Bootstrapped Web | For Entrepreneurs Bootstrapping Web Startups | Interviews & Business Case Studies
By Brian Casel, Jordan Gal
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Bootstrapped Web is for entrepreneurs bootstrapping their startups, who believe that the best way to get to where we're going is to learn by doing. Conversations, case studies, and interviews with entrepreneurs who are building profitable businesses online. Let's do this.
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What If We Ran Your Business (For the Fun of It)? | Things are getting back to normal in our respective business worlds. Brian has launched his podcasting service and Jordan is back to business as usual after a visit from Ben and Rok. Today we kick off our “armchair quarterbacking” sessions, | 4/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Carthook Team Talks Product Development Process | We welcome Team Carthook to the podcast today! Jordan has brought two of his senior team members to discuss the evolution and future evolution of Carthook’s service. Ben Fisher is the co-founder of Carthook and head of product. | 4/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Launching a Podcasting Service / Learning to Code / Partner Webinars | MicroConf is right around the corner and Jordan is gearing up for his talk for the event. He bounces some topic ideas off Brian and reveals how his topic choices are reflecting what is happening in Carthook. | 4/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Charging For Attention / Elusive Product-Market-Fit | It has been a crazy couple of weeks for both of us. We took a break last week, but we are back and we’ve got some great topics! Jordan spent all of last week fixing a product issue. It was hard, it was frustrating, | 3/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Conference Strategy, Webinar Funnels, & Lead Developers | We are back to discuss the exciting and frustrating things going on with our businesses. Jordan has a lot on his plate including launching 15-20 new features and a few industry conferences; he will be attending the Traffic and Conversion Summit in San | 3/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Sherry Walling Helps Us Keep Our Sh*t Together | Our guest today is Sherry Walling. Sherry is a clinical psychologist and the author of the soon to be released book, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your S**t Together. Sherry is also the co-host of the Zen Founder podcast with her husband Rob Wal | 2/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Holiday Hustle vs. Rest And Community Marketing | Today we discuss a really heated topic that popped up on Twitter over the holiday break. A Twitter flame war was started by a post chastising business owners for not working through the holidays. We have some thoughts on the subject and we discuss the . | 1/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Our 2017 Review & 2018 Preview | 2017 is coming to a close and Jordan and Brian are looking back on this explosive year. They also share their plans for 2018. Audience Ops and Carthook both saw tremendous amounts of growth this year. That growth has caused the guys to reflect on 2017 . | 12/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Running a Black Friday Sale / Development Process | 2017 has been a phenomenal year for Jordan and Brian. On today’s episode, they give the audience an update on the businesses and offer a glimpse into their plans for 2018. Brian is going to shift focus to Productize and relaunch a bigger and better pr | 12/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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“Fattening” Your Company and… Freemium? | Welcome back to Bootstrapped Web! Today we share progress reports about our respective businesses and ask the question, “Should you go freemium or not?” Jordan has begun the process of “fattening” up Carthook’s systems to add value to the comp | 11/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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First Customer Demos, Paid Marketing Funnels, Team Communication | We have both reached a turning point in our marketing campaigns. Jordan has launched a new marketing funnel for Carthook’s Shopify tool. Brian has been running a new marketing campaign for Ops Calendar. We share how the campaigns are working for us an | 10/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Pricing Page Teardown, Employee Onboarding, Company Transparency | Today on Bootstrapped Web Jordan and Brian discuss what’s going on in their individual businesses. Brian is setting up Ops Calendar and takes today’s episode as a chance to get Jordan’s feedback from the customer’s point of view. | 9/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Going Global: Team Travel, Tiny Confs, & Remote Lifestyle | We’re are having a “party” episode with some special guests today. We’ve got Dave Rodenbaugh, Craig Hewitt, and later on Brad Touesnard joining us. We are all involved with Big Snow Tiny Conf. Brian is head of the Vermont event, | 9/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Pre-selling and Planning to Build ‘Audience Ops Calendar’ | Today on Bootstrapped Web we talk about a new product from Audience Ops. Brian has developed a software product called Audience Ops Calendar. He has offered it to 12 clients and based his approach on a pre-sale model. | 9/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Cofounders – w/ Rob Walling and Ben Fisher | We welcome Rob Walling and Ben Fisher to the podcast today. We are going to discuss the topic of co-founders. Rob is the original founder of Drip, but has found a co-founder named Derek. Ben is Jordan’s co-founder in Carthook. | 9/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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New Products First Steps & Next Steps | Well the launch for our new products are getting nearer. Today we give a general update on things and we talk about where we are on the new products. Brian is in the beginning of this process and Jordan is coming to the end of the process. | 8/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Pricing | We welcome Ian Landsman back to the show to discuss the topic of deciding pricing. Pricing is an important tool for any founder. It can make or break your success. During today’s episode we talk about our pricing strategies and Ian tells us how he rea | 8/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Planning vs. Execution | On today’s episode we give an update on our businesses and how we move forward in our businesses. MicroConf. Is coming up over in Europe. Jordan will be leaving for the event soon and will be the first to speak. | 8/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Tools | Today’s episode is about the various tools we use in our business and everyday lives. We will cover 9 areas of tools. Personal Tools Communication/Productivity Payments/Accounting/HR Customer Support Marketing Sales Production Design Podcasting Some o | 7/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Bootstrapper’s Search For Meaning | Today’s episode we give an update on our businesses and the on-going projects we have coming up. There is some travel on the horizon for Jordan and Brian both. Jordan is going for business and Brian for personal. | 7/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Playing the Long Game | We kick off our new format with Ian Landsman. Ian is the founder of Userscape and Helpspot. He has been working in the bootstrapped world since 2004. On today’s episode we discuss what it means to “play the long game. | 7/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Growing The Product Line & Shifting Priorities | Our episode today is just a basic update episode. A lot is going on in Audience Ops and Carthook and we are both just trying to keep up. We talk about the challenges we’re facing and how we plan to deal with them. | 7/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Questions on Pricing, Charging a Percentage, and Why Podcast? | On today’s Bootstrapped Web we answer some listeners/readers questions. We also give you some updates on what’s going on in Carthook and AudienceOps. We discussed these topics today and answer these questions below: Updates on the personal front Aud | 6/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[112] Do Entrepreneurs Get to Have Hobbies? And Other Updates… | We have an update episode today. We start with the general updates about settling into a new house and keeping up with our newborn kids. We also touch on a subject that any entrepreneur can relate too, how your interests and hobbies get neglected when . | 6/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[111] How to Audit Your Design, UI & UX w/ Jane Portman | On today’s Bootstrapped Web we welcome UI and UX Consultant Jane Portman to the podcast. Jane helps founders look at their business applications and optimize them for the best customer experience. She has recently written a book called UI Audit. | 6/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[110] Learning to Manage a Team / Launching a New Sales Strategy | Most people have an issue with managing others. On today’s episode we talk about the process of moving into a managing position. We also give you the listeners an update on our projects and life in general. | 6/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[109] Behind Jordan’s Rollercoaster New Product Launch | When we last checked in with Jordan and Carthook, the company was building up to a big product launch. Then things happened and we stopped for a bit. Now we’re back and on today’s episode, Jordan is going to tell us about this product launch and the | 6/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[108] Growing Families And Growing Businesses | We are back in the saddle! We’ve taken some time for family, moving, and we’ve both tried to keep up with the juggling of work and home life. We come back on today’s episode and catch you all up on what’s going on in life and business. | 5/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[107] Our Recap of MicroConf 2016 | We discuss our time at MicroConf 2016 on today’s episode. Both of us attended the event and had a great time. The community surrounding MicroConf is loyal and helpful for networking. The conference was at the Palms in Las Vegas this year. | 4/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[106] Launch Updates, Goals for a New Hire & Optimal Work Environments | Today is an update episode. We are both expecting additions to our families and we are both launching new products for our businesses. It is an exciting and stressful time, but hopefully all the hard work will pay off. | 3/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[105] Crafting Your Sales Process w/ Damian Thompson | We have guest on the show today. Damian Thompson is a sales coach for Salesability. He is going to walk us through how to build a sales team and just give us practical advice for this crucial step in business growth. | 3/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[104] Updates: A Stealth Launch, A Public Launch, & Hiring for a New Role | Today is an updates episode. Jordan has a big product launch coming up and Brian talks about a new WordPress plugin and an open position he hopes to fill at Audience Ops. Jordan talks about the stress he’s feeling leading up to a product launch i | 3/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[103] The E-Commerce Episode | We haven’t really dove into the e-commerce model, but today we are changing that. Jordan of course is the most versed in this with Carthook, so he’s going to walk us through the process and the