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FounderQuestSpoiler Alert! The Apple Vs Hey Fight Explained and Who’s Right?Show Notes:Links:HeyWorldwide Developers ConferenceDavid Heinemeier HanssonJason FriedHerokuAndrey ButovConfiguring Fastmail to act like HeyFull Transcript:Starr:Okay. Now we can talk about how terrible the world is. No.Ben:So speaking of Apple. Yeah, it's been interesting. So I've been watching all the hubbub over the past few days about Hey and Apple.Starr:So what is Hey?Ben:So Hey is this new...
2020-06-2636 min
Has Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 10: Andrey Butov from Bootstrapped.fmToday Chris and Daniel chat with Andrey Butov from bootstrapped.fm!
2018-10-1200 min
Bootstrapped#104 - I Don't Want To Talk About GDPR The Whole Time w/ Natalie Nagele from WildbitIn this episode we're joined by Natalie Nagele from Wildbit to talk about starting a business vs. consulting, employees with side hustles, how to pick conferences to attend, and yes, GDPR.
2018-05-311h 07
Bootstrapped#103 - There's No Scarcity On PiñatasIn this episode we discuss conferences & traveling, birthday parties for kids, .app domains, and Andrey's new GDPR-related project Consent Monitor.
2018-05-2254 min
Bootstrapped#102 - I'm Running On FumesIn this episode we discuss parenting at the park, hiring a plumber, cutting & bulking > marketing, the awesomeness of Peers Conference ⭐, hiring a contractor for Scribbleton, & more.
2018-04-151h 00
Bootstrapped#101 - All About LandsmanIn this episode we discuss planning for Laracon Online, what's coming up next for Helpspot & Thermostat, and investing in startups.
2018-02-0534 min
Bootstrapped#100 - All About ButovIn this episode we discuss Butov's workout routine, the pros and cons of hiring a part-time employee, and upcoming conference plans.
2018-01-2928 min
Bootstrapped#99 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi w/ Taylor Otwell (SPOILERS!)In a special episode of Bootstrapped, Taylor Otwell (creator of Laravel) joins Ian to talk about 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'.
WARNING: This podcast contains spoilers for 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'. If you haven't seen that movie yet (and seriously, what are you waiting for), wait to listen to this podcast until afterwards!
2017-12-1655 min
Bootstrapped#98 - The Landsman Game ChallengeIn this episode we discuss solo parenting, Disney on Ice, future conference plans, and a plan to live stream Ian playing video games.
2017-12-0429 min
Bootstrapped#97 - ButovOrBust.comIn this episode we discuss being sick, what happens when you get an influx of clients, and a bunch of updates on everything from Scribbleton to Thermostat to Ian's new project, LaraTalent.
2017-11-2333 min
Bootstrapped#96 - It's All Possibility.....And WorkIn this episode we discuss the beginnings of Ian's new CRUD app, Scribbleton upgrades, freezing your credit, Las Vegas, and more.
2017-10-0938 min
Bootstrapped#95 - I Started Fresh, and It's GloriousIn this episode we discuss hearing trips to and from NYC, nostalgia for high school, the 'New Renaissance Butov', and more.
2017-10-0236 min
Bootstrapped#94 - Franchise FriendsIn this episode we discuss kindergarten, kids destroying tablets, side projects for founders, encryption in Scribbleton, and more.
2017-09-1250 min
Bootstrapped#93 - Thinner, Leaner, MeanerIn this episode we discuss Ian's "mancation", if Seinfeld still has it, an update on Andrey's weight loss and his new app, and more.
2017-09-0538 min
Bootstrapped#92 - Elevator AlgorithmsIn this episode we continue our follow-up on Laracon, talk about all things hotels, plus poker, Thermostat.io, watching games on Twitch, & more.
2017-08-2141 min
Bootstrapped#91 - I'd Wear A Full Face MaskIn this episode we discuss Laracon, getting healthy, how millennials go to the gym, and more.
2017-08-1443 min
Bootstrapped#90 - Butov Plus PlusIn this episode we discuss Butov's new addition to the family, experimenting with frameworks & languages, family vacations, old phones, & more.
2017-06-091h 01
Bootstrapped#89 - It's The Open Desert That Got MeIn this episode we talk about Ian & NPS, Butov's attempts to hire millennials, and paying people to watch video games.
2017-04-2557 min
Bootstrapped#88 - Charles Perry (Part 2) - Founder of MetakitePart two of Andrey & Ian's conversation with Charles Perry (founder of Metakite) about what it's like to start a new subscription-based mobile app, plus a lot more.
Links:
Metakite
Follow Charles Perry on Twitter
2017-02-0639 min
Bootstrapped#87 - Charles Perry (Part 1) - Founder of MetakitePart one of Andrey & Ian's conversation with Charles Perry (founder of Metakite) about what it's like to start a new subscription-based mobile app, plus a lot more.
Links:
Metakite
Follow Charles Perry on Twitter
2017-01-3036 min
Bootstrapped#86: Garrett Dimon (Part 2) - Founder of Sifter, Currently at WildbitPart 2 of Andrey and Ian's conversation with Garret Dimon.
2017-01-2329 min
Bootstrapped#85: Garrett Dimon (Part 1) - Founder of Sifter, Currently at WildbitPart 1 of Andrey and Ian's conversation with Garret Dimon.
2017-01-1834 min
Bootstrapped#84: You’re on an Air, Butov - an Air!Butov needs a laptop upgrade, Ian wants simpler basketball video games, and they both talk about virtual reality.
