July 2024 Summaries

Building Jam is a podcast that brings dev community questions and challenges to experts, with the goal of learning and growth in public. In this episode, Lizzie Siegle from Cloudflare shares her insights on scaling dev community as userbase grows, making real friends on Twitter, and brainstorming ideas for conferences and swag. She also breaks down what's working for Jam and areas they can improve.

Jam is introducing Single Sign-On (SSO) with SAML for all Enterprise plan accounts, providing increased security and simplifying login. This feature is available starting today and has been requested by 32 of the Fortune 100 companies, including major identity providers such as Okta and Azure. With SSO, users can access Jam without having to remember multiple passwords, while advanced security controls like password complexity requirements and multi-factor authentication ensure data safety. To configure SSO, users can follow the steps in Jam's documentation, or contact the support team for assistance with upgrading or more information.

This week's episode of Building Jam is a special one, as the creators share an honest conversation about their podcast's progress after 12 weeks. Despite not achieving the desired results, they express excitement about the project and discuss the importance of staying true to their vision. The discussion also touches on issues with podcast distribution and their new direction going forward. The episode aims to provide a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges faced by creators and offers insights into the podcast's future.

The growth team charter is being defined by the new growth team at Jam, with a focus on goals and priorities that will shape their future direction. The team reflects on the past 12 weeks of the podcast and discusses key learnings from video distribution and repurposing. They also share an inspiring quote about AI tools and Dani shares a first draft of the charter, which outlines the growth team's objectives and strategies for achieving success.

Our users have hit a significant milestone of 3 million Jams created on Jam, and we're planning something special to celebrate this achievement. We're also building out our growth team as we think about the next 3 million Jams and how to continue growing the platform. In this week's episode, we discuss key learnings from successful Product-LinkedIn Growth (PLG) strategies, the importance of setting up a strong onboarding process for new users, and the role of product sense in hiring growth team members. We also share insights from recent customer calls and how they can help improve our users' experiences on Jam.