Ed Freyfogle
Co-founder of OpenCage
Appears in 118 Episodes
#116: Pricing your product in multiple currencies, with Ed Freyfogle from OpenCage
I’m joined by Ed Freyfogle for the first of several episodes in which he is my cohost. Ed is the co-founder of OpenCage Geocoder, a bootstrapped, profitable SaaS.Thank...
#117: Selling to Developers
Ed from OpenCage Geocoder and I talk about the marketing techniques that work - and don't work - when you product is targeted towards developers.Thanks to Balsamiq who...
#118: Should your product go Freemium?
Steve and Ed consider whether Freemium is a viable business model for bootstrappers.Thanks to Balsamiq who sponsored this episode. Find out how, thanks to Balsamiq, yo...
#119: Small team habits part 1
Ed shares his top 5 habits he recommends for small bootstrapping teams, to keep your product as good as it should be.Thanks to Balsamiq who sponsored this episode. Fin...
#120: Small team habits part 2: Steve's turn
Last week we heard Ed's top 5 habits for small teams. This week, Steve shares the habits he uses to keep his small team productive.Thanks to Balsamiq who sponsored thi...
#121: Handling cancellations in a subscription product
Ed Freyfogle of OpenCage Geocoder and I (founder of Feature Upvote) discuss how we handle customer cancellation requests in our respective SaaS products. We discuss ho...
#122: My desktop app got acquired!
Steve tells Ed all about the sale of his desktop app. We talked about why I sold off the desktop app I've been running for 12 years, how I found a purchaser, and the e...
#123: "Why I sold my SaaS" - with Courtenay Farquharson, founder of Parserr
Courtenay Farquharson shares how he built up Parserr to more than $10K monthly revenue - and why he sold it.We also talk about:bootstrapping in the Microsoft ecosystem...
#124: Goals for 2020
Steve and Ed discuss what they hope to achieve by the end of 2020 - both professionally and personally.We also discuss the importance of knowing your non-goals, that i...
#125: Tracking what you spend on your business
I'm joined again by frequent guest co-host Ed Freyfogle.We talk about how we track the spending on our businesses.We mentioned a rewards card for Startups from Cledara...
#126: Why Dave Rodenbaugh acquired an existing business instead of starting from scratch
When Dave Rodenbaugh wanted to run a software business, he decided to buy an existing one. He tells me why he did this, how he chose the business, and what he did righ...
#127: SaaS products we use to run our businesses
We discuss some of the SaaS products we rely on to run our businesses: what they are and why we use them.Thanks to EmailToolTester who sponsored this episode. Find wh...
#128: Dealing with bootstrapper stress
Bootstrapping is stressful. I share seven ways I try to manage the stress of being a software bootstrapper.Thanks to EmailToolTester who sponsored this episode. Find ...
#129: Driving to Mongolia while running a mission-critical SaaS
Julian Wilde of Wormly describes how he was able to drive across central Asia - often in countries without easily-available Internet - while running a monitoring SaaS....
#130: A brief hiatus
A short episode where I explain why the podcast is on break for a few weeks.Spoiler alert: the pandemic has left me stranded 16,816 km from home. Until I find a way ho...
#132: COVID-19 and our businesses
(Looking for Episode 131? For boring, technical reasons, there is no episode 131.)Ed Freyfogle and I discuss how COVID-19 is affecting our lives, our families, and our...
#133: Why Matt Bearman chose to sell his bootstrapped product, Saber Feedback
Matt Bearman, original founder of Saber Feedback, discusses the experience of creating, growing, and then selling Saber Feedback.Matt's Blog: https://mattbearman.svbtl...
#134: Why I chose to acquire Saber Feedback
Frequent guest co-host Ed Freyfogle has questions. Lots of questions. About why I acquired Saber Feedback, what the acquisition process was like, and what plans I have...
#135: How to improve Saber Feedback's website content, with Hannah Adcock of Contented Strategy
Content specialist Hannah Adcock audited Saber Feedback's website. In this episode, she tells us what's good about our site and what needs to change.Hannah runs Conten...
#136: Website security for bootstrappers
Security audits! Bug bounty programs! Frequent unsolicited pen-testing! When you put a website on the Internet, it almost immediately faces non-stop security attacks.E...
