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Startups For the Rest of UsEpisode 768 | Reacting to Controversial Startup AdviceDo you disagree with any of these controversial takes about bootstrapping?
In episode 768, Rob Walling unpacks a series of semi-controversial beliefs about bootstrapping from ScrapingBee’s Pierre de Wulf. Rob evaluates each point from Pierre's tweet, discussing topics like rebranding your SaaS, the hidden problem of affiliate marketing, and the realities of scaling a SaaS business.
Topics we cover:
(1:21) – Pierre’s semi-controversial bootstrapping beliefs
(4:35) – Don’t waste time on a rebrand
(7:24) – No one cares about your domain extension
(9:06) – Affiliate marketing won’t fix your acquisition issues
(11:51) – There is no silver bullet for growth
(13:42) – Copy what works best
(14:59) –...2025-04-0129 min
The Bootstrapped Founder361: Pierre de Wulf — Bootstrapping ScrapingBee to MillionsPierre de Wulf (@PierreDeWulf), the founder of Scraping Bee, transformed himself from a frustrated developer into a SaaS success story. Here's what you'll learn from this episode:1/ 🐝 Pierre's journey began with a subpar web scraping tool, sparking the idea for Scraping Bee. Discover how he bootstrapped his company in a crowded market, emphasizing lean operations and strategic growth.2/ 🚀 Overcoming growth plateaus in SaaS can be challenging. Pierre shares insights on experimentation with new marketing channels, leveraging user feedback, and balancing traditional and fresh approaches for sustainable innovation.3/ 🌐 The complexit...2024-12-1147 min
WDR ZeitzeichenWendepunkt in der Wissenschaft: Der Venustransit am 3.6.1769Zum ersten Mal werten Wissenschaftler weltweit gemeinsam und erfolgreich Messdaten des Himmelsereignisses aus und prägen damit internationale Wissenschaftskooperation.Nur sehr selten stehen Erde, Venus und Sonne exakt in einer Reihe. Von unserem Blickwinkel aus wandert die Venus dann über die Sonnenscheibe, mit bloßem Auge als kleiner schwarzer Punkt zu sehen. Im 18. Jahrhundert findet dieser sogenannte Venustransit zwei Mal statt: 1761 und 1769.Die Astronomen glauben, dass sich aus der präzisen Transitdauer die Entfernung Erde-Sonne berechnen lasse und damit die Größe des Sonnensystems. Daraus ließe sich wiederum die Distanzen zwischen den Planete...2024-06-0315 min
Data in the WildSaaS Pricing and Data Models with Pierre de WulfToday we talk to Pierre de Wulf, the technical co-founder of ScrapingBee. He talks to us about how they arrived at 36 different pricing data types, the difference between plans and subscriptions, and more.ScrapingBeeFollow Pierre on TwitterFollow ScrapingBee on TwitterChapters(00:44) - What is ScrapingBee?
(03:56) - The evolution of ScrapingBee’s data model
(06:40) - Subscription versus plan
(10:43) - The importance of reading documentations
(20:16) - Pierre’s tall tale about int
(22:59) - Benedicte’s tall tale about a 106-year old getting enrolled into school
SponsorThis show is brought to you by Xata, the only s...2024-05-0125 min
OOOSo8892 Yearmix 2023Stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKL0B1QE_G8&t=10031s
Tracklist:
Build The Future - Jean Bruce feat. Reshape Instrumental
The Incrowd (Lenny Dee & Eric Kupper Remix) - Spectrum
Policies - Phyzikal Flex3
Bass Movement - Phantasm
Can you dig it - Pk1
The Trance - Open Mind
O Vibes - Ur - Live At The D.D.A.
