The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

This week, Jon and Justin discuss:

  • Justin's office is under construction πŸ› οΈ.
  • How to talk about things that are hard.
  • A review exercise from the book: The Great CEO Within (as recommended by Ben on Art of Product).
  • It gives each founder the ability to say: "This bugs me."
  • We've hired Helen (NamesAce) as a part-time contractor.
  • Switching out our UI framework: Jon is rebuilding the Transistor app with Tailwind.
  • How do you move to V2 of your app? Should you rebuild?
  • Joel on Software: Things you should never do
  • Interview with Mike from Freshbooks on Founders Talk.
  • "It's possible that you build something new that's worse."
  • Justin built a public changelog: transistor.fm/changelog
  • A contest announcement at 23:20
  • Jon needs a hat education: this is a 5-panel cap.
  • Good option for startup swag: Printful.com.
  • Print-on-demand fades differently than screenprinting.
  • Interview with Ryan Holiday (on Noah Kagan's podcast)
  • Funny Panic podcast episode

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