Above Board, the official Fathom Analytics podcast - page 7
A podcast exploring running an independent + bootstrapped software (SaaS) company. Follow Jack and Paul (the co-founders) in their journey of building and growing Fathom Analytics.
Published every month (or so), listen in on lively debates about growth, customers, software, and how they’re working to keep their business in line with their values.
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We landed a whale
We cover getting an amazing new customer using Fathom, the DogeCoin revolution and investing in general, and of course, some very specific details and features that are coming soon to Version 3 of Fathom.
Listen to the episode · Feb 19, 2021We don’t want your business
A race to the bottom in pricing is never a good idea (both for you or your customers). Jack and Paul discuss why the best-case scenario with that idea is you’ll get screwed by your own growth.
Listen to the episode · Jan 20, 2021Paul quit the internet
What happened when Paul quit the internet? What does it mean for Fathom? What does it mean for Jack now having to field every Paul-related tweet?
Listen to the episode · Dec 11, 2020Privacy stories: Fastmail
In this episode Jack and Paul speak with Bron Gondwana, the CEO of Fastmail and how they’ve managed to run their privacy-focused email software since 1999.
Listen to the episode · Dec 4, 2020Someone tried to put us out of business
A malicious person decided they wanted to have a go at ruining Fathom Analytics.
Listen to the episode · Nov 20, 2020DuckDuckGo on Above Board (Fathom)
Jack and Paul from Fathom Analytics connect with DuckDuckGo’s Communications Manager, Daniel Davis to chat about how DDG competes with big tech (Google).
Listen to the episode · Nov 13, 2020We’re taking a break
Jack and Paul talk about taking a short break from this show until November or so.
Listen to the episode · Sep 4, 2020Building an audience, analytics & virtue signalling
Jack’s Laracon talk, building an audience, what to do about all the virtue signalling in the ethical product space and much, European privacy laws and their impact on American businesses and services, and much more.
Listen to the episode · Aug 28, 2020Being competitive, YouTube and going viral
On today’s episode Jack and Paul chat about using competitiveness to your advantage, the good and bad of video games, how we dealt with a very viral customer, the logic of a privacy-focused company like Fathom using a platform like Youtube and Jack’s upcoming Laracon talk.
Listen to the episode · Aug 14, 2020Credit cards, trust and why people buy indie software products
Jack and Paul talk about the reasons Fathom asks for a credit card up front, and how that impacts our growth.
Listen to the episode · Aug 14, 2020