The Tape - PK 1
Heavy Water - Anoesis
Listen To The Drummer - Nation.12
Word Of Mouth - Parkhill 8
Zone - Eternal
Watch Me Rollin' - Cut & Paste
Brace Yourself - Break The Limits
Outlander - Vamp...2024-01-013h 44
Techno Music2023.11.10 /// Elbfloorbeatz DJ Session 13 (Coloradio)Tracklist:
Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again (Matthew Herbert's Feelings Remix)
Böhm - Nightlife
Paranoid London With Bubbles Bubblesynski - Beats & Bubbles
Dino Lenny - Did This
Frank De Wulf - Compression
Paranoid London - Angel Of Hell (Feat. Alan Vega & Arthur Baker)
Lost Trax - In Persuit
Dapayk Solo - Terrible (Extended Vinyl Version)
Paranoid London - Headtrack
Afik Naim - Falling Upright (Kassem Mosse Remix)
The Black Dog - Empire State Humanoid
Underworld - And The Colour Red
Ben Sims - The Afterparty (Original Mix)
Dapayk Solo - Fusion (Vinyl Version)
UR - Hardlife (Aaron Carl Remix)
The B...2023-11-102h 29
ETB RADIOHouse Music Radio - The Rave Cave #11 - 18/06/23 - 1991 & 1992 Old Skool RaveHouse Music Radio - The Rave Cave - Nick Higginson - 2 hours of non stop raveyness 1991 & 1992 (maybe a splash of 90! ) :) tracklist -
shades of rhythm - the sound of eden
rachel wallace - i feel this way
greed - give me (quadrant mix)
tekno 2 - jet star
golden girls - kinetic (cubic 22 mix)
r.a.f - weve got to live together
channel x - rave the rhythm
rhythm section - dreamworld
lennie de ice - we are i.e
jonny l - hurt you so
sl2 - the noise
lfo - lfo
altern 8 - frequency
terrorize - its just...2023-06-182h 00
Slow & SteadyProducing, editing, and remixing contentBenedicte dreams of having a small content team. Benedikt uncovers more complications with building the reporting feature.Data in the Wild Ep. 2 with Pierre de Wulf of Scraping BeeCurrently working on a couple of content projects, Benedicte’s dreams of having a small content team that can help with the editing and remixing. She also celebrates another milestone with Prune Your Follows which recently surpassed 1,000 users.Benedikt bounces back from feeling super tired last week and got back into working on the reporting feature. Making slow and steady progress also means uncovering new issues an...2023-03-2337 min
MicroConf On AirMicroConf Refresh Episode 56: From Failure to Five Figure MRR - The 6 Mistakes We Learned From Our First Failed Startup - Pierre de WulfIn this talk from MicroConf Growth Europe 2021, Pierre de Wulf of ScrapingBee walks through 6 key mistakes he made on his journey from a failed startup to building a profitable SaaS.
ScrapingBee is now over $1.5 million in ARR.
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Le Morning Boost#108 - Pierre de Wulf - faire du SEO de qualitéPierre est le fondateur de ScrapingBee, une API pour permettre aux développeurs et aux growth hackers de scraper des sites sans se faire bloquer. Après 18 mois sur le marché, ScrapingBee connait une grosse croissance en atteignant près de 35k€ de Monthly Recurring Revenue (revenu mensuel récurrent).
Dans cet épisode, Pierre parle de la force du SEO lors de leur lancement. Ils avaient privilégié la qualité à la quantité et cela a été plus que payant. Il nous parle de la méthode qui a marché pour eux.
Envie d'aller plus loin ? Retrouvez cet épis...2022-07-1806 min
Artistry of Code#012: From Software Developer to Business Owner with Pierre de Wulf from ScrapingBee📚 ABOUT THE EPISODEIn the 12th episode of the main series, we hosted Pierre de Wulf - the co-founder and one of the core developers of ScarpingBee. Tune in to learn about Pierre, his path to running a successful business and the challenges he had to face along the way. In this episode, we also cover the technical challenges of building & operating developer-oriented software products. Together with us, you'll see that a "programmer's life" comes in different forms and flavours!📑 TOPICS COVERED👉 How programmers could use their...2022-06-201h 06Le Morning Boost#88 - Pierre de Wulf - Percer dans l'e-commercePierre est le fondateur de ScrapingBee, une API pour permettre aux développeurs et aux growth hackers de scraper des sites sans se faire bloquer. Après 18 mois sur le marché, ScrapingBee connait une grosse croissance en atteignant près de 35k€ de Monthly Recurring Revenue (revenu mensuel récurrent).