2017-01-091h 02
Bootstrapped#83: Brian Casel (Part 2) - Founder of Audience OpsPart two of our talk with Brian Casel about Audience Ops, the new Audience Ops Calendar, and more.
Links:
Audience Ops
Audience Ops Calendar
Brian Casel on Twitter
2017-01-0240 min
Bootstrapped#82: Brian Casel (Part 1) - Founder of Audience OpsPart one of our talk with Brian Casel about Audience Ops, the new Audience Ops Calendar, and more.
Links:
Audience Ops
Audience Ops Calendar
Brian Casel on Twitter
2016-12-2630 min
Bootstrapped#81: Brandon Kelly (Part 2) - Founder and CEO of Craft CMSPart two of our talk with Brandon Kelly about Craft CMS, pricing, support, and Pixel and Tonic.
2016-12-1939 min
Bootstrapped#80: Brandon Kelly (Part 1) - Founder and CEO of Craft CMSPart one of our talk with Brandon Kelly about Craft CMS, politics, domains, and Pixel and Tonic.
2016-12-1233 min
Bootstrapped#79: (Part 2) Patrick Pohler on Starting an API Based Real Estate SaaS#79: (Part 2) Patrick Pohler on Starting an API Based Real Estate SaaS
2016-12-0628 min
Bootstrapped#78: Patrick Pohler (Part 1) on Starting an API Based Real Estate SaaS#78: Patrick Pohler (Part 1) on Starting an API Based Real Estate SaaS
2016-11-2934 min
Bootstrapped#77: "... is somebody being bombed?"Our guest in this episode is JD Graffam, owner of two agencies, Clear Function and Simple Focus, and several SaaS products, including Sifter, Pulse, and Ballpark.
2016-09-2154 min
Bootstrapped#76: "Cleo"We discuss the passing of Andrey's dog Cleo, moving company business models, standing desks, where you can find real news, founder vacation time needs, Ian's new ebook, Ian's hackentosh, autonomous cars.
Unpakt
Autonomous.ai standing desks
Ian's ebook, Securing the Five Figure Sale
River Raid
Sky Force Reloaded
Monsters and Monocles
Thanks to Linode for sponsoring this episode. Sign up today and get $20 off.
2016-09-0649 min
Bootstrapped#75: "Don't you worry about Dave. You worry about Butov!"In this episode we talk about Ian's trip to Laracon, politics, working on multiple projects simultaneously, working on web apps vs other types of products, The Hive, changes at Userscape, dogs, naps, contractors, Twitch, board games, and kids growing up.
2016-08-091h 07
Bootstrapped#74: "Nobody ever got fired for hiring Vector Media Group" with special guest Matt WeinbergWe're joined by our friend Matt Weinberg to chat about growing a large consultancy, software, hiring, and more. A lot of great insights in this one, don't miss it!
2016-07-151h 09
Bootstrapped#73: ”If you can find an agreeable parrot, ...”In this week's episode, Ian and Andrey talk about going to the gym, living on Long Island, Andrey's car buying adventures, Richard Stallman's speaking requirements, new iOS APIs, Twitter, Facebook, VR, game development, customizing products for individual customers, consulting work.
Richard Stallman speaker visit
Craft/ExpressionEngine NYC meetup
Star Trek Bridge Crew in VR
Batman Arkham VR
"It’s been 6 weeks since I gave up on ever doing product again, and I feel great."
2016-06-2059 min
Bootstrapped#72: "It's all going to $0, but in the meantime, we can make some money"We discuss naps and meditation, new HelpSpot pricing, business ideas, is Andrey and introvert?, BaconBiz conf, Butov goes to Buffalo, new product work and ideas, and car leasing.
2016-06-0857 min
Bootstrapped#71: "Jane Portman from UI Breakfast"In this episode, Ian and Andrey talk to Jane Portman about her company, UI Breakfast, her new book for SaaS founders, building a business, and UI/UX for SaaS web applications.
2016-05-0955 min
2016-04-1857 min
Bootstrapped#69: "You always pay for sticking to your principles."Hating snow blowers, BaconBiz, going to the gym, driving to places you should be flying to, Rocket League, Quintu, Scribbleton, profit-generating companies and VC backing, seeing the path of a company as an outsider, favorite songs.
2016-03-2854 min
Bootstrapped#68: "Butov's Brooklyn"Andrey has never seen Breaking Bad, SaaStr review, Butov does PR and advertising, adventures in email, Ian drops an idea for a product you should steal but probably won't, Butov's Brooklyn, A Chef's Life.
2016-02-2945 min
Bootstrapped#67: StuffIn this episode, we talk about Mr. Rogers, releasing How Are Sales Today, writing desktop apps in C++, Parse closing and Uberdeck, Scribbleton, Userscape's new office, Userscape's partner program.
2016-02-0843 min
2016-02-0352 min
Bootstrapped#65: Star Wars is the 'Dora the Explorer' of science fiction.In this episode, we talk about Star Wars, how much Ian loves it and how much Andrey hates it, synchronizing hardware between home and office, code signing and certificate confirmation, international currencies and writing currency exchange code for How Are Sales Today, direct sales, the Userscape marketing plan for 2016, tracking advertising, adding more features vs releasing software earlier, and on-premise vs. software in the cloud.
How Are Sales Today? Sales and SaaS metrics for Stripe
The Joker: Mark Hamill
Brad Bell's talk from Peers 2015
Andrey's talk from Peers 2015
Thanks to Backup Pro for sponsoring this weeks show...
