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Andrey Butov
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FounderQuest
Spoiler 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...
2020-06-26
36 min
Has Opinions Podcast
Has Opinions 10: Andrey Butov from Bootstrapped.fm
Today Chris and Daniel chat with Andrey Butov from bootstrapped.fm!
2018-10-12
00 min
Bootstrapped
#104 - I Don't Want To Talk About GDPR The Whole Time w/ Natalie Nagele from Wildbit
In 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.
2018-05-31
1h 07
Bootstrapped
#103 - There's No Scarcity On Piñatas
In this episode we discuss conferences & traveling, birthday parties for kids, .app domains, and Andrey's new GDPR-related project Consent Monitor.
2018-05-22
54 min
Bootstrapped
#102 - I'm Running On Fumes
In 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.
2018-04-15
1h 00
Bootstrapped
#101 - All About Landsman
In this episode we discuss planning for Laracon Online, what's coming up next for Helpspot & Thermostat, and investing in startups.
2018-02-05
34 min
Bootstrapped
#100 - All About Butov
In this episode we discuss Butov's workout routine, the pros and cons of hiring a part-time employee, and upcoming conference plans.
2018-01-29
28 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!
2017-12-16
55 min
Bootstrapped
#98 - The Landsman Game Challenge
In this episode we discuss solo parenting, Disney on Ice, future conference plans, and a plan to live stream Ian playing video games.
2017-12-04
29 min
Bootstrapped
#97 - ButovOrBust.com
In 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.
2017-11-23
33 min
Bootstrapped
#96 - It's All Possibility.....And Work
In this episode we discuss the beginnings of Ian's new CRUD app, Scribbleton upgrades, freezing your credit, Las Vegas, and more.
2017-10-09
38 min
Bootstrapped
#95 - I Started Fresh, and It's Glorious
In this episode we discuss hearing trips to and from NYC, nostalgia for high school, the 'New Renaissance Butov', and more.
2017-10-02
36 min
Bootstrapped
#94 - Franchise Friends
In this episode we discuss kindergarten, kids destroying tablets, side projects for founders, encryption in Scribbleton, and more.
2017-09-12
50 min
Bootstrapped
#93 - Thinner, Leaner, Meaner
In 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.
2017-09-05
38 min
Bootstrapped
#92 - Elevator Algorithms
In this episode we continue our follow-up on Laracon, talk about all things hotels, plus poker, Thermostat.io, watching games on Twitch, & more.
2017-08-21
41 min
Bootstrapped
#91 - I'd Wear A Full Face Mask
In this episode we discuss Laracon, getting healthy, how millennials go to the gym, and more.
2017-08-14
43 min
Bootstrapped
#90 - Butov Plus Plus
In this episode we discuss Butov's new addition to the family, experimenting with frameworks & languages, family vacations, old phones, & more.
2017-06-09
1h 01
Bootstrapped
#89 - It's The Open Desert That Got Me
In this episode we talk about Ian & NPS, Butov's attempts to hire millennials, and paying people to watch video games.
2017-04-25
57 min
Bootstrapped
#88 - Charles Perry (Part 2) - Founder of Metakite
Part 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
2017-02-06
39 min
Bootstrapped
#87 - Charles Perry (Part 1) - Founder of Metakite
Part 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
2017-01-30
36 min
Bootstrapped
#86: Garrett Dimon (Part 2) - Founder of Sifter, Currently at Wildbit
Part 2 of Andrey and Ian's conversation with Garret Dimon.
2017-01-23
29 min
Bootstrapped
#85: Garrett Dimon (Part 1) - Founder of Sifter, Currently at Wildbit
Part 1 of Andrey and Ian's conversation with Garret Dimon.
2017-01-18
34 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.
