61: The great productivity explosion
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61: The great productivity explosion

In this episode, Mitchell and Gavin unpack the first full week with new developers on the SixSides team, the sudden jump in productivity and stress, the push to document processes properly, fresh leads coming through the door, and how they are preparing the business for Mitch’s wedding leave.

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  • (00:00) - Intro, wedding nerves, and SixSides positioning
  • (06:44) - The first full week with new developers
  • (08:50) - Mobile app fixes and the first new release
  • (11:47) - Dashboard work, Slack alerts, checklist items, and notifications
  • (15:12) - The first dashboard signup and tracking growth
  • (19:26) - Marketing website, docs, and design struggles
  • (28:54) - Building SOPs and adjusting to team life
  • (33:57) - Leads, Project Earth, and the bootstrap sales strategy
  • (41:10) - Team culture, Slack emojis, and setting up events in minutes
  • (46:21) - Handling Mitch’s leave and documenting development processes

In this episode, we cover:
  • Mitch’s final week before the wedding, and how the team is handling his leave
  • The first full week of new developers working on SixSides
  • Why hiring people can increase your workload before it reduces it
  • Mobile app fixes for sponsors and sponsor names in event apps
  • New Slack notifications for user signups, teams, and event creation
  • Dashboard improvements for checklist items, attendees, pagination, search, and notifications
  • The first dashboard signup, and what that means for sales visibility
  • Building a better marketing website, docs, user guides, and support content
  • Using tools like Mobbin, Stitch, UI.sh, and Cursor for product and website design inspiration
  • The challenge of creating design from scratch when you can critique but not create
  • Building SOPs across sales, marketing, and operations
  • Adjusting to new stress levels as the business becomes more team-led
  • Leads coming in through follow-ups and outbound work
  • Project Earth, a major potential opportunity tied to a 2028 event
  • How a sales-led bootstrapping strategy could fund the next stage of SixSides
  • Creating an event in minutes before a business development meeting
  • Why the team had to push back on a potential event during Mitch’s wedding week
  • How Linear, Slack, screenshots, and written updates are being used to manage development work
  • Setting expectations with the team around AI-generated updates and communication style
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