Negotiations as a solo founderI’ve been part of negotiations related to agreements a few times now in my entrepreneurial career and I’ve been fooled a few times...https://blog.rubini.solutions/negotiations-and-power

How I stay productive

May 17th, 2023 3m 43s

How I stay productiveProductivity for me is about how well I spend my time and energy, and how I can get more energy and time.https://blog.rubini.solutions/productivity

Is being a maker a disadvantage in the job market?

May 10th, 2023 1m 57s

Is being a maker a disadvantage in the job market?As you know I believe in stacking multiple streams of income. I currently have ~10 SaaS, a productized service, a course, and I consult. But I’m missing one important stream of income.https://

Space occupation

Apr 26th, 2023 2m 54s

Space occupationI recently launched 10 products on Product Hunt at the same time and I wanted to expand on why I did this. https://blog.rubini.solutions/space-occupation

Announcing my tiny bootstrapped fund (and first acquisition)

Mar 29th, 2023 2m 30s

Announcing my tiny bootstrapped fund (and first acquisition)I’m announcing my alternative, bootstrapped fund.https://blog.rubini.solutions/fundEpisode Notes

[Interview] How to become a full-time creator

Mar 22nd, 2023 1h 13m

[Interview] How to become a full-time creatorAn interview I did with Doc Williams on how to become a full-time creator almost 2 years ago, but still current.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aiE0qrGzD8

Reversing SaaS demos

Mar 14th, 2023 3m 22s

Reversing SaaS demosHow I currently think about demos and how to go extreme on minimizing time to value. https://blog.rubini.solutions/extreme-demos

About playbooks

Feb 23rd, 2022 8m 9s

About playbooksI run three types of SaaS products. Here are the different playbooks I'm using the monetize them.https://blog.rubini.solutions/playbooks/

My first hire

Feb 16th, 2022 8m 7s

My first hireMy journey hiring Clarice as an executive assistant, 8 months ago.https://blog.rubini.solutions/my-first-hire/

Yes and yes

Feb 9th, 2022 2m 49s

Yes and yesIn life, people often think they have to choose between two things. Or, put one before the other. Here is the thing: you can just have both. https://blog.rubini.solutions/my-first-hire/

We launched Podda.io (2021)

Jun 30th, 2021 5m 28s

We launched Podda.io (2021)We just launched a new tool that allows you to search podcasts by guest, and more!https://blog.rubini.solutions/we-launched-podda-io-2021/

1:1

Jun 23rd, 2021 7m 50s

1:1This episode is about encapsulating my thinking on the topic of hiring at this point in time. In addition, I set my weird candidate criteria.https://blog.rubini.solutions/11-2/

Does it make sense?

Jun 16th, 2021 3m

Does it make sense?This is an episode about finding the thing that makes the other things you do meaningless.https://blog.rubini.solutions/does-it-make-sense/

Speed by subtraction

Jun 9th, 2021 2m 11s

Speed by subtractionPointing out a great tweet by Patrick Collison (CEO @ Stripe)https://blog.rubini.solutions/speed-by-subtraction/

The era of gods

Jun 2nd, 2021 6m 15s

The era of godsIn this episode I clarify my position about code becoming a commodity. Is code still technology? What will we work in the future?https://blog.rubini.solutions/the-era-of-gods/

Multiple products, same product

May 26th, 2021 8m 6s

Multiple products, same productHow can you differentiate yourself when code is becoming a commodity?https://blog.rubini.solutions/multiple-products-same-product/

Make it less ready

May 19th, 2021 4m 23s

Make it less ready```You can always make a project more "ready". There's always something unexpected you can account for, something you can do to make your project more robust.Here is why I don't aim for that and instead, I try to make my pr

Events, compressing and expanding time

Mar 31st, 2021 4m 32s

Events, compressing and expanding timeOur life is made of days, and our days are made of events. Events are major highlights which obfuscate everything else that you do in a given day.Events are not only major social events, like a wedding c

Permission to forget

Mar 24th, 2021 3m 53s

Permission to forgetAbout autopoiesis and self-reference.https://blog.rubini.solutions/permission-to-forget/

Don’t build for too long

Mar 15th, 2021 4m 9s

Don’t build for too longEventually, all the solutions in a market end up looking the same and having the same features.https://blog.rubini.solutions/dont-build-for-too-long/

1+1 != 2

Feb 24th, 2021 4m 49s

1+1 != 2https://blog.rubini.solutions/1-1-2/

Cutting my revenue on purpose

Feb 21st, 2021 3m 55s

Cutting my revenue on purposeI run multiple profitable software products in parallel, and I just passed $6k MRR last month.But, I’m starting 2021 by unsubscribing some of my users.These “users” were currently paying but they were not regular

[Long] Open Report (January 2021)

Feb 6th, 2021 20m 43s

[Long] Open Report (December 2021)As you know, I'm big on transparency.Here is a 20-minute report on how things are going and everything I made in January 2021.If you prefer you can get this in video format on YouTube, at this link: https://