Dans cet épisode, Pierre revient sur les débuts de PricingBot et de ScrapingBee, sur les erreurs qu'ils ont commises et sur ce qu'ils auraient pu faire autrement pour assurer une meilleur réussite. Ils voulaient se lancer dans le e-commerce mais ont appris très tôt qu'ils leu...2022-06-0105 minSlow & SteadyScrapingBee with Pierre de WulfPierre de Wulf chats with Benedikt and Benedicte about ScrapingBee, PricingBot, growing with a small team, and leveraging communities.Scrapingbee.comMicrosoft ClarityNathan Barry on compensation at ConvertKitTinySeedFollow Pierre on TwitterThe ScrapingBee BlogIt wasn't the best of times, but it wasn't the worst of times. Pierre, co-founder of ScrapingBee, was excited to come record and get some relief from debugging an infrastructure issue. Debugging can be challenging work but it comes with the territory of owning a SaaS — customers don't want to do this, so they will pay for it!ScrapingBee is growing quite nicely th...2022-05-2651 min
Scale Your SaaS212: How This Founder Hit $1 Million ARR in 2 Years - with Pierre de WulfEPISODE SUMMARYThroughout any SaaS founder’s journey, they can learn from countless struggles and successes. But the realization is not always instant. Instead, these learnings are often applied on their next venture–toward a new journey to growth. In this episode of SaaS Story in the Making, SaaS Coach and host Matt Wolach and ScrapingBee’s Co-Founder, Pierre de Wulf, talk about how impactful lessons are in improving a new software. De Wulf shares his experiences and realizations from their former software that contributed to the fast growth of their current company...2022-05-1722 min
Bootstrapping SaaSPierre de Wulf's story to $1M ARR with ScrappingBee2022-04-2544 min
Indie BitesGrowing ScrapingBee to $1m ARR - Pierre De Wulf, ScrapingBeePierre De Wulf is the co-founder of ScrapingBee a web scraping API that grew to $1M ARR in 2 years. Before starting ScrapingBee, Pierre and his co-founder Kevin had quit their jobs to follow the indie dream. 9 months later, their product PricingBot couldn’t generate the traction they were hoping for so they sold the business and pivoted to ScrapingBee.What we covered in this episode:Pierre's background; inspiration from his fatherRunning a business within World of WarcraftMeeting his co-founder, KevinStarting a project for his girlfriendLeaving his job to work on something for 9 monthsKnowing when to stop an...2022-04-2214 min
Bootstrapped#222: Pierre de Wulf, co-founder of ScrapingBeeEd chats with Pierre de Wulf, co-founder of ScrapingBee. Pierre tells us about the time his company almost got acquired - and how the deal fell apart at the final stage.Links:Pierre's company, Scraping Bee.Pierre on Twitter
2022-04-2235 min
The Usual SaaS-pects with Ch Daniel🏅 33. Pierre De Wulf (ScrapingBee)Pierre's Bio (c/o NoCode Wealth Podcast)
Pierre de Wulf is the co-founder of ScrappingBee, a service that handles headless browsers and rotates proxies for you.
Pierre is bootstrapping ScrappingBee, currently making $1 million ARR with a team of 3, and sharing all the lessons learned along the way.
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Links
Pierre's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PierreDeWulf
ScrapingBee: https://www.scrapingbee.com/
Reddit SaaS: https://www.reddit.com/r/saas
My Twitter: https://twitter.com...2022-04-191h 10
NoCode WealthE139 Pierre de Wulf: Co-Founder @ ScrappingBeePierre de Wulf is the co-founder of ScrappingBee, a service that handles headless browsers and rotates proxies for you.
Pierre is bootstrapping ScrappingBee, currently making $1 million ARR with a team of 3, and sharing all the lessons learned along the way.
