Lunch Pail Daily: Recent Episodes
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A candid daily podcast sharing wins, failures, and lessons learned while growing Lunch Pail Labs, a digital product studio for businesses.
It's the week-in-review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and setbacks at Lunch Pail Labs this week (04/08-04/14/23).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender
- “Not Much” Adds Up | Circle of Control
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8 🤖 The Robots are coming
It's the week-in-review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and setbacks at Lunch Pail Labs this week (04/01-04/07/23). TLDR ya girl needs to simplify
Links mentioned in the episode:
- The Truth About Consistency...
Jamming about usage-based billing and Bubble pricing updates
Links mentioned in this episode:
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221 — 😶🌫️ No-Code and Platform Risk (jamming about the Bubble pricing update in 2022 that they've back peddled)
- Bubble pricing updates
Jamming about some more AI experiments and experiences with timeouts
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Inngest
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351 — 🤖 Personal Assistants for everyone
After a lackluster Q1, jamming about simplifying my daily priorities at Lunch Pail Labs.
It's the week-in-review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and setbacks at Lunch Pail Labs this week (03/27-04/01/23)
Links mentioned in the episode:
- 173: Cut Your Losses—Even While Pivoting in Public—with Khe Hy — Free Time with Jenny Blake
- Steven Pressfield the Resistance
Jamming about HustleGPT, AI Cofounders, and my new analytics pal for Lunch Pail (airtable).
Links mentioned in the episode
- Typedream Marketing Experiment
- The original HustleGPT thread
- How to Get Ahead of 99% of People (Starting Today)
I finally got to sit down and play with LangChain. In this episode, I share some thoughts about it and using it in products!
Links mentioned in the episode
- LangChain
In this episode, I discuss how I'm using AI, balancing effectiveness and efficiency, and some constraints I'm placing on usage.. I also explore questions around the value of imitation and innovation and whether it even matters.
Links mentioned in the episode
- Algolia (not Agora 🤦🏿♀️) article comparing vector search vs. keyword search
- The Fast Foodification of everything
- Imitate then Innovate
Jamming about personal AI assistants, the structure of companies, and how to create your own personal chatbot with OpenAI + Chatbot UI + ChatGPT and Vercel in under 10 minutes. You only need a GitHub account, a Vercel account, and an OpenAI API key.
Links mentioned in the episode
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161 — 👨👩👦 Nature of the firm and solopreneurship
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182 — 🛠Operational tools replacing the firm
- Chatbot UI
- LangChain JS docs
Welcome back to Lunch Pail Daily! In this episode, I share some exciting updates on Lunch Pail Labs and discuss the recent AI anxiety that's been on my mind. Don't worry; it's not all doom and gloom! I've also come across some resources that have filled me with tech optimism.
Moving forward, I'm looking forward to taking this 1-woman business as far as it can go with the power of AI and will continue to share the process in public.
Links mentioned in the episode
- Generative AI: autocomplete for everything
- AI Research Paper on human-computer interaction (TLDR; human + ai outperforms only human, only ai)
- Everyone gets an upgrade
- Build your own LLM (large language model) powered apps with LangChain
- Toolformer research paper
It's the week-in-review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (12/10/22 - 12/16/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Tim Ferris’s Comfort challenges
- Annual review questions by Sahil Bloom
- Process Template
- Experimenting with Linkedin
It's the week-in-review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (12/02/22 - 12/09/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat
- Chat GPT
- Repeat tasks in Notion
- Supercharge Notion with these 8 tools
Whew it's been a while for this pod and October was a whirlwind. In this episode, I talk about losing my dad, grief, and share a week in review.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- We get it, your dad died
- S2 E2: MO
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (09/23/22 - 09/30/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- 29 Self- Growth Rituals
- Autogenerate Open Graph Images with Tailgraph
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (09/16/22 - 09/23/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Draft.dev promotion checklist
- Tweet on quitting or staying the course
- The dip summary by Seth Godin
- V1 of the no-code guide to APIs and integrating code with code
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (09/09/22 - 09/16/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Draft.dev
- Public lab
Learning from some bozo SEO mistakes in this episode.
Links mentioned
- Wordstream
- Rankiq
- Reach out to Sukh about his Pseo community
Jamming about discerning customer/user/advisor feedback and facts vs. opinion in this short episode
Links referenced
- Everybody lies
- The mom test
Integrations directory has a newsletter now what's next? Jamming about the other important types of communication in this episode.
Links mentioned:
- Outsetta's first 500 course
- Thread on why brand accounts don't work
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (09/03/22 - 09/09/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Developer experience
- API as a product
- The API economy
- Thread on creating content from Zooms
Got the very first integrations request since launching that feature on the integrations directory jamming about that in this episode
Jamming about freemium and free trials in this episode. Have any thoughts? Feel free to tweet me
Links mentioned;
- Trends #0093 — Freemium
- The Pricing Experiment That Doubled Outseta's Growth Rate Without Raising Prices
- Free Trial or Freemium? Going From 0 to 100,000 Users In Six Months
Bootstrapped products with free trials (instead of freemium models)
- Bannerbear (40K MRR)
- Stridist (40K MRR)
- Tweethunter (50K MRR)
Bootstrapped products with freemium models
- Testimonial ($300K ARR)
- Black magic (~10K MRR)
A quick jam on some results from the first week+ of monitoring search success on integrations directory and tracking failed searches
Links mentioned in the episode:
- LogSnag
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329 — 🔢 Product analytics
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332 — 🏄🏾♂️ Feedback loops for search
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (08/26/22 - 09/02/22).
I've been shipping more than I've been getting customer feedback with integrations directory lately. Jamming about that, some corrections and the build trap by Melissa Peri
Finally launched the first experiment to reengage users for integrations directory. Jamming about that in this short episode.
Jamming about search and feedback loops in integrations.directory
Links mentioned in the episode:
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256 — 🔁 Feedback Loops
The stats are in, and users aren't returning to integrations.directory. Jamming about an experiment to try to improve that metric in this short episode
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (08/19/22 - 08/26/22).
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Automate all the things Stream
- Ayrshare blog post
Had a stream with AATT today, and it was too fun. Jamming about fuzzy search with the directory
Jamming about procrastination and how a looming deadline helped push the v2 for integrations directory
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (08/12/22 - 08/19/22).
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Integrations for No-coders with Lola Ojabowale
Jamming about another interesting stat as it relates to the API economy and some indie opportunities. Here's the source article mentioned in the episode
Gartner's chief of research shared some interesting API stats, TLDR the economy is exploding. Jamming about that in this short episode
Noticed a few major no-code players (airtable, tray.io, coda) were mentioned as API-first rising stars in 2015 begs the question is no-code a subset of the api economy? Jamming about that, some differences in positioning of no-code companies vs. api companies and some thoughts on a better value prop for integrations directory
Jamming about integrations directory pricing thoughts and day passes. Saw this experiment the Gummy Search team and thought their approach was interesting.
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (08/05/22 - 08/12/22).
