Interview with Christian Owens Co-Founder of Paddle – Small Business Show 230

Continuing with our series on subscription-based businesses, we’ve been fortunate to meet some very smart folks that have started or transitioned to a subscription model for their product or service. This week, we get to learn from a founder that created a business to help others succeed in the software and subscription market. Paddle was Co-Founded in 2012 by Christian Owens and we’re thrilled to have him with us today to learn about Paddle and his own journey as a Founder. Join your hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton as they learn how Christian started his first company at 14 where he learned about connecting with others in the business community for help and how to leverage his youth to get support. Listen in to hear how Christian and his Co-Founder Harrison Rose created Paddle to solve the back-end headaches that subscription services can cause. Everything from licensing and bug reports to payment management can be handled by Paddle. There’s some great tips and advice that you don’t want to miss on this episode of the Small Business Show. Enjoy the show, then click over to the Small Business Support Group to continue the discussion! Chapters/Timestamps: 00:00:00 Small Business Show #230 for Wednesday, July 3, 2019 00:01:02 Christian Owens from Paddle Paddle.com 00:02:50 Gotta make an invoice! 00:04:56 Started with MacBundleBox and met everyone in the Mac space 00:06:53 Learning at your own speed vs. someone else’s 00:08:35 Leveraging the power of being young 00:10:08 SPONSOR: go.co – Get online with your .CO domain today. Register for just $5 and get 3 months of website builder and hosting services FREE at go.co/sbs. 00:11:17 SPONSOR: TextExpander.com/podcast gets you 20% off your first year 00:12:30 Looking at Paddle Paddle Co-founder Harrison Rose 00:16:20 Reinventing your business for larger customers 00:19:22 Ask for Advice, Get Money 00:23:20 Hire people that are better than you 00:24:54 I want to be my first customer 00:26:44 A partnership that makes sense Oleksandr Kosovan from MacPaw and DevMate  00:31:20 Growing too quickly … surprise! Kickstarter for Macaw, the Code-Savvy Web Design Tool Macaw.co 00:34:36 Managing your employees… and their expectations 00:38:50 Have patience and ask for help! 00:40:52 SBS 230 Outtro Paddle.com Chistian Owens on Instagram  The post Interview with Christian Owens Co-Founder of Paddle – Small Business Show 230 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.