Twitter: @Pierredewulf2022-04-1728 min
Product JourneyLife Running a $1 Million ARR SaaS with Pierre de WulfIn this episode Noah gets to chat with Pierre de Wulf. Pierre has been working on Scraping Bee for the last 25 years and grown it to $1million ARR with a small team of 3. Noah and Pierre talk about the challenges of boostrapping and what life is like running a business at this stage.Pierre: https://twitter.com/PierreDeWulfScrapingBee https://scrapingbee.comBen: https://twitter.com/digitaltroubleNoah: https://twitter.com/noahwbraggUmmm: https://www.ummm.coPotion: https://potion.so/guidesallround: https://allround.ioProduct Journey: https://productjourney.f...2022-03-1435 minLe Morning Boost#34 - Pierre de Wulf - Première idée, premier échecPierre est le fondateur de ScrapingBee, une API qui permet aux développeurs et aux growth hackers de scraper des sites sans se faire bloquer. Après 18 mois sur le marché, ScrapingBee connait une grosse croissance en atteignant près de 35k€ de Monthly Recurring Revenue (revenu mensuel récurrent).
Sa première idée, PricingBot, il l'a lancée car sa copine ne voulait pas rater les soldes. Malheureusement, il n'avait pas assez d'expérience dans l'e-commerce et, avec son ami d'enfance Kevin Sahin, ils peinent à maintenir le concept pendant 9 mois avant de le vendre et lancer Scrapin...2022-03-0207 min
Sci-why#10 Why you should not experiment on yourselfIf you want something done, do it yourself. That was the approach of the scientists from this episode. Eight strange scientists (and a few more) who went the extra mile to prove their hypothesis, and crossed the final frontier: experimenting on themselves. -- Sources: Enrique Chaves-Carballo (2005): Carlos Finlay and yellow fever: triumph over adversity. Military Medicine / HFW Wulf (1998): The centennial of spinal anesthesia. Anesthesiology / RF Mould (2007): Pierre Curie, 1859–1906. Current Oncology / Veena Rao (2015): JBS Haldane, an Indian scientist of British origin. Current Science / JM Siegel: A tribute to Nathaniel Kleitman. Psychiatry and Brain Research Institute. University of California, Los Angeles / Di...2021-11-1541 min
NaruhodoNaruhodo #302 - Prêmio IgNobel 2021 - Parte 1 de 2Chegou o momento do já tradicional episódio duplo sobre o IgNobel, que tem como missão "honrar estudos e experiências que primeiro fazem as pessoas rir e depois pensar", com as descobertas científicas mais estranhas do ano.Esta é a primeira de duas partes sobre a edição 2021 do prêmio, trazendo as categorias Biologia, Ecologia, Química, Ciência do Transporte e Economia.Confira no papo entre o leigo curioso, Ken Fujioka, e o cientista PhD, Altay de Souza.> OUÇA (51min 42s)*Naruhodo! é o podcast pra quem tem...2021-09-2051 min
SaaS Connection#4 Pierre de Wulf, cofondateur de ScrapingBee. Trouver son product market fit après un premier échec.Pour ce nouvel épisode j'accueil Pierre de Wulf.
Pierre est le fondateur de ScrapingBee, une API pour permettre aux développeurs et aux growth hackers de scraper des sites sans se faire bloquer. Après 18 mois sur le marché, ScrapingBee connait une grosse croissance en atteignant près de 35k€ de Monthly Recurring Revenue (revenu mensuel récurrent). Pour certains ce chiffre ne semble peut être pas énorme, mais considérez que Pierre et son associé, n'ont pas d'équipe et sont en quasi autofinancement !
