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Beware The Blinking Folder Of Death

Beware The Blinking Folder Of Death

S2E29 · · 31:41

On this week's FounderQuest the hosts talk about upgrading API versions, using VS Code to edit markdown, and dead MacBooks. Plus, learn how to commit bank fraud by using spoofed phon...

Ruby Is The Animal Crossing Of Programming Languages

Ruby Is The Animal Crossing Of Programming Languages

S2E28 · · 29:20

This week on FounderQuest the hosts talk about using a Prosperity Public License for Heya and how it allows a product to be both free and open-source while allowing the option to cha...

How Building Our Own Campaign Mailer For Rails Set Us Free

How Building Our Own Campaign Mailer For Rails Set Us Free

S2E27 · · 36:31

This week Ben, Starr, and Josh break down Heya, their freshly shipped open source email campaign mailer for Rails developers. Learn how Heya works, how it can help with GDPR and Soc ...

Tough Decisions And Drones Wearing Fedoras

Tough Decisions And Drones Wearing Fedoras

S2E26 · · 40:25

In this episode, Josh, Starr and Ben talk candidly about some tough decisions they've had to make during Covid-19. They also talk about things Honeybadger is doing to help its custom...

FounderQuest Clips - Too Hot For Podcast Vol 1

FounderQuest Clips - Too Hot For Podcast Vol 1

S2E25 · · 16:54

This week on FounderQuest, it's a cutting room floor clips episode. Hear vintage, unreleased clips of episodes that you weren't supposed to hear. Discussions include: 90's software s...

This Is Fine. Settling Into The New Normal.

This Is Fine. Settling Into The New Normal.

S2E24 · · 38:09

The world is burning, yet we find ourselves settling into our weird new daily routines. This week Josh, Starr, and Ben discuss the importance of company transparency during a crisis,...

The Shocking Reason Aliens Haven't Attacked Us...Yet!

The Shocking Reason Aliens Haven't Attacked Us...Yet!

S2E23 · · 28:45

This week on PandemicQuest Josh, Starr and Ben share insider trading tips via the dark web, explain why aliens haven't attacked yet, and their thoughts around starting a SaaS company...

Dispatches From Inside The Honey Bunker

Dispatches From Inside The Honey Bunker

S2E22 · · 28:34

Glove up, mask on, and tune in to this week’s FounderQuest! Starr, Ben and Josh talk hot investing tips now that our 401(k)s are gone, plans for the “Honey Bunker,” pivoting away fro...

Founder Life Within The Coronavirus Epicenter

Founder Life Within The Coronavirus Epicenter

S2E21 · · 39:03

Ben, Josh and Starr are transmitting...err...broadcasting from deep within the COVID-19 epicenter on this week's FounderQuest. They talk about life in our brave new COVID-19 World, T...

Welcome To The Land Of Tomorrow

Welcome To The Land Of Tomorrow

S2E20 · · 27:23

Join Ben, Starr, and Josh on this week's FounderQuest for a look at our dystopian future. Ben shares the most interesting questions he received while interviewing and the discussion ...

How Long Could Our Company Survive Without Us?

How Long Could Our Company Survive Without Us?

S2E19 · · 31:34

This week on FounderQuest, Josh, Starr, and Ben hypothesize how long Honeybadger could keep going if they went off the grid given the current pace of tech churn. They also discuss go...

A Mortal Kombat Rampage for Pole Position on Galaga

A Mortal Kombat Rampage for Pole Position on Galaga

S2E18 · · 47:52

This week Josh, Ben, and Starr talk vintage console games and announce details about Honeybadger's upcoming RailsConf blow out. The episode then pinballs over to dismissing FU money,...

Founder Show and Tell

Founder Show and Tell

S2E17 · · 43:35

The honeybadgers have been busy this week! Ben, Josh and Starr each have work that shipped this week that they want to brag on. This episode strides over vast expanses, covering issu...

FounderQuest Predicts The Future Of Work

FounderQuest Predicts The Future Of Work

S2E16 · · 36:01

In this episode the Badgers talk about their predictions for the future of work. They also discuss some of the pros and cons to working remotely and how to prevent loneliness. Conven...

