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"01a0e000-31b6-7135-a516-7587b4546a3b", "title": "Customer Lock-In and “Insurance Features”", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/customer-lock-in-and-insurance-features/", "published_at": "2020-10-29T13:35:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e000-31b6-7135-a516-7587b4c0e57b", "title": "Limiting Beliefs", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/limiting-beliefs/", "published_at": "2020-10-22T07:45:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e000-31b6-7135-a516-7587b4f558c1", "title": "Early Tech Choices and Analysis Paralysis", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/early-tech-choices-and-analysis-paralysis/", "published_at": "2020-10-15T09:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e000-31b6-7135-a516-7587b5be26fe", "title": "“Audience-First” Is Not Just “Building an Audience”", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/audience-first-is-not-just-building-an-audience/", "published_at": "2020-10-08T08:43:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e000-31b6-7135-a516-7587b67fe3cb", "title": "Finding an Audience for Your Side Business", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/finding-an-audience-for-your-side-business/", "published_at": "2020-10-01T09:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e000-31b6-7135-a516-7587b76dcc42", "title": "Priming Your Business for Due Diligence", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/priming-your-business-for-due-diligence/", "published_at": "2020-09-24T11:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e000-31b6-7135-a516-7587b8464df5", "title": "Preparing for the Sale From Day One: Getting the Documentation Right", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/preparing-for-the-sale-from-day-one-getting-the-documentation-right/", "published_at": "2020-09-17T11:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e000-31b6-7135-a516-7587b8e8f97c", "title": "At a Crossroads: The Different Kinds of Exits", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/at-a-crossroads-the-different-kinds-of-exits/", "published_at": "2020-09-10T10:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e000-31b6-7135-a516-7587b9d5266a", "title": "A Unified Voice: Staying Consistent When You Grow", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/a-unified-voice-staying-consistent-when-you-grow/", "published_at": "2020-09-03T10:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-86272de150f6", "title": "How I Self-Published Zero to Sold, a Bestselling Book on Bootstrapping", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/how-i-self-published-zero-to-sold-a-bestselling-book-on-bootstrapping/", "published_at": "2020-08-27T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-86272e192011", "title": "Positioning Is Where It’s At", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/positioning-is-where-its-at/", "published_at": "2020-08-20T10:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-86272eab284f", "title": "You Want a Tribe", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/you-want-a-tribe/", "published_at": "2020-08-13T09:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-86272ee6b097", "title": "When You Reach Your Limits: Growing a Company Beyond the Founder(s)", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/when-you-reach-your-limits-growing-a-company-beyond-the-founders/", "published_at": "2020-08-06T12:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-86272fbc350c", "title": "The Power of Omission: Killing Features for Fun and Profit", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/the-power-of-omission-killing-features-for-fun-and-profit/", "published_at": "2020-07-30T12:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-8627306bde75", "title": "Made to Stick: Shaping an Extensible Product", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/made-to-stick-shaping-an-extensible-product/", "published_at": "2020-07-23T11:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-862731108f66", "title": "Standard Operating Procedures: Managing Your Future Self", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/standard-operating-procedures-managing-your-future-self/", "published_at": "2020-07-16T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-862731f4fbc5", "title": "Roadmaps and You: Building a Future Together", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/roadmaps-and-you-building-a-future-together/", "published_at": "2020-07-09T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-862732d4027d", "title": "Customer Retention: How to Keep Them Around", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/customer-retention-how-to-keep-them-around/", "published_at": "2020-07-02T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e003-f4b0-702a-a6fb-862732dbec48", "title": "Customer Exploration: Seeing Through Your Customer’s Eyes", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/customer-exploration-seeing-through-your-customers-eyes/", "published_at": "2020-06-25T12:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2022

Should Freelancers Offer Free Trials?original ↗

19 May 2022

Choose Your Own Adventure: Creator, Curator, Commentator, or Connector original ↗

12 May 2022

Scalable Customer Service for Bootstrappers original ↗

5 May 2022

Managing Expectations: Making Good (on) Promises.original ↗

28 Apr 2022

You Don’t Need to be an Extrovert to Build in Public — an Introvert’s Perspective original ↗

21 Apr 2022

Why Founders End Up Unemployable original ↗

14 Apr 2022

Seven Kinds of Entrepreneurial Debt original ↗

7 Apr 2022

Entrepreneurial Anti-Patterns — What to Avoid When You’re Starting a Business original ↗

31 Mar 2022

What Founders Can Learn from Professional WoW Gamers original ↗

24 Mar 2022

How I Find Twitter Content Ideas original ↗

17 Mar 2022

How I (Fortunately) Failed to Launch an NFT Collection original ↗

10 Mar 2022

The SaaS Market Maturity Paradox original ↗

3 Mar 2022

The Power of the Narrative when Building in Public original ↗

24 Feb 2022

Building in Public and Negativity original ↗

17 Feb 2022

Purchasing Power Parity Pricing original ↗

10 Feb 2022

Being Imperfect in Public original ↗

3 Feb 2022

The Performative Nature of Building in Public: A View From the Inside original ↗

27 Jan 2022

Fear-Setting original ↗

20 Jan 2022

The Power of Repetition original ↗

13 Jan 2022

Building in Public: Maintaining a Positive Self-Image original ↗

6 Jan 2022

2021

What Founders Can Learn From Web3 Community-Building (And What They Can’t)original ↗

