102: Paul Jarvis - Staying Small

Full Stack Radio

Episode | Podcast

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 19:47:00 +0000

<p>Topics include:</p><ul> <li>Why "success" shouldn't mean the same thing to everyone</li> <li>How to stay small without doing all the work you don't want to do yourself</li> <li>Why it's important to define what "enough" is for your business instead of always feeling the need to do better than you did last year</li> <li>Questions to ask yourself to figure out what "success" would be for you</li> <li>How knowing your "enough" can help you build better products for the people you want to serve</li> <li>Why you should ignore the people who don't like what you're doing and double down on the people who love it</li> </ul><p>Sponsors:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://ohdear.app">Oh Dear!</a>, sign up with the coupon code "FULLSTACKRADIO" to get 50% off your first month</li> <li> <a href="https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio">Rollbar</a>, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio and install Rollbar in your app to receive a $100 gift card for <a href="https://opencollective.com/">Open Collective</a> </li> </ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a href="https://pjrvs.com/">Paul's website</a></li> <li> <a href="https://ofone.co/">Company of One</a>, Paul's upcoming book</li> <li> <a href="https://pjrvs.com/enough-already/">"Enough already"</a>, from Paul's blog</li> <li> <a href="https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/">"1,000 True Fans"</a>, by Kevin Kelly</li> <li> <a href="https://pjrvs.com/rats/">"Find your rat people"</a>, from Paul's blog</li> <li><a href="https://mixergy.com/interviews/sean-dsouza-psychotactics/">"Sean D'Souza doesn't want to grow his company!"</a></li> </ul>