"Be Your Own Angel" PeersConf 2015 Talk

Why are we talking about Amy's pants on a business show? There's a connection, we promise. You know this is gonna be good.

Stacking the Bricks is back for 2016!

Special thank you to everyone who reached out and told us that you missed the show in the time since our last episode. We missed making them for you!

The good news is that with the new 30x500 Academy "construction" complete, we're able to focus our attention on you this year and that starts with bringing back the show. It felt SO GOOD to get back on a microphone!

EP14 - What are your New Years Pants?


The right motivation is a fire under your ass, not a Happy Place you retreat to in your mind when things are hard.

The right motivation is enduring, meaningful, and personal — and often times, painful.

Here's what the right motivation is not:

* fantasies of acclaim 
* fantasies of riches and luxury 
* fantasies of retiring early to a Mojito Island

They're fun, but actually destructive to your ability to keep going.

Why? Why can't these shiny Lamborghini Goals keep you going? What *will*?

Listen to the latest episode of Stacking the Bricks to find out!

EP15 - Why "Lambo Goals" never keep you motivated

Scott Hurff - who you met back in Episode 2 of this show - just released a new hit book through O'Reilly called "Designing Products People Love."

But Amy and Alex aren't interviewing Scott about his book or his launch in this episode. In fact, the opposite.

In this episode we turned the tables and Scott interviewed us, digging REALLY deep into our combined backgrounds in business and how we do research, conduct "Internet Ethnography" a.k.a. Sales Safari, and how we build learning systems to help our customers and students. You can even learn some of the "expert-level" Sales Safari techniques that we use.

Note: We didn't plan to make this a podcast episode so the audio quality isn't perfect, but when I found this recording buried in some folders a few nights ago I realized that there wasn't anything even close to this comprehensive anywhere out there So it's time to change that..

Click play to tune into this fun, fast-paced, and multi-layered conversation with an alumni we're very proud of, as we share what goes into creating the products that people love, and how we help others do the same.

EP16 - How do you design products people love?

You don't have to bootstrap alone.

If you're tired of all the buzzwords, boosterism, mythologizing, the cult of overwork… if you want to build a real business with real customers who pay real money, you're not alone.

Bootstrappers are all around you. Even though you'll rarely find talk of revenue, customer happiness, or sustainability in places like Hacker News, bootstrapping is neither rare, nor especially difficult. You don't have to wage war or reinvent the wheel. And you definitely don't have to be lonely.

Bootstrapping's back, baby, and we're here to make sure it stays that way. Welcome.

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