Bootstrapped Stories

How can you reduce churn for your SaaS? What are the good tactics to use and the ones to avoid? How can you create the best cancellation process? Find everything you need to know on churn from Baird Hall, a successful entrepreneur who scaled multiple bootstrapped SaaS businesses like Wavve, Zubtitle, and Churnkey ($300K+ in MRR)

How reviews can help your business grow? What's the best way to ask for customer reviews? In this episode, I talk to Damon Chen, CEO, and founder of Testimonial ($200k ARR. bootstrapped), a tool that collects video testimonials on how important customer reviews are for your business.

How to define your company culture to attract the best talents? How do you hire people in 10+ different countries? Should you outsource some of your departments like customer support? Find out all the best hiring tips from Bridget Harris, the CEO and co-founder of YouCanBook.me - an online scheduling tool that she bootstrapped to $5.5M ARR.

Pavel bootstrapped Merge, a design agency based in Ukraine, to $1,6M ARR in 3.5 years. How did he manage to have a 15% growth during the war? What are the strategies that kept his business alive? How can you handle huge crises affecting your company? All the answers in the episode. 

Wanna launch your product on Product Hunt and get maximum exposure? What do you have to prepare, what are the dos and don'ts to have a successful launch? Find out all the answers and more in today’s episode with Marie Martens, the co-founder of Tally, a SaaS tool that helps you create forms online - $120.000 ARR in less than a year, 30k users.

Andrew Gazdecki is the CEO of MicroAcquire - a company that helped 500+ startups get acquired and has facilitated $300m+ in closed deals. In this episode, we’re talking about everything you need to know about the process of selling a business (when it’s the right time, what are the most common mistakes to avoid, what you should take into account when selling your company, and more.)

Why do all successful founders build an audience before actually building a product? It’s that the secret key to long-run profitability? Where to start? What’s the best way to build an audience from nothing? Find out the answers in the episode with Arvid Kahl - entrepreneur, founder of FeedbackPanda, author of "Zero to Sold", and "The Embedded Entrepreneur"

Rob Fitzpatrick, a serial entrepreneur and author of "The Mom Test," shares valuable insights into effective customer interviews. He discusses how to navigate the startup landscape while emphasizing the importance of genuine feedback over biased opinions. Fitzpatrick highlights techniques for mastering customer conversations, including effective note-taking and documentation. He also dives into the critical role of onboarding and personal motivation strategies for bootstrapped entrepreneurs, making it clear that understanding customer needs is key to success.

Laura Roeder bootstrapped MeetEdgar to $4M+ ARR to then sell the company and start a new project, Paperbell.  How did she manage to reach $1M ARR in less than one year? Why sell a profitable company to start a new one? Best tips for managing social media for your startup? All the answers in the episode!

How do you build and keep a strong company culture when you have 210 remote full-time employees? Why do you need to have a validation period for every new hire? In this episode, I’m talking to Kean about how they got to $83M in ARR in 11 years and what's their strategy for hiring the right people for the business.