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Product-Led Growth Goals
The next content piece I'm working on to promote integrations.directory is on some integrations that help apps become enterprise-ready. Jamming about that and some low/no-code gaps in this episode. Here's the link to the guide on enterprise readiness that's referenced in the episode.
Another common piece of feedback for the integrations directory has been around reliability. How do I know what integrations will work for me? If some are similar, which should I choose? Jamming about ways products build trust, curation, reviews, and what I'm slotting in to experiment with next!
Links mentioned in the episode:
- How to build trust in a marketplace
- Re-Organizing the World’s Information: Why we need more Boutique Search Engines
- Wirecutter
- Thingtesting
Helloo, this episode continues on the series of what I'm doing to grow integrations.directory. Today jamming about some directory patterns I'm observing in the wild (moving to a true directory is my main hypothesis of reducing product overwhelm (Episode #313 — 😩 Reducing product overwhelm). Feel free to send over a dm if you have any thoughts.
Hey y'all 👋🏿 Jamming about some maintenance upgrades to integrations.directory today
Link mentioned in the episode
- Use google sheets to check for broken links
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (07/29/22 - 08/05/22).
Links mentioned in this episode:
- When Lower intensity leads to higher results
Testing a few content writers to improve my flow from turning threads into blog posts. I used Jasper.ai to turn this thread on Bubble plugins into a post
Other links referenced in this episode:
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305 — 🪄 Software stack as the firm pt 2
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307 — 🪜 Content ladder
Jamming about Lenny's guide to acquiring first 1000s users (based on case studies of early user acquisition from Tinder, Uber, Instagram, etc) and some tactics I'm swiping for integrations.directory
Links mentioned in the episode
- How to kickstart and scale a consumer business—Step 4: Find your early adopters by doing things that don’t scale
- Buffer guide on Quora marketing
- Get customers from Quora
The most recurring theme amongst critical feedback with integrations.directory is that the Airtable list is overwhelming. Jamming about making it less so. Have any feedback or thoughts? Feel free to send me a DM on Twitter
Links mentioned in the episode:
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213 — 🐒 Applying Fogg's behavior model to products
- Fogg's behavioral model
- Thread summary on the model
- Making the Fogg Behavior Model actionable (from UI-patterns)
Jamming fear, procrastination, and some necessary next steps for integrations.directory
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (07/22/22 - 07/29/22).
Links mentioned in this episode:
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308 — 🧫 Embeddable experiences
- Thread on email courses
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283— 👯♂️ Joining the Trends community
Jamming about some small feedback for integrations.directory and some small improvements in this episode
First content ladder experiment is up here. Jamming about that and what I've noticed after reviewing 1000s of Bubble plugins.
Jamming a out embeddable experiences what they are a few examples from integrations.directory
Links mentioned
- Embeddable magic links by Stytch
- Clerk Hosted Pages
- Feathery forms
- Gist
- Website Toolbox
- Billflow
Jamming about the content ladder I'm using since its integrations.directory marketing week. The link to the previous episode in which I talked about this idea is here ➡️ #251 — ♻️ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (07/16/22 - 07/22/22).
Continued riffing on yesterday's episode and the software stack as a firm that I talked about a few months ago
Jamming about the next test and experiments for integrations.directory in this episode.
Working through the paid list of integrations. directory and a substantial portion request a demo before platform access. What's up with that? Chatting about that in today's episode. Oh, and this is the high-touch onboarding article I mentioned.
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (07/09/22 - 07/15/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Coinbase's operating efficiently at scale (mentions APIs instead of meetings)
- Integrations Directory
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299 — ⚙️Bootstrapped soloprenuer's flywheel
- Tweet about internal APIs
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293 — ☠️ Reviving dead projects
Jamming about the mere exposure effect what it is, what it could mean for indie marketing and integrations.directory
Hellloooo everyone 👋🏿 jamming about what I'm calling the bootstrapped solopreneur's flywheel which I think is a way to solopreneur over the long term and contains three main parts
- A service (1-1 revenue stream)
- A product (1-many revenue stream)
- A market/audience for content
Jamming about what all that means and more in this episode.
Here are some links mentioned in the podcast:
- The hyper freelance Model
- Jake Singer's The Flywheel substack
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223 — 👩🏿🔧 Learn, Build, Teach
Would love to hear any thoughts! Feel free to send me a DM on twitter
Integrations.directory got its first few pre-orders yesterday so that means 1) the project gets to live another day and 2)Lunch Pail Labs now makes revenue from digital products. Jamming about all that and next steps in this episode.
Pushing through the last few DM's for integrations.directory. Now that that's done, was this slower rollout a helpful tactic or just procrastination? Tune in for thoughts and if you have opinions on the topic feel free to send me a dm
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (07/02/22 - 07/08/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
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295 — 📧 First 10 downloads
- Integrations Directory
The first 10 people have signed up for integrations.directory no purchases yet but jamming about this in this short episode
Now that integrations.directory is live jamming on some thoughts about whether directories are fruitful MVPs
Linke mentioned in the episode
- tweet that sparked the idea
- Issue#30: Building $1K -$10K MRR Micro SaaS products around Curated Content & Curated Lists
Jamming about potentially bringing Refolo back because of a recent partnership request.
Here are the links mentioned in the episode
- Failory article on Refolo
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (06/24/22 - 07/01/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Integrations Directory
- Elaine Pofeldt (here's her new book Tiny Business, Big Money )
Sending the integrations.directory to a few people and found some oopsies. Jamming about all that in this episode
Now that integrations.directory is live, now comes some fun! I've set some restrictions to determine whether I continue working on it or not in the medium term.
If the project gets a pre-order, I'll finish the database, if it reaches 100 sales within the first month, I'll enhance it further (upgrading it to a true directory, more content around it etc etc)
Jamming in this episode about some approaches I'm trying to give getting to the first sale and beyond.
Some links mentioned:
- Any thoughts? Send over a DM
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273 where I dive more into the idea behind this directory
Jamming about launching side experiment #1 (the database) and turning learnings into templates
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (06/17/22 - 06/24/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Shreyas LNO framework
In the final stretches of the initial launch of the database and doing a little mini pre-reflection in this episode of was this overkill? (TLDL I don't think so)
Refining the presale landing page for the database using Harry's guide (here's an episode where I speak more about the process)
Decided to try preselling the database of plugins and APIs for no-code apps that I've been working on instead of slugggggging away to finish it since it's taking a lot longer than I originally thought. Jamming in this episode on thoughts around that.
Joining the trends.vc community, big fan of their reports and can't wait to learn and build alongside other makers
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (06/10/22 - 06/17/22).
Links mentioned in the episode:
- the empire flippers podcast
- the womentalk epsiode
Jamming about debugging design in no-code apps and some opportunities in this short episode.
Here's a previous episode about no-code + q/a and testing
- 173 -- Automated testing and no-code
I was a little too optimistic about how long the database would take to complete, and it's not going to be done this week. Jamming on some thoughts to engage folks and continue to promote in the meantime.
