Hackers Incorporated

In this episode, Adam and Ben share some personal updates on lake houses, gym equipment, and luxury electric vehicles, and answer listener questions on topics like things they'd change when starting over, how to be more valuable as an employee, the point in their businesses that had the biggest impact on their happiness, and would they ever sell their companies.

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Timestamps
  • (00:00) - Personal updates
  • (27:18) - "How come you've never released a trailer for Hackers Inc. on Art of Product?"
  • (30:44) - "What's something you'd do differently if you were starting a business today?"
  • (41:42) - "What would you do the same if you were starting a business today?"
  • (45:24) - "What does your ideal employee look like?"
  • (53:40) - "How often do you reflect on how far you've come?"
  • (59:28) - "What was your biggest change in net happiness while running your businesses?"
  • (01:10:56) - "Would you ever sell the company?"

Links

What is Hackers Incorporated?

Ben Orenstein and Adam Wathan on surviving the transition from dev to founder.