options. For those of you who don’t know there is an | 3/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[102] Updates: Remote Company Culture & Bandwidth for Big Customers | Today we just talk about what comes to mind. There are tons of things happening in our personal lives and tons of things happening in our businesses. Brian has finished his national road trip with his family and is looking for a place to live. | 2/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[101] Evolving Your Sales Systems | Brian needs to get out of the sales end of AudienceOps and transition sales to a team based system. Jordan was heavily focused on integration, but is now jumping back into sales. So on today’s episode we compare notes of our processes in CartHook and | 2/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[100] Updates: Repeatable Marketing Ideas, Outsourcing Sales, & “Secret” SaaS Tiers | Welcome to episode 100! Today we’re going to give an update on where we are in our businesses. Brian is still in Colorado and enjoying some family time, while Jordan is focusing on Carthook and its growth potential. | 2/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[99] Updates De-Bottlenecking, Productize Relaunch, & Firing a Client | It’s time for an update episode and we can say the new year is off to a really busy start for both of us. Brian is still traveling with his family and has some podcast interviews lined up soon. Jordan has returned home from Florida and has begun integ | 1/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[98] Website Teardowns! a Form Builder, Invoicing, and WordPress products | Today we are critiquing other people’s websites by going in with fresh eyes just as a new visitor might. Jordan likes the the timing because he is redoing Carthook and he has been thinking about the marketing, messaging, and sign-up process. | 1/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[97] Problems to Solve in 2016 | It’s the new year and Jordan and Brian are ringing it in with an update episode that follows up on last week’s 2016 goals. In December Brian focused on updating the Productize course. There are new lessons and case studies, | 1/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[96] Our 2015 Recap and 2016 Goals | Today is a 2016 goal setting episode. Jordan and Brian look back on their 2015 goals and share why or why not those worked or didn’t work. We will also discuss new goals for the upcoming year 2016. Brian had a lot of goals centered around Resturant En | 12/31/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[95] Rollercoaster Entrepreneurial Emotions, Working with Partners & Hiring Fast Enough | Jordan and Brian share their updates of their projects and the challenges that are ahead of them. December has became a roller coaster ride for both leaders. Today learn where the guys are in the day to day process of working with a team. | 12/24/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[94] From “Accidental Solution” to $50K Launch of a Productized Service, with Dan Schwartz | Today’s episode of the podcast is one several case study recordings that will be released as part of Brian’s productized course, along with some more advanced strategies and he’s looking forward to its next release. | 12/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[93] 80/20 Hacks That Move the Needle for Us | Today we’re talking about a few tips that we’ve implemented in our lives that have had a larger than expected impact. Brian’s inspiration for today’s podcast came from his plan to start running again. He’d always struggled and would start and | 12/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[92] Updates! Plugin Launch Results, High Value Customer Triggers, & Seasonality | Brian and Jordan update their audience on the latest developments with their individual projects. Brian is traveling and will eventually end up in Austin, Texas in mid December through January. Jordan is currently in Miami and plans to stay through New. | 12/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[91] Figuring Out Who Your Target Customer Is (And Why) | Today’s topic is finding your Target Market. Today’s topic grew from a recent workshop Brian conducted about building up and attracting people to your email list. A recurring question was, “Who do you want to join your email list? | 11/26/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[90] Staying Accountable With Teammates and Launching a Plugin Product | Welcome to Bootstrapped Web, Episode 90. Today’s episode is our weekly update. Brian’s Update: Brian is still in North Carolina and has just launched the Content Upgrades Plugin. It’s officially out the door and as of this podcast’s publicatio | 11/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[89] Making the Most of Outbound Sales Tools | We’re trying something a little different today and taking a more topical approach by answering a few listener questions. Many of you are curious about how SaaS companies are enabling their outbound sales. Cold outbound sales, | 11/12/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[88] Staying Focused and Getting Things Prioritized | Welcome to Bootstrapped Web, Episode 88. We’ve been talking and decided that we are going to tweak the episode format, just a little, making them shorter and tighter. We’ll still do our personal updates, alternating every other week, | 11/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[87] Productized Services with Craig Hewitt of Podcast Motor | Welcome to this special episode of Bootstrapped Web. Today Brian is talking with Craig Hewitt, of PodcastMotor and co-host of the Rogue StartUps podcast – this podcast is being dualcast. Both Brian and Craig each operates a productized service busine | 10/29/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[86] Masterminds, Content Production, and