Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Mike and Benedikt Deicke give a recap of MicroConf Europe 2017. They go through the speakers and give you their key takeaways and highlights.Items mentioned in this episode:

• FemtoConf
• SaaS Guidebook
• Stagecms.com
• Benedikt's Twitter
• Hidden
• FE International
• Trustshoring
• Balsamiq
• Podcast Motor
• GrowthHackers
• MOO

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Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike take a number of listen questions on topics including bootstrapping an MVP as a non-developer, gaining traction with the stair-step approach, and more.Items mentioned in this episode:

• Repurpose.io
• EastWest
• DCACLab
• Balsamiq

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In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike take a number of listen questions on topics including bootstrapping an MVP as a non-developer, gaining traction with the stair-step approach, and more

Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike define revenue expansion, talk about how it differs from revenue growth, why it's important, and ways to increase it.Items mentioned in this episode:

• Baremetric Article
• Price Intelligently Article
• Geckoboard.com article
• FemtoConf
• Mixpanel
• Kissmetrics
• Bluetick.io

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In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike define revenue expansion, talk about how it differs from revenue growth, why it's important, and ways to increase it.

Show NotesIn this episode of Startsup For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike take a number of listener questions. They give their insight on a some topics including when to spend money on helpdesk software, what to do when you've plateaued MRR at $1k, and how to promote a blog post.Items mentioned in this episode:

• MicroConf
• Portfolio Lounge
• Help Scout
• Teamwork
• FogBugz
• Hacker News
• Product Hunt

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In this episode of Startsup For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike take a number of listener questions. They give their insight on a some topics including when to spend money on helpdesk software, what to do when you've plateaued MRR at $1k, and how to promote a blog post.

Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Mike interviews Justin Gilchrist, co-founder of Optimum Feedback, about building outbound sales processes. He gives some tactics, talks about how to get started and challenges you'll face with outbound sales.Items mentioned in this episode:

• Optimum Feedback
• Exitplan.co
• Justin's Twitter

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In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Mike interviews Justin Gilchrist, co-founder of Optimum Feedback, about building outbound sales processes. He gives some tactics, talks about how to get started and challenges you'll face with outbound sales.

In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike talk about calculating lifetime value. They discuss how its done with one time versus recurring revenue and funded versus bootstrapped payback time.