Talking Businessly

We (John and Daniel) are co-founders of a small software development agency. This is a recording of our weekly "state of the company" call where we discuss the nitty gritty details of running our business day-to-day.Want to work with us? Reach out at thunk.dev

Recent Episodes
  • 60: Our biggest client yet
    Apr 21, 2025 – 47:52
  • 59: We lost a client for good reasons
    Apr 14, 2025 – 59:36
  • 58: Finding the real decision maker
    Apr 7, 2025 – 38:20
  • Bonus Episode: PHP × NYC Chaos-Cast™
    Apr 7, 2025 – 01:11:21
  • 57: Sunsetting Papercuts
    Mar 31, 2025 – 36:47
  • 56: Chunks of work
    Mar 24, 2025 – 33:57
  • 55: Vertical Slices
    Feb 24, 2025 – 56:59
  • 54: Building without a blueprint
    Feb 17, 2025 – 45:01
  • 53: Be a great place to work (empaneling Bossman Chris)
    Feb 10, 2025 – 01:18:23
  • 52: Coaching clients to have more urgency
    Jan 27, 2025 – 57:39
  • 51: John built the client management app 🤫
    Jan 20, 2025 – 42:55
  • 50: Growing our product team
    Jan 13, 2025 – 50:43
  • 49: What does success look like in 2025?
    Jan 6, 2025 – 43:49
  • 48: Holiday party
    Dec 9, 2024 – 01:07:33
  • 47: Killing Harvest
    Nov 18, 2024 – 59:26
  • 46: We want to buy your business (maybe)
    Nov 11, 2024 – 51:05
  • 45: The client onboarding checklist
    Nov 4, 2024 – 35:25
  • 44: Clarifying roles for Silly Season v2
    Oct 28, 2024 – 01:07:08
  • 43: Getting personal about working styles
    Oct 21, 2024 – 01:00:57
  • 42: Celebrating $1M in revenue!
    Oct 14, 2024 – 01:02:43
  • 41: Un-profitable software that helps people
    Oct 8, 2024 – 57:58
  • 40: Pricing saga (part 3)
    Sep 23, 2024 – 42:21
  • 39: Aaron said to put it out no matter what
    Sep 9, 2024 – 49:46
  • 38: Laracon recap
    Sep 3, 2024 – 01:06:43
  • 37: International man of mischief
    Aug 12, 2024 – 01:01:59
  • 36: Thunk Pyramid Scheme (the super secret Laracon project)
    Aug 5, 2024 – 44:30
  • 35: The problems that Papercuts solves
    Jul 17, 2024 – 53:01
  • 34: Go to papercuts.io
    Jul 2, 2024 – 49:49
  • 33: This too shall pass
    Jun 24, 2024 – 01:05:28
  • 32: Monday morning scrutiny
    Jun 17, 2024 – 54:45
  • 31: Buying our time back
    May 27, 2024 – 42:12
  • 30: Strategy brainstorm (empaneling Luke Roush)
    May 20, 2024 – 57:05
  • 29: Awkward money conversation
    May 6, 2024 – 01:07:51
  • 28: Short term profit vs. long term strategy
    Apr 29, 2024 – 43:09
  • 27: Silly Season (empaneling Steve Smallman)
    Apr 23, 2024 – 58:25
  • 26: The leads are weak? YOU'RE weak!
    Apr 15, 2024 – 38:28
  • 25: ❤️ Devs seeking new obsession ❤️
    Apr 8, 2024 – 42:14
  • 24: Cohort 2™ (working title)
    Apr 1, 2024 – 51:54
  • 23: SaaS opportunity knocks again
    Mar 11, 2024 – 47:22
  • 22: Mentees keep becoming clients
    Mar 4, 2024 – 41:42
  • 21: Our new pricing model (empaneling Joel Clermont)
    Feb 26, 2024 – 01:07:07
  • 20: The FULL Stack Developer
    Feb 20, 2024 – 45:14
  • 19: We're building a SaaS app
    Jan 23, 2024 – 49:41
  • 18: Setting fewer, better goals for 2024
    Jan 11, 2024 – 01:10:36
  • 17: Empanelling Allison Lacker
    Dec 13, 2023 – 01:23:06
  • 16: Brainstorming our first SaaS product
    Dec 11, 2023 – 01:09:16
  • 15: What kind of clients we do (and don't) want
    Dec 5, 2023 – 58:06
  • 14: Monday morning baseball
    Nov 27, 2023 – 51:31
  • 13: Launching Verbs at Laracon AU
    Nov 23, 2023 – 53:38
  • 12: Colossi + Verbs (it's shill day)
    Nov 7, 2023 – 39:55
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