Getting Things Done | After a big business update last week Brian and Jordan are digging into a handful of things that are going on in their businesses. Putting the typical logistical pains of running a business aside, it’s been a very productive week, | 10/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[85] Refocusing and Getting Things Done in Less Time | Welcome to Bootstrapped Web, Episode 85. Brian has been busy traveling over the past month and is now settled in Asheville, NC for a few months. He gives an update on his participation in Brennan Dunn’s Double Your Freelancing conference last mont | 10/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[84] MicroConf Europe 2015 Recap Show | Welcome to Bootstrapped Web, Episode 84. Brian is back from MicroConf Europe and fills us in on all the great speakers he heard. Brian also spoke at the event. First up, we have updates on some of the things going on with our businesses. | 9/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[83] Thomas Smale on Selling Your Online Business | Today Jordan is talking with Thomas Smale the founder of FE International and today’s topic is how to sell your business. Many business owners are considering selling their business, but don’t know how to prepare a business to be sold. | 8/27/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[82] Growing Our Teams, New Initiatives, and Your Questions | Welcome to Bootstrapped Web, Episode 82. We have been so focused on our businesses and we are excited to give our updates. Also on this episode, we’ll answer a few questions that we’ve received from people asking for our thoughts and advice. | 8/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[81] Scaling Our Businesses Through Process, Team and Procedures | Welcome to Bootstrapped Web, Epsidoe 81. Today we are giving our updates as both of our businesses are growing and we’re scaling them quickly. We also answer a listener’s question regarding content marketing and converting website visitors to cu | 7/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[80] Brecht Palombo on Longterm Travel as an Entrepreneur | Brecht and his family left their New Hampshire home and headed out in an Airstream to Austin, Texas. The trip to Austin developed into a plan to be on the road for almost a year. In addition to Texas, their stops included Southern California, | 7/23/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[79] Building Awesome Online Courses with Keith Perhac of Summit Evergreen | Welcome to Bootstrapped Web, Episode 79. Today Brian is away, but I’m excited to welcome Keith Perhac to the show. Keith is the Founder and CTO of Summit Evergreen, an online membership software platform that makes it easy to create beautiful onli | 7/20/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[78] Changing the Course of Our Businesses | Welcome to Episode 78 of Bootstrapped Web. Today we are both very excited to bring some major updates in our businesses. It’s very fortunate that we both are finally able to discuss these topics in detail, | 7/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[77] Justin McGill on the Importance of Visibility as a Founder | Jordan is on the road and in today’s episode Brian is joined by Justin McGill. In December 2014 Justin took on a challenge to launch a business in 24 hours and from that, LeadFuze, an email prospecting and lead generation service was born. | 6/25/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[76] Tim Conley on Entrepreneur Coaching | On this episode Tim Conley joins Brian and Jordan to talk about what to expect from an entrepreneur coach. Tim is an expert in management consulting and coaching and has helped many people push their business to the next level. | 6/12/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[75] Pricing Strategy, Marketing Focus, and Launch Updates | Welcome to Bootstrapped Web Episode 75. First we want to thank David Lizerbran, and J-Fin for their recent reviews. Really appreciate the encouraging words and thanks for leaving us a review. This week we’re catching up on recent developments in our b | 6/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[74] Effective Positioning with Philip Morgan | Welcome to Episode 74 of Bootstrapped Web. Jordan is out this week, but I’m excited to welcome my good friend Philip Morgan on to the podcast. Philip is the founder of My Content Sherpa and Drip Sherpa, both of which are productized services around | 5/28/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[73] Taylor Pearson on The End of Jobs | On this episode Taylor Pearson joins Jordan and Brian to discuss the changing world…from traditional jobs to entrepreneurship. Taylor began as an interpreter and English teacher and transitioned to an entrepreneur and marketing consultant. | 5/21/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[72] Updates on AudienceOps and Carthook | This week Brian and Jordan catch up on the latest with their businesses. Brian is gaining momentum with AudienceOps and getting those initial customers with the new business. Traction is gaining steam and the first handful of customers have signed up | 5/14/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[71] The Reveal: Brian’s New Business | Brian and Jordan delve into the details of Brian’s newest startup, audienceops.com, a content marketing operation designed to help businesses grow their audience. In this episode, Brian describes the process that led him to decide to begin the busines | 5/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[70] The MicroConf 2015 Recap Show | This week Brian and Jordan share their take-aways from MicroConf, which was held last week in Las Vegas. Both guys said the conference had magic in the way it sparked ideas and creativity. Both also did attendee talks themselves, | 4/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[69] Liam