Bootstrapped

Sylvestre and I discuss getting those first 10 customers, moving to a new country when your startup earns enough to replace your day job, and the difficulty of supporting customers from a cruise ship.

We also discuss:

  • Collecting domain names
  • Leaving consulting to bootstrap a SaaS
  • Bootstrapping with the generosity of the French government
  • The tough months before the first sale - and then the elation after the first sale
  • Using Quora to land the first customers - and to learn the language used by your potential customers
  • Using Zapier for leads
  • The difficulty of opening a Dutch business when you don't speak Dutch
  • Choosing a place to live when you work remotely
  • The challenges and rewards of bootstrapping from Mauritius
  • Translating your website for SEO gains
  • Travelling the world by cargo ship
  • Supporting customers from a cruise ship via satellite Internet

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Find Sylvestre on Twitter at @slybridges

Creators and Guests

Host
Steve McLeod
Founder of Feature Upvote

What is Bootstrapped?

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.