Above Board, the official Fathom Analytics podcast - page 8
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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New hires and vacations
On today’s show Paul and Jack chat about bringing a privacy officer on board, why taking proper breaks are important (even if you run an indie business) and what we are considering for the future of Fathom Analytics (version 3).
Listen to the episode · Aug 7, 2020Bad CEOs and Cat Jumpers
Jack and Paul dissect a few issues they have had with other companies and leadership at those companies, and then how those companies responded (both the good and the bad).
Listen to the episode · Aug 1, 2020SaaS collaboration tools, organization, pancakes and more
Jack and Paul answer questions from listeners today, including: our favourite pancake recipe, the tools/apps we use to collaborate, how we determine hiring vs bringing on cofounder vs freelancers, and our full design and development processes.
Listen to the episode · Jul 16, 2020You’re fired!
Jack and Paul speak about having to fire a customer for the first time. It was tough, but it had to be done.
Listen to the episode · Jul 10, 2020Wealth
We’re not trying to sell you anything right now, we’re only here to share our experiences making money working for ourselves.
Listen to the episode · Jul 3, 2020Are you a bad person if you use YouTube?
Jack and Paul get into if Fathom should create and post videos to YouTube (which is obviously owned by Google).
Listen to the episode · Jun 11, 2020Is Joe Rogan a sell out?
Is this a trend towards the end of podcasts being a free and open platform? On this episode we talk about Joe Rogan selling out.
Listen to the episode · May 28, 2020Were we wrong about enterprise customers?
Jack and Paul discuss the pros and cons of supporting enterprise clients.
Listen to the episode · May 25, 2020Customer happiness over money
We’ve all been there: we get a bill for a yearly subscription, but didn’t get any warning about the charge happening.
Listen to the episode · May 15, 2020Capitalism and copycats and communism, oh my!
Jack and Paul talk about the benefits and problems involving taking venture capital for a software company, what we think about competitors copying us, and why “free markets” should potentially have some limits or at least some regulations.
Listen to the episode · May 8, 2020