2015-12-301h 06
Bootstrapped#64: A Carl Sagan JointThis week Andrey doesn't tell me I'm on the wrong mic until half way through and we also cover acronyms, Jessica Jones, babysitter acquisition strategies, How Are Sales Today update, HelpSpot update, we go through Andrey Butov's favorite movies and TV shows.
2015-12-031h 08
Bootstrapped#63: How Are Sales Today?In this episode, we talk about the new app from Quantic Insights, opening up a business bank account, meditation, mellowing out with age, new Userscape office, and Fallout 4.
Deploy PHP
How Are Sales Today? (or QiBar). The new app from Quantic Insights
Jerry Seinfeld talks Transcendental Meditation
2015-11-1959 min
2015-11-0556 min
Bootstrapped#61In this episode, Ian and Andrey talk about new hardware, Star Wars, HelpSpot Cloud, back-end systems, Quantic Insights, virtual insurance for virtual crap, and fantasy football.
Mike Jones (labs.log)
HelpSpot Cloud
Quantic Insights
Japanese Pachinko machines
Ian’s post on purchase orders
Thanks to Linode for sponsoring the show this week.
Get $10 off (1 free month of a 1GB server) https://promo.linode.com/bootstrappedfm/
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2015-10-2247 min
Bootstrapped#60: Pump the hotnessWe discuss how we don’t hold to our topic, home contractors, physical servers, internet secure, desktop software development, rewriting software from scratch, online banking, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars vs Star Trek (again).
Thanks to Linode for sponsoring the show this week.
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DHH on rewriting software
Tell Tale Games
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2015-10-131h 02
Bootstrapped#59In this episode we talk about photography, Userscape’s new employee, health insurance, Finsumi, building everything yourself, outsourcing, Quantic Insights, C++, customer support, working from home, audiobooks, and video games.
Graciously sponsored by: Release Notes Conference. Offer code: bootstrapped for $100 off.
Quantic Insights
Awesome Batman artwork
SaaStr
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2015-10-0756 min
Bootstrapped#58In this episode, we discuss Andrey’s PhillyPopecation, Release Notes Conference, how we do sales at UserScape, why you should never offer unlimited/site licenses, Jet Brains pricing, SaaS pricing for on-premise products, Ian’s Last Of Us update, video game violence, “shooting feel” in a game, we talk AGAIN about having dogs, dead fish.
Graciously sponsored by: Release Notes Conference. Offer code: bootstrapped for $100 off.
Quantic Insights stealth mode landing page
HelpSpot website, talk to sales
Testrail
Second Variety
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2015-09-301h 03
Bootstrapped#57In this episode, we discuss returning for another season, first day of school, finishing up consulting work and returning to product work, co-founding a new company, HelpSpot 4, having a full-time sales person, Snappy, Quantic Insights, programmers and math, mobile apps for kids, Star Wars, Mad Max, and home theater setup.
Quantic Insights
HelpSpot
Snappy
Pastevault
Honeybadger
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2015-09-1958 min
Bootstrapped#56: Rated RAndrey swears a lot, we talk about nearly everything except bootstrapping! Stay until the end to hear us discuss Star Wars, 2001, Contact, Guardians of the Galaxy (classic!), Superman vs Batman.
Dave Hicking Superhero
Video of how Ian’s wife thinks Ian and Andrey will walk through Philly
Video of Ian’s Microconf 2014 talk
Babka
Servers For Hackers – Learn how to actually manage the servers you run
Product + Support – Ian’s new interview site
X100T
Steven Soderbergh 2001 recut
Contact “buy 2 at twice the price” scene
I am Groot
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2015-04-291h 05
Bootstrapped#55: It’s all part of the gameIn this episode, we discuss Snappy shutting down, selling Snappy, resurrecting a failed product, Andrey’s trip to PAX, Peers conference, client work, Slack room atmosphere, games we’re playing, and games we can’t play.
Why we’re closing Snappy – Ian’s blog post.
Turning a failed product into a successful one – forum post
Monsters & Monocles – a new game by Retro Dreamer
Andrey’s PAX trip – photo1, photo2.
Peers conference
Starfighter – Patrick’s new company
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2015-03-161h 07
Bootstrapped#54: This is worse than SeinfeldSome product updates, yada yada yada, this is embarrassing.
HelpSpot Help Desk Software 4
Release Notes Conference
Peers Conf
Bacon Biz Conf
Hyperplan
The IOU of iOS
The Shape of the App Store
Soderbergh 2001 cut
Us talking about Gone Home
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2015-02-021h 04
Bootstrapped#53: $1000 joinDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss names, getting punished for good deeds, fast-food burgers, Authorize.NET, HelpSpot mobile apps, making money from mobile games in the app store, a decade of running HelpSpot and Antair, life checkboxes, HelpSpot 4, and making games.
DNSimple blog – Switching from Authorize.NET to Stripe.
YTD Revenue for ‘A Dark Room’ iOS.
Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits
Jeff Vogel – “The Indie Bubble is Popping”
Indie Game the Movie
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2014-12-1847 min
Bootstrapped#52: Dead Man’s SwitchDownload this episode where we discuss Ian’s health update, how Scribbbleton handles synchronization, moving, coworking and working from home, real estate business, discussing revenues, vote for us on iTunes!
Convergence Insufficiency – headaches? reading trouble? kids with learning problems? – read this.
Dead Man’s Switch
Eric Sink’s Solitaire
Indy Hall – Philly coworking
Andrey’s post on revenue curve
Houdini – You need this if you use a Mac
Vote for us!!!
