Pushing Boulders Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/pushing-boulders A podcast about growing businesses with people pushing their boulders up the hill. © 2025 Chris Fidao e62bdf94-c06b-59da-b097-2997053a66ce no A Quick Intro en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:34:30 -0500 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:44:40 -0600 https://pushingboulders.biz https://img.transistor.fm/NlyLzgHJDxIJTs-YYFVdmFFMNF7fUnVWoDUC3Ocf2Gc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4MzY1LzE2NDQ5/NTQxNTctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Pushing Boulders https://pushingboulders.biz episodic Chris Fidao A podcast about growing businesses with people pushing their boulders up the hill. A podcast about growing businesses with people pushing their boulders up the hill.. saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship Fideloper LLC No No Marie Poulin - Making a business from Notion Mastery 11 11 Marie Poulin - Making a business from Notion Mastery full 3c13030e-dcc6-4227-9f36-335bd653819e https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/marie-poulin-making-a-business-from-notion-mastery Marie Poulin drops by to talk about notionmastery.com - a topic whose demand dragged her along to create a business around teaching Notion at a premium level! Marie and her husband are killing it - listen to hear how!


]]> Marie Poulin drops by to talk about notionmastery.com - a topic whose demand dragged her along to create a business around teaching Notion at a premium level! Marie and her husband are killing it - listen to hear how!


]]> Mon, 16 May 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 3028 Marie Poulin drops by to talk about notionmastery.com - a topic whose demand dragged her along to create a business around teaching Notion at a premium level! Marie and her husband are killing it - listen to hear how! Marie Poulin drops by to talk about notionmastery.com - a topic whose demand dragged her along to create a business around teaching Notion at a premium level! Marie and her husband are killing it - listen to hear how! saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No I Quit (ft. Aaron Francis) 10 10 I Quit (ft. Aaron Francis) full 8ea785ae-69ca-47bd-a208-d257bf73a975 https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/i-quit-ft-aaron-francis Chris is leaving UserScape after 8 years, and working as a "Laravel Specialist" at Fly (fly.io). Aaron offered to interview me to talk about it!

]]> Chris is leaving UserScape after 8 years, and working as a "Laravel Specialist" at Fly (fly.io). Aaron offered to interview me to talk about it!

]]> Mon, 09 May 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 1183 Chris is leaving UserScape after 8 years, and working as a "Laravel Specialist" at Fly (fly.io). Aaron offered to interview me to talk about it! Chris is leaving UserScape after 8 years, and working as a "Laravel Specialist" at Fly (fly.io). Aaron offered to interview me to talk about it! saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No Adam Elmore - Consulting in AWS and Public.dev 9 9 Adam Elmore - Consulting in AWS and Public.dev full d756c7ec-881f-4a77-a1b4-f0809edbb7cf https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/adam-elmore-consulting-in-aws-and-public-dev This week I talked to Adam Elmore about his career - from funded startups, to high-paying freelance gigs for startups using AWS. Adam has EVERY certification AWS offers and has done a ton of freelancing in the AWS (serverless) space. He knows stuff about things!

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]]> This week I talked to Adam Elmore about his career - from funded startups, to high-paying freelance gigs for startups using AWS. Adam has EVERY certification AWS offers and has done a ton of freelancing in the AWS (serverless) space. He knows stuff about things!

Links!

]]> Mon, 02 May 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 3083 This week I talked to Adam Elmore about his career - from funded startups, to high-paying freelance gigs for startups using AWS. Adam has EVERY certification AWS offers and has done a ton of freelancing in the AWS (serverless) space. He knows stuff about things! This week I talked to Adam Elmore about his career - from funded startups, to high-paying freelance gigs for startups using AWS. Adam has EVERY certification AWS offers and has done a ton of freelancing in the AWS (serverless) space. He knows stuff about saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No Aaron Francis round 2 - Hammerstone changes, Refine, and finalized Chipper pricing 8 8 Aaron Francis round 2 - Hammerstone changes, Refine, and finalized Chipper pricing full 0caaf047-f7ee-46a5-a98b-ac05d63d0ec2 https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/aaron-francis-round-2-hammerstone-changes-refine-and-finalized-chipper-pricing Unofficial co-host Aaron Francis comes by again! We take turns talking about our stuff. I talk about Chipper & the final pricing decision I made (sorry Dan!), and Aaron talks about changes made in Hammerstone, and how they're pushing forward to start selling the things!

