Building Astropad

Astropad

Go behind the scenes with Building Astropad, a podcast about building something from nothing — hosted by Astropad CEO Matt Ronge. It's for anyone starting a project, launching a business, or scratching a creative itch.

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How to Compete for Top Talent Against VC-Backed Startups

Hear how a bootstrapped company can compete with Big Tech and Unicorn startups for top talent.

Jan 20, 2022

11 min

How to come up with new product ideas

Here are the 3 ways we come up with new product ideas at Astropad

Jan 6, 2022

9 min

3 books for new managers

These are the top 3 books I recommend to any new manager on our team

Dec 16, 2021

14 min

How NOT to screw up switching your app to subscriptions

Advice on switching an existing app to subscriptions

Dec 2, 2021

8 min

How we created our second biggest launch ever

How we turned Luna for Windows into our second biggest launch ever.

Nov 18, 2021

31 min

Building a hardware startup with Aneela Idnani

Hear how Aneela's hardware startup is tackling Body Focused Repetitive Behavior – a mental health condition

Nov 5, 2021

44 min

Learning copywriting with Mark Lambert

How to get started copywriting with recommendations from a pro

Oct 21, 2021

37 min

Why I wouldn’t build a business around Mac apps

I love beautifully crafted Mac apps, but I no longer believe they are a viable business model. On this episode I explain why.

Sep 28, 2021

12 min

Here come the App Store regulators

Matt summarizes the latest Apple anti-trust news and shares what to expect next as regulators close in on the App Store.

Sep 9, 2021

13 min

Why you can’t avoid a pivot

Matt shares his lessons from a company saving pivot along with examples from famous companies like Intel, Netflix, and Nintendo.

Aug 26, 2021

15 min