Bootstrapping SaaS

Among other things, I talk about:

• My personal experience with cofounders
• Thoughts on finding a co-founder
• Audio clips from:
  • Arvid Kahl of Zero to Sold and The Bootstrapped Founder
  • Justin Jackson of Transi…

In this episode...

• Spoke about the importance of having friends that share the same journey
• Claritask Scrum being ready
• How we don't have to be perfect
• Thinking about AppSumo
• Dan Miller's book on Scrum: h…

My panic attack, Claritask progress, issues, and hope ahead.

Mentioned in the show:

• Dwayne Perkins Standup
• Bertram — Craft and Wilderness

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• Twitter
• Direct Email
• Blogging

A BIG Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson
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I had a thought earlier today about how maybe selling a solution (like Claritask) requires an offline effort (networking, in person sales, conferences, presentations, etc.).

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Enjoying Claritask, more than ever because:

• Claritask is quite complete
• Current clients are happy
• New pricing
• New activity 
• New paying clients
• My consultancy financing Claritask

And talking about one proble…

I was invited on Product Journey podcast to share my story and had a great time speaking to Noah and Ben. One thing that got my mind churning was on how I would go about finding what idea to work on …

Had the pleasure to speak to my long time internet friend, Helen Ryles (@HelenRyles). We covered topics from product making, validation, marketing, timing/luck, staying sane, and more.

One of the long…

• Would I have been able to make Claritask as a side project?
• The talk I had with my wife
• April Dunford's Obviously Awesome book

HUGE Thanks to my Patreon supporters:

• Jace Richardson
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• Took a few questions from Noah https://twitter.com/noahwbragg/status/1218625288633847808 and Dan https://twitter.com/mrdanmiller/status/1218627320807772161
• New registrations coming in from my sales/ma…

Among other things...

• Running a product in the sea of many competitors
• My readings: David & Goliath, Stillness is the Key, Atomic Habits, Obviously Awesome
• Claritask currently: Lower pricing, new regist…

• A recap of last year: bad things & good things
• The $20K bank loan I was about to take
• New Pricing and why I did it (the reasoning behind it)
• Healthy habits: Intermittent fasting
• Started Patreon: https://…

There wont be any ads in the show moving forward. Instead, I will give shoutouts to my maker friends. Want to keep the show ad free

Shoutouts:

• Helen Ryles: NamesAce.com
• Tony Denke
• Dominic St. Pierre

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Thankful for EP25 supporters:

• Userlist is a tool for sending behavior-based messages to your SaaS customers. It’s great for onboarding users and nurturing them throughout their journey. You can also s…

Even though I am excited to come back to Claritask, I still have to find a long-term working model.

Started Cold Emailing and landed the first demo with the first 30 emails sent.

Also, reading Ryan Hol…

Other things I talk about:

• My relationship with money
• Stillness is the Key book by Ryan Holiday
• Full Stack Radio Episode 125 — "Rob Walling: Choosing the Right Idea" with Adam Wathan
• Traction book by Gab…

Bootstrapping with client work on one side and Claritask on another is proving to be hard.

Among other things I talk about:

• Bootstrapping is hard in the way I am doing it
• Momentum in product making
• My cu…

Corey and I have been talking for quite some time on and off. We finally found the time to sit down and talk about this "fancy" bootstrapping life of ours.

Among other things we challenged the bootstr…

In this show I talk about how I am saving ~$1200 on yearly bank fees.

Also, I share some lessons on what I have learned so far running Claritask and having this podcast as well as some advice on if yo…