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2014-11-0759 min
Bootstrapped#51: Special Guest: Matt StaufferDownload this episode, in which we’re joined by special guest, Matt Stauffer, to talk about bootstrapping a SaaS while running a consultancy full-time, happiness, Laravel, structuring your day, hiring developers, work & family, gritty TV shows, and Star Trek!
Matt Stauffer – Twitter, Website
Tighten Co – Matt’s consulting company
Karani – Matt’s SaaS application.
Eric Barnes’ Laravel News Artisan Files – interview with Matt.
Matt’s series on Laravel 5
The Long, Slow, SaaS Ramp of Death
An evening with the Star Trek TNG cast (video clips)
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2014-10-201h 07
Bootstrapped#50: 50Download this episode. This week we fail to discuss that it’s our 50th episode, family impact on development, Andrey might be hiring a helper so contact him, crazy contract work, Servers for Hackers, UTF–8, Bootstrapped app we don’t have time for, Markdown, Moto X review, a plumber will run UserScape for a day.
Servers for Hackers
Ellison buys Lanai
20 years of blogging
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2014-10-1445 min
Bootstrapped#49: A new product from scratchDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about antisocial haircuts, Joan Rivers, consulting, Scribbleton on Lifehacker, relaxing, doing a product from start to finish on the show, a Userscape update, Postgres, Nightstand, the Oculus Rift, Minecraft, Star Trek Bridge Commander, Wing Commander, Steam.
Scribbleton
Snappy
Star Trek Bridge Commander
Wing Commander 3
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2014-09-1251 min
Bootstrapped#48: Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGoWe chat with special guest Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo. We cover the full gamut from bootstrapping, VC, competing against Google, Perl, privacy, advertising, remote work, finding customers, biz dev and Gabriel’s new book Traction.
Gabriel Weinberg
DuckDuckGo
Traction – Gabriel’s book on getting customers
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2014-08-2548 min
Bootstrapped#47: Anchor CelebritiesDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss anchor celebrities, parenting, Larajobs, fake snow, product hunt, donationware, Uberdeck, consulting retainers, the costs of opening up an office.
Dave Hicking
Bootstrapping a job board to $5,000 in revenue
Larajobs
Scribbleton
What does it really cost to open an indie studio?
Setting up an office for a software company
This episode is sponsored by Linode
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2014-08-1852 min
Bootstrapped#46: Jeffrey Way of LaracastsThis week we have special guest Jeffrey Way. We talk about how he’s bootstrapped Laracasts, how he got started in Laravel, the philosophy behind Laracasts, pricing, hiring, building a personal brand, supporting open source, how to make a great screencast, working for The Man.
Laracasts
Thanks to this weeks sponsor: Linode
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2014-07-281h 19
Bootstrapped#45: Adventures in Hacker NewsDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss taking a vacation while bootstrapping, the craziness of Hacker News, LaraJobs, Scribbleton, installing desktop software, mods, git, pity purchases, Linux desktop apps, Walmart, the new square BlackBerry, Commodore 64, consulting work, how much it costs to build an app, shutting down a SaaS that isn’t performing, who handles support, bad web hosting, Martha’s Vineyard, American Presidents, Ian posting Scribbleton on Hacker News and causing trouble.
LaraJobs
Scribbleton
River Raid on the Commodore 64
Ionic framework
This episode is sponsored by FusionInvoice — 20% 0ff for our listeners.
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2014-07-211h 09
Bootstrapped#44: I’m Recording NowIan’s (non-life threatening) health issues, delaying the Bootstrapped Conference, quarters as a service, app translation, LaraJobs, what we’d do if we had to work someplace else, Scribbleton update, twitter as protocol.
Level Up Conference
MacDowell Colony
Washboard.co – Even the goodbye letter is weird, don’t miss the video.
Tehtras
Transifex
LaraJobs
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2014-07-1450 min
Bootstrapped#43: The Userscape DevelopersIn this episode, we sit down with the developers of Userscape; Eric Barnes, Chris Fidao, and Taylor Otwell, to talk about weird dreams, Eric’s, Chris’ and Taylor’s backgrounds and how they got started at Userscape, supporting open source, Forge, newsletters, servers, building Scribbleton for Linux, content-based products, deploying desktop apps, and TV shows
Userscape – About Us
Snappy
Eric Barnes – blog, Wardrobe CMS, Laravel News
Chris Fidao – Servers for Hackers
Taylor Otwell – Laravel, Forge
Video of Ian’s talk from Laracon: Open Source & Your Business
Scribbleton
This episode is sponsored by Linode.
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2014-07-011h 15
Bootstrapped#40: Andrey Butov’s FizzilizationIn this episode we discuss talking at conferences, Star Wars, and sci-fi, video games, Ludum Dare and game dev competitions, the current Antair project list, user interfaces for kids’ apps, Scribbleton, multi-platform development, Snappy, domain registrars, and the Oculus Rift for virtual offices.
Laracon
Rachel Andrew – Conference speaking, transparency and fairness.
Draplin Design Co. — the talk Ian referred to in the show.
Mike Rowe TED Talk
Rendezvous with Rama
A Dark Room (web version) – and the iOS version
Pug vs. Nemo – Andrey’s Ludum Dare entry.
#LOWREZ JAM 2014
Scribbleton
Snappy
Gail Goodman – The Long, Slow, SaaS Ramp of Death
Heavy R...
