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FounderQuest

Hosted by The Honeybadger Crew · technology · EN

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About this Podcast:

Developers building a software business on our own terms.

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Verified email

Booking probability

34%

Guest openness

Selective

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80/100
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Questions about FounderQuest

Who hosts FounderQuest?

FounderQuest is hosted by The Honeybadger Crew. The show has published 120 episodes to date.

What has FounderQuest covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Will AI replace developers?" (3 January 2025, 49 minutes), "How to Sponsor a Conference" (6 December 2024, 49 minutes), and "Why does Bluesky love Alf so much?" (22 November 2024, 43 minutes).

How often does FounderQuest publish?

FounderQuest publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 120 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on FounderQuest?

Booking probability for FounderQuest is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. FounderQuest requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. FounderQuest's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch FounderQuest?

The strongest fits for FounderQuest are IT Services & Software Development. FounderQuest has a technology audience.

About the host

The Honeybadger Crew hosts FounderQuest, a technology podcast with 120 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Jan 3, 202549 minS5

    Ben and Josh discuss the benefits and perils of using AI assistants for programming. Cursor Codeium Windsurf GitHub Copilot announcement Perplexity

  • Dec 6, 202449 minS5

    Ben, Josh, and John Nunemaker are back from RubyConf and take the opportunity to discuss how to sponsor a conference as a small software company. Protip: bring your furniture from home...

  • Nov 22, 202443 minS5

    Ben and Josh go off-script for a fun and hopefully-not-too-long chat about their favorite Twitter-like social network, Bluesky. https://faineg.substack.com/p/how-i-accidentally-ruined-bluesky The hosts of WSUA9 call it...

  • Oct 25, 202448 minS5

    Josh and Ben reconnect with their friend JP Boily to discuss building his startup Metrics Watch for just over 9 years before finding a new owner on Acquire.com. Bluesky startups & bootstrappers starter pack Join the...

  • Oct 11, 202455 minS5

    Josh and Ben catch up with John Nunemaker after Rails World and dig into John's recent acquisition of Fireside.fm, the podcasting platform created by Dan Benjamin. What's next for John? In short, he's curating some Very...

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  • Episode #16

    Pricing

    Aug 30, 202449 minS5

    Ben, Josh, and John discuss pricing, including how to approach pricing, what they do and don't like about pricing, and how pricing works at Honeybadger and Flipper...

  • Jul 19, 202436 minS5

    While Josh is on vacation, Ben chats with guests Will King and John Nunemaker about the process and perils of trying to ship reliably. https://www.wking.dev/logs/shipping-in-layers https://longform.asmartbear.com/slc/...

  • Jun 21, 202437 minS5

    Ben and Josh catch up after a few weeks of heads-down product work, and they have lots to talk about—including a new Discord server for FounderQuest listeners! Plus, hear Josh’s thesis on why it’s a huge problem if...

  • Jun 7, 202437 minS5

    Longtime friend of the pod Adam McCrea joins Josh and Ben to catch up and chat about his journey building Judoscale—an autoscaling service for Heroku, Render, and AWS! Blue Ridge Ruby Josh’s Blue Ridge Ruby recap Kyle...

  • May 24, 202449 minS5

    John Nunemaker returns to FounderQuest to discuss his writing process—after the guys debate code linters and formatters, of course. It's important to start with the essentials. Links: Standardrb Josh’s 2013 Ruby Style...

  • May 17, 202447 minS5

    Josh and Ben are joined by John Nunemaker to discuss their recent trip to Detroit for RailsConf, as well as the announcement from RubyCentral that 2025 will mark the final RailsConf (though not the last Rails...

  • Mar 15, 202436 minS5

    This week, Josh and Ben dive deep into the marketing strategy for their new product, Insights, in response to a listener question. They talk about what groups they are targeting first, some of the planned marketing...

  • Mar 8, 202438 minS5

    This week Josh and Ben discuss shipping Insights, what's next for the product, and their strategies to get people to actually use it. Plus Ben shares the results from his latest performance science projects. Grab your...

  • Feb 2, 202437 minS5

    This week Josh and Ben discuss shipping a Clickhouse migration and Honeybadger's new look. They also talk about Exceptional Creatures hitting number one on Hacker News and being featured at the top of Ruby Weekly. Plus...

  • Jan 26, 202431 minS5

    Today Josh and Ben are talking about UI changes in order to lay the foundation to launch and integrate Insights into Honeybadger as well as steps they are taking to avoid some rollout mistakes they've made in the past...

  • Jan 9, 202430 minS5

    GOOAAALLL!!! This week Ben and Josh discuss how to get Honeybadger's growth back on track by setting a company-wide goal. They also talk about how to promote new features in your product without annoying your users and...

  • Dec 15, 202336 minS5

    This week Josh and Ben discuss Honeybadger's recent revenue struggles, how they got to this point, and the steps they're taking to weather the storm. They also explain why 2024 could be the company's best year ever...

  • Dec 8, 202336 minS5

    Kevin joins Josh and Ben again this week as the trio discusses Honeybadger's hack week, processes for making bold UI/UX changes, what to do/not do if your customers hate said UI/UX changes, plus the latest trends in...

  • Dec 1, 202336 minS5

    It's a trifecta of badgers this week as Honeybadger's own Kevin Webster takes us on a deep dive into the genesis of his baby/our new product, Insights. There is also a discussion around the challenges of dealing with...

  • Nov 17, 202331 minS5

    This week Josh and Ben give further insights into Insights and discuss challenges around shoehorning a new product into an existing one. They also talk about marketing strategies, a Las Vegas trip, and disaster...

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