Brian Rhea
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Appears in 119 Episodes
Productized Services with Special Guest Brian Casel
Benedikt is out this week, so Brian chats with fellow Brian, Brian Casel, about exploring paths to productizing the JTBD consulting service I've been offering.
To Productize or Not To Productize?
Brian thinks through some possible paths toward productizing the JTBD traction he's seeing and Benedikt is chipping away at small tasks while the upcoming home move ch...
Counting the days
Brian is preparing for a camper test run this weekend. Benedikt is drained from a weekend of moving boxes and furniture.
Want a house? Start a podcast.
Benedikt is surrounded by boxes and in the market for a kitchen. Brian is preparing to enter Backpack into a board game contest.
Packing, Packing, Packing
Brian and Benedikt started to pack up their homes. In addition to that, Brian is fighting literal bugs and Benedikt is building a Zapier integration.
Game changers
Benedikt is feeling excited about the feedback on Userlist's proposed marketing email functionality, and Brian has officially held a version of "Backpack" in his real-...
Going full circle
Benedikt talks about launching the companies feature of Userlist as well as some database performance break-throughs. Brian is very happy about how his consulting busi...
Moving is great! Moving is the worst.
Benedikt got some bummer news about his lease and Brian might have a prototype of Backpack in his hands sooner than he thought.
This will be a quick one… or maybe not
Brian and Benedikt catch up on their progress in the last week. Brian talks about his recent consulting project and play-testing Backpack. Benedikt just launched the n...
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.
Introducing Brand Patrol
Benedikt is back from vacation and already swamped with work. Brian share's some details about the new thing he's working on.
