Ed Freyfogle
Co-founder of OpenCage
Appears in 118 Episodes
#137: Derrick Grigg - Founder of PageProofer
Derrick's product is a direct competitor of mine. So it was extremely generous of him to speak openly about the challenges and successes of running PageProofer.
#138: "Epic Guide" Marketing
We discuss Ed Freyfogle's recent experience creating the OpenCage Reverse Geocoding guide, an example of an "epic guide" approach to content marketing.
#139: Selling to Developers with Peter Suhm of Branch CI
Ed chats with Peter Suhm about the challenges and rewards of selling to developers. Peter is the founder of Branch, a deployment tool for WordPress developers.
#140: How NOT to handle customer payment problems
This was a painful episode to record. I had problems getting some customers to pay. How I handled it was a cascade of mistakes. I tell Ed the story, and he gives me ad...
#141: A Saber Feedback update three months after acquisition
I openly report on the challenges and successes I've had in the first three months of owning Saber Feedback. And yes, I do reveal customer numbers, revenue, and traffi...
#142: Revisiting our pre-pandemic yearly goals
We revisit the goals we made in January 2020 to see what progress we've made despite the current massive global uncertainty. Back in January, in episode #124, Ed an...
#143: When should you refactor your product's code?
When, if ever, should you, should make changes to your product's code that don't change its external behaviour? How do you weigh up the risks of breaking things aga...
#144: Patrick Hathaway, cofounder of Sitebulb on selling a desktop app with subscription pricing
Patrick Hathaway is the cofounder of Sitebulb, a website auditing tool for SEO consultants and agencies. He explains why he and his cofounder made a desktop app when h...
#145: The Hacker News front page experience, 5-hour workdays and 4-day workweeks
Ed reintroduces himself, Steve shares his experience of making it to the front page of Hacker News, and we discuss Quaderno's 5-hour work day and Wildbit's 4-day work ...
#146: Selling your business at any revenue level, with Kevin McArdle of SureSwift Capital
Kevin McArdle of SureSwift Capital talks about the process of getting acquired for founders of online businesses. He tells us the options for getting acquired at 4 dif...
#147: "You get to do this however works for you" with Laura Roeder, founder of MeetEdgar
Laura Roeder talks about why she doesn't do demo calls unlike most other SaaS founders - and how bootstrapping frees you up to run your business the way that works for...
#148: Hrishi Mittal, founder of Learnetto, on the struggle to get traction
Ed Freyfogle steps in for me this week and interviews Hrishi Mittal, founder of online learning platform Learnetto. Hrishi shares his struggle to progress past a po...
#149: A Saber Feedback update six months after acquisition
Ed interviews Steve on his progress with Saber Feedback, six months after acquisition. We also talk a bit about co-working in the age of Covid.
#150: How to solve my SEO problems, with Robert Brandl of ToolTester Network
Robert Brandl of ToolTester Network built his company by developing excellent SEO skills. In this episode he turns his skills to Saber Feedback, and gives me awesome a...
#151: Advice on validating and building a bootstrapped B2B SaaS
I answer several questions from a loyal listener who wants advice on building a B2B SaaS similar in scope and style to my product, Feature Upvote.
#152: Practical knowledge sharing for bootstrappers
Ed and I discuss knowledge sharing for bootstrappers, and even for one-person teams. How do you make sure the important knowledge for your business gets remembered, sh...
#153: "What should I do with Saber Feedback?"
I seek Ed's advice on some Saber Feedback stuff. We talk about pricing, free plans, legacy framework woes, and database hosting.
#154: Finding and recruiting freelance developers with Robin Warren of Corrello
Robin Warren of Corrello tells me how he finds and recruits freelance developers for his bootstrapped software company.
#155: Competing in a crowded market with Alex Yumashev of Jitbit
Alex tells us how he manages to compete successfully in the crowded help desk software market with only 3 employees. We discuss industry knowledge, the customer awa...
#156: "May I have a discount?"
Discounts, discounts, discounts! Ed and I discuss how we respond to customers asking for discounts, whether we should offer Cyber Monday offers, and how offering disco...
