SixSides
71: You can just shoot the messenger

71: You can just shoot the messenger

July 07, 2026

In this episode, Mitchell and Gavin deal with possums, fitness resets, a brutal sales call, one of their worst days building SixSides so far, and the product push to get the World Police and Fire Games app ready for testing in just four weeks.

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Chapters

  • (00:00) - Explicit warning from Editor Mitch
  • (00:31) - Possums, alarms, and nude home defence
  • (05:20) - Socceroos, bike rides, and getting back into fitness
  • (08:46) - Mitchell restarts the 75 challenge
  • (18:27) - Shoot the messenger
  • (24:59) - Europe, Brisbane, Laracon AU, and travel plans
  • (33:26) - One of our worst days building SixSides
  • (41:46) - World Police and Fire Games app progress
  • (51:12) - LinkedIn results and marketing experiments
  • (58:18) - Onboarding session and what still needs work

In this episode, we cover:

  • Why this episode earned an explicit rating before it even started
  • Gavin’s 2am possum alarm scare and the noble art of nude home defence
  • Mitchell watching the Socceroos and Gavin’s take on Australian football
  • Restarting a 75 Hard-style fitness challenge after slipping out of routine
  • The link between exercise, stress, mental health, and founder energy
  • A sales meeting that made SixSides feel like a “side hustle”
  • Why blunt feedback can be useful, even when it lands badly
  • The value of not shooting the messenger and digging into the real message
  • Booking Europe, Brisbane, Laracon AU, and a very packed few months of travel
  • One of the toughest founder conversations Mitchell and Gavin have had so far
  • Regaining confidence by merging unfinished product work back into the main app
  • Preparing the World Police and Fire Games app for testing in four weeks
  • Translating the SixSides app UI into multiple languages
  • Building splash screens, map views, calendar views, and better event visuals
  • Using ChatGPT to help turn event schedules into Laravel seeders
  • Planning venue maps, transport links, and event discovery inside the app
  • Postgres migration work and Android progress
  • LinkedIn content experiments and what performed better this month
  • Gavin’s upcoming Orange Sky interview for the SixSides marketing plan
  • Reviewing the customer onboarding flow and realising SixSides is still at level zero

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