Make Lemonade

Today we’re joined by Tibo Louis-Lucas, who is most well known for starting Tweet Hunter and Taplio in 2021, before selling the company in 2022 for 8 figures. Since then, Tibo has gone on to acquire an AI video creation tool, Typeframes, which he spun Revid.ai, and Feather.so, a Notion blogging platform.Timestamps00:00 Intro01:17 Leaving Lempire and starting from scratch03:00 Learning from failures05:29 Growing MRR with influencers13:38 How Tibo felt selling Tweet Hunter18:55 Why Tibo will never sell a project again25:14 Feeling paralysis after selling your startup27:36 How Tibo has approached acquiring products29:28 Have Tibo's acquisitions been a success?34:15 Why Tibo acquired another project for $250,00036:01 Did Tibo waste $250,000 on buying Feather?As always thanks for being a listener of the Make Lemonade show. Hosted by @jrfarr & @jmckinven— 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 X @lmsqueezy.

Today we’re doing a a behind the scenes episode with JR. We haven’t looked at what’s going on since December, so it’s about time I posed some questions to JR about everything from features to growth and more.LinksJohn O'Nolan episode: https://youtu.be/QXwiTZiO46gSimon Pittman episode: https://youtu.be/L11ii1qKD5oRob Walling episode: https://youtu.be/M_JbjtIYUh0JR's features tweet: https://x.com/jrfarr/status/1791819342784655760Product links feature: https://x.com/lmsqueezy/status/1801252160941797848Timestamps00:00 - Intro00:50 - Guess that guest quote06:02 - Reflecting on 1 year since rejecting venture capital07:57 - Marketing for Lemon Squeezy11:07 - JR embracing the hat-free life12:26 - New features launched14:26 - Do people still want or need merchant of record?18:38 - Lemon Squeezy JavaScript SDK package going gangbusters21:25 - Update on feature requests28:38 - Trends for sellers JR is seeing30:06 - Was Lemon Squeezy easier to build than Mojo?34:56 - JR's dream non-founder guest38:08 - Why JR hates soccer41:43 - How is life for the CEO of Lemon SqueezyAs always thanks for being a listener of the Make Lemonade show. Hosted by @jrfarr & @jmckinven— 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 X @lmsqueezy.

Today we're joined by one of the most successful sellers on Lemon Squeezy, Adam Pietrasiak. Adam is the founder of Screen Studio, a beautiful tool for creating and editing screen recordings that he started at the end of 2022 and now has thousands of paying users. In this episode we talk about how Adam made $30k in his first month, his approach to creating a well-polished product, and why he's not planning to take VC funding any time soon.Timestamps00:00 Intro00:47 Adam's background02:23 Learning from past failures05:20 Life building from Poland07:46 Screen Studio founding story10:25 Building without validating12:44 Building in a very competitive market18:44 Being a designer developer19:53 Making $30,000 in the first month25:18 Discovering marketing and growth channels27:50 Adam setting up a powerful affiliate programme34:23 How Adam designs in code37:10 VC funding or bootstrapping39:42 Monthly recurring vs single license pricing

John O’Nolan is the founder of Ghost, an independent publishing platform. John sees Ghost as an experiment in doing the opposite of what every other tech company does. They haven’t raised VC, instead setting Ghost up as a non-profit that can never be bought or sold. The core product is open source, with a simple SaaS model to fund future development. John is opinionated and outspoken but with many views that are hard to argue, so I can’t wait to dive into some of those today.Timestamps00:00 Intro00:48 From music to software01:50 The benefits of anonymity06:44 Launching Ghost as a non-profit14:26 Why launch on Kickstarter19:12 Is the longevity of blogging susprising?22:25 What companies is venture capital right for?23:40 Should more companies follow the non profit model?25:50 John's approach to making great products27:45 How John views competition29:41 How do they ship at Ghost36:38 The fediverse and ActivityPub42:15 John's favourite newsletters43:41 John's hobbiesAs always thanks for being a listener of the Make Lemonade show. Hosted by @jrfarr & @jmckinven— 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.

Justin is the co-founder of Transistor.fm, a podcast hosting platform that hosts over 27,000 podcasts. Justin has bootstrapped the business since 2018 and has used it to build a better life for himself and his employees.Justin was on the pod back in January and we ended feeling like there was left with lots more to discuss, particularly Justin’s thoughts on building a Calm Company and what he plans to do with his life and money.Timestamps00:00 Intro01:40 Having the #1 podcast in the world on Transistor04:24 Why Acquired is such a top class podcast08:22 Justin's financial engine metaphor16:44 Why the market is so important18:30 Calm companies27:41 How much the market impacts success32:03 Justin's family business experiment41:07 How Justin approaches investingAs always thanks for being a listener of the Make Lemonade show. Hosted by @jrfarr & @jmckinven— 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.