Jamming on the pricing for the database of APIs I'm working on. If you have any pricing thoughts, I'd love to hear them! Feel free to tweeeet or DM me @ojabowalola
The database of plugins/api/sdks etc is going live this week. Jamming about the launch activities I'm thinking of in this short episode.
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (06/03/22 - 06/10/22).
Links mentioned in this episode
- Give your no-code app superpowers with APIs
Jamming aloud about a guest blog post i'm in the process of writing around no-code, low-code, APIs and SDKs
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (05/28/22 - 06/03/22).
Links mentioned in this episode
- Indie Hackers episode #254 -- designing your life
Hellooo friends 👋🏿 Jamming in this episode about some more insights from my super deep dive on the lego economy what are some of the ways companies are monetizing? Tune in to find out!
Spending a lot of time curating a database of "legos" that you can add to no-code and low-code products. (See #269 — 📊 A database of legos and #268 — 📚 Curating Legos for context). Jamming in this episode about some trends I'm seeing across the dataset and spotlighting 🔦 a few interesting APIs.
Companies mentioned
- Hyperbeam
- Radar
- Vital
- Seam
- Metronome
- Speechly
- AtomicVest
- Work While Jobs
- Duffel
Why should agencies adopt a build-to-sell mindset when building for clients? Exploring that in this episode!
Links mentioned
- This tiny acquisitions article
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126 — 🏃🏿♀️ transitioning projects
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (05/20/22 - 05/27/22).
Links mentioned in the episode
- Ask Quda AMA
Part 3 of this week's focus on legos (here's part 1 and part 2) pitched the idea of what I'm curating to Twitter and got some responses (which is motivation enough for me to keep curating)
This episode is an extension of yesterday's episode on legos (#267 — 🧱 What's in a lego?). Working on curating my research on the topic into a curated database and jamming about others who create curated databases.
Links mentioned in the episode
- Spread the word (curated database on where to post your startup)
- Cyberleads (curated database of companies that have recently raised and are likely to outsource)
This episode is all about Legos, I've mentioned this concept before (here and here most recently), but take a deeper dive into what makes a business lego and what does not in this episode.
Just dropped a video essay on Lunch Pail's youtube channel. Jamming in this episode about that and some reorganizations to the channel.
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (05/14/22 - 05/20/22).
Links mentioned in the episode
- Finding a project that works
- Lego-izing business
Another episode continuing the series of cold outreach/outbound sales. Talking about finding email addresses from a lead list in this episode. I'm using Who Works There by Stuart as my tool of choice! If you have any comments or sales recs, feel free to send me a dm on Twitter.
Jamming about using Twitter lists for business development and market research in this episode. Nathan Barry talked about the importance of hanging out in a niche when forming a direct sales strategy, and I think that can absolutely be done on Twitter especially for any businesses or services that are targeting other tech companies.
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Using Twitter lists for business
- Nathan Barry's guide to direct sales for bootstrapped businesses
Jamming about dedicated landing pages for services. It's a strategy I often see with product based businesses, not so much with agencies/services, but now that Lunch Pail Labs has a few more engagements under our belt, starting to see a few patterns emerge in the clients and industries we serve and want to make that clearer.
- Lee Launches tweet thread
- Unstack's video on dedicated landing pages
- Not Boring Co's article on API first companies
Explaining the metrics, I regularly monitor at Lunch Pail Labs (did a little revamp!) to alert me when I should change course. They fall into 3 categories 1. General energy/contentment throughout week 2. Runway 3. Progress towards milestones
Have any thoughts on what a bootstrapped service business should monitor? I'd love to hear it! Send me a DM.
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (05/07/22 - 05/13/22).
Links mentioned in the episode
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258 — 🌵 Applying Dry's landing page guide
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257 — 🪢 Revisiting Chord
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259 — 🥶 Going in Cold
Talking about all things cold outreach in this episode. I spent some time teasing out popular themes from a few cold outreach resources (linked below) and and share how I'm applying it at Lunch Pail Labs.
Resources on outreach
- Wizen Guide to cold email outreach
- Shaan's Power of Writing Course
- Nathan Barry of Convert Kit on direct sales and cold outreach
- Twitter thread Cold Outreach for service businesses
- 31 Cold outreach tools
Helloooo! This episode is a continuation in parts of yesterday's Revisiting Chord episode. I took a look a long look at Harry Dry's Landing page guide and actually decided to apply it to Lunch Pail Labs. Jamming about that process and the modularization of everything in this episode.
Jamming about revisiting and rebuilding Chord. I originally built V1 a whole year ago and finally putting some time into a revamp. I will be using the next few pod updates to talk through The focus for the next few days
- Upgrading the landing page of Chord and the waiting list, leaning heavily on Harry Dry's landing page guide
- Upgrading the audio-only functionality with the Daily plugin for Bubble
- Cleaning up the portal and admin parts of the experience for Chord Users and opening it up for anyone to join
Jamming about feedback loops in today's episode and how Lunch Pail Labs can implement stronger ones internally and for clients. This is a great read on feedback loops as well.
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (04/30/22 - 5/06/22)
Links mentioned in the episode
- Culture & Code Episode #7
Made the Adalo component cheat sheet live ✨ and have begun sharing with folks who had requested access. Jamming about that experience in this short episode!
Other links mentioned:
- Making tasks higher leverage
- Learning in public
Jamming about extrinsic motivation and some external sources of motivation I'm exploring to stay more on track with side projects.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Kernal - validating your startup ideas
- Half-day build
Talking about a content ladder for Lunch Pail Labs and some small steps on actually implementing that today! Links mentioned in the episode:
- 3/11 week in review
- 9 real businesses built with no-code
- Vox's article on the video essay boom
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (04/23/22 - 4/29/22)
Links mentioned in the episode
247 — ⚠️ The dangers of going solo
249 — 👨🏿🚒 Customer support when you're solo
Jamming about keeping up with customer support as a 1-person team. How do you make sure folks get timely responses and the help they need when you're working on a portfolio of products and services? 👀
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Zendesk scaling customer support
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247 — ⚠️ The dangers of going solo
- Gitbook
- Notion
- Slab
- Letterbase
Jamming about some public places to get feedback on early ideas in this episode.
Links that are mentioned in this episode:
- The Meetup Hack: How to get your first 1,000 subscribers
- Finding opportunities on Reddit
- Getting feedback on Kernal
- Unbundling Craigslist
Jamming about some of the dangers of solo business and the artist/creator archetype which I think provides a good blueprint.
Links mentioned in this episode
- Design Joy
- DesignJoy thread
- The agency of one storm
Jamming about some recent trends with companies from VC firms to no-code platforms investing big 💵💵💵 in video storytelling.
Links mentioned in the episode
- Initialized
- Webflow Tv
- Inside 8020
- 1 min media
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (04/16/22 - 4/22/22)
Links mentioned in the episode
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244 — 🎁 Productizing coaching
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242 — 🧠 Learning in public
Jamming about a new productized service I pitched today. Could this be the start of a new revenue stream for Lunch Pail? Tune in for thoughts!
