Weekly discussion by freelancers and professionals about running a business, finding clients, marketing, and lifestyle related to being a freelancer.

Episode 8: The Ruby Freelancers Show 008 – Products

March 27, 2012 1:00:13 72.27 MB Downloads: 0

Panel

Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp)
Eric Davis (twitter github blog)
Evan Light (twitter github blog)
Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog)

Discussion

30x500 by Amy Hoy
See Project Run
Refactoring Redmine
Redmine Tips
Authoring Ebooks
Chirk
SAAS
Freelance Funnel
Newsletters
iPhone Apps
BDDCasts
Rails Beginning course
Evan's iPad app
Scratch your own itch
Marketing works well over time
Batch up work
Scheduling blog posts
Bufferapp.com
Budgeting time to do product development
Marketing takes up the most time
microconf
Micropreneur Academy
Why are you building what you're building?
Project vs Product
Momentum
Marketing to build momentum
4 Hour Work Week
Lean Startup
How do you find a product to make that your market wants to buy from you?
Yes, 50 scientific whatever,....
Product focused business - The product is the most powerful
Market focused business - The market is the most powerful
Opportunity cost of product development
Time and location freedom

Picks

Seth Godin's blog post on "People think Photographers spend their time..." (Eric)
21 times (Eric)
30x500 (Eric)
Tripit (Evan)
Steven Baxter's manifold series (Evan)
Nathan Lowell's Trader Tales (Evan)
Hugo and Nebula awards (Eric)
Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive (Jeff)
James Bond - Ian Fleming (Jeff)
Robert Heinlein (Jeff)
Goodreads (Chuck)
Things (Chuck)
Siri + Reminders on the iPhone 4S (Evan)