Bootstrapping Saas

A quick look at what it will take to get to 5,000 paid blogs in total and make blogstatic a self-sustaining operation.

It was a rough week. With the registrations and payments crashing down to zero.

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Sat down with Michele to talk about Geocodio, Saas lessons, luck, switching gears, and more.

Stefan Manku is a founder whisperer. He has the ability to help founders guide themselves. We sat down to talk about various challenges founders face based on Stefan's continuous work with other founders.

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Indiehacking vs working at big Startups, marketing vs product, rebranding, and what it's like to make products while raising a family.

I sit down with Brian to talk about his new product ZipMessage, picking fights with the Goliath, Saas lessons from his journey, marketing, selling, …

Sat down with Alex to talk about presenting in public, happiness, social anxiety, productivity, some deep aspects of self and everything in between.

Martin Stellar (https://twitter.com/martinstellar) talks about what it means being a Monk and how all that relates to ethical selling. We talk about products, Martin's coaching, his new services and apps, and even …

I got a chance to talk to my long time online friend, Cam Sloan, who's currently working on Hopscotch. We talk about the challenges of being a solo …

Noah just quit his job to fully focus on Potion.so. We go deep and talk about the benefits of running a growing product, exiting, VC money, growth, …

Ben Mann (@digitaltrouble) comes up to share what he's been up to.

blogstatic's momentum is growing and I'm trying to maintain my pace without being overwhelmed.

A quick update after a 5-month break from recording.

Lessons from selling Claritask and what's next

Agency work, new ideas, Claritask...

I share my tools that help me stay healthy emotionally and physically.

Back after a 3-month break. Talking about what I've been up to. Claritask update. Client work. And what I'm up to now/next.

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A list of various Podcasts on bootstrapping:
https://transistor.fm/podcasts-for-bootstrappers

Bootstrapping Saas Playlist on Spotify:
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Ben is the founder of https://playgroup.community/ who just launched it with their first paying client, the notorious MegaMaker forum. You can also find Ben on Twitter at https://twitter.com/digitaltrouble

He runs his …

This show was an elaboration of a discussion/argument we had with Louis a few weeks ago on Twitter. You can find the entire tweet here: https://twitter.com/valsopi/status/1267489835863998472

Some questions we try to …

The two tweets I mention heavily on the show

• https://twitter.com/valsopi/status/1266052752901373952
• …

This week I am listening to: Hermanos Gutierrez and their album Hoy Como Ayer

HUGE Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson — RepoGuard.com
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It's Friday, so we slip into philosophical thoughts and let that lead us to the end.

HUGE Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Flamur Mavraj — Ornio.no

Among other things, I talk about:

• My personal experience with cofounders
• Thoughts on finding a co-founder
• Audio clips from:
  • Arvid Kahl of Zero to …

In this episode...

• Spoke about the importance of having friends that share the same journey
• Claritask Scrum being ready
• How we don't have to be …

My panic attack, Claritask progress, issues, and hope ahead.

Mentioned in the show:

• Dwayne Perkins Standup
• Bertram — Craft and Wilderness

I talk about about, how I am using

• Linkedin 
• Email
• Twitter
• Direct Email
• Blogging

A BIG Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson
  RepoGuard. …

I had a thought earlier today about how maybe selling a solution (like Claritask) requires an offline effort (networking, in person sales, …

Enjoying Claritask, more than ever because:

• Claritask is quite complete
• Current clients are happy
• New pricing
• New activity 
• New paying clients
• My …

I was invited on Product Journey podcast to share my story and had a great time speaking to Noah and Ben. One thing that got my mind churning was on …

Had the pleasure to speak to my long time internet friend, Helen Ryles (@HelenRyles). We covered topics from product making, validation, marketing, timing/luck, staying sane, and more.

One of the longest episodes I …

• Would I have been able to make Claritask as a side project?
• The talk I had with my wife
• April Dunford's Obviously Awesome book

HUGE Thanks to my …

• Took a few questions from Noah https://twitter.com/noahwbragg/status/1218625288633847808 and Dan …

Among other things...