2014-05-071h 04
Bootstrapped#39: Take them to HootersThis week we discuss profanity, Microconf, Peersconf, business evolution, Andrey Do-gooder, product trials, Notch and motivation beyond money, Minecraft, multiple saas apps, acquiring products and building vs buying, coder vs marketer, Andrey should do an ebook
Stampy Minecraft videos
UI Breakfast
Ian’s Microconf slides
@sil
MicroISV From Vision to Reality
Andrey’s Dr.Dobbs article
NYT Now
Long Island Herald
Drip email marketing
So You Want to Be a Wall Street Programmer
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Also, don’t miss the short After Dark episode this week.
2014-04-221h 12
Bootstrapped#36: White hat growth hackerWe discuss more growth hacking scum, the podcasts 1 year birthday, building a business for more than money, SaaS vs download, SaaS thriving off dead accounts, code builds, game console emulators, open source doc and design quality, open source vs open source and free, publishing, conference talks.
Jason Cohen
Monetizing Children
Is SaaS the Only Business Model for the Web
Arq OSX Backups
Unreal Engine 5% deal
Popcorn Time – Napster for movies
Perch CMS
AGPL – the OS license to use if you want to use GPL
Laracon
Andrey’s first open source project
Ian’s talks at Microconf and Peers
Failconf...
2014-03-241h 15
Bootstrapped#34: Don’t Shake the SaaS TreeWe discuss confusion over our voices, taxes, vacation, Disney tracking your meat, off topic, doppelgängers, SPF records, Al Bundy/Married With Children, Evernote, pruning your twitter account, Groupon marketing genius, Flappy Bird and the mobile cesspool, Rick Ellis, product first mindset, we’re over SaaS
Disney and the Meat Space
Laracon
Andrey’s Doppleganger ( Doppelgangers)
Mobile Developer Weekly
SPF Records, SPF on CampaignMonitor
Evernote
QT
Prune Your Twitter Account (Ian’s article)
Groupon Marketing
Flappy Bird download analysis article
Bill Gates can’t install Windows 8.1
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2014-02-241h 21
Bootstrapped#33: This is what happens to growth hackers.Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about Florida, children, stupid teenagers, growing up, stories that go nowhere, growth hackers, hiring a content engineer, unit testing, John Carmack, spending $13,000 on marketing automation software, motorcycles, and baseball tickets.
Irene McGee – and her recent article.
Userscape is hiring a Content Engineer
Ruben Gamez on Bootstrapped.fm
John Carmack – The Physics of Light and Rendering
Michael Abrash
Doom playthrough with John Romero
Pardot
Infusionsoft
Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja
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2014-01-301h 03
Bootstrapped#32: The Full StallmanDownload this episode. Andrey talks about Gone Home and the impact it’s had on his life, but won’t give details! Voiceovers, Antair is 9 years old, UserScape is almost 9 though Ian considers it 10, the good old days of bootstrapping, the constant re-inventing of Antair, Ian goes on a rant about Growth Hacking, project management apps, Ian rants again about marketing automation tools, remote work, Ian talking at Microconf, beards, Ian ranting about taking his family to Disney
Gone Home – Andrey’s new all time favorite game
Heavy Rain
Spec Ops: The Line
Don Quixote
God Emperor of Dune – Dune...
2014-01-211h 10
Bootstrapped#31: We are Joel, togetherDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about growing to a point where you have no idea where stuff is in your own company, building mobile clients for Snappy and Quintu, Minecraft, live coding streams, games, client work, system administration with SaaS, the Sturgeon/Laravel argument, the forums, SaaS growth curves, the PHP Book Book, Seinfeld, Bill Gates, and the Gone Home game.
Ionic framework
Asteroid Jane
Phil Sturgeon on The Tribal Framework Mindset
Ian’s sideon the Sturgeon/Laravel discussion.
Amy Hoy – 5 years of SaaS growth.
Seinfeld – Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Gone Home
2014-01-091h 00
Bootstrapped#28: Special Guest Ruben GamezThis is one of our best episodes yet. If you’re interested in content marketing be prepared to take notes. We also discuss the SaaS release cycle and lifestyle, working hours, business coaching and Andrey abducting Ruben.
Ruben’s client proposal software Bidsketch
Ruben’s personal blog
Seth MacFarlane’s tweet on the Family Guy Brian stuff
Ruben’s post on getting to his first 1K a month regarding Andrey’s previous question on Bootstrapped 15
Keyword Funnel – Adwords keyword finder/organizer
Old Bidsketch video demo
Eric Sink’s on the Business of Software
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2013-12-191h 21
Bootstrapped#27: Everybody Gotta HustleDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about kids’ toys, Uberdeck, making sense of Adwords, Snappy, content marketing, finding a regular job after years of running a bootstrapped software company, selling physical products, Userscape’s new hire, running a conference, and moving to a consultancy.
Startups for the rest of us, episode 160 – podcast with Rob Walling and Mike Taber
Andy Brice, his software business training course, and his upcoming Keyword Funnel tool.
Pusher – Real time messaging service for web and mobile apps.
Found – Elasticsearch hosting.
24ways – Web design and development goodness.
Founder made $99 from an $82 million...
2013-12-0558 min
Bootstrapped#26: Party All the TimeDownload this podcast where Andrey sings Party All the Time by Eddie Murphy, booze, big UberDeck update, marketing, Snappy mobile app, mobile app reviews, VM’s,16 terminals tiled (huh?), everything is noodles (huh?), coworking, healthcare plans, more marketing, doing marketing under your own name, Ian’s idea for a new app
Party All the Time by Eddie Murphy
Doc’s Hard Cider
UberDeck v2 – new push notifications, concierge installation service, great new pricing
Moz
Mochibits
Slideroom – Happy Snappy customer
PHP Townhall Podcast
Light Table IDE
Festivus
Healthcare.gov – You probably haven’t heard of this site
Supportops
Andy Brice software...
