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Freeing up some runway

Freeing up some runway

Episode 135 · · 39:30

Peter's got some big personal news this week that he just shared with his investors and ... Twitter! Matt and the Summit team have soft launched their big push into letting Summit mo...

Putting the Go in Go-To-Market

Putting the Go in Go-To-Market

Episode 134 · · 45:09

Matt and the Summit team are close to the release date for all the stuff they've been working on with public-facing Summit apps. Covid finally caught up to Peter last week, but he ma...

Back again

Back again

Episode 133 · · 37:16

Matt is back from France and Peter is back from Scotland. They are both eager to get back to work. Reform has soft-launched their ConvertKit integration and are planning to announce ...

Q&A with Matt & Peter pt. 2

Q&A with Matt & Peter pt. 2

Episode 132 · · 39:34

Before heading off on vacation, Matt and Peter recorded a marathon Q/A session answering all the questions they got from the listeners on Twitter.

Q&A with Matt & Peter pt. 1

Q&A with Matt & Peter pt. 1

Episode 131 · · 45:53

Before heading off on vacation, Matt and Peter recorded a marathon Q/A session answering all the questions they got from the listeners on Twitter.

Product Hunt And Product Velocity

Product Hunt And Product Velocity

Episode 130 · · 35:21

Peter launched Reform Free on Product Hunt and became the number two product of the day. Matt is working through how all the latest Summit updates have impacted the positioning of th...

Bootstrapper questions with Feature Upvote

Bootstrapper questions with Feature Upvote

Episode 130 · · 23:21

This is a special episode with our sponsor this month, Feature Upvote. In this episode, Matt and Peter are tackling some questions and challenges that Steve, the founder of Feature U...

Optimism

Optimism

Episode 129 · · 39:49

Peter is optimistic about the early results of his SEO efforts and Reform's free plan, which has started to contribute a meaningful amount of traffic to Reform's website. Matt has ha...

It Clicks

It Clicks

Episode 128 · · 01:13:29

Peter is back from London where he went to MicroConf Local and attended the IndieBeers meet-up. Matt recently shared Summit's new presentation mode on Twitter, which made Summit "cli...

Net Negative Churn

Net Negative Churn

Episode 127 · · 52:34

After getting slightly derailed by a home construction project, Matt is back in gear working on getting Summit ready for general access. Peter is excited about May's SaaS metrics for...

How is it going?

How is it going?

Episode 126 · · 53:04

Matt and Ryan have been working on their investor update, including their new positioning for Summit. Things are going better for Peter. Trials are slightly up, and he's enjoying his...

BONUS: Talking about Whimsical

BONUS: Talking about Whimsical

Episode 126 · · 23:39

This is the full version of Matt and Peter's conversation about Whimsical. Snippets from this episode will be published in our regular episodes.

Bye, Redis

Bye, Redis

Episode 125 · · 01:04:28

Peter has had a rough week with illness, broken Redis servers, and a toddler starting daycare. Matt and the Summit team are taking some time to rethink how the new positioning for Su...

Newsletters For Founders

Newsletters For Founders

Episode 124 · · 01:05:02

Peter is considering starting a newsletter so he invited Louis Nicholls, founder of Sparkloop, on the show to share his knowledge about starting and growing newsletters. Louis previo...

Setting The Tone

Setting The Tone

Episode 123 · · 01:01:41

Peter is tired after a long night and day with a sick toddler and after announcing Reform's new Free plan and new pricing. Matt has had a big breakthrough with the positioning for Su...

Reform Free

Reform Free

Episode 122 · · 42:45

While Peter is getting ready to announce Reform's new Free product, Matt is working with an agency on a new marketing website and positioning for Summit.

Placing Bets

Placing Bets

Episode 121 · · 48:28

In this episode, Matt shares some big bets he's planning on making for Summit, including hiring an agency to design and build a marketing website for the product. Peter soft launched...

End of the Beginning

End of the Beginning

Episode 120 · · 40:08

Matt is back from a ski trip in Colorado, which inspired him to model an entire ski resort in Summit. Peter shares some of the work he's been doing on the podcast and gets it on the ...

Going Freemium

Going Freemium

Episode 119 · · 41:03

Matt and Peter share some of the behind-the-scenes planning of the next iteration of Out of Beta. Peter updates Matt on the current status of Reform's upcoming freemium version and M...

Cool Down

Cool Down

Episode 118 · · 54:49

With team members taking more and more off of his plate, Matt is able to spend more time on high-level thinking, such as the mission of Summit. Meanwhile, Peter is trying to figure o...

A Disturbance In The Force

A Disturbance In The Force

Episode 117 · · 49:02

Peter is wrestling with two big problems at Reform: The stability (or lack thereof) of their hosting provider and how to dramatically increase the top-of-funnel. Matt is recruiting f...

Putting the Re in Reform

Putting the Re in Reform

Episode 116 · · 01:02:54

Matt and Peter update the listeners on how things are going with Summit and Reform. Reform had its second-best month of trials, and Summit is adding engineering capacity behind the S...

SELECT * FROM SUMMIT

SELECT * FROM SUMMIT

Episode 115 · · 40:11

Peter has found his groove at the new coworking space and is working on marketing for Reform. Meanwhile, Matt is working on some big changes to the Summit frontend that will give use...

Going Against The Niche

Going Against The Niche

Episode 114 · · 01:06:10

Common advice for bootstrapped or indie founders is to carve out a niche of the market. But is that always the right advice?

Local Highs

Local Highs

Episode 113 · · 42:54

Matt is riding a local high at Summit where he just onboarded his new engineering teammate, Pieter. At Reform, Peter is trying to find out where the next stream of customers will be ...

Gearing Up For 2022

Gearing Up For 2022

Episode 112 · · 39:27

Matt and Peter are mentally already in 2022 as they're tying up all their loose ends from 2021.

Keepalive

Keepalive

Episode 111 · · 48:03

Matt and Peter share a quick update from their lives and businesses and ponder the next phase of Out of Beta.

Planning Ahead

Planning Ahead

Episode 110 · · 53:07

Matt shares his 15-month roadmap for Summit, including some big infrastructure changes he has in mind for Q4. Meanwhile, Peter is thinking through the tradeoffs of losing short-term ...

Non-Specific Primitives

Non-Specific Primitives

Episode 109 · · 52:18

Matt wants to let other people build apps and calculators on top of Summit. Peter is heads down thinking about growth.

How are you?

How are you?

Episode 108 · · 54:24

Matt and the Summit team just pushed out a big update to improve user activation. Peter is struggling to find time to think strategic about the business with all the noise of a succe...