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From lifelong bootstrapper to raising calm funding - Brian Casel, ZipMessage
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Nov 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Brian Casel is a veteran of the bootstrapping game, having left his full-time job back in 2008. You might have heard him on the Boostrapped Web podcast where he shares his journey starting and building software products. Over the years Brian has pretty much done it all, built software businesses, courses, productized services and even sold some along the way. Most recently, Brian has been working on ZipMessage, a new way to communicate asynchronously.➡️ Get the uncut, 60 minute recording with Brian on the Indie Feast membership here.What we covered in this episode:
Where did the idea of ZipMessage come from?
How Brian validated ZipMessage
Brian's unconventional approach to validation
Why Brian raised funding from Calm Company Fund
How can people go from freelancer to productized service
The importance of building processes in productized services
Why Brian didn't follow his passion for music
Recommendations
Book: Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
Podcast: Smartless
Indie Hacker: James McKinven (errm...)
Follow Brian
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Personal Site
Follow Me
Twitter
Indie Bites Twitter
Personal Website
Buy A Wallet
2 Hour Podcast Course
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Where did the idea of ZipMessage come from?
How Brian validated ZipMessage
Brian's unconventional approach to validation
Why Brian raised funding from Calm Company Fund
How can people go from freelancer to productized service
The importance of building processes in productized services
Why Brian didn't follow his passion for music
Recommendations
Book: Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
Podcast: Smartless
Indie Hacker: James McKinven (errm...)
Follow Brian
Personal Site
Follow Me
Indie Bites Twitter
Personal Website
Buy A Wallet
2 Hour Podcast Course
Sponsor - Fathom AnalyticsFor the longest time, website analytics software was seriously bad. It was hard to understand, time-consuming to use, and worse, it exploited visitor data for big tech to profit. I've spent countless hours in Google Analytics dashboards trying to figure even out the most basic metrics.This is exactly why I signed up for Fathom as soon as I heard Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis were building it.Fathom is simple website analytics that doesn't suck. It's easy to use and respectful of privacy laws, with no cookies following your users around the web. They're also a bootstrapped, sustainable business so I love supporting them. Yes, it might feel strange paying for analytics at first, but once you realise the real cost of free Google Analytics and realising how easy to use Fathom is, you won't go back. You can install the lightweight code on as many websites as you want and quickly see the performance of all your sites.Link → https://usefathom.com/bites
Released:
Nov 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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