References from the episode:
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194 — 🏗 To build or to outsource?
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152 — 🚫 reasons NOT to work with a no-code agency
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226 — 🌪 Agency of one storm (shout outs to businesses with the productized service model)
- Unlimited question asking as a service by Ankur of No-code talks
- "You" as a service with Rhys of getrhys.com
Been coming across a ton of entrepreneur support programs recently. Jamming about them in this episode and some pros and cons.
Jamming about learning in public and some progress on the cheat sheet I'm making on building components with Adalo. Links referenced in the episode
- Lunch Pail Daily #223 -- Learn, Build, Teach
- Kyleigh's twitter
- KP's build in public swipe file
It's spring and warm in Atlanta which means more networking events and more interactions with folks who want to be helpful. I never know what to answer to the how can I help question, so jamming on some options in this episode.
It's the week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (04/09/22 - 4/15/22)
My very first job out of college was in a management development program at an industrial supplies company. Jamming on some lessons from that time period that I apply to Lunch Pail Labs.
Headed back to the USA today. Jamming in this episode about soloprenuering while traveling.
It's this week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (04/02/22 - 4/08/22)
Jamming about how I create no-code tutorials. What's your process? Feel free to tweet it @ojabowalola
Jamming about three frameworks to organize stories that I plan on using on some client projects. The frameworks mentioned were
1) The story spine 2) The story circle 3) The story brand framework and 4) Context, Action, Result
Recently joined 1 min media a video production community. Looking forward to using the tactics for content with Lunch Pail Labs
Chatting about going to market with clients in this episode, why I think no-code agencies should think beyond "no-code dev" and the process I've been trialing on a few projects.
It's this week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (3/25/22 - 4/01/22)
Jamming in this episode about why companies especially historically developer-first companies should explore marketing and serving no-coders/low-coders
Jamming about supporting no-coders who use integrations/widgets through demos in this short episode.
Jamming about some ways I'm thinking about investing in information at Lunch Pail Labs to inspire better content.
Ahmed recently wrote about the incoming agency of one storm.
These are 1-person businesses that
- offer bundled end-to-end services to customers
- charge a monthly recurring fee -define their offer, pricing, and terms.
- define their offer pricing and terms
Exploring a few businesses with this model in the episode (DesignJoy, Chartfleau, and GetRhys) and how this might translate for Lunch Pail Labs
It's this week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (3/18/22 - 3/25/22)
A client reached out from a project we worked on almost a year ago. A part of the site stopped working but luckily, I had saved the snippet, so it was easy to revert, but I don't always do that.
Jamming about how archiving functionality can feed future product and content ideas for Lunch Pail Labs.
I've been operating under the learn, build, teach mantra. Jamming in this episode about turning learning and building activities into teaching and reflecting on the process I used for creating a cheat sheet with Adalo.
Shared a tweet today about resources on going from 0 to 1 with building products on things like marketing, design, etc and jamming about that in today's episode.
Some thoughts about platform risk for no-code agencies and freelancers in light of Bubble's new pricing announcements
It's this week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (3/12/22 - 3/18/22)
I'm in the UK for the next month or so for work and family, jamming about showing up consistently and things I plan to try to not fall off on critical daily routines for Lunch Pail Labs. If you have any tips would love to hear them 👀
Jamming about some new low-code tools on the block and switching to platforms that let you build visually and export the code in this episode.
Some of the brilliance of transparent storytelling and building in public is not only the building an audience affects, it turns anything into a game. I ran into this packy article that describes this phenomenon well and reflects in this episode about how it all applies to Lunch Pail's infinite game.
Noticing helps us be more creative, find flow, and spot new trends. Unfortunately, we live in an age of distraction where the ability to be present is often lost. Jamming about some exercises to get better at paying attention from Rob Walker's The Art of Noticing.
It's this week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (3/05/22 - 3/11/22)
Many popular business/product frameworks are inspired by concepts in completely different areas of study.
For example, phenomena with Meerkat inspired Andrew Chen’s atomic networks in the Cold Start Problem, game theory inspires a lot of popular UX patterns, The Lean Startup is the business application of the scientific method.
Jamming about this, and some areas of study I plan on delving deeper in at Lunch Pail Labs.
If you’re building a product it’s likely that you’re trying to change some behavior (ie switching from a competitor product, trying a new process).
Fogg's behavior model provides a framework for changing behavior.
In traditional software development, an opinionatedframework gives you guard rails, starter code, and optimizes your path. I think there's a ton more opportunity for opinionated no-code tools, which will also make no-code easier for users without a design, analytics, tech background.
I started a list of some low-lift (and opinionated) no-code tools here but wanted to jam more about the space and opportunity in this episode!
Recently read an every.to article about why we're not doing creative work. The author talks about two phases of creativity, exploration, and execution. In this episode, I jam about creative exploration as a practice and reserving time for creative exploration.
It's this week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (2/25/22 - 3/04/22)
Recently ran into this happiness lab podcast episode about fighting the feeling of languishing (the tldr is the solution is flow). I've had a few more days than usual that feel like a slog and I think this was a good reminder. In today's daily update, I jam on some tactics I'll use moving forward to better embrace flow.
Today's episode is inspired by a convo yesterday and is all about different frameworks for prioritizing ideas and products (jamming about the Moscow method, kano model, value cost quadrant, and RICE scoring).
Today's episode is all about the benefits of getting in the arena and building even if an idea isn't a financial success. Inspired by this article.
I just finished Company of One by Paul Jarvis, a book about staying small. Jamming in this episode about ideas from the book and how they relate to Lunch Pail Labs
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (2-21/22 - 2/25/22)
A lot of success is doing the obvious thing for a long period of time but it can be hard to know when to pivot or keep going the course.
I ran into a product habit article about pivots and resonated with the approach. TLDL; You pivot when and only when you learn something significant. Jamming about that in this episode.
Had a fun conversation last Saturday with no-code 45 about getting started with no-code. There are 100s of no-code tools so it can be overwhelming to choose which tool to start with. Jamming on some no-code archetypes and tools for those (operations no-coder, pm no-coder, design no-coder, no-coder who codes)
I spent January and part of February in ship 30 for 30 cohorts. I've gotten a few questions about what I thought about writing every day and the experience in general so thought I'd share for folks who are considering joining!
The TLDL; Ship 30 for 30 was 😀
- learned some fundamentals of writing
- built a publishing habit -explored some new ideas
I'd recommend it but make sure you really have the time for writing, exploring, and meeting others to really get the full value of the cost.
An underrated benefit of no-code, especially for non-technical makers, is that because the investment to build is relatively lower, a micro exit can be an excellent outcome for a product. Jamming about exiting, where it might fit into the no-code services ecosystem and a few marketplaces to exit.
