Taking a Big Shot vs. Lots of Little Shots




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Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s episode, we welcome Craig Hewitt and Justin Jackson to the podcast. Jordan is having some time away. On today’s episode Craig, Justin, and Brian all discuss how to build and keep a company on track. We discuss what drives us and what we’re working on at the moment. If you want to know how to plan a product or just try to set a trajectory for your business, this is the episode for you!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig is the CEO of Podcast Motor, a podcast editing and production service. Justin is the host of his own podcast Mega Maker 3000 and a teacher of marketing for developers. We all have great insights to growing a company and how we’ve been able to stay on track.</span></p> <div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I%20just%20really%20want%20to%20have%20a%20comfortable%20lifestyle%2C%20but%20also%20build%20valuable%20assets.%20%E2%80%93%20Brian%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Ftaking-a-big-shot-vs-lots-of-little-shots%2F" target="_blank">I just really want to have a comfortable lifestyle, but also build valuable assets. – Brian</a></div> <div class="TT_footer"> <div class="TT_byline">Powered By the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-this/" target="_blank">Tweet This</a></em> Plugin</div> <div class="TT_tweet_link_wrapper"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I%20just%20really%20want%20to%20have%20a%20comfortable%20lifestyle%2C%20but%20also%20build%20valuable%20assets.%20%E2%80%93%20Brian%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Ftaking-a-big-shot-vs-lots-of-little-shots%2F" target="_blank"><img src="http://bootstrappedweb.com/wp-content/plugins/tweetthis/assets/images/twitter-icons/bird1.png" alt="">Tweet This</a></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are today’s conversation points:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Justin relaunch of Marketing for Developers.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brian’s update on Audience Ops.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig’s update on Podcast Motor.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The lessons we’ve learned from starting and maintaining our businesses.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our long term goals.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The disadvantages of working solo.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why businesses choose to keep their companies small.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Justin belief in doing something uncomfortable for growth.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How you can over-plan.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why you need to look at the bigger picture.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of visibility and building relationships.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to use evergreen content.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How we use automation in our businesses.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What keeps our ambition going?</span></li> </ul> <div class="TT_wrapper"><div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=You%20can%20never%20retreat%20too%20much%20in%20working%20because%20you%20have%20to%20maintain%20a%20certain%20amount%20of%20visibility.%20%E2%80%93%20Justin%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Ftaking-a-big-shot-vs-lots-of-little-shots%2F" target="_blank">You can never retreat too much in working because you have to maintai</a></div></div>