• Running a product in the sea of many competitors
• My readings: David & Goliath, Stillness is the Key, Atomic Habits, …

• A recap of last year: bad things & good things
• The $20K bank loan I was about to take
• New Pricing and why I did it (the reasoning behind it)
• …

Not a regular episode, just something I wrote about how I think about Luck and Getting Lucky!

There wont be any ads in the show moving forward. Instead, I will give shoutouts to my maker friends. Want to keep the show ad free

Shoutouts:

• Helen …

Thankful for EP25 supporters:

• Userlist is a tool for sending behavior-based messages to your SaaS customers. It’s great for onboarding users and …

Even though I am excited to come back to Claritask, I still have to find a long-term working model.

Started Cold Emailing and landed the first demo …

Other things I talk about:

• My relationship with money
• Stillness is the Key book by Ryan Holiday
• Full Stack Radio Episode 125 — "Rob Walling: …

Bootstrapping with client work on one side and Claritask on another is proving to be hard.

Among other things I talk about:

• Bootstrapping is hard in …

Corey and I have been talking for quite some time on and off. We finally found the time to sit down and talk about this "fancy" bootstrapping life of ours.

Among other things we challenged the bootstrapping way of …

In this show I talk about how I am saving ~$1200 on yearly bank fees.

Also, I share some lessons on what I have learned so far running Claritask and …

In this episode I talk about how client work is making me more disciplined with Claritask. Also, how I am positioning Claritask more as a company and less like an indiehacker side-product, which is not. I will focus …

In this episode I talk about how client work is helping me keep the lights on with Claritask, but it's getting me away from it on daily basis, which …

Louis Nichols was a cofounder of a VC backed startup that exited and now he consults startups and founders on sales and marketing.

In this Episode we …

Two big announcements:

• Next show (EP17) I will have a guest who I will announce a few days before the show. He is a sales marketer for B2B #Saas …

It's tricky, focusing on tire kickers and those who are not sure about using Claritask — because they require the most time to support (time that I do not have) and chances are will not convert. These are users who it's …

In this episode I go into detail on how I divide my tasks in Claritask (Features & Quickies). Also talk about latest in Claritask (features & new clients).

On Youtube: https://youtu.be/1A4cib0LkfU

There's a new …

In this episode I talk about how I am embracing the bootstrapping life more and more and how taking controlled risks and having more money in the …

Also, how taking side projects in costing me more time than it's worth the cash that I am *NOT* getting.

Claritask is doing great with current clients, they are adding more people, new features are coming, existing ones …

The angel investment possibility I mentioned on EP10 didn't go through and glad it actually didn't. I can continue building Claritask on my own terms for my clients. Also a listener, Kevin Ratez from Germany …

There are ton of positives I am feeling about my talks with the potential angel investor. There are a few things which make me reluctant in taking this investment, but overall — the mood is positive.

There's a new paying …

I start with a little bit of venting on how I am not doing enough with my outreach efforts and hanging out in places (Twitter) where my clients are …

I talk about the boring bits, how Saas is a long game and you really have to love the grind. Then I continue on how things are getting serious because a new client signed up with +30 staff and "daily active users" went …

In this episode I talk about how to know when you have a product with some positive signals and how to push through. I also, quickly talk about the …

In this episode I talk about how leads are still a problem and that I will focus on content (I describe in detail what is working for me and where I …

In this episode I talk about how hard the week was. Not that anything in particular happened, but the way I feel about things going slower than I …

In this episode I talk about how I am focusing on Content Marketing as my sole growth channel of choice, for now.

Other notes include on how I don't …

This week starts with me explaining how I am overwhelmed with everything I am working on in and around Claritask (code, marketing, sales, growth) and …

In this episode I talk about how I worked less (not in purpose) and actually, did more.

Also, here are quick show notes:
- Growth channels for the time being
- Current numbers (MRR, users)
- Website updates
- New "Who is it …

In this very first inaugural show of Bootstrapping Saas, I get to talk about various growth channels I am considering for Claritask.com. While daily …