- Tiny Acquisitions
- Microacquire
- Flippa
- No-code acquire
- Acquire me
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (2-14/22 - 2/18/22)
I'm having more conversations with early founders on their MVPs and what they think is required. I ran into the riskiest assumption test recently, which I will help guide these conversations in the future.
More riffing on the software stack as the firm and the operational stack for Lunch Pail Labs. Here are the tools mentioned
- loom for asynchronous updates and demos
- notion.so for task management, knowledge bases, and client workspaces stripe.com and bill.com for payments
- Quick Books for expense management and looking at cash flow
- Slack for automated notifications(things like q/a testing results and google alerts) and communicating with clients
- zapier for robots/glue
- Cal for scheduling and video meetings
- hypefury for tweeting
- superhuman and g-suite for email and storing files on the cloud
- revue for newsletters
Revisiting Lunch Pail Labs content approach for 2022 now that we've clarified a new infinite game. Jamming about that, marketing as education and content experiments for the meantime.
Recently ran into the full quote of the popular jack of all trade adage ("jack of all trades is a master of none, but better than a master of one") as well as what it means to be t-shaped. Jamming on Lunch Pail's infinite game to build the best T around when it comes to creating useful products for ourselves and others.
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (2-07/22 - 2/11/22)
No-code has made building apps 10x faster 🙌🏿, but many tools still have a learning curve. I've had a few convos with founders deciding whether to learn no-code or outsource a build to a service provider and found this helpful 2x2 which provides some ways of thinking about a decision. Jamming about when to outsource and when to build in-house and what some opportunities for agencies and service providers.
Been seeing a lot of chatter on Twitter about pricing and no-code and how statements like x tool are easy devalue the ecosystem. I think we're (emphasis on me too) generally positioning the wrong problem and share some thoughts on that in this episode.
I've been slogging it through it lately and ran into this Ted Talk about trying too hard. Jamming about topics covered in that ted talk like upstream effort and downstream effort and evaluating where I can minimize upstream at Lunch Pail Labs in this episode.
Today's episode is about ship 30 for 30. The cohort is officially over 🙌🏿,, I'll still be writing for another 1-2 weeks since I have 7 essays to write (i only shipped on weekdays👀 ) but in this episode, I reflect on the experience and answer a few questions
- Should this podcast be an audio-essay of a daily atomic essay? (short answer - nah)
- What topics resonated with my audience during ship 30 for 30?
- What do I think of the ship 30 for 30 formats (ie atomic essays, 250 words, sharing images)?
- What's next for the daily writing habit?
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (1-31/22 - 2/04/22)
I first heard of growing through alliances from Alan Weiss, who has been independent consulting for decades, author of over 500 articles and 60 consulting books, and pioneered the value-based fees approach. He doesn't hire and prefers alliances. And as a 1-person business, I'm always intrigued by strategies to scale without hiring. Jamming about three types of partnerships solo businesses can consider to grow in this episode
I’ve been running a public daily audio diary (what you're listening to now!) about Lunch Pail Labs since the end of 2020. They are short (usually ~10 minutes) episodes on the biggest thing on my mind that day and topics range from a new framework I discovered all the way to how my company performed that week. Jamming on 3 powers discovered from the practice, and how I'm thinking of evolving it in the future.
Jamming on no-code education for entrepreneurs and where it might fit in the services journey map of a provider. Here are the other links I referenced in the episode:
- 4 courses and cohorts for entrepreneurs to validate their ideas and build their MVPs without code
- Lunch Pail Daily episode #67 No-Code services journey map
- Lunch Pail Daily episode #152 Reasons not to work with an agency
I joined ship 30 for 30 in early January to help me develop a shipping x writing habit. Prior to that, I had a daily writing habit but I struggled to complete full essays and share them. The ship 30 for 30 challenge is to write an atomic essay (1 idea, 250 words, less than an hour to write) every day for 30 days. I'm now halfway through the exercise and here are a few lessons from the process so far.
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs this week (1-24/22 - 1/28/22)
Jamming about recent trends in open-source SAAS and how that can be applied to no-code as well as some tools that I'm keen on trying.
Here are the tools mentioned in the episode
- Tooljet
- N8N
- Budibase
- Appsmith
- Nocodb
And here's a previous episode I shared on open-source no-code (🤦🏿♀️ excuse the background music, it was a year ago and I thought that was a good idea)
Today's episode is an expansion of the software stacks as the firm concept that I mentioned in the nature of the firm and solopreneurship podcast episode and essay. Specifically operational tools that are supporting this change and some reflections on opportunities!
This episode is an extension of the atomic product episode that I shared a few weeks back. Today, cracked open the Wiley book of Testing business ideas and picked out a few tactics I might try. Overall I think I'm looking for something different as an atomic product but jamming about all of that in this episode.
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs.
A mental model is a representation of how something works. They help us simplify the complex into understandable and organizable chunks. From Elon Musk to Charlie Munger, many of the world’s popular leaders use mental models as they can help provide a shortcut to thinking clearly.
Here are a few of the models I think of often as I grow a digital product studio. See Farnam street's blog post for more.
Transparency and openness are en vogue. There’s the open startup trend that companies like Butter and Ghost embrace, Austin Kleon put out the call for artists and creators to Show Your Work in his 2014 book, and many creators today embrace #buildinpublic. Starting to see a lot of this manifest by working in public and I jam on some opportunities there and what I might adopt at Lunch Pail Labs in today's episode.
Read along, in today's atomic essay.
A lot of no-code tools have networks at play with the hard side of the network being services providers, component developers, educators, and template designers. As networks become more successful there is a risk of overcrowding where consumers (the easy side of the network ) have difficulty finding the right and relevant supply. If Gartner estimates are right and almost 70% of new apps will be built with no and low-code by 2024 there might be a whole lot of connecting consumers to the right supply. Curation is a potential solution and I jam on some opportunities in this episode
Reflections on Andrew Chen's Cold Start problem, networked products, overcrowding, and some indie opportunities for no-code.
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs.
I saw a tweet recently ripping on the four-day workweek and how it doesn't make sense if you're serious about your career. I've definitely felt this. This time last year I was taking meetings anytime (sometimes until 10 pm 🥴) and often on the weekends.
But taking time to rest is not just feel good gobbledygook companies that do this well experience more productivity and better profits. Jamming on that in today’s episode
Gartner predicts that by 2024 almost 70% of application development will be made with no and low-code. Suffice to say No-code has seen a meteoric rise in the past few years and may soon become a large part of working in businesses of all sizes. I've worked on no-code products that were just getting started all the way to more mature products with thousands of monthly visitors.
I've seen that there are a few challenges a team may encounter as their no-code app matures, I teased some of this from lessons from code for no-code, and options for automated testing are one of them. Jamming on some options here and the potential for a productized service.
