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Talented designer and entrepreneur, Sacha Greif, joins me for a video case study interview, where he walks me through his process of designing Folyo.me.

Kelly Azevedo, the Systems expert, joins me to tell us how she has systemized her own coaching/consulting business. Who said consulting isn't scalable?

http://media.blubrry.com/bootstrappedweb/content.blubrry.com/bootstrappedweb/11-how-dan-norris-wp-curve-validated-his-startup-in-4-days.mp3 Download MP3 | Leave a comment Since my last interview with Dan Norris, a lot has changed.  While his first startup, Informly continues on, he launched a new startup, WP Curve, and managed to attract over ten paying customers in the first week!  That instantly doubled his monthly recurring revenue. So I knew I … Continue reading [11] From Idea to 10 Paying Customers in Less Than a Week – w/ Dan Norris (WP Curve)

Rob Walling joins me to talk about how he scales up one startup to focus on the next. Lots of great takeaways for those looking to grow beyond a one-man, one-startup operation.

The 5-tool player is a professional baseball scout's dream. They excel at all 5 key aspects of the game. But since I think the pro baseball player dream is a bit out of reach, maybe I can settle for upping my game as a blogger.

http://media.blubrry.com/bootstrappedweb/content.blubrry.com/bootstrappedweb/8-adii-pienaar-woothemes-publicbeta-starting-from-ground-up.mp3 Download MP3 | Leave a comment He bootstrapped and built WooThemes into a multi-million dollar WordPress business. Now he’s stepping back from that to start something completely new, from the ground up. Adii Pienaar joins me today to talk about his new venture, PublicBeta, and how he’s going about things a bit differently this … Continue reading [8] Adii Pienaar (WooThemes & PublicBeta) on Starting Again From The Ground Up

Hear how Nathan Barry propelled his business in a short timespan of just a few months. In this interview we dive into his strategy for releasing self-published books and much more.

http://media.blubrry.com/bootstrappedweb/content.blubrry.com/bootstrappedweb/6-mistakes-and-lessons-from-first-year-bootstrapping-a-startup.mp3 Download MP3 | Leave a comment As you may know, I’ve been bootstrapping various startups for a several years now. I managed to build them to a point that allowed me to transition out of consulting to focus solely on products. But the path to get here certainly wasn’t smooth sailing. I made mistakes. Lots … Continue reading [6] 10 First-Year Mistakes & Lessons Learned Bootstrapping a Startup – [Free Report]

It felt amazing. I received the final check from the final client project and that marked the end of my consulting business. I had completed my transition to working on products full-time, something I had been working towards for almost 2 full years. That day finally arrived and it felt like a huge personal win. In this episode (or article, if you prefer to read), I go through 5 key takeaways that helped me complete this mission and make this transition a reality.

Most WordPress plugin developers focus only a single plugin. But Pippin Williamson isn't like most developers. In just a matter of a couple years, Pippin has built up a catalog of over 77+ different plugins, along with lots of other cool stuff. Let's peer inside this successful commercial WordPress Plugins business.

Hear how Brennan Dunn leverages his business' greatest marketing asset: His list. How he built it to 6,000 subscribers in less than a year, and how he operates it and converts subscribers to customers.

Dan Norris shares his thought process behind making a crucial turn in his business that's leading Inform.ly to greater product focus. Learn what it takes to make a tough — but necessary — decision.

In the first episode of the Bootstrapped Web Podcast, Brian digs into what it means to "learn by doing", and how that defines what bootstrapping is all about. He shares a few productivity tips as well.