Martin on Building a Distributed Team and Lessons Learned Scaling | Today we sit down for a fantastic chat with Liam Martin, founder of Time Doctor. Liam shares his story about how he’s built Time Doctor quickly to a large company, and some of the lessons he’s learned in scaling the business. | 4/16/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[68] Mike Taber on Life as a Single Founder | This week we sit down with Mike Taber, co-host of the popular bootstrapped startup podcast Startups For the Rest of Us, the upcoming MicroConf startup conference, and AuditShark to talk about life as a founder of a bootstrapped startup. | 4/9/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[67] What Our Past Failures Taught Us | This week Brian and Jordan catch up on their latest updates in Restaurant Engine and CartHook. Also, Microconf is just a few weeks away and both are getting ready for their attendee talks. Brian will be talking on inbound sales and Jordan will be talki. | 4/2/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[66] Decision Making to Move Your Startup Forward | In this episode Brian and Jordan talk about the decision making process they go through when deciding whether to move a new business idea forward. After a couple of weeks of interviews this is a show where we catch up on the latest happenings in our bu. | 3/26/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[65] Rob Walling on Drip, Microconf, and the Future of Bootstrapped Startups | In this episode of Bootstrapped Web we sit down for a chat with Rob Walling. Rob is a founder of several self-funded startups including HitTail and Drip, co-host of the ZenFounder and Startups For The Rest of Us podcasts, and co-host of Microcon | 3/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[64] Giving Customers What They (Really) Want w/ Robert Williams of Workshop | Links Robert’s service, Workshop Robert’s new book, Emails That Win Follow Robert on Twitter | 3/12/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[63] Content Consumption to Fuel Our Work | Here are links to resources we talked about in this episode: Actionable: Startups For The Rest of Us Mixergy Fizzle TropicalMBA Steli Efti Jason Cohen Bryan Harris Patrick Mackenzie Brennan Dunn Growthhackers on Twitter FirstRound VC blog Ecommercefuel. | 3/9/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[62] Transitioning From One Business to the Next | The post [62] Transitioning From One Business to the Next appeared first on Bootstrapped Web. | 2/27/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[61] What Makes a Podcast Irresistible? w/ Adam Clark | In this episode, Brian invited Adam Clark on the show to tell him everything we’ve done wrong with our Bootstrapped Web podcast 🙂 Jordan is off this week, enjoying his vacation, while Brian is left here in the snow and single digit degree weather. | 2/20/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[60] From Leads to Trials to Customers | The post [60] From Leads to Trials to Customers appeared first on Bootstrapped Web. | 2/12/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[59] The Dark Art of Product Validation | Ah yes, idea validation. The mythical ideal we all know that we should pursue before giving ourselves the green light on a new project. Today we talk about different methodologies to follow, and mix in our own experiences to provide you with a handy gu. | 2/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[58] Product vs. Marketing. Which to Focus on Right Now? | There’s a never-ending battle between Product and Marketing. Where to focus your time and limited resources? There’s never a straightforward answer, but it’s an issue we all have to address on a daily basis. This week we’re diving into the subje | 1/29/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[57] Is $99 The New $19 in SaaS? | The post [57] Is $99 The New $19 in SaaS? appeared first on Bootstrapped Web. | 1/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[56] How to Hire for Customer Support | This week we get to tap into Brian’s expertise in hiring for customer support. If you find yourself spending too much time on customer support and not enough time on growing your business, it might be time to hire for the role. | 1/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[55] Leveraging Other People as a Solo Founder | Here’s a truth we don’t often admit: working with other people will increase our odds of success. Deal with it. Today we talk about how solo founders can leverage other people to achieve their goals. Whether you’re trying to launch a product, | 1/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[54] Our 2014 Recap & 2015 Goals | Brian’s update: Bulletproof Diet Adding a new productized service on top of Restaurant Engine, our “Marketing Boost” add-on. Jordan’s update: Thinking through different options for CartHook I see the end of the year as a deadline of sorts. | 1/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[53] Get More Leads with Brennan Dunn | You could do a lot worse than to take advice from Brennan Dunn. Whether you’re building an agency, a SaaS, a course, or a productized service, he’s done it all and done it well. In today’s episode we talk to Brennan about the right way to generate | 12/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[52] Exactly How to Build a Sales Funnel From Scratch, and Why | Today we talk about exactly how to build a sales funnel from scratch. We cover WHY a sales funnel is important, and exactly how to create one. Check it out: Updates Brian’s update: I listened to Rob Walling’s new audio documentary which follows thei | 12/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[51] Crush Every Goal You Set with Clint Warren | Today our friend and returning champ, Clint Warren joins us in a discussion about getting things done, and crushing