78: Rejection only makes us stronger

In this episode, Mitchell and Gavin navigate an App Store rejection as the World Police Games launch gets very real, unpack a new Claude-powered development workflow that is dramatically increasing output, explore how MCP could connect the different sides of SixSides, and celebrate Gavin surviving his 100km bike ride. Chapters (00:00) - Gavin’s 100km ride (07:27) - Testing week and Apple rejects our app (13:35) - Racing towards the World Police Games launch (16:25) - The new SixSides marketing site (19:21) - HubSpot, Snitcher and our ICP workflow (22:37) - Why Mitch is moving from Cursor to Claude (29:19) - Connecting SixSides to Claude with MCP (33:16) - The real-world ROI of AI development (36:00) - Mitch is moving out of his office (38:31) - Wrapping up In this episode, we cover:Gavin completing his 100km bike ride from the Gold Coast to Brisbane Testing week for the World Police Games app ahead of launch Why Apple rejected the app while Google approved it Preparing an iOS and Android app for App Store review Adding account deletion and removing unused NFC and background audio permissions Preparing SixSides for thousands of World Police Games attendees The remaining work around athlete CSV imports, HubSpot and welcome email automation Progress on the new SixSides marketing website and design workflow in Figma and Slack Early signs that SixSides blog content is being indexed and found through Google Using Snitcher and HubSpot to identify and follow up with ideal customer profiles Why Mitchell is moving from Cursor towards Claude Code and Solo Using MCP to connect AI agents with Cloudflare, AWS, Sentry and other business systems Cutting infrastructure costs from roughly $2,000 per month towards $300 with the help of AI Building an MCP integration so SixSides data can be accessed through Claude and ChatGPT Using AI to connect product development, marketing, sales and operations How AI is changing the role and workflow of experienced software developers Mitchell's decision to give up his office and return to working from home Got questions or topics you want us to cover? Email us at [email protected] If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating and a review on your favourite podcast app. It really helps us reach more people! Connect with us SixSides: sixsides.co Book a call with Gavin: call.sixsides.co Mitchell on Bluesky: mitchdav.is Mitchell on LinkedIn: mitchdav Gavin on LinkedIn: gavintye Gavin on YouTube: gavintye1 SixSides on LinkedIn: sixsides SixSides on X: sixsidesevents SixSides on Bluesky: sixsides.co SixSides on Youtube: sixsidesco SixSides on Substack: sixsides SixSides on Skool: Community Builders Network