Automating Your Home with Colin Billings

Automating Your Home with Colin Billings

Colin Billings has built something that I’m incredibly interested in generally: hardware that contributes to home automation. He built Orro, the first truly responsive lighting system, out of his own frustration with lighting’s adverse impact on his wellness and sleep. Now the Orro Switch adds the computational power of an iPhone XR inside the walls of a home. It detects your presence in a room and adjusts the lighting automatically to bring out the most natural light, reducing artificial light exposure that disrupts your body and sleep. Within a week, Orro learns your preferences and handles 95% of all the lighting adjustments, so you don’t have to think about your lights anymore.

Building a Better Toothbrush with Mihran Papazian

Building a Better Toothbrush with Mihran Papazian

Mihran Papazian is the CEO of Brushette, a company that plans to revolutionize…toothbrushes! In a rare episode, we cover what it’s like creating a physical product, from the deep research they did, to visiting over 1,000 factories in China to find the right manufacturing partner. Mihran’s experience and deep knowledge means there’s lots of great takeaways here – no matter what you plan to make.

Building and Designing Your Online Courses and Laura Elizabeth

Building and Designing Your Online Courses and Laura Elizabeth

Laura Elizabeth is a fantastic designer who wants to “teach design to developers.” Her story from consulting to products is fantastic, and her method for building buzz and tension around her course worked perfectly. This is a fantastic case study for people who consult, but want to move into selling online courses or selling products.

Designing the Perfect Business Card with Evan Calkins and Hoban Press

Designing the Perfect Business Card with Evan Calkins and Hoban Press

Evan Calkins created Hoban Press & Hoban Cards after he bought his first letterpress machine. He’s a master of his craft and I was really excited to talk to Evan because I’m very interested in that craft. He creates fantastic-looking business cards and stationery, and even did my cards! We’ll talk about what it’s like doing a highly specialized thing in the real world – a physical product, and hear some good stories along the way.

Finally, a Good Solution for Gathering Content with James Rose and Content Snare

Finally, a Good Solution for Gathering Content with James Rose and Content Snare

James Rose is an Australian agency owner who creates websites for a living. In this episode, we talk about his brand new product, Content Snare. Content Snare is a software product built to drastically cut down the time and headache wasted on chasing up clients for website content. I think anyone who’s made websites can get behind this. We also talk about being a good developer, and how to create a product people will actually use.

Moving from Nurse to Developer with Stephanie Wells and Formidable Forms

Moving from Nurse to Developer with Stephanie Wells and Formidable Forms

Stephanie Wells is a nurse turned coder who launched her own WordPress-based online business. Starting off in client work, she quickly moved into the product space, where she makes Formidable Forms. I was stoked to have Stephanie on the show and we talk about all sorts of great topics from scratching your own itch to family and more.

Bringing Project Management to WordPress with Corey Maas

Bringing Project Management to WordPress with Corey Maas

I get to talk to Corey Maass, a WordPress develop who’s delved into several different products. His most popular plugin, Kanban for WordPress, turns WordPress into a project management system based on the popular Japanese method of displaying cards and showcasing progress. We discuss the challenges of pricing, updates, and staying focused.