An ongoing conversation about work, internet culture, and what it means to be a mindful 20-something at the beginning of your career.
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Let’s get together and jam! Join me, Ryan Hefner (https://www.ryanhefner.com), as I talk with some of the best builders, makers, creators and visionaries, digging into the projects they are working on and what they are putting out into to the world. #livestream #podcast #startups #founders #makers #builders #bootstrappers #entrepreneurs #indiehackers #buildinpublic
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Brian Casel hosts conversations with founder friends. We talk about startups, products, software, entrepreneurship, but also what's happening in our lives away from our screens and revenue graphs.
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005 — Launching instrumental.dev (Rails starter kit + UI) w/ Brian Casel
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1:29:02Join Brian Casel ( @briancasel ) and I as we catch up on the launch of his latest product, https://instrumental.dev, UI components and start kit to build Rails apps the easy way. We’ll be catching up on what he’s included in the initial launch, how he is pricing and positioning it, and what his plans are for evolving and growing the product. And, o…
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The boys envision a world where Livewire components render as PDFsBy Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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004 — Committing to Projects in 2025 w/ Brian Casel
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1:01:32Join Brian Casel and I as we dig into what we want to accomplish in 2025, and work through the ideas and struggles it takes to building the future you want to live with. Follow/subscribe: https://bsky.app/profile/briancasel.com https://x.com/CasJam https://www.youtube.com/@briancasel Projects: https://instrumentalproducts.com https://instrumental.d…
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003 — Jamming on Side Projects and Bluesky w/ Mubashar “Mubs” Iqbal
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1:36:40Streamed live on Thursday, January 7th, 2025 at 4pm EST. Join Mubashar “Mubs” Iqbal (https://mubs.me) and myself (https://www.ryanhefner.com), we’ll be talking side projects, Bluesky, and whatever else happens to come up during the jam. You can checkout Mub’s projects at: https://blueskydirectory.com https://mubs.me https://iworkedon.com/@mubashari…
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002 — Brian Casel: Clarityflow, Instrumental.dev and more
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1:32:39Join Brian Casel and I as we talk about building and growing products, like Clarityflow (https://clarityflow.com) and managing clients while building a practice and juggling projects on the side. Follow/subscribe: https://bsky.app/profile/briancasel.com https://x.com/CasJam https://www.youtube.com/@briancasel Projects: https://instrumental.dev http…
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https://venmo.com/bewellAVLBy Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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001 — Daniel Coulbourne: Verbs & Event Sourcing
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1:27:22For the first episode of Jam Sessions I am joined by Daniel Coulbourne, a software developer who is running his own development and project management agency called, Thunk, while also building games and products using an open-source Laravel package that he is the co-creator and maintainer of called, Verbs. We sit down to talk all things event sourc…
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Hi, I’m Ryan Hefner and I’d like to welcome you to, Jam Sessions! A weekly–ish show that will be lived streamed on both Twitter and YouTube. The show will dive into to what people are working on, whether it is a side project, their business, an open-source package or tool they are building, or trying to advance their career—or start a whiskey brand…
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Community Business on Your Own Terms w/ Daniel Vassallo (Small Bets)
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1:21:44What a fascinating episode with Daniel Vassallo, creator of smallbets.com. From leaving Amazon to become self-employed, to experimenting and iterating on business models, software, books, courses, and finally his flagship community, Small Bets.By Brian Casel
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Darkmode VSOPBy Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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Evolving Developer Education w/ Joel Hooks (egghead.io & badass.dev)
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56:48Had a fascinating conversation today with Joel Hooks who runs egghead.io and badass.dev. We talked about about the evolving landscape of online education in the developer space. Recorded on September 5th, 2024.By Brian Casel
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Optimizing For Sanity w/ Chris Oliver (GoRails)
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1:20:17Chris Oliver, the creator behind GoRails, Jumpstart, HatchBox and his new product, SellRepo, 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, 2024 Note: Sorry! My short intro audio is left speaker only... But that's fixed after t…
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Kids have it the worst, dude.By Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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Things are in full swing. There are many things we cannot say. We are both slammed trying to get everything done for Laracon. Which led to this not being put out very quickly.By Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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Programmatic SEO Projects With Josh Pigford
