Call it growth hacking, customer acquisition strategies, or just plain good marketing, Ruben Gamez give us the goods on how he grew Bidsketch from a side project to over 1,500 paying customers. Brecht talks with Ruben about the different techniques he used at different stages of his business, how the strategies evolved, and how he […]

Identifying bootstrapped business ideas can be tough. In this interview, Scott talks to Scott Watermasysk, one of the founders of KickoffLabs about the process Scott and his business partner undertook to find an idea to bootstrap and how they keep in sync on their business priorities. Scott also shares two tips to increase the conversion […]

Bootstrapping is tough business and you might be better off with the help of a bootstrap co-founder. Shahab Kaviani of CoFoundersLab joins Scott to talk about the mission behind CoFoundersLab and how they are working to help founders engage with each other to accelerate global entrepreneurship. Shahab delivers a wealth of information about entrepreneurship as […]

Brecht interviews Jordan Sherer of widefido who has bootstrapped two businesses (TodoPaper, Mnmlrdr) successfully made the transition from corporate employment to micropreneurship, and bootstrapped to over 1,000 paying customers in about 4 months. They talk about: Finding an idea Transitioning from corporate employment to living off your own products Finding and driving traffic to accelerate […]

Scott interviews Mike Taber of Startups for the Rest of Us, Microconf, Audit Shark and SingleFounder.com. We cover how Mike got into micropreneurship, pricing consulting gigs, hiring contractors, and the distinction between setting goals and building a plan to reach goals. You can read more from Mike at SingleFounder.com, and of course on Startups for […]