The Bootstrapped Founder
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239: Things That Kill The Village
12 mins; August 04, 2023
238: Brian Sierakowski β€” Leading an Acquired Business
66 hours 48 mins; August 02, 2023
237: Eventual Reciprocity
8 mins; July 28, 2023
236: Tony Dinh β€” Ups and Downs of an Indie Hacker Journey
65 hours 22 mins; July 26, 2023
235: The Bad Kind of Attention
12 mins; July 21, 2023
234: Jason Cohen β€” Two Exits & Two Unicorns
64 hours 59 mins; July 19, 2023
233: Entrepreneurship isn't genetic. It’s memetic.
15 mins; July 14, 2023
232: Andrew McIntosh β€” First-Generation Entrepreneurs
57 mins; July 12, 2023
231: Responding Fast to Customers β€” A Good Idea?
13 mins; July 07, 2023
230: Moritz Dausinger β€” Serial Indie Entrepreneurship
67 hours 46 mins; July 05, 2023
229: Utility, Pricing, and Entrepreneurship
7 mins; June 30, 2023
228: Kevin McArdle β€” The Man Who Changed My Life (and Could Change Yours)
59 mins; June 28, 2023
227: Self-Censorship on Twitter
10 mins; June 23, 2023
226: Paul Millerd β€” Walking The Pathless Path
52 mins; June 21, 2023
225: Twitter Teardowns: 3 Low Hanging Fruit to Massively Improve Your Twitter Presence
9 mins; June 16, 2023
224: Dr. Julie Gurner β€” Founder Mental Health 101
57 mins; June 14, 2023
223: How to Build in Public Without Revealing Too Much
16 mins; June 09, 2023
222: Joe Masilotti β€” Building in Public and Monetizing Open Source
58 mins; June 07, 2023
221: Why Entrepreneurs are Choosing 'Short-Lived Businesses' Over 'Forever Businesses
10 mins; June 02, 2023
220: Simon HΓΈiberg β€” Building a SaaS That Works for You
57 mins; May 31, 2023
219: βˆ€π‘¦βˆƒπ‘₯ β‰  βˆƒπ‘₯βˆ€π‘¦: The Dangerous Misconception Founders Have About Their Market
8 mins; May 26, 2023
218: Evelyn J. Starr β€” The Evolution of a Brand
49 mins; May 24, 2023
217: The Flip Side: When Not to Build in Public
12 mins; May 19, 2023
216: Jack Ellis β€” Taking on Google as a Bootstrapper
54 mins; May 17, 2023
215: In Pod We Trust: How Creators Can Best Juggle Credibility & Sponsored Content
12 mins; May 12, 2023
214: Fatih Kadir AkΔ±n β€” Selling a Global Sticker Business
53 mins; May 09, 2023
213: The Rubber Band Effect
7 mins; May 05, 2023
212: Dagobert Renouf β€” The Emotional Journey of Entrepreneurship
61 hours 42 mins; May 03, 2023
211: Writing with a Nemesis: Using ChatGPT to Strengthen Your Arguments
9 mins; April 28, 2023
210: Dr. Sherry Walling β€” The Reality of Burnout for Entrepreneurs
54 mins; April 26, 2023
209: MicroConf US '23 Recap β€” What Happens When 250 SaaS Founders Meet
48 mins; April 21, 2023
208: Louis Nicholls β€” Growing Your Newsletter
51 mins; April 19, 2023
207: ChatGPT: Goldmine or Minefield for Indie Hackers?