Here are some of the tools I mentioned in the episode
- Preflight
- Ghost Inspector
- Waldo
Digital product studios are a relatively new term. Jules Ehrnhard of FKTRY coined the term in 2016 and shares a lot of analysis on the model. Several service companies in the no-code world (Lunch Pail Labs included) use the digital product studio model, it's even in the intro to this podcast but what does that all even mean? I explore all of that is this episode.
have a section in my weekly reviews that I call goal and vision where I reflect on where I'm trying to take Lunch Pail Labs, but I’ve often felt that my descriptions are general. Ali Abdaal describes the ideal ordinary week, so I gave the exercise a try this morning and put some thoughts on how it applies to Lunch Pail Labs.
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jazz at Lunch Pail Labs.
Atomic is everywhere. James Clear popularized atomic habits, Andrew Chen chats atomic networks in the Cold Start problem, and Ship 30 for 30 touts atomic essays. I did a quick google search to see what atomic thinking applies to products and didn’t find much, so this episode jams on my application of these atomic ideas to what could be atomic products. Read along with the accompanying atomic essay here.
Yesterday, I chatted about the water company Liquid Death and stages of product markets and how style/identity are the main differentiators in more markets. I did a little research to see what existing frameworks might apply to this thinking. And came across the Design hierarchy of needs ,coined by William Lidwell, which is on the Maslow hierarchy of needs. In this episode, I jam about how Lidwell's framework describes the earlier stages and how I plan to implement all of that at Lunch Pail.
Links:
- Atomic essay of this podcast
- Maslow's hierarchy of need
- Lidwell's design hierarchy of needs
- Yesterday's article and podcast
I read an article yesterday on how a water brand for partygoers called Liquid Death just raised $73 million 🤯. It got me thinking about all the upstarts that generate serious revenues with style and identity. I've talked about this idea previously and. I also think product categories go through three main stages before arriving at a place where it makes sense for style and that's when most of the solutions on the market are generally sufficiently good. Jamming on all of those ideas in this episode.
I also published this episode as an atomic essay which you can check out here.
Jamming on cohort-based courses on why I think they're a massive cheat code for solopreneurs. This podcast was also an atomic essay check it out here.
A quick recap episode of the year. Hope everyone has a splendid new year and I wish many good things to all of you in 2022!
I'm a big fan of Atomic habits and I credit a lot of how Lunch Pail Labs operates to the framing but I haven't been investing enough energy into deliberate practice which is also related. I explore what all that means, why it matters and what I'm trying to change moving forward in today's episode.
Resources mentioned in the podcast:
- Farnam's blog on deliberate practice
- Ness Labs on metacognition
- This youtube video by James Clear on Deliberate practice
Today's episode is all about setting boundaries as a solopreneur what that even means and some of my boundaries at Lunch Pail Labs. Below are the links I referenced in the episode for some more boundary-setting reading/listening.
- How to set boundaries w/ Nancy Levin
- No meeting, No deadlines no full-time employees
I'm currently reading Doing Content Right by Steph Smith and distribution is finally starting to make more sense. In this episode, i quickly describe the six different distribution strategies and how I think they apply to Lunch Pail Labs' consulting practice and this podcast.
Jamming on the nature of the firm and the rise of solopreneurship. Why aren't we living in a world where everyone contracts out their services as independent contractors and are recent trends in legoizing businesses, the pandemic, and web 3 now enabling that? Also jamming about product opportunities in the space.
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jaz at Lunch Pail Labs.
Jamming about authentic businesses in this episode and what that means and how that's coupling with consumer demand for products and services with style.
Just finished up a vision board for 2022 and wanted to jam a little bit on the reflection and vision setting practice I maintain outside of weekly reviews!
Just minted my first NFT and it was the Bildr studio pass (learn more here). I jam a little about that and why I decided to jump on the web 3 train and mint this one.
Some ramblings on no-code and Lunch Pail Labs inspired by this article on Jeff Bezos's strategy of focusing on the things that are unlikely to change.
It's the weekly, week in review episode (here's the template I use). Discussing the wins and losses and all that jaz at Lunch Pail Labs.
According to recent research from Gartner, 70% of new applications developed by organizations will use low-code or no-code technologies by 2025 🤯. I think that increase will fuel a robust plugin/integration/extension ecosystem for developers to support a variety of use-cases on these platforms. In this episode, I dive into what that means and how I'm looking to run product experiments in that space in 2022.
Got this question recently and thought building in public served 3 main audiences and jam on what that means in this episode.
One of my favorite things is convincing folks not to work with an agency (no-code or otherwise) to build their product. In this episode, I dive into why and who I think is a good fit for outsourcing product development.
Today's episode is all about the content approach I'll try for 2022. I am looking at breaking out content into a few different "brands" that serve different audiences.
First, @Lunchpaillabs will be a place for how-tos and frameworks around building products for no-coders/visual developers or using no-code/visual development to iterate and develop products. The goal is that it's helpful for people who I would consider typical clients on the consulting side of Lunch Pail Labs.
Second, @Lunchpaildaily (it's new!) will house more of the traditional "build-in-public" content. I'll share available startup-type metrics, the internal processes I'm using, and how I think of growth, mindset, etc. Here, the goal is that it is helpful to other solopreneurs or people trying to run businesses similar to mine.
Finally, @Ojabowalola will continue to be my personal Twitter where I continue to share the story of Lola and probably will retweet or share content from the other channels. Would love to hear your thoughts on the approach. Feel free to give me a shout on Twitter ( @lunchpaildaily) on what you think!
Today's episode is all about a revamp to my week in review process for assessing the good, bad, and ugly at Lunch Pail Labs. This week's episode also comes with a free template through Gumroad if you want your own copy to start using! Link here: https://bit.ly/lunchpailweeklyreview. I also referenced Notion Charts for analytics if you're looking for a lightweight way to add analytics to your notion dashboards.
I recently came across this article https://future.a16z.com/software-style-over-branding/ and got me thinking about finding niches, authentic businesses, and this episode is all about that. Check it out and if you do, slide into my DMS and tell me what you think (https://twitter.com/ojabowalola)
Recently read the Win Without Pitching Manifesto (https://www.winwithoutpitching.com/the-manifesto/) by recommendation of Roxana (@notionflows on twitter!) and it spurred all the thoughts on things i could be doing better at Lunch Pail Labs. This episode is a reflection on some of that and thoughts on the book generally.
In November, Webflow hosted no-code conf a 2-day conference all about no-code, and 🤯 there were some fire announcements. I was happy to get to attend virtually and here's my download from the very first day which wasn't previously posted.
After a little hiatus because of life we're (I'm) back with some thinking about November's product experiment (resurrection of the village: https://thevillagenetwork.mn.co/ -- an experiment I launched in the summer of 2020)
Lunch Pail’s build weekend experiment didn’t really pan out but we’ve been seeing more progress with breaking up longer terms experiments into items we can execute daily.