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52:03I caught up with Josh Pigford today, founder of Maybe, ToolStash, and many other projects. 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 strategi…
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Bringing Great Design to WordPress with Mike McAllister
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33:09Mike McAllister 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 OllieWP, 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 wit…
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From Designing Products to Acquihired with Mike McAllister
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27:25Mike McAllister has an incredible track record as a designer of brands, websites, products, and WordPress goodness... In part 1, we talked about Mike's experience building a successful WordPress products business that was acquired by WPEngine, and what he learned from the transition between indie product founder to acquihired in a large organizatio…
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Why can we not have slots in Livewire components?sBy Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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From Products to Product Agency with Shawn Adrian of Input Logic
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1:07:09Here's my conversation with Shawn Adrian, co-founder of Input Logic, a product design and development agency. They're also launching their own product in 2024 in the AI journaling space, called Stilo.ai. This conversation was recorded on March 5th, 2024.By Brian Casel
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The 80/20 Software Consultancy Model with Daniel Coulbourne
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1:05:23Daniel Coulbourne is the cofounder of Thunk.dev and the co-host of the Talking Businessly podcast. We had a great conversation about the "80/20 model" in software development consulting, striking a balance between working with clients and building your own products and projects. This conversation was recorded on February 27th, 2024.…
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Jack McDade is the creator of the new course, Radical Design. He's also the founder of Statamic CMS. In this contuation of our conversation, we talked about Jack's unique approach to designing things and how he strikes a balance between fun refreshing projects like this, and running a successful product company. Brian and Jack's conversation was re…
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The Story of Statamic CMS with Jack McDade
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46:15Jack McDade is the founder of Statamic CMS and the creator of the new course, Radical Design. In this conversation, Jack shared his story of going from film maker to full stack designer and developer to building a website CMS product. Brian and Jack's conversation was recorded on February 20th, 2024.…
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Software founder life in NYC with Sam Selikoff
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18:03Sam Selikoff, cofounder of BuildUI, returns to the show and we talk all about NYC! New York City, one of my favorite places. Brian and Sam’s conversation was recorded on December 15th, 2023. (00:00) - Software founder life in NYC with Sam Selikoff (02:59) - What is the crowd like? (05:08) - New York's downfall - sports teams (06:56) - Working remot…
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Building a Courses Business with a YouTube audience with Kevin Powell
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23:27Kevin Powell returns to the show where we talk about the business side of his work as a YouTuber and teacher of front-end development and CSS. Brian and Kevin’s conversation was recorded on December 7th, 2023. (00:00) - Building a Courses Business with a YouTube audience with Kevin Powell (01:34) - Kevin's ideal customer journey (03:18) - Using cal…
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How Lianna Patch Reinvented Her Copywriting Business
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28:49Lianna Patch wasn’t thrilled with the work she was doing, who she was doing it for, and the lack of fun she was having as a professional copywriter. So she changed everything and relaunched her Punchline Copy business with a focus on comedic copy. Brian and Lianna’s conversation was recorded on December 13th, 2023. (00:00) - How Lianna Patch Reinve…
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Laracon India. Lets get gross. Sweatshops. Cohort 2By Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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Fractional Product Management to SaaS Cofounder with James Lewis
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33:33I invited James Lewis on to help understand the idea of a “fractional product manager” (and we covered that) but it turned into James’ story of how we transitioned from that into cofounder of a new SaaS, Lemon, in the payments space. Brian and James’ conversation was recorded on December 8th, 2023. (00:00) - Fractional Product Management to SaaS Co…
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From Founder to Coaching Founders with Justin Ferriman
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21:19Justin Ferriman returns and we discuss his post-exit transition to becoming a business coach for other founders. Brian and Justin’s conversation was recorded on November 10th, 2023. (00:00) - From Founder to Coaching Founders with Justin Ferriman (01:26) - Justin's coaching story (03:09) - The Know/Like/Trust list (04:13) - Ideation to execution (0…
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(AI) You're Telling me a Shrimp Fried This Rice?