Ce qui est intéressant dans cette histoire c'est le chemin...2021-04-0637 min
The Indie Worldwide PodcastPierre De Wulf, ScrapingBee - The weird and wonderful world of web scrapers.Pierre De Wulf and his business partner quit their jobs with the goal of building a sustainable indie business in one year. Nine months later their first product had yet to hit $1,000 in monthly revenue and they realized they were running out of time. With just three months left to go, they sold their previous product, built a web scraping api, and launched what would soon become ScrapingBee, which is now making them more than $10,000 every month.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indie-worldwide/message2020-11-1058 min
IDEA ColliderIDEA Collider | Pharma Book Club | Dr Jeremy LevinDr. Jeremy M. Levin is Chairman and CEO of Ovid Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OVID), a company whose mission is to bring treatment to patients with rare neurological conditions. Dr. Levin is concurrently the chairman of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). Prior to founding Ovid, Dr. Levin was president and CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., (TLV: TEVA) Before Teva, Dr. Levin was member of the executive committee Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY). In that capacity he was the architect of and implemented the String of Pearls Strategy, which transformed Bristol. Dr. Levin joined BMY from Novartis (SWX: NOVN) where...2020-06-2343 min
SlothBoogie PodcastBEST OF 2018 SPECIAL - The SlothBoogie Radioshow - 12.12.18Our last radio show of the year takes a look back at some of our favourite tracks of 2018, as well as another spin of a special minimix of SB releases. Thanks to all our listeners on Netil... the SB radio show will be back in Jan!
Tracklist:
Eintopf & Cutty Sark - Start Again [Wolf Edits]
Sworn Virgins - 50 Dollar Bills [DEEWEE]
SlothBoogie Minimix
SBEDITZ001 - https://slothboogie.bandcamp.com/album/sbeditz001
SBEDITZ002 - https://fanlink.to/SBEDITZ002
SBEDITZ003 - https://fanlink.to/SBEDITZ003
SBEDITZ004 - https://fanlink.to/SBEDITZ004
SBTRAXX002 - https://fanlink.to/SBTRAXX002
SBJAMZ001 - https://fanlink.to...2018-12-131h 59
Freerange Records PodcastFreerange Radioshow 224 - One Hour Guestmix from SimbadTracklist:Simbad - Take My Hand ft Brian Temba - FreerangeExclusive SIMBAD SUPERSONIC MIX SMBD – Paradigm Message 718 (Unreleased)Cool Out Sun – Saba (Forthcoming)Simbad – 1010 (Unreleased)Fred P & SMBD – Mantralude #1 (Modern Dialect)Kleeer – Open Your Mind (Atlantic)Jimpster – Simmering Down (Freerange)QB Smith – Sais feat. Keorapetse Kolwane (Simbad Ruff Suite) (Forthcoming)Pierre Johnson - Cure (House Afrika)Simbad – Change feat. Manchild Black (Afronaut & Simbad aka Afrobad Remix) (Forthcoming)6th Borough Project – Find Your Rhythm (Afronaut & Simbad aka Afrobad Remix) (Forthcoming)Omar S – Day Long (White)Felix Leif...2018-10-011h 06
MC Merlin(MANCHESTER UK)DJ DARRYL MACK 1991 (The House Mix)feat - Leftfield, Sub Sub, Pierre Feroldi, Last Rhythm, Mr MondayDaz 16 years old mixing this on his first set of SL 1210's. loved it raw and uncut beats are out a little who cares, just like back in the day rave.
Tracks:
1. Awesome 3 - Hard Up
2. Leftfield - Not Forgotten (Hard Hands Remix)
3. Kamera - Back In Time (Skipper Piano Mix)
4. Soul Rebellion - Simple Rhythm
5. Tony Scott – Gangster Boogie
6. Pierre Feroldi Feat Linda Ray - Movin Now
7. Raul Orellana - The Real Wild House (Wild Mix)
8. Mr Monday – Future (Original Mix)
9. Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm (Original Club Mix)
10. Circuit – Shelter Me
11. Frank De Wulf - The Tape Remix
12. Togeth...2015-07-2743 min
MusikmagasinetRytm & rörelse i skymningGenom hela den mänskliga evolutionen har vi haft sällskap av rytmen, rörelsen och musiken. Men varför och hur? Lasse Berg är journalisten och författaren som rest jorden runt flera varv för att förstå varför människan blev just människa. I tre böcker, Kalaharitrilogin, beskriver han hur vi och varför vi människor blev just människor.
Genom programserien i tre delar tar programledaren Joseph Knevel med oss genom trilogin, för att se om det där möjligtvis kan finnas ledtrådar till varför och hur vi människor använ...2015-07-1829 min