First published
Feb 17, 2018
Format
Conversational
Schedule
Weekly
Total Episodes
158
Average duration
00:46:30

Build Your SaaS – bootstrap in 2021

Business Technology Marketing

Taylor Otwell: the business of Laravel in 2022

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/taylorotwell">Taylor Otwell</a>, is the founder of <a href="https://laravel.com/">Laravel</a>, a programming framework for PHP. But he's also one of the most successful indie SaaS operators I know. In this episode we discuss:</p><ul><li>0:30 – Taylor is changing how he hires and manages people at Laravel</li><li>6:01 – How Taylor is finding new employees to work on Forge, Vapor, and his other products</li><li>7:34 – The Laravel ecosystem has incubated incredible talent: <a href="https://twitter.com/m1guelpf">Miguel Piedrafita</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/calebporzio">Caleb Porzio</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/adamwathan">Adam Wathan</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis">Aaron Francis</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/JackEllis">Jack Ellis</a>...</li><li>10:03 – More and more indie SaaS apps are being built in Laravel</li><li>10:48 – When is the next Laracon conference?</li><li>13:11 – Taylor Otwell has the classic bootstrap success story</li><li>14:28 – Laravel has been running too lean</li><li>17:00 – What's it like to work as a developer at Laravel? (pair programming)</li><li>18:33 – How Taylor does product development</li><li>22:08 – "I haven't told anyone this yet, but I actually considered selling Laravel this past year." Here's why Taylor decided not to sell.</li><li>26:30 – How do you deal with internet fame, and being a "known person?" </li><li>28:59 – Dealing with haters on Twitter</li><li>31:50 – What is the future of web development, and the full-stack developer? What is the future of Ruby on Rails and Laravel?</li><li>35:53 – Building excitement around PHP and Laravel with young people.</li><li>42:13 – What inspires kids to get into programming? When it's fun, easy, accessible. This is why so many people started with Hypercard, Microsoft Access, PHP, Adobe Flash...</li></ul><p><b>What should we talk about next?</b></p><ul><li>Twitter:<strong> </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/buildyoursaas">@buildyoursaas</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/mijustin">@mijustin</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jonbuda">@jonbuda</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jsonperl">@jsonpearl</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/helenryles">@helenryles</a></li><li>Email us: [email protected]</li></ul> <strong>Thanks to our monthly supporters</strong> <ul> <li>Pascal from sharpen.page</li> <li>Rewardful.com</li> <li>Greg Park</li> <li>Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit.com.au</li> <li>Marcel Fahle, wearebold.af</li> <li>Bill Condo (@mavrck)</li> <li>Ward from MemberSpace.com</li> <li>Evandro Sasse</li> <li>Austin Loveless</li> <li>Michael Sitver</li> <li>Dan Buda</li> <li>Colin Gray</li> <li>Dave Giunta</li> </ul> <br><p><em>Want to start a podcast on Transistor? Justin has a special coupon for you: get 15% off your first year of hosting: </em><a href="https://transistor.fm/justin"><em>transistor.fm/justin</em></a></p> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/jonjustin" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>
Published Apr 05, 2022