Build Your SaaS – bootstrap in 2021

<p>Jon and Justin welcome <a href="https://twitter.com/joshuaanderton"><strong>Joshua Anderton</strong></a><strong> </strong>to the Transistor team! Josh is an amazingly talented full-stack web developer (Laravel, Rails, Tailwind CSS, Alpine, and more!) He's been helping us as a part-time contractor since Oct 2022, and we're excited to have him on board full-time! In this episode, we discuss <strong>why</strong> we hired another person and <strong>how</strong> we think about hiring at Transistor.</p><p></p><ul> <li>(00:28) - 150!</li> <li>(01:32) - Trials into paid customers</li> <li>(09:22) - Hiring philosophy</li> <li>(27:45) - Hiring Josh</li> <li>(31:39) - Hiring people you know</li> <li>(40:35) - Product updates</li> <li>(43:54) - Patreon supporter thanks</li> </ul><br><strong>Links:</strong><ul> <li><a href="https://joshuaanderton.ca/">Joshua's personal site</a></li> <li><a href="https://ramen.transistor.fm/">Joshua's podcast: Getting to Ramen</a></li> <li><a href="https://longform.asmartbear.com/problem/">Jason Cohen's article</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.acquired.fm/">Acquired.fm</a> is now on Transistor!</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>Ethan Gunderson</li> <li>Bill Condo (@mavrck)</li> <li>Ward from MemberSpace.com</li> <li>Russell Brown from Photivo.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>Podcast hosting is provided by</em> <a href="https://transistor.fm/?via=rubyblend"><em>Transistor.fm</em></a><em>.<br>📺 Learn </em><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/"><em>how to start your own podcast</em></a><em>!</em></p> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/jonjustin" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>