What If We Ran Your Business (For the Fun of It)?




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Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Things are getting back to normal in our respective business worlds. Brian has launched his podcasting service and Jordan is back to business as usual after a visit from Ben and Rok. Today we kick off our “armchair quarterbacking” sessions, and we are starting with Andrew Culver’s SaaS product, Bullet Train.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also give general updates on what is going with Carthook and Audience Ops. So tune in to hear about Brian’s new service and Jordan’s newfound ambition after having a rare full team meetup.</span></p> <p></p><div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=We%20%5Bfounders%5D%20think%20in%20a%20certain%20way%20and%20maybe%20we%20don%E2%80%99t%20remember%20what%20it%20is%20like%20to%20be%20an%20employee.%20%E2%80%93%20Jordan%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fran-business-fun%2F" target="_blank">We [founders] think in a certain way and maybe we don’t remember what it is like to be an employee. – Jordan</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=We%20%5Bfounders%5D%20think%20in%20a%20certain%20way%20and%20maybe%20we%20don%E2%80%99t%20remember%20what%20it%20is%20like%20to%20be%20an%20employee.%20%E2%80%93%20Jordan%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fran-business-fun%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;">How having Rok and Ben around has energized Carthook’s team.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The presentations and social activities that helped Jordan’s team get better in step with each other.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adjusting back to regular business after Rok and Ben left.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brian’s new podcasting service.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The hiring process Brian is using to build his podcast service.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">An update on the Productize Course and Brian’s closed cart approach.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan’s upcoming conference projects.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The struggle of working during business travel.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The benefit of doing one-on-one discussions with your employees.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first armchair quarterbacking session: Bullet Train.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why agencies would be the best fit for Bullet Train.</span></li> </ul> <p></p><div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Nobody%20is%20going%20to%20get%20as%20fired%20up%20and%20keep%20pushing%20than%20the%20founder.%20%E2%80%93%20Brian%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fran-business-fun%2F" target="_blank">Nobody is going to get as fired up and keep pushing than the founder. – 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"></a></div> </div> </div>