85: The Hype Is Real
April 18th, 2019
33 mins 10 secs
About this Episode
The hype about Tuple is real! Ben’s been busy adding a bunch of new customers. He’s selling and delivering the dream.
Derrick is back after mentally struggling in the midst of moving, which meant a week of zero productivity on Level. Now, he’s in a better place, mentally and literally.
Today’s Topics Include:
- Ludicrous Mode: Full-resolution, uncompressed video stream option added to Tuple
- Tuple’s lack of scaling challenges due to peer-to-peer connections
- Tuple’s conversion rate for email list
- Ben’s “I’m bad at sales” email message and demo video
- Things to do and features to add in the future for Tuple
- Tuple achieves semi-milestone of customer renewals
- Ben’s fear of public availability to post Tuple’s pricing
- Bandwidth forces AoP podcast back to one episode per week
- Derrick ships fun and addictive emoji reactions feature in Level
- Inviting more people to increase Level’s sample size and address skepticism
Links and resources:
Derrick Reimer Website
Derrick Reimer on Twitter
Ben Orenstein Website
Ben Orenstein on Twitter
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