Build Your SaaS

Jon and Justin share their progress on:

• The bandwidth / CDN cost problem (and how it might affect our profitability).
• Marco Arment: "It would cost them probably thousands of dollars a month in bandwidth and CDN costs to host our show."
• We made a decision on whether we'll take investment now. (Hats off to Earnest Capital, TinySeed, and Indie.VC for offering such great options!)
• Should founders use their savings to fund their company? What about credit cards?
• When should we start hiring people?
• What about government-funded community loans for startups? ~9% interest.
• Nathan Barry: "You should get a loan when you don’t need it because once you do it won’t be available."
• Our accountant might be a socialist. ;)
• Can you really "build something out of nothing?"

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Show notes:

• Marco Arment talks about bandwidth
• I tested our new CDN on Mike Vardy’s podcast (Twitter video)
• Earnest Capital
• TinySeed
• Indie.vc
• Government funded loans: BDC and Community Futures in Canada.
• Nathan Barry on "solving the cash crisis."
• Everything is a Remix
• Justin's article: "How startup growth really works."
• Matt from Supercomputer’s bug report

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