Ed Freyfogle
Co-founder of OpenCage
Appears in 118 Episodes
#116: Pricing your product in multiple currencies, with Ed Freyfogle from OpenCage
Ed helps me decide whether my product should have pricing plans in different currencies.
#117: Selling to Developers
Ed and I talk about the things that work - and don't work - when you product is targeted towards developers.
#118: Should your product go Freemium?
Steve and Ed consider whether Freemium is a viable business model for bootstrappers.
#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.
#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.
#121: Handling cancellations in a subscription product
We discuss how how we handle customer cancellation requests in our respective SaaS products. We discuss how we might do it differently.
#122: My desktop app got acquired!
The desktop app I've been running for 12 years has been acquired! Ed Freyfogle asks me all about it.
#123: "Why I sold my SaaS" - with Courtenay Farquharson, founder of Parserr
Courtenay Farquharson shares how he built Parserr to more than $10K monthly revenue - and why he sold it.
#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.
#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 call...
#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 us 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.
#128: Dealing with bootstrapper stress
Bootstrapping is stressful. I share seven ways I try to manage the stress of being a software bootstrapper.
#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 wa...
#132: COVID-19 and our businesses
Ed Freyfogle and I discuss how COVID-19 is affecting our lives, our families, and our businesses. We also talk a little about my acquisition of Saber Feedback.
#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.
#134: Why I chose to acquire Saber Feedback
Why I bought Saber Feedback, what the acquisition process was like, and what my plans are for it in the coming months.
#135: How to improve Saber Feedback's website content, with Hannah Adcock of Contented Strategy
Content specialist Hannah Adcock recently audited Saber Feedback's website. In this episode, she tells me what's good about our site and what needs to change.
#136: Website security for bootstrappers
Security audits! Bug bounty programs! Frequent unsolicited pen-testing! Ed and I discuss the security challenges facing bootstrapped businesses.
