Benedikt Deicke
Software Engineer & Co-founder of @userlist. Co-host at @SlowSteadyPod. Running @femtoconf. Creator of @stagecms. Loves music, food, and cooking.
Appears in 220 Episodes
Timezones are the Worst
Brian shares about the latest round of revisions for Backpack and a customer sends the first ever marketing email via Userlist.
Building Products for Fun and Profit with John Nunemaker
John Nunemaker joins Brian and Benedikt to talk about his journey as a founder and the various product he's built, launched, sold, and reaqcuired over the years.
Behind, Busy, and Behind
Benedikt is ripping out cords on Userlist profile pages and Brian has a couple of very large vehicles in his driveway.
Bricks, Games, and Profiles
Brian talks about his new consulting gig and the first blind playtest of Backpack. Benedikt shares the progress on Userlist features and marketing.
Calming Down and Spinning Up
Benedikt finally has a calm and focused week. Brian's spinning a lot of plates, but things are looking good.
Encouraged & Optimistic
Brian and Benedikt are in good spirits this week. They talk about recent progress on Brian's board game, Benedikt's successful battle against performance issues, as we...
Bedtime Error! This application has requested the entrepreneur quit sleeping.
Benedikt has had a productive (yet tiring) couple of weeks and Brian released a "How to Play" video for Backpack!
Life Profitability with Adii Pienaar
Adii Pienaar joins Brian and Benedikt to talk about his new book Life Profitability: The New Measure of Entrepreneurial Success. They talk about the concept of Life Pr...
How Does Sailing Even Work?
Benedikt got some much-needed rest over the weekend watching some American Football and a sailing race that completely baffles Brian's understanding of how wind works....
Planning for the new year
Brian and Benedikt are sharing a bit about their plans for 2021. Brian is preparing for their year on the road, Benedikt is sharing details about a new direction for U...
The Year Ahead
Benedikt has some huge news from the break and Brian is still feeling much more relaxed after shifting his focus to a hobby project. We also dig into our "Year Compass...
Databases and Boardgames
Benedikt is slowing things down as the year comes to a close and Brian's story pivots to, "An honest peek into my life as I try to recover from burnout by designing a ...
Peace of Mind
Brian is happy to not have any updates to share while Benedikt is fighting with frontend dependencies and the big question of what to work on next.
Quality of Life
Brian is making plans for a big reset in 2021 and Benedikt is feeling better about Userlist's November numbers.
Default Dead?
Brian enjoys working on a team again and starts to realize solopreneurship might not be for him. Benedikt is cautiously celebrating a revenue milestone with Userlist, ...
Do You Even Outsource?
Benedikt is busy with lots of little things and trying to sort out when to make time for investing in bigger projects with long-term benefits. Brian's thankful for his...
Back To Work
Brian is back from a week away from everything in the Grand Canyon. Benedikt is trying to increase momentum by shipping smaller, less polished, increments.
Halloween Candy for Sale
Brian's got some new client work lining up to ease some anxiety and Benedikt's schedule continues to be a bit hectic.
Pricing, Activation, Validation, and Outreach
Brian is working on (in)validating the idea for Brand Patrol and might be close to signing a consulting deal related to Headlamp. Benedikt is trying to stay focused an...
Busy weeks & Burnout
Benedikt had a stressful day when a code change accidentally sent 1000+ emails and Brian shares that he's feeling completely burned out.
