Bootstrapporn – Inspiration for Unfunded Bootstrappers (Audio)

Ruben Gamez (Bidsketch)
Covers the whole spectrum of Ruben’s journey from side projects to a newly-minted self-sustaining bootstrapped company.
[audio:http://techzinglive.com/mp3/techzing-122.mp3]

Corey Maass (The Birdy)
Corey’s story is impressive and shows the efforts required to bootstrap.
[audio:http://techzinglive.com/mp3/techzing-206.mp3]

Ted Pitts & Harry Hollander (Moraware)
Some real truths. Great story about two seasoned micropreneurs building a biz slow and steady.
[audio:http://techzinglive.com/mp3/techzing-190.mp3]

Michael Sliwinski (Nozbe)
About how he was able to bootstrap a “scratch your own itch” side project into a successful startup that employs a dozen people and services tens of thousands of paying customers.
[audio:http://techzinglive.com/mp3/techzing-116.mp3]

Amy Hoy (Freckle)
About how she was able to free herself from the shackles of full-time employment and escape the stress of the freelancing hamster wheel by developing her own online product empire.
[audio:http://techzinglive.com/mp3/techzing-094.mp3]

Rob Walling (HitTail Part 1)
Original episode about the acquisition of HitTail.
[audio:http://techzinglive.com/mp3/techzing-165.mp3]

Rob Walling (HitTail  Part 2)
Post mortem of HitTail’s success.
[audio:http://techzinglive.com/mp3/techzing-217.mp3]

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