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Brennan Dunn — This Is Personal

This is a masterclass in personalized marketing. Brennan even convinces me to ramp up my own efforts! Listen in as I uncover the power of personalized marketing with Brennan Dunn, author of ‘This is Personal.’ Brennan offers valuable insigh

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Pet Rock Projects (And Why They… Rock)

Tony Dinh, a well-known indie hacker, recently shared an article about his Indie Hacker journey that reached the top of Hacker News. As usual, some people reacted negatively to an indie hacker sharing their story. One common criticism was t

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Focusing on Customer Retention Features

I read an article this week about the “Tyranny of the Marginal User.” The author discussed how large companies focus more on attracting new customers than retaining current ones — primarily due to unit economics and internal company politic

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What I Learned From 250 Podcast Episodes

This week, I celebrated the podcast reaching 250 episodes with my most recent interview with Amanda Goetz. Just last week, the podcast hit 250,000 overall downloads. These are numbers I never expected to reach. And here I am, still enjoying

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Amanda Goetz — The Antidote to Hustle Culture

I finally got to talk to Amanda Goetz, a marketer-turned-full-time-creator, who’s generously poured out her wisdom on navigating the creator economy. Amanda’s journey from corporate life to the creator economy is filled with valuable lesson

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Avoiding the Entrepreneurial Planning Trap

Let’s talk about planning fallacies for bootstrapped founders. As a founder, especially if you’re starting a business alone, planning is important. But you have to get it right. There are a few common mistakes to avoid when developing your

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Ruben Gamez — Cracking the E-Signature Market

Arvid Kahl 0:00 Welcome to The Bootstrapped Founder. Today, I’m chatting with Ruben Gamez. He’s a longtime indie hacker, a SaaS experts and then all round treasure trove, both of knowledge and community support. He is wonderful. Ruben share

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