Prepare Thyself For When The Tax Man Cometh

Prepare Thyself For When The Tax Man Cometh

S2E15 · · 14:26

Ben and Starr have an informal fireside chat about recent tax changes and how to navigate them when running a SaaS company with nationwide sales. Learn about some of the surprising r...

Should You Target Pieces Of Pie Or Whole Enchiladas?

Should You Target Pieces Of Pie Or Whole Enchiladas?

S2E14 · · 54:12

History is made this week as FounderQuest welcomes its first ever guest, Justin Jackson, co-founder of Transistor.fm! A debate ensues around whether it's better to build a product fo...

We Pull Back The Curtain On A Secret Project

We Pull Back The Curtain On A Secret Project

S2E13 · · 39:53

This week Josh reveals his super secret project that he's been working on and it will...BLOW...YOU...AWAY!!! Just kidding, you and your surroundings are most likely safe but it's pre...

Discovering Our Strengths

Discovering Our Strengths

S2E12 · · 33:15

In this episode Josh, Starr, and Ben talk about each of their results from taking the CliftonStrengths assessment and debate the validity of the results. They also discuss if having ...

Hawaiian Punch And 2020 Resolutions

Hawaiian Punch And 2020 Resolutions

S2E11 · · 27:53

The trio is morphing into a duo on this week's episode of FounderQuest, Fireside Chat edition. Ben and Josh talk about their 2020 resolutions, upping their serverless usage, side pro...

The Things We Shipped In 2019

The Things We Shipped In 2019

S2E10 · · 46:31

This week Josh, Ben, and Starr look back at all of the things that Honeybadger shipped in the last 12 months. They also give Apple some free management advice and provide their thoug...

Is It Time For The Big Rewrite?

Is It Time For The Big Rewrite?

S2E9 · · 32:04

This week on FounderQuest Josh, Starr, and Ben talk about the quandary of not knowing how to build something until after you’ve already built it. Therefore, once it's built it can be...

The 2019 Thanksgiving Freestyle Episode

The 2019 Thanksgiving Freestyle Episode

S2E8 · · 19:24

The guys throw the show notes out the window and kick it freestyle on this special Thanksgiving episode. All of today’s hard-hitting questions are answered: Dark meat or light meat? ...

Is Offering A Free Plan Worth The Hassle?

Is Offering A Free Plan Worth The Hassle?

S2E7 · · 31:33

This week on FounderQuest, the guys talk about their decision to offer a free plan alongside the paid plans for Honeybadger and how it impacted the overall business. Josh is also bac...

Is Marketing On Marketplaces Worth It?

Is Marketing On Marketplaces Worth It?

S2E6 · · 27:47

This week Ben and Starr talk about Honeybadger's efforts using marketplaces to get new business and whether it's worth the development time needed to set them up. They also discuss H...

Should You Comply With Compliance?

Should You Comply With Compliance?

S2E5 · · 33:16

On this week's episode of FounderQuest Josh, Ben, and Starr talk about their Soc 2 and GDPR compliance efforts. They go over the different strategies to handle compliance, the potent...

Should You Blow Up Your Backlog?

Should You Blow Up Your Backlog?

S2E4 · · 21:39

This week on FounderQuest the guys weigh in on a recent debate sparked by Jason Fried at Basecamp around the value of backlogs. In short, Fried proports that backlogs cause unnecessa...

How Honeybadger Creates Content

How Honeybadger Creates Content

S2E3 · · 22:13

The guys talk about creating content for Honeybadger and the difficulties switching back and forth from writing prose to writing code. Starr channels his inner Anna Wintour and descr...

Don't Let Customer Service Crush You

Don't Let Customer Service Crush You

S2E2 · · 34:51

The guys talk about how they are scaling up their awesome customer service without adding headcount and their journey from email customer support, to chat support, and back to email ...

You Know What We Did Last Summer - Season Two Begins!

You Know What We Did Last Summer - Season Two Begins!

S2E1 · · 27:52

Season Two of FounderQuest is upon you! The guys discuss what they did while on summer break, releasing breadcrumbs on Honeybadger and why they help when debugging, launching the new...

We're Going on Summer Vacation!

We're Going on Summer Vacation!

S1E20 · · 00:57

The guys are taking a few weeks off from podcasting to enjoy the fleeting Pacific northwest summer. They'll be back in late August or early September, fully rested and ready with hot...