The tax deal that includes a retroactive fix for domestic R&D expensing through 2025 passed the House! Now what?

"Hi, I'm a constituent in your district. Please tell the Representative to support HR 7024." That's all you have to say! Find your Rep's phone number: https://ssballiance.org/

Time to call both of your Senators and your Representative to get fixing 174 on the priorities before the end of the year. This is especially critical if you're in: Idaho Illinois Kentucky Montana New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Dakota Tennessee Washington Look up their phone numbers: https://ssballiance.org/

Michele chats with Kevin Griffin about how she sees side projects not only as a way to earn extra money but as insurance policies against losing your job or other unexpected life events. Subscribe to Multithreaded Income! 

Michele chats with Jesse J. Anderson, aka ADHD Jesse, about finding out one has ADHD as an adult, entrepreneurship as people with ADHD, parenting an ADHD child, and more. Get Jesse's book "Extra Focus: The Quick-Start Guide to Adult ADHD" and join his newsletter: https://adhdjesse.com/ + Recommended book on parenting kids with ADHD: ADD Superparenting

Sign the National Association of Manufacturers letter! https://ssballiance.org/

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 Tax Advisory to learn more.  Learn more: What is the R&D Tax Credit? IRS R&D Tax Credit rules Please note: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not tax advice. Talk to your tax preparer for advice about your specific situation. 

CNBC article: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/18/software-firms-face-huge-tax-bills-that-threaten-tech-startup-survival.html Politico Morning Tax: https://twitter.com/mjwhansen/status/1648329709774684165

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 letter to their newsletters! Subscribe to their newsletters:Corey's newsletter: https://www.corey.co/Justin's newsletter: https://justinjackson.ca/newsletter

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

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 Coalition letter to Congress: https://ssballiance.org/ Tweet thread FAQ on Section 174: https://twitter.com/mjwhansen/status/1640696365637419008

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

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 episode was released. So... did he do it?

Michele and Colleen reflect on the year.

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

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

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

Colleen and her business partner Aaron give an update on Hammerstone (Refine) in this crossover episode.

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 what that means in the context of feature requests and high-touch sales.

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: Colleen and Michele were actually in the same place last week, so that's why the audio quality is different than normal!)

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

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

Michele continues her chat with Summit founder Matt Wensing about ways indie SaaS founders can think about moats and competitive advantages. This episode: cost advantages, size advantages (big and small), and false moats.

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