During Coda's Block Party, their team made a huge announcement sharing that anyone will now be able to create packs for the Coda community ( https://coda.io/packsbeta ) and they also announced a $1 million fund (https://coda.io/maker-fund) to build Coda solutions for the masses. Pretty wicked and it seems a whole ton of no-code platforms are opening up their integration communities (to name a few you have Bubble plugins, Bildr patterns, Airtable apps, Adalo components, and now Coda packs ). In Coda's announcement, they mentioned that they want to support makers creating businesses on top of Coda (in the form of packs, docs, etc). What do you think? In this episode, I riff a little on this whole burgeoning integrations economy.
Spent the past couple of days at Render ATL which is the largest southeast conference all about React and inclusion. Tune in for thoughts on what we can take and apply to no-code
Reflections after listening to this indie hacker episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cZrbp0JzEw9cK8CYrWyvw?si=wE7qOiOmR76kyayTJqE4eA&dl_branch=1
Some thoughts on recurring revenue in service based businesses and how I’m thinking about that as Lunch Pail pursues some digital product ideas 💡
Reflections on growing a product mindset with services, working full time, or any type of work in general
Quick update on a plugin i’m building for fun as well as a shout out to Lunch Pail’s very first livestream
Chatting about a Lunch Pail Labs rebrand to hopefully better suit our incorporation of more digital products. Tune in for thoughts on the approach we're taking.
All about breaking down Lunch Pail’s season 2 goals into daily activities/habits. I’ll be using Harold (heyitsharold.com) to track progress on these. Also check out this cool creative habits generator https://creativehabitgenerator.xyz/
New goals, new podcast structure, new season. Tune in to hear more about what's in store for Lunch Pail Daily season 2
It’s been 1 whole year since I started operating under Lunch Pail Labs. A quick woohoo post
Just finished an 8-week sprint with founder summit here are some reflections on the sprint goal and progress on the goal.
Thoughts on the tension between maker vs. manager and reorganizing my schedule to better support both. Inspired by this blog post: https://fs.blog/2017/12/maker-vs-manager/
Week in review 👀 this was a week of so much conflict but sharing some of the lessons and highs, lows and goals in this episode.
Some reflections on sharing metrics and building in public shout out to this thread for inspiring the reflections https://twitter.com/LachlanKirkwood/status/1395017689584705544?s=20
Reflections on a frustrating day and what I do to get myself back into the productivity zone
Thoughts on evaluating opportunities, partnerships, etc that might have potential benefits in the future but currently aren’t what i’d normally pursue.
I’ve been lacking motivation these days which is when I find it’s the most important to show up. So in the spirit of that, recording this episode 😅
Joined founder summit’s mastermind this week and sprinting on Lunch Pail Labs. Tune in for some thoughts on what goals I’m looking to accomplish for Lunch Pail Labs.
Dove into this video over the weekend on design but more generally had me thinking about the process of product https://youtu.be/9urYWGx2uNk and where along the process Lunch Pail fits in. Tune in for open thoughts
Thoughts and reflections on this really interesting not boring article: https://www.notboring.co/p/power-to-the-person
Been having a few conversations around pitching no-code projects so sharing insights into the proposal process we use at Lunch Pail Labs
Talking about this energizing video on the creator economy, (here: https://youtu.be/xeDBSwVneyw) the concept of lego-izing business, and some thoughts on refining a thesis for Lunch Pail
A short update on product studios, what it is and how we think about that at Lunch Pail Labs
Taking a look back at some early thoughts on some of Lunch Pail Labs systems and how it has changed. The systems mentioned were inspired by Jason Swenk’s agency systems https://jasonswenk.com/playbook Disclaimer: I haven’t taken any of the courses but heard about the concepts on a podcast once
Talking about open sourcing process and some no-code documentation at lunch pail labs as well as some other considerations when no-code apps grow up!
Chatting about some rest and restoration in this episode and sharing a little sneak peak of the internal projects in the docket at Lunch Pail 🪣
A little bit of a more vulnerable episode but sharing my thoughts on critics, praisers and what really matters.
Still feeling the energy from shipping this past weekend. Talking about forcing functions and engineered constraints to make things happen.
Over the weekend shipped a thing 🎉. Build, manage and grow drop-in audio Communities. Check it out at www.chord.so
Another Friday, another round up of the good, the bad, and the ugly of Lunch Pail Labs 🥼.
Today’s episode is all about leadership and ownership over choices and a rant. Just popped into a chat with a certain respected entrepreneur who was so so so aggressive. Why do things you don’t want to do? I’ll never understand it.
Thoughts and reflections as we approach almost 20 no-code client engagements. What’s the journey for no-code services? What do people need? What does it look like to niche down on a stage vs. try to capture the full stack. Tune in for thoughts and what we’re thinking of at Lunch Pail Labs
Chatting about unbundling and how no-code can help you launch product unbundling experiments quickly. Some great reading on unbundling is here: https://latecheckout.substack.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-unbundling
Sat in on a great conversation with Mike who is one of the founders of minimum.studio dropped a “process is the product” gem. Tune into this episode for some tidbits on the processes we’re thinking of at Lunch Pail Labs.
In today’s episode, I share a quick tidbit about how we approach design at lunch pail labs and delivering design projects for clients.
Chatting a little bit about capacity and how I think about managing it at Lunch Pail Labs 🧪 🧫 have any tips? Feel free to reach out on Twitter @lunchpaillabs I could definitely use some suggestions!
Chatting about collaboration over competing and how I’m thinking of infusing more collaboration in Lunch Pail Labs!
Tune in for how the week went at Lunch Pail Labs including what went well, what went poorly and what was learned.
Chatting a little about the no-code tools we use at Lunch Pail Labs to launch experiments fast 💨
Ran into this awesome thread about open source no-code yesterday. Can't wait to check out these tools more. Link to thread. https://twitter.com/jrosendesign/status/1366322662734241792?s=20
Today's update is all about platform risk and how I'm thinking about it as Lunch Pail Labs relies pretty heavily on platforms. Tune in for some thoughts!
A quick rundown on the week at Lunch Pail Labs and it's the 1-year anniversary of my self-employment journey 🎉 Tune in for the wins, losses and learnings for the week.
Talking about independent business and finally finding my tribe. Peep this article that sparked the podcast here.
In this episode, I talk about customer research. Is it dead? Does no-code change things? Tune in for the thoughts.
Hi listeners! In celebration of making it to 50 daily podcast updates 🎉 , I'm going to be experimenting with some new formats. In addition to this podcast, you can also watch the recording of the episode on youtube here. Today's episode is about going through the reps and some ways of thinking I'm using to get me through a current bought of the trough of disillusionment.
Today’s update I talk about being in the arena also check out micro brave if you want to take some baby steps in getting there https://www.microbrave.com/ and here is the wonderful tweet thread about global build weekend https://twitter.com/colleenmbrady/status/1363557345834500103?s=21 Also this is the 50th recording of the podcast 🍾
This episode is about belief capital and a brief reflection on the early supporters of Lunch Pail Labs (y’all are the 🐐) If you’re in need of some belief capital definitely hit up this firm beliefcapital.vc
In today’s episode we’re jamming on the idea of individuals as institutions and what that could mean about economic equity.