big goals. It’s not same productivity hacks you read about. We’re working through real, day-in-day-out strategies and mindsets that | 12/4/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[50] Getting First Customers For a SaaS, Pricing Your Product, & Other Listener Questions | In this week’s show we take listener questions on early-stage SAAS sales process, picking your pricing, and more. Check it out: Updates Brian’s update: Listening to Ask Gary Vee episode 45, he said something interesting: “People fall in love with | 11/27/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[49] Allan Branch Joins us to Talk Less, Life, Focus & SaaS | We’ve got Allan Branch joining us today. Allan runs LessAccounting, among other things, and he’s got a ton of wisdom and insight to offer on business and life. Check it out. Updates Brian’s update: Working on doing my first webinar for RE, | 11/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[48] Launch Sequence & a Case Study of Brian’s Productize Course Launch | Today in episode 48, Jordan and Brian talk through every detail, metric, and strategy from Brian’s recent launch of his course, Productize. Yes, you’ll hear all of the numbers, but more importantly, you’ll get the sequence of events that led up | 11/13/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[47] Business Models for Bootstrappers | There are an endless number of ways to make money online. But you’ve gotta pick the right business models at the right times. Today’s episode focuses on business models for bootstrappers, and how to decide which ones to pursue at different stages of | 11/6/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[46] Family Business | Today we’re joined by returning champ, Matt Medeiros, who hosts the Matt Report show, all about WordPress and business. His company recently launched Conductor Plugin for WordPress. But enough about WordPress… Today, | 10/30/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[45] To Build An Audience Or… | Today’s episode is all about the right way to build an audience and the right reasons to do it. Brian gives his advice and perspective as someone who has built an audience over the past few years, while I’m in the very early stages. | 10/24/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[44] How to Build a Productized Service Business w/ Nick Disabato (Draft Revise) | Really great show for you this week all about Productized Services. We talk about examples of Productized Services and the first step to productizing. Then we have a great interview with Nick Disabato, founder of Draft Revise. Check it, | 10/16/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[43] How to Raise Prices, Outsourcing, and Other Listener Questions | In this week’s show we take listener questions about raising prices, validating product ideas, automating lead gen, and more. Check it out: Updates Brian’s update: It’s crunch time, and it’s getting a little stressful. I am planning to open my c | 10/9/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[42] Using Webinars as a Bootstrapper | This episode is all about Webinars. We all hear about webinars and how effective they can be and we watch some people make an absolute killing using them. In this episode we talk about why to use them, how to use them, | 10/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[41] Outsourcing: When, Why & How? | This one is all about “Outsourcing.” Tricky word, that. In this episode, we talk about hiring and outsourcing different parts of our businesses and the associated struggles and lessons. You can’t do everything yourself, | 9/25/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[40] Doing Customer Research | In this episode, Jordan and Brian do a deep dive into doing Customer Research. You know, talking to customers, and putting in the time to truly understand who they are, what they value, and how you can leverage that “intel” to better position your | 9/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[39] Doing Things Manually | In this episode, we talk all about the things we do manually, which most might assume we have automated. Updates Brian’s update: September is a crazy hectic month… Pushing to launch my course, Productize, in October, | 9/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[38] Building an Audience-Based Business with Justin Jackson | Justin Jackson not only built a sizable audience built on the highly valuable content he shares on his blog, newsletter, and podcast… He successfully monetizes with premium courses and private community products. Oh, | 9/4/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[37] Thinking BIG | This episode is all about thinking BIG. Jordan and Brian cover a lot of ground on this topic. From high-level life goals, to working smart on the ground-level. Updates Jordan’s update: Clearing my plate after weeks of moving across the country so | 8/28/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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[36] Building a Business From Your Passion w/ Sean McCabe (seanwes) | Sean McCabe joins us today to tell us why, how, and what it means to build a business from your passion. That’s exactly what Sean has done time and time again, most recently with his explosive success with his course, Learn Lettering, | 8/21/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Great, action-oriented podcast
Case studies from personal experience and others make this a powerful 'mentor' for entrepreneurs.
Great show
This guy needs some move love! Check out his stuff - it's quality. Thanks Brian!
Great Show!
Brian does a great job and I love his whole approach. The guests are relevant and topics are perfect for a fellow bootstrapper like myself. I'm only a few episodes in and I can't wait to catch up on all past episodes.
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