E157: It's great to have guests back on to see what they’ve been up to and dive further into their creative businesses. On this episode we are joined again by engineer, entrepreneur, and artist Jay Maas to speak on how things have been since the start of his AI mastering platform Maastr since we spoke right at launch a year and a half ago. We talk over getting non-bias feedback, working with teams and coaching for the first time, and finding ways to get creative with getting your business started when your budget gets depleted. Great conversation on take two with Jay. If you haven’t listened to E65 go check it out first for context!   In This Episode We Cover   Covid pivots  Creating a minimal viable product and coming to market Creative meets programming Outside feedback  Concept of teams Being a control freak Offloading work and collaborating  Running out of money on your build  Naive enough to start, audacious enough to finish it In no mans land Non-bias feedback loop   Quotes   “There’s no reason to release a product that’s worse than something that already exists.” - Jay Maas   “What makes this different? what makes this actually good?” - Jay Maas   “You need a little bit of naivety of an idea to get into it then you need the audacity to complete it and make it happen despite what you got into.” - Host Dave Swillum    Jay’s Links   Jay’s Mastering Platform (I love this thing personally) https://maastr.io/ Jay’s Audio Site https://www.jaymaas.com/   IG @Jay_maas   Resources Noted In This Episode   Optimistic Nihilism  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q   E65 W/ Jay on the show https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bqytk-e256a0     Waking Up From Work Podcast Links    IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me! @davewakeup   Merch To Support Us! https://wakeup.itemorder.com/sale?fbclid=IwAR30nyVXdpFaax0mN0CRcC_mVjNzafbMo0spds82eoG-GMo01HG6Uq0dvzw   Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you) https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork   Facebook Community to connect to creatives https://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/   Email wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com   Youtube Channel & Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber   For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave www.crawlspaceaudio.com   Dave’s Indie Band Broadwing https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/tennessee