]]> Unofficial co-host Aaron Francis comes by again! We take turns talking about our stuff. I talk about Chipper & the final pricing decision I made (sorry Dan!), and Aaron talks about changes made in Hammerstone, and how they're pushing forward to start selling the things!

]]> Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 2958 Unofficial co-host Aaron Francis comes by again! We take turns talking about our stuff. I talk about Chipper & the final pricing decision I made (sorry Dan!), and Aaron talks about changes made in Hammerstone, and how they're pushing forward to start selling the things! Unofficial co-host Aaron Francis comes by again! We take turns talking about our stuff. I talk about Chipper & the final pricing decision I made (sorry Dan!), and Aaron talks about changes made in Hammerstone, and how they're pushing forward to start saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No Alex DeBrie - Info Products and Personal Finance as a Creator 7 7 Alex DeBrie - Info Products and Personal Finance as a Creator full aadacb14-fb03-481d-a7d2-a61260ae793c https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/alex-debrie-info-products-and-personal-finance-as-a-creator Alex DeBrie stops by and we talk about his business - consulting, writing books, teaching, and so much more! We also talk a bit about Chipper CI, running a SaaS, and of course, personal finance!

]]> Alex DeBrie stops by and we talk about his business - consulting, writing books, teaching, and so much more! We also talk a bit about Chipper CI, running a SaaS, and of course, personal finance!

]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 3030 Alex DeBrie stops by and we talk about his business - consulting, writing books, teaching, and so much more! We also talk a bit about Chipper CI, running a SaaS, and of course, personal finance! Alex DeBrie stops by and we talk about his business - consulting, writing books, teaching, and so much more! We also talk a bit about Chipper CI, running a SaaS, and of course, personal finance! saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No Brian Casel - ZipMessage 6 6 Brian Casel - ZipMessage full fe096b1a-aa07-4e5c-b168-d4905b303ce1 https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/brian-casel-zip-message Brian Casel comes by and we talk about his latest product zipmessage.com - how it's grown, what he's doing for marketing, becoming a backend developer himself, podcasting, and more!

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]]> Brian Casel comes by and we talk about his latest product zipmessage.com - how it's grown, what he's doing for marketing, becoming a backend developer himself, podcasting, and more!

Links!

]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 3710 Brian Casel comes by and we talk about his latest product zipmessage.com - how it's grown, what he's doing for marketing, becoming a backend developer himself, podcasting, and more! Brian Casel comes by and we talk about his latest product zipmessage.com - how it's grown, what he's doing for marketing, becoming a backend developer himself, podcasting, and more! saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No Jason McCreary (Jmac) - Laravel Shift & growing a side hustle to full time 5 5 Jason McCreary (Jmac) - Laravel Shift & growing a side hustle to full time full d5006b52-adb6-471e-aeee-2ab0290d056e https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/jason-mccreary-jmac-laravel-shift-growing-a-side-hustle-to-full-time Jason McCreary joins the show to talk about how Laravel Shift works, and how Jason thinks about his business. Shift started as a side project to help developers update their Laravel applications, and has grown to provide his full time income. In particular, the pricing model and features available (Shifts, Bench, etc) are very interesting!

At the end of the episode, we talk a little bit about personal finance and how we invest!

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]]> Jason McCreary joins the show to talk about how Laravel Shift works, and how Jason thinks about his business. Shift started as a side project to help developers update their Laravel applications, and has grown to provide his full time income. In particular, the pricing model and features available (Shifts, Bench, etc) are very interesting!

At the end of the episode, we talk a little bit about personal finance and how we invest!

Links!


]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 3477 Jason McCreary joins the show to talk about how Laravel Shift works, and how Jason thinks about his business. Shift started as a side project to help developers update their Laravel applications, and has grown to provide his full time income. In particular, the pricing model and features available (Shifts, Bench, etc) are very interesting! Jason McCreary joins the show to talk about how Laravel Shift works, and how Jason thinks about his business. Shift started as a side project to help developers update their Laravel applications, and has grown to provide his full time income. In particula saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No Matt Wensing - Summit 4 4 Matt Wensing - Summit full 799c5794-5406-46d8-933c-f8ff2cca86c0 https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/matt-wensing-summit We start talking about Mat's company Summit. Matt (and Summit) was part of the first batch of the TinySeed accelerator. Chris knows about Matt (and Peter, from the last episode) through the Out of Beta podcast (which you should check out)!

