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- Sep 12, 201451 min
#49: A new product from scratch
Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about antisocial haircuts, Joan Rivers, consulting, Scribbleton on Lifehacker, relaxing, doing a product from start to finish on the show, a Userscape update, Postgres, Nightstand, the Oculus Rift, Minecraft, Star Trek Bridge Commander, Wing Commander, Steam. Scribbleton Snappy Star Trek Bridge Commander Wing Commander 3 Discuss this episode in the forums
- Aug 25, 201448 min
#48: Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo
We chat with special guest Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo. We cover the full gamut from bootstrapping, VC, competing against Google, Perl, privacy, advertising, remote work, finding customers, biz dev and Gabriel’s new book Traction. Gabriel Weinberg DuckDuckGo Traction – Gabriel’s book on getting customers Discuss this episode on the Bootstrapped forum
- Aug 18, 201452 min
#47: Anchor Celebrities
Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss anchor celebrities, parenting, Larajobs, fake snow, product hunt, donationware, Uberdeck, consulting retainers, the costs of opening up an office. Dave Hicking Bootstrapping a job board to $5,000 in revenue Larajobs Scribbleton What does it really cost to open an indie studio? Setting up an office for a software company This episode is sponsored by Linode Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers
- Jul 28, 20141h 19m
#46: Jeffrey Way of Laracasts
This week we have special guest Jeffrey Way. We talk about how he’s bootstrapped Laracasts, how he got started in Laravel, the philosophy behind Laracasts, pricing, hiring, building a personal brand, supporting open source, how to make a great screencast, working for The Man. Laracasts Thanks to this weeks sponsor: Linode Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers
- Jul 21, 20141h 9m
#45: Adventures in Hacker News
Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey discuss taking a vacation while bootstrapping, the craziness of Hacker News, LaraJobs, Scribbleton, installing desktop software, mods, git, pity purchases, Linux desktop apps, Walmart, the new square BlackBerry, Commodore 64, consulting work, how much it costs to build an app, shutting down a SaaS that isn’t performing, who handles support, bad web hosting, Martha’s Vineyard, American Presidents, Ian posting Scribbleton on Hacker News and causing trouble. LaraJobs Scribbleton River Raid on the Commodore 64 Ionic framework This episode is sponsored by FusionInvoice — 20% 0ff for our listeners. This episode is also sponsored by **Linode **. Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers
- Jul 14, 201450 min
#44: I’m Recording Now
Ian’s (non-life threatening) health issues, delaying the Bootstrapped Conference, quarters as a service, app translation, LaraJobs, what we’d do if we had to work someplace else, Scribbleton update, twitter as protocol. Level Up Conference MacDowell Colony Washboard.co – Even the goodbye letter is weird, don’t miss the video. Tehtras Transifex LaraJobs Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers
- Jul 1, 20141h 15m
#43: The Userscape Developers
In this episode, we sit down with the developers of Userscape; Eric Barnes, Chris Fidao, and Taylor Otwell, to talk about weird dreams, Eric’s, Chris’ and Taylor’s backgrounds and how they got started at Userscape, supporting open source, Forge, newsletters, servers, building Scribbleton for Linux, content-based products, deploying desktop apps, and TV shows Userscape – About Us Snappy Eric Barnes – blog, Wardrobe CMS, Laravel News Chris Fidao – Servers for Hackers Taylor Otwell – Laravel, Forge Video of Ian’s talk from Laracon: Open Source & Your Business Scribbleton This episode is sponsored by Linode. Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers »
- Jun 5, 201454 min
#42: Let’s get Wil Wheaton
This week we talk about Scribbleton, Sponsor us!, Rails apps, The Bootstrapped.fm Conference, semi-obscure Seinfeld references, Apple WWDC, Beats and Jimmy Ionvine, and much much much more! Scribbleton Apple WWDC Keynote Sponsor Bootstrapped.fm! Bootstrapped.fm Conference! Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee The Boyfriend (Seinfeld) Recode/Jimmy Iovine interview Wil Wheaton Discuss this episode with other bootstrappers.
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This is the archive of Bootstrapped.fm. A seminal Bootstrapper-oriented podcast started in 2013 by Ian Landsman and Andrey Butov. The first iteration ran for 104 episodes. In 2019, Steve McLeod took over for another 139 episodes. We've set this podcast to release order so you can experience it as it was initially presented.
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