2013-11-251h 03
Bootstrapped#25: Devil’s AdvocateDownload this episode, in which we talk about dollar stores, dogs and babies, the new Helpspot release, support contracts, requiring a credit card at signup, pricing and recurring billing, info-products, SaaS being unsatisfying, digging new holes, the point of growing, all software going to zero.
Helpspot – Ian’s helpdesk product.
Snappy – Ian’s newest product.
Uberdeck – Andrey’s mobile-app marketing product.
Stripe – payment processing service.
Star Trek Generations
Ian’s “all software is going to $0.00” theory
Edge of My Seat – Perch, Rachel Andrew, Drew McLellan
Rachel Andrew on Bootstrapped.fm
SupportOps.co – Chase Clemons
Chase Clemons on Bootstrapped.fm
So You...
2013-11-131h 07
Bootstrapped#24: Batman VoiceDownload this episode, in which we talk about Batman, Software going to $0, Pricing again, Saas sucking, High school/depression, Business of Software Conference, A/B testing, Insurance, Andrey and me opening a coffee shop comic book store, Batman Arkham Origins, how we’re the Seinfeld of bootstrap podcasting, Everpix closing, soup delivery, $7.95 cupcakes, our side projects that make us no money.
We’re going to try to do a Bootstrapped.fm meetup if you’re in the NYC area. Contact us or post to the board if you’re interested.
Business of Software Conference
Developers, Entrepreneurs and Depression
AC...
2013-11-081h 02
Bootstrapped#23: Clichély doing the cliché thingDownload this episode, in which we talk about Andrey finally leaving the house, street cred, Quintu, the work that goes into a typical SaaS app, implementing push in Uberdeck, OS X 10.8 update woes, git and distributed source code control, supporting developers vs. supporting end users, downloadable vs. SaaS, playing with SaaS marketing at an early stage of the product, being organized with marketing, tracking the marketing flow, onboarding, pricing based on volume, seasonal stores, celebrities in NYC, the new Panic office, and a day of doing nothing at work.
Arq, Crashplan – backup software.
VirtualBox, VMWare Fusion – VM sof...
2013-10-161h 14
Bootstrapped#22: MehDownload this episode, in which we give away an amazing social mobile podcast product idea, Blackberry (sorry), App stores, Andrey’s gripes with Laravel 4 and other techy things, asset management in front end web development, Vi, Breaking Bad finale!!!, Living in NYC, Perch CMS meetup, Business of Software conference
Blackberry sale
Number Two
Antair Notes on Amazon App Store
Twitter Ads (also great just to see your RT’s/Fav’s even if you don’t buy ads)
Laravel 4 PHP framework
Grunt – JS task runner
Sentry Laravel Auth Library
Sublime Text
PhpStorm
FogCreek Wasabi
Business of Software Conference – 10% off with code “b...
2013-09-301h 04
Bootstrapped#21: Special Guest: Andy BriceDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey sit down with special guest, Andy Brice, to discuss Perfect Table Plan, software marketing, creating desktop software vs. SaaS web apps, software pricing, cross-platform development with QT, analytics, measuring how many people are ‘word-of-mouth’ customers, Andy’s 2-day intensive training course on starting your own software business, practical software products, the legacy of shareware, the effect of SaaS apps on lifestyle, A/B testing, Adwords, email vs. helpdesk system for one-person companies, and martial arts.
Andy Brice at http://www.successfulsoftware.net, and on twitter at http://twitter.com/succ...
2013-09-231h 34
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2013-09-151h 23
Bootstrapped#20: Hard StopDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss their appearances on other podcasts, depression caused by taking consulting work, how Andrey will structure his day, Apple keynote and how new hardware relates to mobile development, releasing software in the app store, SaaS searching tech and more.
Chasing Product podcast
DNL Consulting
Apple iPhone 5s/5c keynote
Fertile Ground – Marco Arment on supporting new mobile API’s
Number Two – Andrew Garrison on his mobile release strategy
Antair Sodoku for Playbook
Successful Software blog
Perfect Table Planner – table seating planner
Start Your Own Software Business training course
Found.no hosted Elas...
2013-09-1144 min
Bootstrapped#19: No Red Candy!Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss Laracon EU, Snappy, web app activity tracking and analytics, Uberdeck, marketing as your primary daily activity, Andrey’s next app, native clients vs. mobile web apps vs. responsive design for a SaaS product, front-end web dev frameworks, annual SaaS billing, getting dumber, Vincent van Gogh, San Francisco, Napa Valley, and Texas.
Laracon EU
Snappy 3-tier pricing
Uberdeck
iDeveloper.co – podcast for iOS developers.
ChasingProduct.com – podcast for consultants looking to move into products.
PhoneGap
Responsive Design
jQuery Mobile
Backbone.js
Forecast.io – blog post on building their web/mobil...
2013-09-041h 04
Bootstrapped#18: Special Guest: Chase Clemons on Bootstrapped SupportDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey sit down with special guest Chase Clemons of SupportOps to discuss customer service for bootstrappers. We also get an Uberdeck update on leaving beta and pricing strategy.
This episode is being cross released on both Bootstrapped.fm and Support Ops Podcast. Check them out!
37Signals
Support Ops and the Support Ops Podcast
Uberdeck is released!
Andrey’s Essential Voice Recorder – type notes while you record audio (Android)
Basecamp Mobile
Bootstrapped customer service and using self service walls threads on discuss.bootstrapped.fm
Pingdom
Amazon Prime – Love the prime, buy the prime!!!! (I...
