Bootstrapped

In this episode we continue our follow-up on Laracon, talk about all things hotels, plus poker, Thermostat.io, watching games on Twitch, & more.

In this episode we discuss Laracon, getting healthy, how millennials go to the gym, and more.

In this episode we discuss Butov's new addition to the family, experimenting with frameworks & languages, family vacations, old phones, & more.

In this episode we talk about Ian & NPS, Butov's attempts to hire millennials, and paying people to watch video games.

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

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

Part 2 of Andrey and Ian's conversation with Garret Dimon.

Part 1 of Andrey and Ian's conversation with Garret Dimon.

Butov needs a laptop upgrade, Ian wants simpler basketball video games, and they both talk about virtual reality.

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

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

Part two of our talk with Brandon Kelly about Craft CMS, pricing, support, and Pixel and Tonic.

Part one of our talk with Brandon Kelly about Craft CMS, politics, domains, and Pixel and Tonic.

#79: (Part 2) Patrick Pohler on Starting an API Based Real Estate SaaS

#78: Patrick Pohler (Part 1) on Starting an API Based Real Estate SaaS

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.

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.

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.

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!

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Get 50% off with coupon code bootstrapped.fm Also thanks to Linode for sponsoring this weeks show. Get $20 off your first month with code: bootstrapped20

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.

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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!

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 >>

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.

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

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

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

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

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 episode is also sponsored by **Linode **. Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers

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

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 episode with other bootstrappers »