Founder’s Journey: Building a Startup from the Ground Up
A weekly podcast by Josh Pigford, founder of Baremetrics, on his journey growing a startup.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 46
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2019
Why we spent $250,000 in 120 days (and the mistakes we made)
A few weeks back I wrote about our experience going from bootstrapped to funded as we raised a $500,000 round, why it was good for our business and some of the things we’ve learned along the way. Now…
The Fallacy of Motivation
Most days now I wake up before my alarm goes off (at 5am) and I immediately hop out of bed, excited to get the day started. But that wasn’t always the case, especially when things weren’t going so we…
How to Pull Off a Startup Retreat
In mid-January we did our first retreat as a team. Since we’re completely remote, this was the first time most of our team had met and worked with each other face-to-face. I’ll take you through how w…
How we grew from $0 to $25,000/month in 12 months
One year after Baremetrics was launched, we hit $25,000 in monthly recurring revenue. I’ve tried a lot of things to grow the company over the past year. A few things have worked well. A lot of things…
How I hired a team of 6 without having a clue what I was doing
Last week I wrote about our experience going from bootstrapped to funded, why it was good for our business and some of the things we’ve learned along the way. I mentioned there were some big shifts f…
Bootstrapped to Funded: What's it like? Was it worth it? Should you do it?
I’ve been building products and creating businesses for a solid decade. Prior to Baremetrics, I’d started just about every type of business imaginable: consultancy, ecommerce, content, software and m…