2013-08-271h 33
Bootstrapped#17: Special Guest: Rachel AndrewDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey sit down with special guest Rachel Andrew from EdgeOfMySeat.com, to discuss Perch, the really little CMS, the new Bootstrapped.fm forums, marketing, customer support, product dependencies, how important personal visibility is to your business, content management systems, writing and speaking, and self-publishing.
Rachel Andrew
Perch: the really little CMS – Rachel’s product.
EdgeOfMySeat.com – Rachel’s company.
Drew McLellan – Rachel’s husband and business partner. Drew on 24 Ways.
The Perch Podcast
Bootstrapped.fm Forums
The Perch website was designed by Paddy Donnelly of Lefft. The birds were drawn by Kev...
2013-08-0658 min
Bootstrapped#16: Meat and AttitudeDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss Andrey’s new mobile apps, doing press releases in unique cases, HARO, bringing on a partner, Valentino movie, Breaking Bad, Andrey on being abducted, dress code in fancy steak joints, optimal steak restaurant design, Snappy marketing, doing a giveaway
_ Note: this podcast was recorded before we released http://discuss.bootstrapped.fm, next week we’ll discuss that in more detail_.
Bootstrapped Ep 15 with Special guest Patrick McKenzie
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We ate a huge steak at http://www.peterluger.com/ with DNL
Busines...
2013-08-0146 min
Bootstrapped#15: Patrick McKenzie (patio11) on Selling SoftwareDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey are joined by special guest, Patrick McKenzie (patio11), to discuss the “early” days of the Business of Software forums, Patrick’s journey and daily routine, Helpdesk systems and support, Appointment Reminder, systemizing and automating daily tasks, SaaS, B2C vs. B2B, pricing of software, consulting, learning from Blackhats, Hacker News, marketing, Uberdeck, making money from open source, dual-licensing, running a conference, hacker meetups, Patrick’s biggest mistake in business, Patrick’s next product, and Facebook games.
Special guest Patrick McKenzie (patio11) of Kalzumeus.
Business of Software Forums – Joel on Software...
2013-07-241h 52
Bootstrapped#14: Now you have to do stuffDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey are joined by special guest Scott Watermasysk. We get the back story on KickoffLabs Scott’s company, Andrey laments about having to do “stuff”, we don’t get Quora, we go deep on Uberdeck pricing strategy, how Agant went back to being a one person shop, starting solo or with a co-founder, Ship It!, a few landing page tips from Scott.
Special guest Scott Watermasysk of KickoffLabs
IBM Ideating commercial
CampaignMonitor pricing
What Next for Agant
Rise of the Millon Dollar One Person Business
2013-07-111h 16
Bootstrapped#13: Boiler RoomDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss getting ready to deploy Uberdeck, Snappy progress, what’s next for Snappy marketing, stories of first job interviews, the benefits, if any, of a college education, selling into the consumer space, the experience of buying software in a box, selling software before making software and vetting product ideas.
Uberdeck – Andrey’s new product. ( preview screenshot)
Fabric – a Python SSH tool.
Snappy – Ian’s newest product.
SupportOps.co – a site dedicated to customer support best practices.
Helpspot – Ian’s first product; a helpdesk application.
SmallSpec.com – Chris Hawkins‘ new product for building functional...
2013-06-261h 10
Bootstrapped#12: The AnalogyDownload this episode, in which Andrey and Ian discuss mistakes with Snappy’s initial website, building multiple products vs focusing on a single product, fixing the app store, recommendations on going into the mobile space, and Derek Sivers new company and how he outsourced it all.
FocusLab
Slambots – the latest RetroDreamer game
Marco on removing mobile app store top lists
Spider Web Games
CD Baby
Sivers article on new company
2013-06-191h 14
Bootstrapped#11: Bootstrapping a Software Consulting CompanyDownload this episode, in which Andrey and Ian sit down with Carl Diesing from DNL OmniMedia, and Chris Hawkins from Cogeian Systems, to talk about bootstrapping a successful software consulting company.
Chris Hawkins on Twitter, and his website with lots of good articles and advice.
Cogeian Systems – The software consultancy where Chris is the founder.
Carl Diesing on Twitter
DNL OmniMedia – The software consultancy where Carl is a co-founder.
Expensd– DNL’s SaaS product
SmallSpec – Chris’ new SaaS product
Parscale Media – A consulting software company mentioned by Ian during the show.
Chasing Product – Chris’ new podcast
2013-06-121h 12
Bootstrapped#10: GymboreeDownload this episode, in which we go over the launch of Snappy, the Laravel 4 release, taking care of kids and kid gym options, Bootstrap conferences, app metrics and Infoproducts!
Snappy goes live
Eric Sink on pricing
Laravel 4 – THE PHP framework
Laravel three docs
DNL Omnimedia
Cogeian
The Little Gym
Gymboree
Imitation Gruel – Andrey referenced this, check it out
JDate
BaconBizConf – Original announcement
Bidsketch
Dribbble
Focus Lab
SmoothMouse
Beach Haven, NJ
Kissmetrics
Mixpanel – recommended
So You Want To Be a Wall Street Programmer
Authority by Nathan Barry
2013-06-051h 18
Bootstrapped#9: UberdeckDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss Uberdeck, system administration, pricing strategies, news coverage for startups, Jeff Atwood, Trello, and Snappy.
