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Neckbeard Republic

free bite-sized python screencasts

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Mahdi Yusuf
@myusuf3 · CTO, Gyroscope
Hi -- I am the creator of Neckbeard Republic. Last year it was a paid service with weekly screencasts, commitments on my time and overall opportunity cost (although quite profitable) of running a screen casting site has caused me to make all the videos free! I will continue to screencast from time to time as the mood strikes. If you have any questions … See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Thanks for opening them up for free, @myusuf3! And epic name. :) Can you share how many (previously) paying subscribers you had and how you marketed the screencasts?
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Mahdi Yusuf
@myusuf3 · CTO, Gyroscope
We also have an iOS apps too. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/...
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Mahdi Yusuf
@myusuf3 · CTO, Gyroscope
I definitely can @rrhoover nothing too specific though. We were in the 200s in terms of subscribers, but doing this part time was quite difficult and keeping the site growing was becoming more of a full time task. I also run a weekly Python Newsletter (http://www.pycoders.com) so it was easy to get the product in front of interested parties which is crit… See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@myusuf3 - thanks for sharing! Good tips here. Big fan of Intercom as well.