What a fascinating episode with <a href="https://x.com/dvassallo">Daniel Vassallo</a>, creator of <a href="https://smallbets.com">smallbets.com</a>.  From leaving Amazon to become self-employed, to experimenting and iterating on business models, software, books, courses, and finally his flagship community, Small Bets.

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 &lt;p&gt;What a fascinating episode with &lt;a href="https://x.com/dvassallo"&gt;Daniel Vassallo&lt;/a&gt;, creator of &lt;a href="https://smallbets.com"&gt;smallbets.com&lt;/a&gt;.  From leaving Amazon to become self-employed, to experimenting and iterating on business models, software, books, courses, and finally his flagship community, Small Bets.&lt;/p&gt;
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Community Business on Your Own Terms w/ Daniel Vassallo (Small Bets)

Had a fascinating conversation today with <a href="https://x.com/jhooks">Joel Hooks</a> who runs <a href="https://egghead.io">egghead.io</a> and <a href="https://badass.dev">badass.dev</a>.  We talked about about the evolving landscape of online education in the developer space.Recorded on September 5th, 2024.

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 &lt;p&gt;Had a fascinating conversation today with &lt;a href="https://x.com/jhooks"&gt;Joel Hooks&lt;/a&gt; who runs &lt;a href="https://egghead.io"&gt;egghead.io&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://badass.dev"&gt;badass.dev&lt;/a&gt;.  We talked about about the evolving landscape of online education in the developer space.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recorded on September 5th, 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
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Evolving Developer Education w/ Joel Hooks (egghead.io & badass.dev)

Chris Oliver, the creator behind <a href="https://gorails.com/">GoRails</a>, <a href="https://jumpstartrails.com/">Jumpstart</a>, <a href="https://hatchbox.io/">HatchBox</a> and his new product, <a href="https://sellrepo.com/">SellRepo</a>, joins me to talk bootstrapping his Ruby on Rails training business and related tools with only a team of 3!  A great wide-ranging conversation.Recorded on September 4th, 2024Note:  Sorry!  My short intro audio is left speaker only... But that's fixed after the first minute!

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 &lt;p&gt;Chris Oliver, the creator behind &lt;a href="https://gorails.com/"&gt;GoRails&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://jumpstartrails.com/"&gt;Jumpstart&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://hatchbox.io/"&gt;HatchBox&lt;/a&gt; and his new product, &lt;a href="https://sellrepo.com/"&gt;SellRepo&lt;/a&gt;, joins me to talk bootstrapping his Ruby on Rails training business and related tools with only a team of 3!  A great wide-ranging conversation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recorded on September 4th, 2024&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Note:  Sorry!  My short intro audio is left speaker only... But that's fixed after the first minute!&lt;/p&gt;
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Optimizing For Sanity w/ Chris Oliver (GoRails)

I caught up with <a href="https://x.com/Shpigford">Josh Pigford</a> today, founder of <a href="https://maybe.co/">Maybe</a>, <a href="https://toolstash.com/">ToolStash</a>, and many other <a href="https://joshpigford.com/projects">projects</a>.  We covered a lot of ground across many of his different projects, but spent the bulk of this chat geeking out about programmatic SEO.  The strategy, the technical approach, and exactly what (and how) he built some of his AI-generated content marketing strategies for his projects.We recorded this interview on August 6th, 2024.

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 &lt;p&gt;I caught up with &lt;a href="https://x.com/Shpigford"&gt;Josh Pigford&lt;/a&gt; today, founder of &lt;a href="https://maybe.co/"&gt;Maybe&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://toolstash.com/"&gt;ToolStash&lt;/a&gt;, and many other &lt;a href="https://joshpigford.com/projects"&gt;projects&lt;/a&gt;.  We covered a lot of ground across many of his different projects, but spent the bulk of this chat geeking out about programmatic SEO.  The strategy, the technical approach, and exactly what (and how) he built some of his AI-generated content marketing strategies for his projects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We recorded this interview on August 6th, 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
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Programmatic SEO Projects With Josh Pigford

<a href="https://mikemcalister.com/">Mike McAllister</a> is a designer of brands, websites, products, and WordPress goodness... Here in part 2 of our conversation, we dive into Mike's current work on <a href="https://olliewp.com/">OllieWP</a>, a new product that brings great design to the WordPress ecosystem.We also talked about the balance of working on products with taking on selective design consulting partnerships with clients.This conversation was recorded on March 6th, 2024

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 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://mikemcalister.com/"&gt;Mike McAllister&lt;/a&gt; is a designer of brands, websites, products, and WordPress goodness... Here in part 2 of our conversation, we dive into Mike's current work on &lt;a href="https://olliewp.com/"&gt;OllieWP&lt;/a&gt;, a new product that brings great design to the WordPress ecosystem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We also talked about the balance of working on products with taking on selective design consulting partnerships with clients.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This conversation was recorded on March 6th, 2024&lt;/p&gt;
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Bringing Great Design to WordPress with Mike McAllister

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