Talking about the 300 power law which talked about how the quantity leads to quality. Here’s the article for reference https://artplusmarketing.com/what-to-do-when-nobody-notices-you-the-power-of-the-300-rule-e132efa6b51a
Hey 👋🏿 chatting about skeuomorphism & nostalgia products which seem to be making a comeback 👁
A quick rundown on the week at Lunch Pail Labs including what went well, what went poorly and what we learned.
In this episode, I talk about deep work by cal Newport (link: https://www.calnewport.com/books/deep-work/ ) and how I’m implementing some of the principles at Lunch Pail Labs
In today’s episode, I talk about validating ideas and how no-code changes some of the calculus.
Hey 👋🏿 in today’s episode I talk about personal moats, what they are and some live thinking on mine.
In this episode, I talk about how to think about customer conversations and the mom test by Rob Fitzpatrick link to the book 📚 is here: http://momtestbook.com/
Our weekly reflection at Lunch Pail Labs. Tune in to hear what went well, what went poorly and what we learned.
Chatting about flywheels in this episode at what we’re thinking about at Lunch Pail Labs. For a great read on the studio flywheel check out this Venturism post https://venturism.io/03946032cb854a858dac35fe6e78d071
Hey 👋🏿 chatting about the concept of empty saas (see blog post: https://tylertringas.com/2021-saas-market-predictions/) today and more generally why JTBD type frameworks are more important than ever.
Today’s episode is about antifragility and how I use the concept to evaluate opportunities at Lunch Pail Labs. Link to a blog post for more reading is here: https://fs.blog/2014/04/antifragile-a-definition/
Hey 👋🏿 in this episode I talk about productizing knowledge and ways I like to think about opportunities in the space.
Tune in for Lunch Pail’s week in review, including what went well, what went poorly and what I learned.
Talking about coda which I feel doesn’t get enough love in the no-code community. In the coming weeks planning on moving some of Lunch Pail’s systems from Notion to Coda. Here’s a really great read on the power of Coda https://coda.io/@michelle-penczak/no-code-just-a-coda-doc-how-squared-away-saves-a-thousand-hours
In this episode, I share my favorite combos of code with no-code. Also written about in the blog post here: https://www.lolaojabowale.com/writing/2021/1/26/012621-code-no-code
I sat in on a 🔥 workshop with Michael Gill on automation (https://twitter.com/gill_works) and he shared a simple automation formula. In this episode, I share how I’m using it and how it led to this simple zap ⚡️ https://zapier.com/shared/8e0e2724c619c031574972505226aa44171023e3
Hey all 👋🏿 I’ve been having a few convos lately about where to find no coders and how to know if they’re any good. Listen for my hot takes. Here are the links of the marketplaces workload.co, visual.so and codemap.io
Hello 👋🏿 today’s episode is about atomic tasks which is the latest productivity paradigm I’ve been using to gain more time. Listen in to hear the the thoughts.
In today’s daily update, I share what’s on the docket for lunch pail labs and the small ways I’m exploring to help me grow my shipping (building and sharing products) muscle.
Talking about slowing it down and how I’m thinking about balancing it all at Lunch Pail.
A late in the day episode today. Happy MLK day to U.S listeners. Talking about the idea of giving before you take and some of the things I’m learning as part of On Deck’s no code fellowship.
Sharing this week’s week in review including the wins, losses and priorities for next week 🎉
In this daily update, I reflect on a recent decision not to follow my gut and how that went poorly. Lessons learned 🤷🏿♀️ I also share what’s on the docket for today!
In this episode I talk about winning a buildie which I’m so honored by https://www.thebuildies.com/2021/no-code and what’s on the docket for Lunch Pail.
I know I know I keep waffling on this topic but listen in to my renewed opinion on the subject and some thoughts on Lunch Pail’s approach.
It’s been almost a year since I quit my full time job to do more of what I “love”. In this episode, I share more about that advice and how I feel about it now that I’m in the middle of it.
I hope everyone is taking care of themselves out there especially our fellow U.S listeners. In this episode talking about communication and authenticity. When massive political events go down, do you mention it do you not mention it? Tune in to learn more about Lunch Pail’s approach.
Today’s daily update is all about working in vs. on the business. It’s something I’m still figuring out but I talk through some new systems I’m implementing to carve out more strategic time.
In this episode I share Lunch Pail’s tech and operational stack. What do we use to run the business, communicate with clients and build no-code apps? Listen for the full tool suite of our product studio!
Hello! In this episode I talk a little bit about Lunch Pail’s current approach to building in public and share what’s on the docket for the company today.
Happy new year! We made it to 2021. In this episode I talk a little about why I prefer systems to goals or resolutions and the activities that I commit to everyday while running Lunch Pail. In this episode, I reference habitify which is the app I use to track completion of my daily habits (https://www.habitify.me/), atomic habits which is a fundamental read on building good systems (https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits). I also teased the upcoming issue of Lunch Pail’s January community update. If you’re not already subscribed to our newsletter get on the list at https://www.lunchpaillabs.com/
Hey all! In this episode, I share a quick 2020 in review and share some of the wins and hard lessons learned during the year running Lunch Pail 🪣. Hope everyone has a wonderful last day of 2020!
In this episode I talk about idea flow (I found out about the concept from this book: https://www.creativeconfidence.com/) and what I’m doing to generate new product ideas for 2021.
Happy Tuesday! Today, I talk about process and what we use at Lunch Pail for our operating system (hint it’s: https://www.notion.so/). I also share what’s on the docket for today! As always, if you’d like to stay updated on lunch pail. Sign up at our website: https://www.lunchpaillabs.com/
It’s 12/28 and we’re back at it. Today, I talk about the sunday scaries and what’s on the docket for Lunch Pail Labs today.
We’re not up to anything Lunch Pail related today. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!
Merry Christmas Eve! In today’s episode I talk about bubble performance and this new guide on improving your apps performance: https://gumroad.com/amliesolutions I also talk about my annual vision board ritual and what I’ve got my eyes on for 2022. As always, if you’d like to stay updated on lunch pail labs, check us out at https://www.lunchpaillabs.com/
In this episode, I talk about a modus operandi and some reasons why it’s important to have one. I also share the guidelines I try to live by and what’s on the docket for today.
In this daily update, I talk about “going big or going home”. We’ve been pretty busy at Lunch Pail. Is it time to expand or should we just keep doing what we’re doing? Tune in for how I’m thinking about it.
Happy Winter Solstice! In this short episode, I share what’s on the docket for Lunch Pail Labs today and talk about finding a budget to serve instead of creating one.
In this daily update, I talk about how we think about partnerships at Lunch Pail Labs which have been very vital to our recent growth.
In today’s daily update, I talk about what’s on the docket for Lunch Pail Labs and talk about “async meetings” a remote work trend I’ve been trying to implement.
In this daily update, I share what’s on the docket for today and some of the things on my mind as a business owner. We’re at the time of year when we’re taking a hard look at our activities and deciding what goes and where we are doubling down.
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