2017-01-09
1h 02
Bootstrapped
#83: Brian Casel (Part 2) - Founder of Audience Ops
Part 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
2017-01-02
40 min
Bootstrapped
#82: Brian Casel (Part 1) - Founder of Audience Ops
Part 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
2016-12-26
30 min
Bootstrapped
#81: Brandon Kelly (Part 2) - Founder and CEO of Craft CMS
Part two of our talk with Brandon Kelly about Craft CMS, pricing, support, and Pixel and Tonic.
2016-12-19
39 min
Bootstrapped
#80: Brandon Kelly (Part 1) - Founder and CEO of Craft CMS
Part one of our talk with Brandon Kelly about Craft CMS, politics, domains, and Pixel and Tonic.
2016-12-12
33 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
2016-12-06
28 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
2016-11-29
34 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.
2016-09-21
54 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.
2016-09-06
49 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.
2016-08-09
1h 07
Bootstrapped
#74: "Nobody ever got fired for hiring Vector Media Group" with special guest Matt Weinberg
We'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!
2016-07-15
1h 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."
2016-06-20
59 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.
2016-06-08
57 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.
2016-05-09
55 min
Bootstrapped
#70: "I made a lot of money off Twitter"
2016-04-18
57 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.
2016-03-28
54 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.
2016-02-29
45 min
Bootstrapped
#67: Stuff
In 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.
2016-02-08
43 min
Bootstrapped
#66: I'm Done Doing
2016-02-03
52 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...
2015-12-30
1h 06
Bootstrapped
#64: A Carl Sagan Joint
This 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.
2015-12-03
1h 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
2015-11-19
59 min
Bootstrapped
#62: I have the flu
2015-11-05
56 min
Bootstrapped
#61
In 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/ Discuss this episode in the forums >>
2015-10-22
47 min
Bootstrapped
#60: Pump the hotness
We 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. Get $10 off (1 free month of a 1GB server) https://promo.linode.com/bootstrappedfm/ DHH on rewriting software Tell Tale Games Discuss this episode in the forums >>
2015-10-13
1h 02
Bootstrapped
#59
In 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 Discuss this episode in the forums >>
2015-10-07
56 min
Bootstrapped
#58
In 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 Discuss this episode on the forums >>
2015-09-30
1h 03
Bootstrapped
#57
In 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 Discuss this episode in the forums >>
2015-09-19
58 min
Bootstrapped
#56: Rated R
Andrey 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 Discuss this episode in the forums >>
2015-04-29
1h 05
Bootstrapped
#55: It’s all part of the game
In 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 Discuss this episode in the forums >>
2015-03-16
1h 07
Bootstrapped
#54: This is worse than Seinfeld
Some 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 Discuss this episode on the forums >>
2015-02-02
1h 04
Bootstrapped
#53: $1000 join
Download 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 Discuss this episode in the forums >>
2014-12-18
47 min
Bootstrapped
#52: Dead Man’s Switch
Download 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!!! Discuss this episode on the forums!
2014-11-07
59 min
Bootstrapped
#51: Special Guest: Matt Stauffer
Download 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) Discuss this episode in the forums >>
2014-10-20
1h 07
Bootstrapped
#50: 50
Download 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 Discuss this episode on our forums.
2014-10-14
45 min
Bootstrapped
#49: A new product from scratch
Download 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 Discuss this episode in the forums
2014-09-12
51 min
Bootstrapped
#48: Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo
We 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 Discuss this episode on the Bootstrapped forum
2014-08-25
48 min
Bootstrapped
#47: Anchor Celebrities
Download 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 Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers
2014-08-18
52 min
Bootstrapped
#46: Jeffrey Way of Laracasts
This 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 Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers
2014-07-28
1h 19
Bootstrapped
#45: Adventures in Hacker News
Download 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. This episo...
2014-07-21
1h 09
Bootstrapped
#44: I’m Recording Now
Ian’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 Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers
2014-07-14
50 min
Bootstrapped
#43: The Userscape Developers
In 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. Discuss this...