19 mins; April 14, 2023
206: Marie Poulin & Benjamin Borowski β€” Digital Permaculture
64 hours 41 mins; April 12, 2023
205: Artificial Scarcity Damages the Creator Economy
15 mins; April 07, 2023
204: Josh Spector β€” Saying Less and Making More
59 mins; April 05, 2023
Bonus: Arvid on "First Class Founders" by Yong-Soo Chung
36 mins; April 03, 2023
203: The Art of Naming Your Business
16 mins; March 31, 2023
202: Peter Askew β€” Domain Expertise
63 hours 57 mins; March 29, 2023
201: How I Stay Consistent
19 mins; March 24, 2023
200: Justin Jackson β€” Bootstrapping Transistor.fm on Open Standards
66 hours 10 mins; March 22, 2023
199: The SaaS Solution-Workflow Fit
12 mins; March 19, 2023
198: Rob Fitzpatrick β€” Tinkerers, Thinkers, and Teachers
65 hours 15 mins; March 15, 2023
197: Securing your SaaS
21 mins; March 10, 2023
196: Troy Hunt β€” Securing Your SaaS
53 mins; March 08, 2023
195: Don't Fall for the Follower Count Trap
17 mins; March 03, 2023
194: Matt Wensing β€” Publish Your Juicy Thoughts
69 hours 7 mins; March 01, 2023
193: Stair-Stepping with Plugins: Platforms to Build On
14 mins; February 24, 2023
192: Colleen Schnettler β€” Stair-Stepping into SaaS
53 mins; February 22, 2023
191: Writing for Founders
11 mins; February 17, 2023
190: Hassan Osman β€” Writing on the Side
62 hours 59 mins; February 15, 2023
189: Be The Kindest Person in the Room
11 mins; February 10, 2023
188: KP β€” Building an Authentic Personal Brand
61 hours 53 mins; February 08, 2023
187: Negative Reviews are Good for You
7 mins; February 03, 2023
186: Brennan Dunn β€” Mastering Email Marketing
62 hours 46 mins; February 01, 2023
185: The Monkey and the Pedestal
8 mins; January 27, 2023
184: Laura Elizabeth β€” Building Software Products As a Non-Technical Founder
60 hours 39 mins; January 25, 2023
183: Expanding Your Opportunity Surface
12 mins; January 20, 2023
182: Daniel Fayle β€” Door-to-door to $2M ARR
53 mins; January 18, 2023
181: The Role of Trust in Remote Work
11 mins; January 13, 2023
180: Marissa Goldberg β€” Running a Remote-First Business
60 hours 43 mins; January 11, 2023
179: Founder Mental Health Pitfalls
24 mins; January 06, 2023
178: Patrick Campbell β€” Life After a $200mil Exit
61 hours 28 mins; January 04, 2023
177: Diversify Your Creator Portfolio
13 mins; December 30, 2022
176: Jay Clouse β€” Creative Commitments
57 mins; December 28, 2022
175: Realistic Building in Public for Introverted Founders
15 mins; December 23, 2022
174: Ana Bibikova β€” The Introvert Superpower
54 mins; December 21, 2022
[Bonus] Sahil Lavingia β€” Gumroad’s Pricing Disaster
66 hours 45 mins; December 19, 2022
173: Build a Defensible Indie Business
14 mins; December 16, 2022
172: Andrew Gazdecki β€” Building a Sellable Business
56 mins; December 14, 2022
171: Avoid Vanity Metrics
12 mins; December 09, 2022
170: Rosie Sherry β€” Building Profitable Communities
56 mins; December 07, 2022
169: Paying the Bills While Building Your First Indie Business
17 mins; December 02, 2022
168: Jakob Greenfeld β€” Writing Your Way to Clarity
58 mins; November 30, 2022
167: Find Business Ideas on Social Media
17 mins; November 25, 2022
166: Daniel Vassallo β€” Building a Portfolio of Small Bets
61 hours 43 mins; November 23, 2022
165: Why You Shouldn’t Sell Your Business
14 mins; November 18, 2022
164: Damon Chen β€” Building a $400k/year SaaS
60 hours 59 mins; November 16, 2022
163: When Should You Go from Side-Project to Full-Time?
13 mins; November 11, 2022
162: Michele Hansen β€” Moving from Side Project to Full Time
66 hours 32 mins; November 09, 2022
161: Calm Business Misconceptions
12 mins; November 04, 2022
160: Operating a Calm SaaS Business
18 mins; October 28, 2022
159: Pricing for Calm SaaS Businesses
15 mins; October 21, 2022
158: Product Development for Calm SaaS Businesses
12 mins; October 14, 2022
157: Solution Exploration for Calm SaaS Businesses
12 mins; October 07, 2022
156: The Toxicity of Growth Hacks
13 mins; September 30, 2022
155: Problem Discovery for Calm SaaS Businesses
25 mins; September 23, 2022
154: Market Analysis for Calm SaaS Businesses
28 mins; September 16, 2022
153: On Art and Artifice β€” When AI creates Masterpieces We Can't Ignore
17 mins; September 09, 2022
152: Infrastructure of a Calm SaaS Business
27 mins; September 02, 2022
151: Entrepreneurial Strategies & Anti-Patterns for a Calm SaaS Business
25 mins; August 26, 2022
150: Business Models for a Calm SaaS Business
19 mins; August 19, 2022
149: Fundamentals of a Calm SaaS Business
13 mins; August 12, 2022
148: Fundamentals of a Calm Business
14 mins; August 05, 2022
147: How NOT to Use Twitter DMs
11 mins; July 29, 2022
146: Don't blame the market; blame your marketing
11 mins; July 22, 2022
145: On Saying "No"
11 mins; July 15, 2022
144: The Risks and Illusions of the "Post-Exit Retirement"
10 mins; July 08, 2022
143: Permission to Follow Up
10 mins; July 01, 2022
142: Consulting in Public
10 mins; June 24, 2022