Uberdeck – Andrey’s latest project
Alwin Hoogerdijk (collectorz.com) – on email marketing
Campaign Monitor – email campaign service
DNS Made Easy – DNS service
Amazon Route 53 – DNS service
Linode – hosting for Uberdeck
Trello – project management
Coding Horror – Jeff Atwood’s blog
Amazon SQS – hosted message queue service
EngineHosting – hosting for Snappy
Snappy – Ian’s latest product
PG Experts – PostgreSQL expert services
BugSnag – real-time bug intelligence
AsyncHttp – HTTP library for Android
James Smith – creator of BugSnag and AsyncHttp for Android.
Discourse – Jeff Atwood’s...
2013-05-221h 20
Bootstrapped#8: Bizarro WeekDownload this episode, where Ian and Andrey discuss sweet games, SaaS downtime, UserScape Bizarro Week, Brooklyn, Microconf and more.
Bioshock Infinite – Andrey says this is one of the great games of all times with perhaps the best ending of all time
Heavy Rain – Another great game
Rainbow Six – Classic
The Secret of Monkey Island – I assume you’ve all heard of and played this
Supervisor – A process control system
DB Tenancy Information
EngineHosting – Private resource clusters for your big app needs
Review of Google Play on Nook
Google 20% time explained
Fogcreek remote work position
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
S...
2013-05-071h 17
Bootstrapped#7: Just wasting my time!Download this episode, where Ian and Andrey discuss the Apple app store release process, making video games for a living, people and companies that “get it”, fonts for web development, trademarks and names,
Helvetica – Documentary about the typeface (and design, in general).
Indie Game the Movie – Documentary that follows several indie game developers.
What Now podcast – Gavin’s and Andrey’s podcast about making mobile apps for a living.
Typography.com – the site Andrey was referring to when he mentioned “typeface.com” in the episode.
Google Fonts
Typekit
Snappy
Focus Lab – The design team behind Snappy.
Bloomberg by Bloomberg
PasteVault
W...
2013-04-301h 09
Bootstrapped#6: Authorize ThisDownload this episode, where Ian and Andrey discuss screen real estate, hiring a part time developer, Apple II parts, a segment which went way too long on Authorize.net, funding open source projects and code naming.
See Andrey’s setup
Divvy – Mac windows manager
Antair part time developer position – 20-30 hours a month
Hacker News – Hacker New Popular Twitter stream
Vienna RSS – Andrey’s choice for a Mac desktop RSS reader
Dave Winer discusses the concept of a River of News – (audio)
Temperature in David Letterman’s studio is 58 degrees ( ref)
Apple II store – This is awesome
Wall-E
Description of Andrey’s f...
2013-04-231h 32
Bootstrapped#5: Let’s all go to the movies!Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about a gauntlet of client work, consulting, competitors, talking about your product early, stock options and bonuses, a little bit on wall street programming, hiring, contributing to open source, life after programming, and movies!
Links:
Bitsplitting Podcast – episode 2, with Erika Hall of Mule Design Studio.
Shipping an Empty Box – Andrey’s blog post about supporting large companies.
Helpspot – Ian’s product.
Snappy – Ian’s newest product.
Uberdeck – Andrey’s upcoming product.
Snappy on Dribble
Bill Cosby, “Himself” – full stand-up special
Code Rush – full documentary
Jamie Zawinski
Viola web browser
Eric Sink – wrot...
2013-04-171h 38
Bootstrapped#4: The customer is seldom rightDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey cover a host of issues, including an apology of sorts to Patrick McKenzie, a discussion on if in fact the customer is always right, how you support .99 cent apps, non-mistakes from Ian’s past, VC funding and an extremely important tax tip!
Links:
Appointment Reminder – by Patrick McKenzie
Patrick McKenzie Interview
Podcast with Patrick & Amy Hoy
Freckle
Shutting down Charm – Interesting look at shutting down a SaaS app before it launches
History of “the customer is always right”
What Now Podcast – Andrey’s other podcast
Retro Dreamer
Automattic Hosting – Word...
2013-04-101h 21
Bootstrapped#3: Pivoting all over the placeDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about not being able to remember anything that happened before today, Ian’s rules for the practical entrepreneur, having so many products that you can’t list them all, entering a fragmented market, preferring B2B, The Pivot, Andrey not having any kind of strategy for choosing which products to make, damned phones, when selling to a business is not really selling to a business, clear and simple revenue model, bridging the internet world with the real world, not using your own products, doing support, how recent the 90’s were, dealin...
2013-03-311h 28
Bootstrapped#2: Lollipop SticksDownload this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about software version numbers, SaaS apps, hiring, modern web application development, server hosting, what to do with old servers, monitors and hard drives, doing what it takes to fund your business, Andrey’s psychological state, physical world products vs software.
Links:
Eric Barnes – Laracon 2013 talk
Laravel – The awesome PHP framework
CodeIgniter
BackBone – JS front end framework
Coffeescript – A little language that compiles to JavaScript
LESS – The only way to write CSS
EngineHosting – Sweet VPS based hosting solution
Linode – Linux VPS provider
Hard drive station – Find a use for those old hard dri...
2013-03-2557 min
Bootstrapped#1: Bootstrapped and ProfitableTwo software companies, Userscape, founded in 2004, and Antair, founded in 2005.
Both companies, bootstrapped and profitable.
Join Ian and Andrey, the founders, as they share their experiences in running their companies.
Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about running a web-app company vs. running a mobile-app company, having one large product vs. many smaller products, starting out by making products ‘because you can’, instead of products that have a market, SaaS and recurring revenue, Enron email and spam filters, how the iPhone almost brought down Andrey’s company, planning vs. falling into i...
2013-03-1943 min