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Opposite side of the same question, but how can I better approach solo devs to help with marketing? I have led marketing at several startups/companies (3 acquisitions, 1 current unicorn, and 1 public company). Most developers are rightfully cautious bc of being either burned by marketing types in the past or just don't like the overall vibe (I don't blame them). I work best 1-on-1 with a builders and would like to do this more to get out of the bureaucracy of larger companies, but have mostly spun my wheels.

Yes, DD on sales and marketing strategy to understand if the underlying economics are sustainable.

AMA question: I've never personally been through this process, but I assume go-to-market DD is typically part of the process. Are there specialized firms that handle that side of the equation?

RevenueCat | various roles | Remote | Full-time | https://www.revenuecat.com

RevenueCat is an API that makes it easy to sell subscriptions in your mobile app. We launched as part of Y Combinator's summer 2018 batch and today are handling subscriptions for more than 5 million mobile subscribers, and are the subscription infrastructure for thousands of apps. We believe that a direct, consumer relationship between developers and their users will make the world a better place. We offer market-rate pay, equity, benefits, and we’re 100% remote.

We're hiring for the following positions:

- Engineering Manager ($164k-$185k) - https://jobs.lever.co/revenuecat/c77633a8-2047-4082-9cc6-91d...

- Reliability Engineer ($150-$170K) - https://jobs.lever.co/revenuecat/dca0930f-c5a8-4309-b339-1fc...

- Solution Engineer ($113,000-$127k) - https://jobs.lever.co/revenuecat/00d1cb1b-c5a9-4168-bc03-c95...

Came here to say this. Just finished reading it and there are so many parallels between the book and our current trajectory. Namely, as technology continues to abstract struggle from our daily lives and entertainment becomes more of an immersive escape, the motivation to solve true personal and societal problems slowly disappears.

The way Apple paints this is that it's them vs. evil Facebook. Don't get me wrong, Facebook has certainly overstepped several times in their data mining practices, but a lot of these changes will almost exclusively hurt small and medium sized businesses that have been able to inexpensively reach target customers for niche and/or local products.

A family friend explained it in a way that stuck with me, paraphrasing:

"When you were in school, you only compared yourself to peers at your school and maybe one school over. Now me and my friends compare our looks, accomplishments, and follower counts to everyone within 10 years of us on Instagram"

It will be interesting to see what the terms of the deal are. I've used Revue to publish a paid newsletter and it works great. Not quite as polished as Substack, but the lower take rate will certainly be enough for some customers to switch imo.

RevenueCat | Engineering Manager, Reliability Engineer | Remote | Full-time | https://jobs.lever.co/revenuecat

RevenueCat is an API that makes selling subscriptions in your mobile app easy. We launched as part of Y Combinator's summer 2018 batch and today are handling subscriptions for more than 5 million mobile subscribers, and are the subscription infrastructure for thousands of apps. We are a mission driven, remote-first company that is building for the long term.

We're hiring for the following positions:

- Engineering Manager ($164k-$185k) - https://jobs.lever.co/revenuecat/c77633a8-2047-4082-9cc6-91d...

- Reliability Engineer ($150-$170K) - https://jobs.lever.co/revenuecat/dca0930f-c5a8-4309-b339-1fc...

Going from 2 days to 1 day has always felt more like a luxury to me – and one I am willing to pay for when needed. For 95% of the purchases I make 2 day shipping is more than quick enough.

Manifold | Remote | Multiple Positions | https://www.manifold.co

Manifold is helping developers break free from the closed ecosystems of the cloud and into a more open, standards based community of services and APIs. Our marketplace connects applications, wherever they are hosted, to independent cloud services made by developers who care.

Our partially distributed team is fun-loving, knowledgeable, and extremely productive. We're organized to let you explore and grow a variety of skills and capabilities, with many chances to create a significant impact. Many of us have strong ties to the open-source world, and have experience building tools at companies like Heroku, Red Hat, LinkedIn, and Canonical.

We're currently hiring for multiple positions including: Front-end Developers (React), Backend Developers (Go), Developer Advocate, Product Marketing Manager, and Product Designer.

Check out the full list here: https://jobs.careerbeacon.com/employer-profile/manifold

I've worked at few places that instituted a weekly 'meetingless day' and I can't recommend it enough. It is amazing how much work you can get done when do know you have 8 hours of consecutive focus and can look forward to it weekly.

Wondering if this could enable use-cases for in-person subscription selling. I.e. selling SaaS/subscription content at conferences and tradeshows.