You will find all previous episodes of the Bootstrapped Founder Newsletter with a short list of the topics and links discussed in each episode. If you’re interested in subscribing, please scroll down or visit the Newsletter page.
Episode 21: The Bootstrapped Founder – April 3rd 2020
- ✍️ Making Tech Choices: Don’t Add Risk to an Already Risky Business
- Links to Einar Vollset’s COVID-19 Business Relief GuideJulian lehr’s Signaling as a Service, Stanislav Myachenkov’s Cognitive Biases in Software Development
- Stories of Steven Yung’s From Dev to Maker, Garrett Moon’s Killing your First Product
Episode 20: The Bootstrapped Founder – March 27th 2020
- ✍️ Not in House: On Reinventing the Wheel
- Links to Saddingtons Letter, Podcasting Tech Stacks, Good Companies, ahrefs Blogging Course, SaaStr Bridging the Gap Course, around Video Call Product
- Stories of Anne-Laure Le Cunff with Ness Labs, Anna Grigoryan with Community Finder, Yusuf Qabil with One Profile
Episode 19: The Bootstrapped Founder – March 20th 2020
- ✍️Surviving a Recession as a Bootstrapped Business
- Links to Morningbrews Quarantine Guide, Cutler’s Know-it-all CEO, Chen’s Next Feature Fallacy
- Stories of Sarah Hum with Canny
Episode 18: The Bootstrapped Founder – March 13th 2020
- ✍️How to Release as a Bootstrapper: Often, Early, and Safely
- Tectonic Shifts, COVID-19, The Bus Factor
- Links to Product Market Fit = Minimum Viable Company, Cropster, Non VC Compatible SaaS Companies
- Stories of Jon/Bannerbear and Mogens/Read
Episode 17: The Bootstrapped Founder – March 6th 2020
- ✍️The Do’s and Don’ts of the Minimum Viable Product
- Co-founders, Early Employees and the Problem with Fractional Ownership
- Links to ProfitHunt, Laura Roeder talking about Founder Bias
- Stories of Adam/TailwindUI, Alexander/Unicorn Platform, Rosie/Rosie Land
Episode 16: The Bootstrapped Founder – February 28th 2020
- ✍️The Myth of The Finished Product
- Why I Chose to Sell FeedbackPanda
- Links to Rosie Sherry tutoring, Pat Walls talking about reaching $1000 MRR
- Stories of Jen/Lunch Money, Steven/Lowdown
Episode 15: The Bootstrapped Founder – February 21st 2020
- ✍️Solution Validation Doesn’t Happen In a Vacuum: How to Talk To Your Future Customers
- Bias in Software Engineering
- Links to Harry Dry’s Twitter post, Remotive’s job list, Hotjar on the SaaS Revolution Show
- Stories of Moonlight, Simple Analytics, Dracula Pro
Episode 14: The Bootstrapped Founder – February 14th 2020
- ✍️Make It Sell Itself: On Referral Systems
- Bootstrapped SaaS as an Asset Class
- Links to Tim Ferris’ Problems with Fame, Annel_laure LeCunff’s Trilemma
- Stories of Tim Nolens and Jason Swett
Episode 13: The Bootstrapped Founder – February 7th 2020
- 🎙The Bootstrapped Founder Podcast
- ✍️Problem Validation: Making Sure You’re Talking To The Right People
- Developers building SaaS for other Developers
- Links to Coffee-Cup Pricing Fallacy, Influencer Strategies, Incubator Lust
- Stories of Pascal Precht (REBASE) and Makerpad
Episode 12: The Bootstrapped Founder – January 31st 2020
- 📕Zero to Sold: The Bootstrapper’s Compendium
- ✍️Finding the Most Painful Problem in a Market
- Customer Gratitude
- Links to Customer-Focused Businesses, $50k Wasted on Ads, Noticing Confusion, Give it Five Minutes
- Stories of Divjoy, Closet Tools
Episode 11: The Bootstrapped Founder – January 24th 2020
- ✍️The Power of the Niche
- Underserved Markets
- Links to Mind-Mapping, Killing a Business Idea, Launch Tools, Indie Hackers Start
- Stories of PricingBot, Bannerbear, Rent-Paying SaaS
Episode 10: The Bootstrapped Founder – January 17th 2020
- ✍️Co-Founders and Alignment
- ✍️The Deli Hustler Story
- Links to Podcasts, Startup Deals, Bootstrapped Businesses as Asset Classes
Episode 9: The Bootstrapped Founder – January 10th 2020
- ✍️Seller-Side Due Diligence
- ✍️The Emotional Journey of a Bootstrapped Founder Series
- Startup Playbooks
- Links to The Earnest Capital Memo, 🔗My Indie Hackers AMA
Episode 8: The Bootstrapped Founder – January 3rd 2020
- ✍️Initial Pricing for a SaaS
- The Discussions I Predict Will Be Important in 2020
- Links to 20.000 Startups Ideas, Flintstoning, The Eternal Novice Trap
Episode 7: The Bootstrapped Founder – December 27th 2019
- ✍️Churn, Retention, and Revenue
- Working on Weekends and Holidays
- Links to Referral Systems, Patrick Collison’s Fast List, David Perell’s Links of 2019
Episode 6: The Bootstrapped Founder – December 20th 2019
- ✍️Continuous Validation
- 🔗My Indie Hackers Podcast Episode
- Why Do We Expect Founders to Go For an Exit
- Links to EdTech Bootstrapping Struggles, JetBrains
Episode 5: The Bootstrapped Founder – December 13th 2019
- ✍️Finding the Critical Problem
- Purchasing Power Parity
- Links to Know Your Team, April Dunford, Louis Nicholls on Bootstrapping SaaS
Episode 4: The Bootstrapped Founder – December 6th 2019
- ✍️The Bootstrapper’s Plight: The Social Headaches of Building a Business
- Transparency In The Bootstrapped World
- Links to Road to Scale, Bootstrapping Bands, Building a Platform
Episode 3: The Bootstrapped Founder – November 29th 2019
- ✍️Finding a Market to Build a SaaS
- ✍️The Bootstrapper’s Bookshelf
- Crucial Founder Skills
- Links to Bootstrapped Companies Taking VC Money, Valuable Things to Learn in 1h, Working on a Farm
Episode 2: The Bootstrapped Founder – November 22nd 2019
- ✍️Real and Imaginary Responsibilities of a Bootstrapped Founder
- Sensitivity in the Startup World
- Links to Remote First Capital, Ahrefs, Bootstrapped Unicorns, Startup Promotion List
Episode 1: The Bootstrapped Founder – November 15th 2019
- ✍️How to do Maximum Customer Support with Minimum Effort
- Links to How VCs Make Money, Solopreneurs, 1Password Getting Funding
