Is collaborating with influencers an effective strategy for your business? How you can find Influencers to collaborate with? What is sponsored content? In this episode, I talk to David Tintner about collaborating with influencers, creating sponsored content, and how it can help you grow your company. David is the CEO of ThoughtLeaders, an influencer marketplace for creators and brands, a company that he bootstrapped to $8M+ in 2021 ..read more

How can a simple side project help you to boost your main business? Why persistency is key to success as an entrepreneur? How did Flexible make its first $100,000 using Google Sheets? In this episode, I talk to Karthik Sridharan about his story as the co-founder and CEO of Flexiple. Started in 2016, Flexible is a marketplace where companies can find top freelancers to grow their business. Today, they’ve reached $3M in ARR, 100% bootstrapped ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

Justin Welsh is the indisputable “King of LinkedIn” — he’s grown to 300K+ followers and more than $2M in online income, in just 3 years. His business is built like a machine — he’s set up systems for himself that allow him to consistently publish content, lead an audience into his newsletter, and generate revenue through a variety of different channels. Best of all? He does it all by himself, as a one-man-show. In this episode, we chat with Justin about his content strategy, his business, and his marketing funnels. There’s a lot to unpack in this episode — get ready. ⏱ What you’ll fi ..read more

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 ..read more

How do most people get content marketing wrong? How can you differentiate yourself and do it in the right way? Rand Fishkin from Sparktoro talks to us about his unique mindset of publishing content online, what he thinks about the accuracy of attribution, and what he thinks of before deciding a distribution strategy for a piece of content. We also talk about his thoughts on fundraising vs. bootstrapping, why the press doesn’t cover bootstrapped businesses, and what he thinks of Elon Musk buying Twitter. ⏱ What you’ll find and when: 00:00 Intro 02:41 Transitioning from Moz to Sparktoro 05 ..read more

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 ..read more

As a four time entrepreneur over more than 15 years, what are the biggest lessons learnt in management, levelling up as a founder and coming up with business ideas? Jason Cohen from WP Engine talks to us about why he decided to raise funds after bootstrapping successfully in the past, and how he comes up with business ideas. We also talk about evaluating your managers, how managing your executive team is very different from managing other members of the team, how the role of a founder evolves over the years and the different ways that you can level up as one. ⏱ What you’ll find and when ..read more

How do you grow through word of mouth? How can you get customers to recommend you to others? Can you get enterprise and mid-market clients through this? Muhammad Younas from vFairs talks to us about how his company grew to $30M through word of mouth, even during the pandemic, and being fully remote from day 1. We talk about the importance of customer satisfaction, the similarities between online events and weddings, and how you can structure your support team to make sure that customers are happy. We also speak about managing a 260+ person company while being fully remote, and the biggest chal ..read more