Michele Hansen
Co-Founder of Geocodio & Author of Deploy Empathy
Appears in 125 Episodes
Q&A!
How would Michele and Colleen change each others' businesses? Why is Geocodio hiring now? And more on our Q&A episode!
Sales Mode
Colleen shifts into sales mode for Refine.
101 Episodes!
Michele and Colleen reflect on where they’ve come from and where they’re going.
The One Where the WiFi Goes Out
Colleen and Aaron gave their workshop at RailsConf! Well, a version of it.
Betting on Multiple Horses with Dan Rowden and James McKinven
Michele chats with Dan Rowden and James McKinven, hosts of the No More Mondays podcast, about how they each manage a portfolio of indie businesses.
The Water Bowl of Sorrow
Colleen's launch doesn't go quite as hoped.
Be a Champion with Zuzana Kunckova, Founder of Larabelles
Michele chats with Zuzana Kunckova, self-taught developer and founder of Larabelles.
Launching, Back to the Future Style
Colleen's new company finally launches its first product.
Founding, Selling, and Starting Anew with Adam Pallozzi, Exited Founder of Junior Rockers and Co-Founder of SleepHQ
Michele chats with Adam Pallozzi about the highs and lows of selling a business during the pandemic.
Don't Forget to Sell What You Have
Colleen and Michele discuss Colleen's marketing to-do list, and all things conference workshops.
Sales for Founders with Ben Orenstein, Co-Founder of Tuple
Ben Orenstein shares his hard-earned tactics for navigating enterprise sales as a technical founder.
From Learning to Code to Llamas
Michele chats with Marie Ng, founder of to-do list SaaS Llama Life.
Less Codesy Stuff, More Salesy Stuff
Colleen has 5 months until Hammerstone runs out of client funding. What to do, what to do.
Special episode: Two additional ways you can help Ukraine
A quick special episode on two efforts we're involved in to help Ukraine
The Business of This Podcast
Colleen and Michele chat about the business of this podcast.
How to Use Twitter Effectively (feat. Arvid Kahl)
Michele chats with Arvid Kahl about how to grow your Twitter presence.
Workshopping Pay-As-You-Go Failed Payments
Colleen helps Michele work through a challenge with failed payments.
Selling a Business and Scaling Another Amidst Tragedy
A raw conversation between Michele and Jesse Hanley about how he sold his first business and scaled up his SaaS last year all while dealing with the death of his infan...
From Bodybuilder to SaaS Founder
Michele chats with Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento.
Redefining Success with Chris Spagnuolo of Jetboost
Colleen and Michele chat with Chris Spagnuolo of Jetboost.
January Blues and easy wins
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Learning How to Interview Customers: A Conversation with Jonathan Markwell
Michele chats with Jonathan Markwell, business consultant and host of the new Empathy Deployed podcast.
From Side Project to $6M ARR
Colleen and Michele chat with Nick Zadrozny, Founder and CEO of Bonsai.
It's Been a Year
Michele and Colleen reflect on 2021 and look ahead to 2022.
Enterprise Sales as an Indie SaaS featuring Josh Ho, Founder of ReferralRock
Michele and Colleen chat with Josh Ho, Founder of ReferralRock, about doing enterprise sales as indie founders.
Using Atomic Habits to Get Through Burnout
Colleen recommended Michele read Atomic Habits, and she finally did. They talk about how it's giving Michele ideas to make 1% improvements in her life to get through b...
So This Is Burnout
Michele's done a lot this year... and is finally feeling burnout. She and Colleen talk it through.
Using Jobs to Be Done to Build a Whiteboard That Does Math: A Conversation with Matt Wensing, Founder of Summit
Michele chats with Matt Wensing, founder of Summit (and exited founder of RiskPulse).
Founder Summit Takeaways
We share our takeaways from Founder Summit.
A Conversation with Kevin Sahin, Co-Founder of ScrapingBee
Michele chats with Kevin Sahin, co-founder of ScrapingBee.