Michele Hansen

Michele Hansen

Co-Founder of Geocodio & Author of Deploy Empathy

Appears in 129 Episodes

Can the R&D Tax Credit Offset the Section 174 Changes?

The R&D Tax Credit still exists, and it might be able to help you offset the Section 174 changes. Michele talks to R&D Tax Credit expert Jonathan Cardella of Strike Ta...

The letter to Congress has been sent! Here's what comes next.

CNBC article: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/18/software-firms-face-huge-tax-bills-that-threaten-tech-startup-survival.htmlPolitico Morning Tax: https://twitter.com/mjwh...

Keep Calm and Carry On

Michele gives another update on the Section 174 effort and chats with Tyler Tringas and Arvid Kahl. Huge thanks to Justin Jackson and Corey Haines for sending out the ...

Numbers Update + Chat with Landon and Kyle

Numbers update on the letter to Congress + crossover with Made with Grit. 

It's me, hi. It's the problem, it's Section 174

An update from Michele on what she and Colleen have been doing for the past few months, and an urgent call to action to sign the Small Software Business Alliance Coali...

What 2023 Brings for Colleen, Michele, and This Show

Colleen and Michele talk about their hopes and plans for 2023, and make an announcement about this show.

The Forcing Function Episode: Launch Christian Genco's New SaaS

Michele talked to Christian Genco on December 1 about what he needed to do to launch his new SaaS, TheVideoClipper, with a deadline of having it done before this episo...

Reflecting on 2022

Michele and Colleen reflect on the year.

Culture + Feedback = ???

Michele shares her takeaways from the book The Culture Map and what it might mean for getting product feedback and building products across countries.

TinySeed, TinyConf

Colleen recaps her learnings from her first TinySeed meetup/MicroConf: Local Austin.

Listing on MicroAcquire

Colleen is ready to go all-in on Refine... and that means moving on from Simple File Upload.

Qualitative and Quantitative Data

Talking to other entrepreneurs made Michele realize that she hasn't talked about interplay of qualitative *and* qualitative data enough. Michele and Colleen talk about...

TinySeed!

Colleen's company was accepted to TinySeed, which means she now gets to work on Refine full time. That means she can finally make some hard decisions and push. (Note: ...

Getting Into Public Speaking as a Developer

Michele chats with indie developer Benedicte Raae about getting into public speaking through streaming.

Sick Leave for Indie Founders?

Should indie founders take sick leave? Michele and Colleen discuss.

Competitive Advantage and Moats for Small SaaSes, Part 2

Michele continues her chat with Summit founder Matt Wensing about ways indie SaaS founders can think about moats and competitive advantages. This episode: cost advanta...

Talking Competitive Advantage and Moats for Small SaaSes, Part 1

Michele chats with Summit founder Matt Wensing about intangible assets, switching costs, and network effects, and how they apply to indie software companies.

Refine Update with Aaron and Colleen

Aaron Francis, Colleen's co-founder, swings by to chat about Refine.

Super Pumped (aka The Saturday Edition)

Four things Colleen is super pumped about... and one thing she's not.

Sprinting a Marathon

Colleen and Michele both have a lot going on.

Hairy Projects and Heat Waves

Michele's trying to figure out how to approach charging sales taxes, and Colleen finally pushes to prod despite a challenging week.

One Weekly Win

Colleen shares the secret to her recent productivity.

That's the Job

Learning new things, feeling like you're a bit out of your depth, pushing to the next level: that's the job of being an entrepreneur, and Colleen and Michele are both ...

Work vs Life vs Everything Else

Michele and Colleen catch up on Michele's conference talks... and try to figure out how she can get more balance.

Bonus: Pre-Episode Banter for 8/9/22

Folks seem to love our casual banter, so here's what Zoom captured on our backup recording before we started the actual recording for next Tuesday's episode.

Colleen vs the Cliff

It's finally August, and Colleen is coming up on the deadline for Refine to support her working full-time... or is it?

Starting a Business - Even When Your Family Doesn't Want You To

Ever had friends or family question your decision to start a business or discourage you from going full-time? Michele and Lucie Baratte dive into that in part 2 of the...

Vision and Empathy with Lucie Baratte of Logology

Michele chats with Lucie Baratte, co-founder and art director of Logology.

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