Product People

Amy Hoy gives a personal interview on her growing up in suburban Maryland, programming on an Apple IIc, selling her My Little Ponies to buy a Power Mac, and how she ended up building her first products.

Show Notes

Amy Hoy gives a personal interview on her growing up in suburban Maryland, programming on an Apple IIc, selling her My Little Ponies to buy a Power Mac, and how she ended up building her first products.

Highlights
  • “I started programming when I was 7 year old. At home we had an Apple IIc, and I wrote some programs in BASIC on that.”
  • “Programming books suck.”
  • “I grew up in suburban Maryland. It was a wasteland: the only place to get coffee was at a gas station, or one of those sub shops that don’t have a name.”
  • “Growing up, I didn’t have any business mentors. I was all alone. I learned from books.”
  • “I was always hustling trying to get money. To buy my Power Mac I sold all of my My Little Ponies.”
  • “My entire life, everyone told me I couldn’t do stuff.”
  • “I dropped out of high school in 9th grade and started freelancing.”
  • “Communicating and teaching are my #1 passions.”
  • “To me it’s really interesting how people hear about people, and start following people” – Justin
  • “Twistori ended up making us a lot of money.”
  • “Working for this startup was like living in Dilbert, but with lots more money and parties.”
  • “It took about 1-2 days a week, for 3 months to build Freckle.”
  • “I remember hearing about the 30×500 formula, and thinking: ‘Whoa! That’s doable'” – Justin
  • “We’re doing a 30×500 bootcamp on June 9-10. The cost will be $1,550.”
Show notes

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Justin Jackson
⚡ Bootstrapping, podcasting, calm companies, business ethics. Co-founder of @transistorfm (podcast hosting).

What is Product People?

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