Bootstrapping SaaS

It's Friday, so we slip into philosophical thoughts and let that lead us to the end.

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• Flamur Mavraj — Ornio.no
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• Merott Movahedi — Xebel.co - Engaging Students Online
• Zoli Veres
• Valon Badivuku

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

Bootstrapping Saas Playlist on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ANZLmlqW5LODRP2P11MTR?si=rk_FG5BdSVK65mZ5HrcmOw

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 Sold and The Bootstrapped Founder
  • Justin Jackson of Transistor.fm and JustinJackson.ca
  • Simon Bennett of Snapshooter.io
• A quick update on Claritask

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

Bootstrapping Saas Playlist on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ANZLmlqW5LODRP2P11MTR?si=rk_FG5BdSVK65mZ5HrcmOw

HUGE Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Flamur Mavraj — Ornio.no
• Jace Richardson — RepoGuard.com
  RepoGuard. Protect your GitHub repositories from common mistakes that cost time and energy to fix. Whether it's force pushes to master or just bad commit messages, RepoGuard can help. Visit RepoGuard.com for more info.
• Merott Movahedi — Xebel.co - Engaging Students Online
• Zoli Veres
• Valon Badivuku

You can support me here https://www.patreon.com/bootsaas

And signup for Claritask.com to run your team and projects

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 perfect
• Thinking about AppSumo
• Dan Miller's book on Scrum: https://gumroad.com/danmiller#CDPpF
• And a few other things...

Bootstrapping Saas Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ANZLmlqW5LODRP2P11MTR?si=rk_FG5BdSVK65mZ5HrcmOw

HUGE Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson
  RepoGuard. Protect your GitHub repositories from common mistakes that cost time and energy to fix. Whether it's force pushes to master or just bad commit messages, RepoGuard can help. Visit RepoGuard.com for more info.
• Merott Movahedi — Xebel.co - Engaging Students Online
• Zoli Veres
• Valon Badivuku

You can support me here https://www.patreon.com/bootsaas

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. Protect your GitHub repositories from common mistakes that cost time and energy to fix. Whether it's force pushes to master or just bad commit messages, RepoGuard can help. Visit RepoGuard.com for more info.
• Merott Mohavedi - xebel.co
• Simon Benett - snapshooter.io
• Dean Leyton-James - cloudperiscope.com
• Zoli Veres
• Valon Badivuku - badivuku.com

You can support me here https://www.patreon.com/bootsaas

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

Here's the original tweet on that conundrum: https://twitter.com/valsopi/status/1233382562728378368

HUGE Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson
  RepoGuard. Protect your GitHub repositories from common mistakes that cost time and energy to fix. Whether it's force pushes to master or just bad commit messages, RepoGuard can help. Visit RepoGuard.com for more info.
• Merott Mohavedi — Xebel.co - Engaging Students Online
• Simon Benett — SnapShooter.io - DigitalOcean Backups
• Dean Leyton-James — Automaily.com - Custom Stripe Emails
• Zoli Veres
• Valon Badivuku

You can support me here https://www.patreon.com/bootsaas

Enjoying Claritask, more than ever because:

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

And talking about one problem/conundrum/question that I have, which I don't know how to solve.

A BIG Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson
  RepoGuard. Protect your GitHub repositories from common mistakes that cost time and energy to fix. Whether it's force pushes to master or just bad commit messages, RepoGuard can help. Visit RepoGuard.com for more info.
• Merott Mohavedi - xebel.co
• Simon Benett - snapshooter.io
• Dean Leyton-James - cloudperiscope.com
• Zoli Veres
• Valon Badivuku - badivuku.com

You can support me here https://www.patreon.com/bootsaas

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 how I would go about finding what idea to work on next. It was specifically Noah's frustrations after interviewing people and being left with less inspiration than when first started.

This is that episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/4ea4839f

HUGE Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson
  RepoGuard. Protect your GitHub repositories from common mistakes that cost time and energy to fix. Whether it's force pushes to master or just bad commit messages, RepoGuard can help. Visit RepoGuard.com for more info.
• Merott Mohavedi — Xebel.co - Engaging Students Online
• Simon Benett — SnapShooter.io - DigitalOcean Backups
• Dean Leyton-James — Automaily.com - Custom Stripe Emails
• Zoli Veres
• Valon Badivuku

You can support me here https://www.patreon.com/bootsaas

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 believe, but felt like a breeze.

Let me know if you have any comments by replying to the shows tweet here: 

Helen's current projects:

• Namesace: https://namesace.com/
• FeedbackFridays: https://feedbackfridays.com/

A BIG Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson
  RepoGuard. Protect your GitHub repositories from common mistakes that cost time and energy to fix. Whether it's force pushes to master or just bad commit messages, RepoGuard can help. Visit RepoGuard.com for more info.
• Merott Mohavedi - xebel.co (spelled with an X)
• Simon Benett - snapshooter.io
• Dean Leyton-James - cloudperiscope.com
• Zoli Veres
• Valon Badivuku

You can support me here https://www.patreon.com/bootsaas

• 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 Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson
  RepoGuard. Protect your GitHub repositories from common mistakes that cost time and energy to fix. Whether it's force pushes to master or just bad commit messages, RepoGuard can help. Visit RepoGuard.com for more info.
• Merott Mohavedi - xebel.co (spelled with an X)
• Simon Benett - snapshooter.io
• Dean Leyton-James - cloudperiscope.com
• Zoli Veres
• Valon Badivuku

You can support me here https://www.patreon.com/bootsaas