SixSides
73: What do you say we cut the chit chat, a-hole?

73: What do you say we cut the chit chat, a-hole?

July 21, 2026

In this episode, Mitchell and Gavin unpack a reassuring World Police Games client catch-up, turn LinkedIn into a competitive sport, prepare the Changemakers podcast for launch, and push SixSides towards release with a redesigned app, new analytics and support tooling, community features, and a long-overdue plan to reduce their bus factor.

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Chapters

  • (00:00) - A World Cup lesson for bootstrappers
  • (04:14) - Proactively updating the Police Games team
  • (08:14) - Chasing sporting events and parkrun connections
  • (10:48) - The LinkedIn impressions showdown
  • (15:49) - Launching the Changemakers podcast
  • (21:12) - Hiring a designer for the SixSides marketing site
  • (29:45) - PostHog, Intercom and the finished app redesign
  • (35:06) - Two weeks to finish the World Police Games milestone
  • (40:07) - The bus factor problem
  • (43:18) - Communities, expansion revenue and launch planning

In this episode, we cover:

  • Proactively keeping major event clients informed during long development projects
  • The latest progress on the World Police Games app
  • Expanding SixSides into sporting events and volunteering organisations
  • Building relationships with the founder of parkrun Australia
  • Mitchell and Gavin’s LinkedIn impressions competition
  • What makes personal founder-led LinkedIn content perform
  • Preparing the new Changemakers podcast for launch
  • Editing podcast intros, music and production workflows
  • Budgeting for a professional SixSides marketing website redesign
  • Finding SaaS designers through Dribbble
  • Integrating PostHog analytics into the mobile app and web dashboard
  • Adding Intercom customer support and push notifications
  • Completing the SixSides mobile app redesign and translation system
  • Automated mobile app testing with Maestro
  • GDPR, account deletion and attendee privacy
  • Reducing the bus factor inside a bootstrapped SaaS
  • Giving contractors enough access to keep the business running
  • Building community posts, comments, likes and invitations in SixSides
  • Expansion revenue from existing customers
  • Planning a coordinated launch campaign for the new SixSides website

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