Summit can help you model a process, giving you the abilities to simulate your business (or...anything) over time.

Chris and Matt then dive into Chipper CI, talking freemium and pricing strategy. Matt's very politely schools Chris in some business metrics he should have available to him to help make decisions.

Links!

]]> We start talking about Mat's company Summit. Matt (and Summit) was part of the first batch of the TinySeed accelerator. Chris knows about Matt (and Peter, from the last episode) through the Out of Beta podcast (which you should check out)!

Summit can help you model a process, giving you the abilities to simulate your business (or...anything) over time.

Chris and Matt then dive into Chipper CI, talking freemium and pricing strategy. Matt's very politely schools Chris in some business metrics he should have available to him to help make decisions.

Links!

]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 2834 Matt and Chris talk about Matt's 2nd startup Summit, and then a bit about pricing on Chipper CI. Matt and Chris talk about Matt's 2nd startup Summit, and then a bit about pricing on Chipper CI. saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No Peter Suhm - Reform and freemium 3 3 Peter Suhm - Reform and freemium full 069fcb02-c348-459f-8232-64ebdd134bfb https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/peter-suhm-reform-and-freemium Peter talks about pricing plans and freemium for reform.app. The main idea is that people using the product for free are actually paying by spreading brand awareness of Reform (the forms are branded)!

Chris talks about expanding Chipper CI usage by supporting open source, including giving unlimited builds to open source projects. We also discuss if it makes sense to have a lower pricing tier for Chipper.

Links!

]]> Peter talks about pricing plans and freemium for reform.app. The main idea is that people using the product for free are actually paying by spreading brand awareness of Reform (the forms are branded)!

Chris talks about expanding Chipper CI usage by supporting open source, including giving unlimited builds to open source projects. We also discuss if it makes sense to have a lower pricing tier for Chipper.

Links!

]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 2766 Peter and Chris talk about leveraging freemium to help grow their businesses. Chris promises to talk slower and louder in future episodes. Peter and Chris talk about leveraging freemium to help grow their businesses. Chris promises to talk slower and louder in future episodes. saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No Aaron Francis - Refine, Sidecar, Laravel, and Serverless 2 2 Aaron Francis - Refine, Sidecar, Laravel, and Serverless full a7b6d310-6afc-43ca-9ed6-7df2e27b0cde https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/aaron-francis-refine-sidecar-laravel-and-serverless Chris talks about owning all of Chipper CI, and how he's moving forward with plans to grow that business.

Aaron talks about Hammerstone, and the company's main product (Refine), along with his work in the Laravel community. This includes the popular projects Torchlight and Sidecar.

Links!


]]> Chris talks about owning all of Chipper CI, and how he's moving forward with plans to grow that business.

Aaron talks about Hammerstone, and the company's main product (Refine), along with his work in the Laravel community. This includes the popular projects Torchlight and Sidecar.

Links!


]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 3333 Chris and Aaron Francis talk business! Chris talks about owning all of Chipper CI, Aaron talks about his his business Hammerstone. Chris and Aaron Francis talk business! Chris talks about owning all of Chipper CI, Aaron talks about his his business Hammerstone. saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No A Quick Intro 1 1 A Quick Intro trailer 83291770-4fd1-4ecf-9087-f2db51f3a121 https://pushingboulders.biz/episodes/a-quick-intro I'll be interviewing founders and interesting people who run (or help run) businesses to see what their daily life is like, what their struggles are, and, hopefully, gain some ideas and insights on my own businesses (primarily the saas that I run).

My businesses:

You can find me on Twitter @fideloper.

]]> I'll be interviewing founders and interesting people who run (or help run) businesses to see what their daily life is like, what their struggles are, and, hopefully, gain some ideas and insights on my own businesses (primarily the saas that I run).

My businesses:

You can find me on Twitter @fideloper.

]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:51:41 -0600 Chris Fidao Chris Fidao 71 A quick introduction to Pushing Boulders - a podcast about growing businesses. A quick introduction to Pushing Boulders - a podcast about growing businesses. saas, chipper, chipper ci, fideloper, fidao, entrepreneurship No