Does experimentation affect your business and cause more stress within your leadership team? How are the communication levels within your team? How do you reach a niche market? Jordan and Brian talk about these questions and more on this episode of Bootstrapped Web.  Jordan talks about his hangups and why his need for idea exploration … Continue reading The Chaos

The Chaos

Brian Casel (@casjam) and Jordan Gal (@jordangal) share their raw and real behind-the-scenes of their entrepreneur journeys.  From bootstrapping software startups to raising money to selling and exiting businesses, to growing teams and the emotional rollercoaster that is startup life.  It's all here in Brian and Jordan's weekly(ish) updates.

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

Business

Investing

Careers

Management & Marketing

Business News

Shopping

Shady domain brokers.  Cooling off on product ideas.  Pricing questions.  High vs. low volume funnels.  Launch and learn.  Conflicting realities.  Deadlifts.  Summer travel.
Connect with Brian:

Brian's Product Consultancy:  Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow 
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel

Connect with Jordan:

Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal

Launch and learn

GPT-4o.  Sleepless nights.  Product idea excitement.  Self-serve funnels.  Keeping calm before the storm.  Selling to small business.  Knicks in 6?
The David Park Tweet that Jordan referenced.
Connect with Jordan:

Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal

Connect with Brian:

Brian's consultancy: Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow 
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel

AI Products

No, we're not talking about Product Hunt (the website) today.  This one's about:Hunting for new product ideas.  Categories in AI.  Finding a partner.  Divesting in audience.  Hobbies. Attention diets.  Mothers day.
Connect with Brian:

Brian's Product Consultancy:  Instrumental Products
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow 
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel

Connect with Jordan:

Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal

Product Hunting

Choosing a name. YouTube experiments. SEO. Reaching a foreign industry. Branding exercise. The New York Knicks.
Connect with Jordan:

Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal

Connect with Brian:

Brian's consultancy: Instrumental Products
Brian's YouTube channel: @briancasel
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow 
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel

Startup Names

Protyping with AI.  Burnout aftermath.  Validation theories that need retiring.  Go-to-market.  MVP speed.  SaaS UI components as a service.  Kitchen Reno.  Passover.  Knicks Games.
Connect with Brian:

Brian's Product Studio:  Instrumental Products
Brian's YouTube channel:  @briancasel
Brian's SaaS, Clarityflow 
Brian on Twitter: @casjam
Brian on Threads: @brian.casel

Connect with Jordan:

Jordan's company, Rally
Jordan on Twitter: @jordangal
Jordan on Threads: @jordangal

The Chaos

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