In this episode, Craig and Dave break down MicroConf, how to decide which conferences to attend, and how to implement new marketing tactics, among other things. Tune in to hear this discussion about conferences and how you can get the most out of attending them. Topics: The general consensus about MicroConf. Learning about new marketing […]

During this episode, Craig speaks with David Henzel, entrepreneur and founder of MaxCDN. David founded MaxCDN before selling the company years later. Now, he offers other entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn from his experience during his online course, Managing Happiness. Together, Craig and David discuss what it’s like to run your own business and the […]

Dealing with feedback at work is tough. Whether its with customers or your internal team so many of us get emotional when dealing with feedback and criticism at work. This week’s episode is based on a blog post from the Trello blog in which they walk through 5 steps to effectively managing your emotions when […]

Today Dave and Craig talk about what approaches you should consider when designing landing pages and marketing copy for high end (hundreds of dollars per month) SaaS products. But first, our friends at ReleaseNotes.tv are giving away 2 tickets to their ReleaseNotes conference. Rogue Startups listeners can go to releasenotes.tv/rogue to enter for a chance […]

Today Dave and Craig catch up on their businesses with a few new developments on both fronts. Dave has been completing several integrations for Recapture, including Carthook, EDD and several other shopping cart solutions. Interestingly some of the integrations that they’ve done are now waiting on approval from the integration partners…something good for us all […]

This week both Dave and Craig are podcasting on the road. Craig his family have been on vacation for the past week visiting Marrakech, Morocco and is now in Barcelona for a few days hanging out with other bootstrappers. Dave is in California and got up at 6:00 am this week to record this podcast […]

Today Dave and Craig catch up after Dave was out at Big Snow Tiny Conf west last week at what is now his annual mastermind retreat. They also talk through how to find mental stability on this rollercoaster that is a startup. What things we (and you) do to help cope with the wins and […]

On today’s episode, Craig speaks with his guest Ed Freyfogle about freemium software and services. Ed is a developer and Co-Founder of OpenCage Data. Today, he explains the day-to-day challenges of running a business and why freemium is an important facet of OpenCage’s success. Topics: Geocoding services and why it’s important to be able to […]

Today Dave and Craig talk about the difficulties of finding product/market fit in a business. The ‘desert’ in business is that time where you’ve ventured out to try something new, have an inkling of where it might lead, but still have a long way to go before you realize that vision. Thanks to Jordan Gal […]

This week Craig has on the show a special guest, Courtenay Farquharson from Parserr. Courtenay is a fellow bootstrapped founder who has grown Parserr (an email parsing and processing SaaS app) from zero to well into the 5 figures MRR largely through integrations in popular marketplaces like Zapier, Microsoft Flow, and other B2B connectivity platforms. […]