The Art of Product

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

220 episodes of The Art of Product since the first episode, which aired on June 1st, 2017.

  • 204: Miscellanea

    March 23rd, 2022  |  38 mins 1 sec

    Ben and Derrick riff on a variety of topics, including coffee brewing, retreats, MicroConf, design, finding business ideas, and interesting subreddits.

  • 203: The Hiring Spree

    March 16th, 2022  |  40 mins 10 secs

    The Tuple team has recently grown by three team members! Ben is looking forward to getting the Linux client out the door in the next month. Derrick is staying busy moving SavvyCal forward and bringing his new developer into the app.

  • 202: The Art and Pain of Design

    March 9th, 2022  |  58 mins 43 secs

    Ben talks to Brian Lovin, a designer, podcaster, writer, and software tinkerer.

  • 201: Getting Things Done with Stephen Dolan

    March 2nd, 2022  |  1 hr 9 mins

    Ben and Derrick chat with Tuple's Chief of Staff and GTD expert, Stephen Dolan. They discuss Stephen's path from programming to sales to his current role and nerd out over methods for staying productive.

  • 200: The 200th Episode!

    February 23rd, 2022  |  33 mins 50 secs

    Ben recently had a Tuple team retreat. He is still in hiring mode. The Tuple product team is progressing on their Linux integration. Derrick ran a product-market fit survey for SavvyCal, and the results are...tune in to find out. He's pondering how to approach a freemium play.

  • 199: Keeping Up With Courtland

    February 9th, 2022  |  52 mins 1 sec

    Ben & Derrick chat with Courtland Allen from Indie Hackers. They discuss the challenges of building a community and finding fulfillment in work, among a variety of other topics

  • 198: Leaving Room To React

    January 26th, 2022  |  33 mins 5 secs

    Derrick and Ben catch up about what's going on at Tuple and SavvyCal. Derrick had a fun customer experience on Twitter last week. Ben is still in hiring mode.

  • 197: Growth Mindset

    January 12th, 2022  |  32 mins 51 secs

    Derrick & Ben catch up after a few weeks away for the holidays. Ben is still in hiring mode. He's considering ways to do more teaching (something he used to do a lot when he was a programmer by trade). Derrick is planning to be more intentional in fostering a growth mindset this year in business and life.

  • 196: The Hedonic Treadmill

    December 22nd, 2021  |  35 mins 5 secs

    Ben & Derrick chat about doing what you love versus doing what the business needs.

  • 195: Metric Obsession

    December 8th, 2021  |  35 mins 47 secs

    Ben and Derrick catch up after a holiday break. Ben chats about his recent design hire and Stephen's promotion to Chief of Staff at Tuple. Derrick ran a successful Black Friday promo for SavvyCal and is hard at work on the Stripe integration.

  • 194: The Future of AoP

    December 1st, 2021  |  37 mins

    Ben and Derrick plan for the future of the podcast.

  • 193: Feeling Ambitious

    November 17th, 2021  |  35 mins 43 secs

    Ben and Derrick chat about their ambitions for building their companies and planning for the new year.

  • 192: This Is Not A Fire Drill

    November 10th, 2021  |  44 mins 49 secs

    Ben tells the story about a recent Tuple incident in production. The guys discuss how they're putting planning into action after last week's chat with Adam about Shape Up. Derrick gives an update about growth efforts for SavvyCal.

  • 191: Shaping Up with Adam Wathan

    November 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins

    Ben and Derrick talk to Adam about how to effectively plan and organize work.

  • 190: Unpacking Stripe, Continued

    October 20th, 2021  |  51 mins 14 secs

    Penelope Phippen is back on the show to continue the conversation from Episode 180 about how Stripe does with it does.

  • 189: Back In The Saddle

    October 13th, 2021  |  37 mins 29 secs

    Ben is back home from the Vineyard and Derrick is back to 100%. Tuple is hiring a Product Designer and considering adding a bit more structure to their product planning process. Derrick recently shipped a new marketing site update