimSaaS
- 100: a Cool 100th Episode: Celebrating With Our Past Guests
- 99: the Binge Is Real, Countdown to the 100th Episode
- 98: Adam Covers for Derrick
- 97: to Build, or Not to Build - Jane Portman of Userlist
- 96: Tuple Official Launch and Taking Time to Unplug
- 95: What Really Happened to Screenhero
- 94: Seeking Clarity
- 93: Company of One with Paul Jarvis
- 92: Slack Leaves the Market
- 91: Feeling Superhuman with Rahul Vohra
- 90: The Mom Test with Rob Fitzpatrick
- 89: Go Big, or Stay Small?
- 88: Will They Make the Jump?
- 87: Meta Podcasting
- 86: the Importance of Paying Customers in Product Feedback
- 85: the Hype Is Real
- 84: Developer Mindset with Brian Casel
- 83: the Biggest Lever to Pull in Your Business
- 82: Idea to Validation to Launch: MicroConf 2019
- 81: Sane and Sustainable Growth with Ben Curtis from Honeybadger
- 80: Rediscovering Deep Work
- 79: Moving out of Alpha
- 78: Ultraworking with Sebastian Marshall
- 77: Reset Your Perspective
- 76: the Scotch Budget
- 75: Lots to Be Grateful for
- 74: the Only Way to Learn
- 73: Helping Early Access Customers Get Value Quickly
- 72: How to Know If a Product Is Ready
- 71: Beyond Alpha
- 70: Refactoring UI: Concept to Launch
- 69: Sound, Actionable Advice with Jason Cohen
- 68: Creating Differentiating Features
- 67: Refining Level Notifications and Tuple Alpha Users
- 66: TinySeed Updates with Rob Walling
- 65: Effectively Managing Launch Day
- 64: Habits for Hackers
- 63: Running Successful Early Access Programs
- 62: Avoiding Negativity
- 61: Unconventional Growth Tactics with Julian Shapiro
- 60: Celebrating the Small Wins
- 59: Pros and Cons of Working Alone on a Product
- 58: Evolving Roles as a Startup Founder
- 57: Finding the Right Marketing/Product Balance
- 56: Finding Your One Thing
- 55: the Entrepreneurial Rollercoaster
- 54: Continuous Learning
- 53: Launching Transistor.fm with Justin Jackson
- 52: Tuple Native App and Level Inbox Workflows
- 51: Recast - The Origin of Level from Startups for the Rest of Us
- 50: Doing the Hard Things First
- 49: the Evolving Tech Stack
- 48: When Is the Right Time to Take Outside Funding?
- 47: Pacing Yourself When Starting Up
- 46: The Importance of Trust with Your Audience with Justin Jackson
- 45: the Value of Teaching
- 44: Exploring the Open Source Business Model
- 43: Strategizing Product Validation
- 42: Fostering a Culture of Creativity with Rob Walling
- 41: MicroConf 2018 Takeaways
- 40: MicroConf, Equity, and Corporate Entities
- 39: Another New Beginning
- 38: Choosing Tech Stack and Taking Preorders
- 37: Pairing and Building in Public
- 36: Building Level
- 35: Conducting Customer Development Interviews
- 34: Maker vs. Manager
- 33: the War on Developer Productivity
- 32: Big Changes
- 31: Mental Health for Startup Founders with Sherry Walling
- 30: Nailing an Interview, and the New Drip Design
- 29: Fitness and Code Quality in 2018
- 28: Quarterly Goals, and Why They're Better Than Annual Goals
- 27: 30 Day Code Quality Challenge, and Elm Development
- 26: Optimizing Team Structures
- 25: Chaos, and Growing an Engineering Team
- 24: Tailwind CSS with Adam Wathan
- 23: Refactoring Rails Launch Breakdown
- 22: Finishing the Year Strong
- 21: Launching Refactoring Rails
- 20: the Ups and Downs of Working From the Road
- 19: Gourmet Ruby with Avdi Grimm
- 18: Preparing for Black Friday
- 17: Launch Planning and Speaking at Conferences
- 16: Going Viral and Customer Driven Products
- 15: Lessons in Scaling SaaS
- 14: the Power of Simplicity
- 13: Crossing the Chasm
- 12: Free Trials and Live Streaming Video Lessons
- 11: the Founders Dilemma
- 10: Dynamic Website Personalization with Brennan Dunn
- 9: Deep Thinking and Finding Your Groove
- 8: Different Paths to Software Development with Ian Nance from Drip
- 7: Learning from Successes, and Failures
- 6: Refactoring Rails and Shareable Workflows
- 5: Ways We Maintain Focus
- 4: Always Talk With the Decision Maker
- 3: New Pricing Strategies
- 2: From Good to Great
- 1: Welcome to the Art of Product
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