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Ben Gabler

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
263 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

If you look at our first version, you're like, wow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

Sean Hannity hosted his website on that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

He didn't care what it looked like behind the scenes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

He just cared that he got a 99% cash hit ratio and everybody around the world was able to access his website.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

And he didn't get hacked during the election.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

Not political, but a nice claim to fame for Rocket.net.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

And then the other one is leveraging relationships, startup programs.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

We didn't pay for a server for the first year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

Had some friendships and relationships, startup credits, and kind of walking through that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

So let's start with the press release.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

Starting with a press release gives you discipline.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

You will figure out what you're going to build, nothing more, nothing less.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

This is it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

And what it also does is it helps you

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

sort of find your product market fit and it will change 20 times over and over again.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

But again, you have something to march towards versus just burning money, time and energy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

And you know, what is your product?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

Who is it for?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

What problems does it solve?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Simple PR Template We Used to Bootstrap to $1m in ARR

How is it different than what WP Engine is doing today?