30 Dec 2021

Twitter: The Gathering. How and Where to Find the Right Followers original ↗

23 Dec 2021

Make it Easy to Cancel original ↗

16 Dec 2021

Building in Public: How to Build a Minipoly original ↗

9 Dec 2021

Building in Public: How Radical Transparency Hurts Founders original ↗

2 Dec 2021

Building in Public: Oversharing original ↗

25 Nov 2021

Passive Income and Entrepreneurship original ↗

17 Nov 2021

Building in Public: What to Share at Which Stage of Your Journey original ↗

11 Nov 2021

Building in Public: Taking Breaks original ↗

4 Nov 2021

Building in Public: Balancing Building and Sharing original ↗

28 Oct 2021

Too Little, Too Much: Advice and How to Take It original ↗

21 Oct 2021

Burnout original ↗

14 Oct 2021

What Founders Can Learn From the Facebook Outage original ↗

7 Oct 2021

Copycats and Endurance original ↗

30 Sept 2021

Audience-building is not Community-Building original ↗

23 Sept 2021

Pivoting in Public: Risks and Opportunities original ↗

16 Sept 2021

Why Reading Fiction Is Important for Entrepreneurs original ↗

9 Sept 2021

Consistency, Accountability, and Perseverance original ↗

2 Sept 2021

Of Tangibility and Lawnmowers original ↗

26 Aug 2021

The Creeping Nature of Stress for a SaaS Founder original ↗

19 Aug 2021

Why Competition is Good For Business original ↗

12 Aug 2021

Hyrum’s Law original ↗

5 Aug 2021

What Watching Gamers Fail for Days Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship original ↗

29 Jul 2021

How to Kill Your Business original ↗

22 Jul 2021

Conversations are at the Core of Engagement original ↗

15 Jul 2021

The Myth of the Immediate Payoff original ↗

8 Jul 2021

Say Thank You original ↗

2 Jul 2021

Competition Isn’t Always a Business original ↗

24 Jun 2021

Selfish vs. Selfless: Self-Promotion in Communities original ↗

17 Jun 2021

Properties of an Interesting Problem original ↗

10 Jun 2021

The Line Between Stealing and Being Inspired original ↗

4 Jun 2021

Audience-Building and Relatable Content original ↗

28 May 2021

Platform Risk and the Three Kinds of Audiences original ↗

21 May 2021

Impostor Syndrome and Building Capital original ↗

13 May 2021

Entrepreneurship, Job Security, and Wealth Creation original ↗

6 May 2021

Accountability Systems for Founders original ↗

29 Apr 2021

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Navigating Bootstrapping Advice original ↗

22 Apr 2021

SaaS, Self-Talk, and Many Small Bets original ↗

15 Apr 2021

Audience Graduation original ↗

8 Apr 2021

Lifetime Deals and SaaS Businesses original ↗

1 Apr 2021

The Goals of Audience-Building original ↗

25 Mar 2021

The Shape of a Problem in the Wild original ↗

18 Mar 2021

On Re-Using Content original ↗

11 Mar 2021

Audience Discovery: The Importance of Budget original ↗

4 Mar 2021

What founders can learn from Twitch streamers about building in public original ↗

25 Feb 2021

The Emotional Journey of a Bootstrapped Founder: Fear of Disappointing Your Customers original ↗

18 Feb 2021

When Your Business Gets Cloned original ↗

11 Feb 2021

Jargon and Community original ↗

4 Feb 2021

The Grief and Loss of Selling a Business original ↗

28 Jan 2021

The Two Goals of Audience-Building original ↗

21 Jan 2021

How I Use Twitter original ↗

14 Jan 2021

On Offering Public APIs for Your SaaS original ↗

7 Jan 2021

2020

Motivation Will Eventually Go Away: Build Accountability Systems Instead original ↗

31 Dec 2020

Audience-Building through Podcasting original ↗

24 Dec 2020

Avoiding the Validation Trap original ↗

17 Dec 2020

Open-Source and Bootstrapping original ↗

11 Dec 2020

Tech Stacks and Indie Hacking original ↗

3 Dec 2020

The Rewards and Perils of Being Your Own Customer original ↗

26 Nov 2020

When Privacy and Customer Value Clash original ↗

19 Nov 2020

How I Approach Pricing for a Brand New SaaS original ↗

12 Nov 2020

Sunk Cost Fallacy Engineering original ↗

6 Nov 2020

Customer Lock-In and “Insurance Features”original ↗

29 Oct 2020

Limiting Beliefs original ↗

22 Oct 2020

Early Tech Choices and Analysis Paralysis original ↗

15 Oct 2020

“Audience-First” Is Not Just “Building an Audience”original ↗

8 Oct 2020

Finding an Audience for Your Side Business original ↗

1 Oct 2020

Priming Your Business for Due Diligence original ↗

24 Sept 2020

Preparing for the Sale From Day One: Getting the Documentation Right original ↗

17 Sept 2020

At a Crossroads: The Different Kinds of Exits original ↗

10 Sept 2020

A Unified Voice: Staying Consistent When You Grow original ↗

3 Sept 2020

How I Self-Published Zero to Sold, a Bestselling Book on Bootstrapping original ↗

27 Aug 2020

Positioning Is Where It’s At original ↗

20 Aug 2020

You Want a Tribe original ↗

13 Aug 2020

When You Reach Your Limits: Growing a Company Beyond the Founder(s)original ↗

6 Aug 2020

The Power of Omission: Killing Features for Fun and Profit original ↗

30 Jul 2020

Made to Stick: Shaping an Extensible Product original ↗

23 Jul 2020

Standard Operating Procedures: Managing Your Future Self original ↗

16 Jul 2020

Roadmaps and You: Building a Future Together original ↗

9 Jul 2020

Customer Retention: How to Keep Them Around original ↗

2 Jul 2020

Customer Exploration: Seeing Through Your Customer’s Eyes original ↗

25 Jun 2020