Bootstrapped Stories
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Building a $2M solo-business on LinkedIn • Justin Welsh
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Staying sane and preventing burnout • Sherry Walling, psychologist & author
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you balance being a high performer and not burning out? What is burnout, anyway? How do you know if you’re burnt out and how can you prevent ...
Content marketing with the right mindset • Rand Fishkin from Sparktoro
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
15 years of entrepreneurship lessons • Jason Cohen from WP Engine
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
Growing to $30M ARR with word of mouth • Muhammad Younas from vFairs
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you grow through word of mouth? How can you get customers to recommend you to others? Can you get enterprise and mid-market clients through thi...
Building a strong remote team culture • Nicolas Vandenberghe from Chili Piper
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you build a strong culture among a team that’s fully remote? How do you make sure people are motivated and goal-driven? What do you need to l...
How to hire a CEO to run your startup • Noah Kagan from AppSumo
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you realise you need to change your pace, and want to hire someone else to run your company? Can you really hire someone to run the ...
Learnings from scaling up and acquiring companies | Ross Andrew Paquette from Maropost
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are the challenges of acquiring other companies? What has to change as your company grows from a startup into a scaleup? What are the mistakes to...
How to design a user onboarding | with Esben Friis-Jensen from Userflow
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is a good user onboarding really that important for your SaaS product? What are the most common mistakes to avoid in creating one? In this episode, we...
Spending 80k$/m in ads to scale your SaaS? | with Joey Xoto from Viddyoze
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can you scale your SaaS with ads? How useful are affiliate programs and how do you set one up for success? Should you offer lifetime deals for your ap...
How to run a remote-first company | Amir Salihefendic, co-founder & CEO of Doist
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can you be a CEO with no meetings at all? How do you run a remote-first company successfully? What’s the mindset you need to have? Amir Salihefendic...
#32 How to launch a successful podcast | Justin Jackson from Transistor.fm
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking of launching a podcast for your business or for yourself, but don’t know where to start? How do you choose your topic? What’s the best po...
#31 How to grow on social media the right way | Simon Høiburg from FeedHive
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you build a loyal audience before you launch your SaaS business? How do you engage with others in the right way? How do you get the highest imp...
#30 Secrets to successful webinars | Omar Zenhom from WebinarNinja
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Considering running webinars for your business but they’re a complete mystery to you? How often should you host them? How do you keep your audience ...
#29 Taking product feedback like a pro | Sarah Hum from Canny
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trying to get customer feedback but getting nowhere? Having trouble prioritising feature requests while building your app? Want to change your pricing...
#28 Running ads more profitably | Chris Mechanic - CEO of WebMechanix
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Running ads but not really satisfied with how profitable they are? Are there secrets to running ads more profitably? In this episode, Chris from WebMe...
#27 How to do sponsorship the right way | David Tintner - Co-founder & CEO of ThoughtLeaders
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is collaborating with influencers an effective strategy for your business? How you can find Influencers to collaborate with? What is sponsored content...
#26 Tips for creating awesome content | Marko Saric - Co-Founder at Plausible
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is transparency the key to a successful business? How can you grow through content and SEO? How do you create value by offering a paid alternative to ...
#25 How a side project can boost your business | Karthik Sridharan - CEO at Flexiple
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 fi...
#24 How do you generate leads with quizzes? | Josh Haynam - Co-Founder & CEO at Interact
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why are quizzes one the best way to best generate more leads? How can you start using quizzes to generate more revenue for your business? What’...
#23 Ways to reduce SaaS customer churn | Baird Hall - Co-founder at Churnkey
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#22 How to get testimonials from clients | Damon Chen, Co-founder of Testimonial
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How reviews can help your business grow? What's the best way to ask for customer reviews? In this episode, I talk to Damon Chen, CEO, and founder of T...
#21 How to hire the best talents? | Bridget Harris - Co-founder at YouCanBook.Me
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to define your company culture to attract the best talents? How do you hire people in 10+ different countries? Should you outsource some of your d...
#20 How to overcome difficult times as an entrepreneur | Pavel Tseluyko, CEO & Founder Merge
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pavel bootstrapped Merge, a design agency based in Ukraine, to $1,6M ARR in 3.5 years. How did he manage to have a 15% growth during the war? What are...
