Episode 107
#106: Sylvestre Dupont - Co-founder of Parseur
Bootstrapped · Steve McLeod
September 13, 201945m 7s
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Show Notes
Sylvestre and I discuss getting those first 10 customers, moving to a new country when your startup earns enough to replace your day job, and the difficulty of supporting customers from a cruise ship.
We also discuss:
- Collecting domain names
- Leaving consulting to bootstrap a SaaS
- Bootstrapping with the generosity of the French government
- The tough months before the first sale - and then the elation after the first sale
- Using Quora to land the first customers - and to learn the language used by your potential customers
- Using Zapier for leads
- The difficulty of opening a Dutch business when you don't speak Dutch
- Choosing a place to live when you work remotely
- The challenges and rewards of bootstrapping from Mauritius
- Translating your website for SEO gains
- Travelling the world by cargo ship
- Supporting customers from a cruise ship via satellite Internet
Links:
Find Sylvestre on Twitter at @slybridges
Topics
bootstrappingtechnologysoftware business