Episodes
Protyping with AI. Burnout aftermath. Validation theories that need retiring. Go-to-market. MVP speed. SaaS UI components as a service. Kitchen Reno. Passover. Knicks Games.
Connect with Brian:
Brian's Product Studio: Instrumental Products
Brian's YouTube channel: @briancasel
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 04/26/24
Email for SaaS. Selling to Main Street. AI in the real world. Offloading customer support. UI/UX consultancy pricing. YouTube experimentation. Vacation guilt. Kitchen renovations.
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Connect with Brian:
Brian's consultancy: Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 04/19/24
Exploring products that sell to SaaS. Flights. Credit card points. Passover. Elections. Twitter. Validation. No-kids vacations.
Connect with Brian:
Brian's Product Studio: Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 04/11/24
Idea hunting. Competitors. Levels. Portfolios. Rough products. Customer success. Weekly pricing. Productized services. Earthquakes. Supplements.
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Connect with Brian:
Brian's consultancy: Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 04/05/24
Brian's first LinkedIn post. YouTube. Texas. Northeast. Inbound vs. outbound. New product ideas. AI. Ecommerce. Customer Success. Tapping demand.
Connect with Brian:
Brian's Product Studio: Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 03/29/24
Exploring new ideas via conferences. Building in Laravel vs. Rails. Training customer success. Leveraging audience as an employee vs. founder. Travel energy.
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Connect with Brian:
Brian's new consultancy: Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 03/15/24
SaaS trends. Product studio. Pivots. Personal energy. Business energy. Ecommerce Space. Bootstrapping. First principles. Product idea mining. Platform risk. Elementary school talent shows.
Connect with Brian:
Brian's Product Studio: Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 03/08/24
Launching a consultancy. Generating pipeline. Breaking limiting mindsets. Outsource vs. in-house SDRs. Paid customer onboarding. Daddy-daughter dancing.
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Connect with Brian:
Brian's new consultancy: Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 02/23/24
AI everywhere. Zuck's shots fired. Committing to the new direction. Customer success. "Starter for hire" consultancy concept. Skiing. Birthdays.
Connect with Brian:
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 02/16/24
Homepage experiments. Marketing is too expensive. Product-led growth. VC game. Bootstrapper game. Cold outreach. Over-correcting. Shingles. Vienna. Snowboarding.
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Connect with Brian:
Brian's new content: fullstackfounder.co
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 02/02/24
Customer Success. Offers product. Consulting aint so bad. Hiring a video editor. Redefining success. Not enough time. Ski trips with kids. Ski trips with adults. Selling before launching. Alarms.
Connect with Brian:
Brian's new business: fullstackfounder.co
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 01/19/24
Energizing the pipeline, energizing customer success, shipping a marketing site, unrealistic time estimations, getting snowed in, too much coffee (or not enough?)...
Connect with Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Connect with Brian:
Brian's new business: fullstackfounder.co
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 01/12/24
New Year, new start, a blank canvas... Working more (or less). Clarityflow Commerce. New brand name. YouTube. Growing pipeline. Selling a product two ways. Runway pressure. Just another year :)
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Brian's building: fullstackfounder.co (site is coming a few days after this episode publishes!)
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 01/05/24
In our final show of 2023, we're going deep... What would our younger selves think? What were our biggest milestones to date? Hardest challenges? What's our favorite "cheat code"?
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Brian's building: InstrumentalProducts.com
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 12/15/23
Creator businesses. Self-serve demos. Partnership Gold. Stair-stepping. Sales process. Economy and SaaS. YouTube. Marketing in 2024. Audience. What else? We'll see...
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Brian's new thing: InstrumentalProducts.com
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 12/08/23
Black Friday fun. Cold email. Sales teams. Product market fit. Website redesign. Media company operations. Audience funnels.
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Brian's new thing: InstrumentalProducts.com
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 12/01/23
On today's episode:
Our news diets and managing stress with world events
New onboarding flows & outreach wins
Board meeting dynamics
SaaS viability in 2024
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Brian's new thing: InstrumentalProducts.com
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 11/17/23
On today's episode:
Brian goes public with his new thing for 2024...
Jordan onboards & optimizes the new sales team
Discovery channels vs. relationship channels
Spicy takes on AI startup land...
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Brian's new thing: InstrumentalProducts.com
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 11/10/23
On today's episode:
Sharing our real time stories publicly & transparently
Compensation for sales teams vs. product teams
Developing the content muscle
Self-serve & async demos and onboarding
Exploring a coaching offer around product strategy
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Brian's company, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 11/03/23
On today's episode:
A few words on world events
Brian's runway and strategic planning for 2024
Jordan's reallocating of resources and investment
Brian's firing himself from sales
Jordan's hiring for sales
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Brian's company, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 10/27/23
On today's episode:
When does shipping product lead to growth?
Muddy Metrics
Sports, exercise, health, eating, and drinking habits
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Brian's company, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 09/15/23
On today's episode:
How we work with coaches & consultants to guide strategy & implementation
UX hangover on shipped features
Selling software "once"
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Brian's company, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 09/08/23
On today's episode:
How we onboard and activate after a sales call
Strategic pricing and show vs. don't show
How to think about hiring a sales person
Context switching between product work and marketing work as a solo founder.
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Brian's company, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Published 08/25/23
On today's episode:
Building in public. Why and how?
Learning sales. Process, strategy, tactics.
How we learn and implement.
A solo founder's dillemma
Connect with Brian and Jordan:
Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal
Brian's company, Clarityflow
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel
Published 08/11/23