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Explore " software business" with insightful episodes like "Starting Your Software Project: Navigating Software Development with Courage and Determination", "253: Focusing on Customer Retention Features", "216: Jack Ellis — Taking on Google as a Bootstrapper", "73: Is it us talking or are we bots?" and "72: Dependency Hell" from podcasts like ""The Daily Me", "The Bootstrapped Founder", "The Bootstrapped Founder", "Buy Grow Repeat" and "Buy Grow Repeat"" and more!
Episodes (79)
253: Focusing on Customer Retention Features
Buckle up for a voyage into the intricate world of software feature decision-making! Promising to equip you with insights from my journey, this episode helps you navigate the choppy waters of determining which attributes to include in your software business and which ones to abandon. We'll unravel my personal blueprint for assessing feature requests and enhancements, with a particular focus on the crucial understanding of 'the job to be done.' Together, we'll dissect the correlation between feature alignment and customer retention, and you'll gain clarity on the two critical factors that weigh in when assessing the importance of a feature - workflow inputs and workflow outputs.
The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/focusing-on-customer-retention-features/
The podcast episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a1f7ff7f
The video: https://youtu.be/llsICCu2Af8
You'll find my weekly article on my blog: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com
Podcast: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podcast
Newsletter: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/newsletter
My book Zero to Sold: https://zerotosold.com/
My book The Embedded Entrepreneur: https://embeddedentrepreneur.com/
My course Find your Following: https://findyourfollowing.com
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/
This episode is sponsored by Acquire.com
216: Jack Ellis — Taking on Google as a Bootstrapper
Today, I’m talking to Jack Ellis, the co-founder of Fathom Analytics, a privacy-conscious web analytics business that I personally use for all my web properties. The company that Jack co-founded with Paul Jarvis competes directly with Google on their linchpin advertising product. That’s a pretty high order. We chat about Jack's role in a growing successful software business and just how much he hesitates to go from coder to manager. We dive into choosing reliable dependencies to power an always-on SaaS business and how to deal with migrating customers from Google to Fathom.
Here’s a deep dive into a successful technical SaaS business. Here’s Jack Ellis.
Jack on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackEllis
My new podcast project: Arvid & Tyler Catch Up / https://catchup.fm
The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/jack-ellis-taking-on-google-as-a-bootstrapper/
The podcast episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/cda46335
The video: https://youtu.be/oGjrUs0JB8w
You'll find my weekly article on my blog: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com
Podcast: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podcast
Newsletter: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/newsletter
My book Zero to Sold: https://zerotosold.com/
My book The Embedded Entrepreneur: https://embeddedentrepreneur.com/
My course Find Your Following: https://findyourfollowing.com
This interview is sponsored by Acquire.com
73: Is it us talking or are we bots?
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |
72: Dependency Hell
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates |
71: Johnny Shoots He Scores!
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |
70: From Building Clown Websites to Generating 22k Per Month with Map Software—Steve Benjamins
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates |
69: Getting Customer Feedback
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |
68: Matt taking over Surveybot?
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |
67: How to Measure Things like a Canadian
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Measuring things like a Canadian
- Removing Surveybot's free tier
- Facebook Chat's web view bug
- What Matt did with the WP Discussion Board money
- Goals for next week
References:
- How to Measure Like a Canadian Flow Chart—https://preview.redd.it/0rm9dk0fyg951.jpg?auto=webp&s=894428b1005a5bc6ba5fbf04f1458fa021117b20
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
66: Ripping Off the Bandage
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Matt's struggles with seeing his own successes
- How to "make it" in online businesses?
- Discussion on the small bets strategy
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
65: Small Bets vs Big Bets
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Stripe and free pricing plans
- Stripe's developments
- Building a new product for a community you already have
- Success vs failures
- Goals for next week
References:
Small Bets—https://smallbets.co
Pieter Levels: Making $2.7M A Year With No Employees—https://www.mfmpod.com/pieter-levels-making-27m-a-year-with-no-employees/
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
64: Combining Paid Ads and Content Marketing to Unlock Explosive Growth
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |
63: Andy Cloke Shares the Framework He Used to Identify and Grow His Profitable SaaS
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |
62: How Soheil Hajimohammadi Built an App in 30 Days and Sold It
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- BuildSell30
- Building Tuun
- The acquisition of MeetingPlace.io
- Future plans for MeetingPlace.io
References:
- The seller side of the story for Meeting Place
- BuildSell30
- Tuun.app
- Meetingplace.io
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/soheilhm
- https://twitter.com/sohei1L
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
61: A Candid Conversation with Johnny
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio https://wpdiscussionboard.com/ Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |
60: Going Once, Twice, Gone!
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Johnny's diet routine
- The sale of WP Discussion Board
- Matt's doubts about the future
- Johnny's lack of motivation
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
59: Is the Deal Going Through?
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio https://wpdiscussionboard.com/ Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |
58: Matt Signed It!!!
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio https://wpdiscussionboard.com/ Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |
57: Which Buyer Should Matt Choose?
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios. Today's topics include:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link) Johnny's portfolio & updates https://newsletter.johnnytong.com Matt's portfolio https://wpdiscussionboard.com/ Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw |