Episode 102
102: Paul Jarvis - Staying Small
In this episode Adam talks to Paul Jarvis about defining your own version of success and why you might not need to build a big business to achieve it.
November 21, 20181h 6m
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (media.transistor.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Topics include:
- Why "success" shouldn't mean the same thing to everyone
- How to stay small without doing all the work you don't want to do yourself
- 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
- Questions to ask yourself to figure out what "success" would be for you
- How knowing your "enough" can help you build better products for the people you want to serve
- Why you should ignore the people who don't like what you're doing and double down on the people who love it
Sponsors:
- Oh Dear!, sign up with the coupon code "FULLSTACKRADIO" to get 50% off your first month
- Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio and install Rollbar in your app to receive a $100 gift card for Open Collective
Links:
- Paul's website
- Company of One, Paul's upcoming book
- "Enough already", from Paul's blog
- "1,000 True Fans", by Kevin Kelly
- "Find your rat people", from Paul's blog
- "Sean D'Souza doesn't want to grow his company!"
Topics
technologysoftwarewebdevelopmentproductstartup