Both Ed and Steve are feeling a little bit stressed, perhaps at the beginning of burnout. We discuss why this might be, and what we are doing about it. We also reveal our who guest host will be, stepping in for the next few weeks while I take a break.

Nick Swan was about to launch paid plans for his SaaS when a sudden terrible life event changed everything for Nick and his family.

We discuss how this affected his life, his family and his mentality as a bootstrapper.

Aidan Doyle is a science fiction writer. Amongst his work are two self-published books. I'm planning to produce a book later this year as a marketing endeavour for Feature Upvote. So I chatted with Aidan to get tips on how to do this well.

Ed and Steve discuss the return of Microconf Europe as an in-person event, working out if a new feature is worth the effort, and weighing the risk of becoming a customer of someone’s side project.

My guest in this episode is Corey Haines, founder of Swipe Files. Swipe Files is a membership site that provides content, community, and courses to help you master marketing.

Ed Freyfogle is back! We talk about Ed's systematic attempt to reduce his support workload.

Alex Yumashev, founder of JitBit, returns to the show.

Nick Franklin, founder of ChartMogul, is my first guest who went the venture capital route instead of bootstrapping. This episode is a glimpse into another way of doing things.

Peldi Guilizzoni is the founder of low-fidelity wireframing tool Balsamiq. Peldi and Steve discuss: why Peldi tracks almost nothing except revenue and profits talking to customers instead of using analytics on being “so good they can’t ignore you” how to apply a coder’s approach to marketing how Balsamiq is run like a “cozy restaurant on […]

Peldi Guilizzoni is the founder of low-fidelity wireframing tool Balsamiq. We discuss his aversion to analytics, fixing the "marketing is a dirty word" mindset, and the painful need for a technical founder to eventually step back from coding.