Brian Sierakowski — Mastering Product Communication — The Bootstrapped Founder 371

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Dear founder,

Brian Sierakowski (@bsierakowski) has been busy over the last year: he started working on ChangeBot and TRMNL, and both projects are taking off.

If you ever wondered what a good changelog looks like or why you might need one, this episode is for you.

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