#19 How to launch on Product Hunt | Marie Martens, Co-founder of Tally
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wanna launch your product on Product Hunt and get maximum exposure? What do you have to prepare, what are the dos and don'ts to have a successful laun...
#18 How to sell your startup | Andrew Gazdecki, CEO of MicroAcquire
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Gazdecki is the CEO of MicroAcquire - a company that helped 500+ startups get acquired and has facilitated $300m+ in closed deals. In this epis...
#17 Building an audience from scratch | Arvid Kahl, Author of "Zero to Sold"
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why do all successful founders build an audience before actually building a product? It’s that the secret key to long-run profitability? Where to st...
#16 How to do customer interviews?| Rob Fitpatrick, author of "The Mom Test"
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gathering feedback from your potential customers and users helps you improve your product and accelerate your growth. But what's the best way to inter...
#15 Growing to $1M in just 11 months | Laura Roeder, founder at MeetEdgar & Paperbell
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#14 Tested strategies for hiring great employees | Kean Graham, CEO of MonetizeMore
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#13 How to set up the right OKRs for your company? | Kyle Rack, CEO and Co-founder of Proposify
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Rack (CEO and Co-founder of Proposify) decided to go from bootstrapping to fundraising to buy back the shares from investors. How did they find t...
#12 Steps to expand your SaaS growth globally | Lucjan Suski, co-founder and CEO at Surfer
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
$8M in ARR, no sales team, and 5 co-founders. That’s the story of Surfer. In today’s episode, I talk to Lucjan, Co-founder, and CEO, about how the...
#11 Quitting a job to launch a bootstrapped SaaS | Christopher Gimmer, co-founder at Snappa
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris is the co-founder of Snappa. They crossed $1M+ in ARR with a team of 7. In this episode, we talked about how he quit his job to launch the busin...
#10 Building a $10M in ARR multi-product company | Saravana Kumar, founder & CEO of Kovai.co
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Solo founder, Saravana Kuma brought Kovai.co to $10M in ARR in 10 years. In this episode, we talk about how blogging helped him get his first customer...
#9 How to build a successful company culture? | Maxwell Hertan, founder of Megaphone Marketing
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maxwell is the founder of Megaphone Marketing and Silvi. In this episode, we talk about the strategies that got them to $20M in ARR, bootstrapped; how...
#8 How to find your ideal customer | Nathalie Lussier, CEO & founder of AccessAlly
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nathalie Lussier went from selling online courses to building a SaaS, AccessAlly. She and her team of 8 people crossed $1M in ARR. How do they succeed...
#7 Ways to bring value to your customers | Troy Johnston, Co-Founder Seller.Tools
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Seller.Tools is a team of 25 people and $2M in ARR. How creating a Facebook group and publishing on LinkedIn has helped them grow? Why do they offer f...
#6 How talking to your customers saves your business? | Rob Walling, CEO TinySeed
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Walling has switched from being a bootstrapped SaaS founder to building the TinySeed, the first accelerator designed for SaaS bootstrappers founde...
#5 How to build an audience? | Nathan Barry, Founder & CEO ConvertKit
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
$30M in ARR, a team spread in 28 cities, and a strong audience worldwide. In this podcast, we talk about Nathan's successful keys in growing ConvertKi...
#4 How to fire your co-founder? | Vivek Bhaskaran, Founder & CEO - QuestionPro
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vivek is the founder and CEO at Question Pro. They crossed $28M in ARR with a team of 200 people. A few years ago, the business was about to fail, and...
#3 Leverage the power of LinkedIn to grow your business | Jackie Hermes, CEO Accelity
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie, CEO of Accelity Marketing, has signed more than a million dollars in contracts from leads that come from LinkedIn where she has 89K+ connectio...
#2 Ways to get to $100M in ARR | Tim Soulo, CMO Ahrefs
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ahrefs went from $0 to $100M ARR in 10 years, bootstrapped. 65%+ growth year-over-year and tons of unconventional strategies to build their SaaS. I ta...
#1 Building a $15M in ARR business without sales reps | Martha Bitar, CEO of Flodesk
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pretty unusual for a SaaS, right? But that's one of the unique growth strategies that helped Flodesk reach $15M in ARR in just 3 years, being bootstra...