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Ever wondered how to handle the competitive world of AI products and copycats while running a global business? Well, you’re in luck. This episode of The Bootstrapped Founder features a heart-to-heart…
Read the essay →Online communities often remind me of villages, offering a sense of belonging, a place to grow roots, and a bustling exchange of ideas and services. I found my ‘village’ among sci-fi enthusiasts and…
Read the essay →Ever found yourself stepping into a role that you never expected you’d be in? That’s what my guest, Brian Sierakowski, did when he took over as CEO of Bearmetrics, a company that he had not founded…
Read the essay →The concept of eventual reciprocity has been incredibly beneficial in my journey of building a media business. Any business, really. It suggests that if you give without expecting anything in return…
Read the essay →A conversation with Tony Dinh about the ups and downs of his indie hacker journey on The Bootstrapped Founder podcast.
Read the essay →Attention! It feels like attention has become a currency of its own right in our digital economy. Where the eyeballs go, the wallets follow. Naturally, we all want a slice of that attention pie. We…
Read the essay →A conversation with Jason Cohen on his experience building businesses, including two exits and two unicorns, on The Bootstrapped Founder podcast.
Read the essay →Entrepreneurship is not something we inherit or solely a matter of genetics. As a first-generation founder, I believe that it is profoundly influenced by the ideas and values we adopt. When we…
Read the essay →Arvid Kahl 0:00Welcome to The Bootstrapped Founder. Today, I’m talking to Andrew McIntosh. He is a first generation entrepreneur. Andrew leads a community of people just like himself. And in fact…
Read the essay →I used to think that responding to customer service requests as soon as possible was an unequivocally good idea. After all, who doesn’t want to show their customers that they truly care about them?…
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