2014-07-01
1h 15
Bootstrapped
#40: Andrey Butov’s Fizzilization
In 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...
2014-05-07
1h 04
Bootstrapped
#39: Take them to Hooters
This 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 Discuss this weeks episode on the forums Also, don’t miss the short After Dark episode this week.
2014-04-22
1h 12
Bootstrapped
#36: White hat growth hacker
We 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...
2014-03-24
1h 15
Bootstrapped
#34: Don’t Shake the SaaS Tree
We 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 Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers.
2014-02-24
1h 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 Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers.
2014-01-30
1h 03
Bootstrapped
#32: The Full Stallman
Download 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...
2014-01-21
1h 10
Bootstrapped
#31: We are Joel, together
Download 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
2014-01-09
1h 00
Bootstrapped
#28: Special Guest Ruben Gamez
This 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 Discuss this episode on our Boo...
2013-12-19
1h 21
Bootstrapped
#27: Everybody Gotta Hustle
Download 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...
2013-12-05
58 min
Bootstrapped
#26: Party All the Time
Download 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...
2013-11-25
1h 03
Bootstrapped
#25: Devil’s Advocate
Download 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...
2013-11-13
1h 07
Bootstrapped
#24: Batman Voice
Download 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...
2013-11-08
1h 02
Bootstrapped
#23: Clichély doing the cliché thing
Download 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...
2013-10-16
1h 14
Bootstrapped
#22: Meh
Download 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...
2013-09-30
1h 04
Bootstrapped
#21: Special Guest: Andy Brice
Download 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...
2013-09-23
1h 34
Chasing Product
Episode 3: Mobile App Marketing and Double-Bootstrapping w/Andrey Butov
Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! After two episodes of bootstrapped product founders with Saas apps, I went mobile! Episode 3 features a talk with Andrey Butov, the founder of Antair Software & creator of more than 2 dozen Read More The post Episode 3: Mobile App Marketing and Double-Bootstrapping w/Andrey Butov appeared first on Chasing Product.
2013-09-15
1h 23
Bootstrapped
#20: Hard Stop
Download 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...
2013-09-11
44 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...
2013-09-04
1h 04
Bootstrapped
#18: Special Guest: Chase Clemons on Bootstrapped Support
Download 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...
2013-08-27
1h 33
Bootstrapped
#17: Special Guest: Rachel Andrew
Download 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...
2013-08-06
58 min
Bootstrapped
#16: Meat and Attitude
Download 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 Be a source on Help a Reporter Out We ate a huge steak at http://www.peterluger.com/ with DNL Busines...
2013-08-01
46 min
Bootstrapped
#15: Patrick McKenzie (patio11) on Selling Software
Download 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...
2013-07-24
1h 52
Bootstrapped
#14: Now you have to do stuff
Download 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
2013-07-11
1h 16
Bootstrapped
#13: Boiler Room
Download 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...
2013-06-26
1h 10
Bootstrapped
#12: The Analogy
Download 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
2013-06-19
1h 14
Bootstrapped
#11: Bootstrapping a Software Consulting Company
Download 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
2013-06-12
1h 12
Bootstrapped
#10: Gymboree
Download 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
2013-06-05
1h 18
Bootstrapped
#9: Uberdeck
Download 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...
2013-05-22
1h 20
Bootstrapped
#8: Bizarro Week
Download 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...
2013-05-07
1h 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...
2013-04-30
1h 09
Bootstrapped
#6: Authorize This
Download 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...
2013-04-23
1h 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...
2013-04-17
1h 38
Bootstrapped
#4: The customer is seldom right
Download 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...
2013-04-10
1h 21
Bootstrapped
#3: Pivoting all over the place
Download 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...
2013-03-31
1h 28
Bootstrapped
#2: Lollipop Sticks
Download 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...
2013-03-25
57 min
Bootstrapped
#1: Bootstrapped and Profitable
Two 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...
2013-03-19
43 min