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3:46This episode was written and recorded by AIBy Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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We've become addicted to cheap money. Our cheap conveniences are like shifting sands. As VC titans play on our insecurities and whims, only soup stands to sustain us in the world to come.By Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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Teaching User Interface Development with Sam Selikoff (BuildUI)
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39:13Sam Selikoff, cofounder of BuildUI joins me for a wide-ranging (and sometimes technical) conversation about his journey as a software engineer, and his business teaching UI development with video courses and YouTube. Brian and Sam’s conversation was recorded on December 15th, 2023. (00:00) - Teaching User Interface Development with Sam Selikoff (Bu…
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Recorded Before the Planetscale Thing
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1:00:25Look we all know there are things to talk about but we recorded this last week before any of that stuff happened!By Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio
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The Health Pendulum as Entrepreneurs with Jay Clouse
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13:55Jay Clouse, founder of Creator Science, returns to the show and we have a fun episode where we talk about our lives away from the cameras and mics to talk about how we stay fit and healthy (or at least try to be). Brian and Jay’s conversation was recorded on November 8th, 2023. (00:00) - The Health Pendulum as Entrepreneurs (01:39) - Physical healt…
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Lianna Patch is known as a fantastic copywriter. Why? Because she’s also a comedian! We talk about Lianna’s passion for the craft of comedy, her comedic roots, and how she translated that into a thriving career as a copywriter. Brian and Lianna’s conversation was recorded on December 13th, 2023. (00:00) - Geeking out on Comedy with Lianna Patch (01…
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Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell
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40:58I spoke to Kevin Powell, YouTuber and front-end CSS teacher about how he operates his YouTube content business and how he grew to over 800,000 subscribers. Brian and Kevin’s conversation was recorded on December 7th, 2023. (00:00) - Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell (05:10) - A week in the life of Kevin Powell (07:49) - Kev…
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Aaron Francis, creator of screencasting.com and prolific YouTuber returns to the show to talk all things video, screencasting and growing a business on YouTube. Brian and Aaron's conversation was recorded on November 16th, 2023. (00:00) - YouTube as a business with Aaron Francis (01:06) - Talking video and screencasting.com (02:46) - Growing multip…
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From Selling a WordPress Business to SaaS with Justin Ferriman
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36:48Justin Ferriman, founder of LearnDash, talks to me about how he started, grew, and exited from this WordPress business in the LMS space. Brian and Justin’s conversation was recorded on November 10th, 2023. (00:00) - From Selling a WordPress Business to SaaS with Justin Ferriman (01:22) - Justin's business transition to coaching (04:10) - Highlights…
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The Science Behind a Creator Business with Jay Clouse
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40:00Jay Clouse, who runs Creator Science, joins me to talk all things creator businesses. Brian and Jay’s conversation was recorded on November 8th, 2023 (00:00) - The Science Behind a Creator Business (03:35) - Content as a product (10:03) - Seperating personal and creator brands (16:35) - Creator Science breakdown (26:11) - Creative energy and priori…
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Scaling a Fitness Coaching Business with Adam Gilbert
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31:23Adam Gilbert, founder of My Body Tutor, joins me to talk about how he scaled a personal fitness coaching business. Brian and Adam’s conversation was recorded on November 3rd, 2023. (00:00) - Scaling a Fitness Coaching Business with Adam Gilbert (01:30) - What is My Body Tutor? (02:34) - The evolution of Adam's business (05:15) - Adam's background i…
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Dru Riley, founder of Trends.vc, returns to the show to talk about his life as a digital nomad for 3+ years. Brian and Dru's conversation was recorded on November 20th, 2023. (00:00) - 3+ Years of Nomad Life w/ Dru Riley (01:10) - Where in the world is Dru? (03:18) - Why choose the digital nomad lifestyle? (06:48) - Favorite places (so far)? (07:55…
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