036 - Mike Slaats
Welcome to another edition of Workspaces! We bring you inside the workspaces of creative individuals. Workspaces hopes to inspire you by showing you the toolkit that many creatives use to do their daily work. ☕️
Mike Slaats is the founder of Upvoty and host of the SaaS Pirates podcast.
Upvoty is a user feeedback tool that helps you instantly turn feedback into actionable product optimizations. They are able to accomplish this through their feedback boards, product roadmaps, and changelog features that all flow seamlessly together.
Inside Mike’s Workspace
In the office:
2 standing desks (1 for me, 1 for a freelancer - most of our team works remotely throughout Europa, the US, and Asia)
Herman miller chairs
Podcasts studio (I started a podcast called SaaS Pirates which I record in that little studio)
Books (love to read!)
Appel Macbook 15"
Upvoty wallpapers (our mascot!)
Nespresso coffee (the best!)
A world map for world domination (ha-ha-ha)
Roadmap with post-its on the wall
Whiteboard
Tools:
Upvoty - To collect user feedback for my SaaS
FrontApp - Email collab tool
Google Gsuite - Document collab
Slack - Team notifications
Asana - Project Management system
Baremetrics - Subscription analytics
Stripe - Payment provider - Stripe.com
Loom - Recording videos for customer tutorials
Google Meet - Demos
Circles - Demos for larger teams
Crisp - Chat widget for customer support
EmailOctopus - Email marketing
Sendgrid - Transactional emails
Let Mike know what you think about his workspace: twitter.com/mikedotsaas 👋
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