I’m Dan Benjamin. I’m a podcaster, writer, and software developer. I’m the founder of Fireside, a podcast hosting and analytics platform I helped create to make podcast hosting easy, reliable, and fun. I’m also the founder of the 5by5 Podcast Network where I get to talk to with my friends and heroes while fullfilling my lifelong dream of doing talk radio.
In a past life, I was a corporate stooge and eventual CTO of several startups. I've written for A List Apart and O’Reilly, made screencasts for PluralSight, and been coding for almost two decades. I co-founded a pre-Facebook social network about wine called Cork’d (acquired by Gary Vaynerchuk) and a website for parents called Playgrounder (aquired by Uncrate). I’ve seen The Exorcist about 167 times and it keeps getting funnier every single time I see it.
I’m based in Austin, Texas, known for it's great music, amazing food (especially BBQ), and full-sized pickup trucks, all three of which I enjoy immensely.
Dan Benjamin has hosted 121 Episodes.
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61: Livin' On Hoth
November 28th, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 45 mins
Dan Benjamin is joined by special guest Brianna Wu and in-studio co-host Haddie Cooke to talk becoming an indy game developer and the struggles of starting something awesome.
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60: Like a Jewel Thief
November 21st, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 17 mins
Dan takes calls and talks about podcast networks, advertising, and going into something with the full understanding that it might fail.
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59: Big Shot Carlos
November 7th, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 47 mins
Dan takes calls to talk about Patreon, getting too comfortable at your job, letting down your audience, having and being the best, showing hustle, how he's worried about podcasting, and more.
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58: Every Time I See a Donut I Think of You
October 24th, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 36 mins
Dan Benjamin is joined by Rich Stevens (a.k.a. rstevens) of Diesel Sweeties, and Haddie Cooke, to discuss Patreon, support, change, boredom, independence, weighing the options of hiring help or staying small, and more.
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57: Just Enough To Derail Me
October 9th, 2014 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 3 mins
Dan takes calls to discuss focus: too much, too little, loosing it and getting it back.
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56: A Jamba Juice Type Situation
October 3rd, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 27 mins
Dan and Haddie take calls and discuss jobs!
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55: You Can't Fix The Weather
September 19th, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 56 mins
Dan is joined by Andy McMillan to talk about The Manual, XOXO Fest, and things you have no control over.
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54: Something Mister Miyagi Said
September 5th, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 31 mins
Dan is joined by Haddie to discuss being original and being copied, the difference between getting burnt out vs losing focus on your goal, loving what you do, finding the joy in the process not just the end result, and Dan reveals secrets about 5by5.
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53: Under The Desk On Phone Calls
August 15th, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 37 mins
With the official name change from Quit to Grit, Dan is joined by Haddie Cooke to talk about negotiations, interviews, open offices, and more!
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52: Is He The British One?
July 10th, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 13 mins
Dan is joined by Myke Hurley to talk about his next new adventure and independence.
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51: No Silver Bullet
June 19th, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 24 mins
Dan and Haddie are joined by their friend and guest Shawn Blanc to discuss starting something, building a name for yourself, consistency, and how sometimes getting fired can be the best thing ever.
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50: Upping Your Game
May 1st, 2014 | Season 1 | 1 hr 28 mins
Dan is joined by Haddie and Shawn Blanc to discuss delegating, hiring, firing and freelancing.