Ed Freyfogle
Co-founder of OpenCage
Appears in 118 Episodes
#177: When life is turned upside down, with Nick Swan of SEOTesting
Nick Swan was about to launch paid plans for his SaaS when a sudden terrible life event changed everything for Nick and his family."The doctor said, 'You have to go th...
#178: The Hungry Time, with Ed Freyfogle
Both Ed and Steve are feeling a little bit stressed, perhaps at the beginning of burnout. We discuss why this might be, and what we are doing about it.We also reveal o...
#179: (Peldi) The GDPR 3 years later with Aleth Gueguen of GDPR for SaaS
Peldi Guilizzoni steps in as host this week, and chats with GDPR expert Aleth Gueguen about how the GDPR is shaping and affecting our SaaS businesses.Topics include:Is...
#180: Managing the mental ups and downs with Geraldine DeRuiter and Rand Fishkin
Peldi Guilizzoni continues this mini-season as he chats with married couple Geraldine DeRuiter (author) and Rand Fishkin (software founder) on how their fields differ ...
#181: Conducting customer interviews for the reluctant, with Asia Orangio of DemandMaven
Peldi Guilizzoni continues this mini-season as he chats with Asia Orangio of DemandMaven on how founders can - and should - conduct customer interviews, and how to dea...
#182: Responsible product design with Trine Falbe
Peldi Guilizzoni continues this mini-season as he chats with Trine Falbe, UX strategist & designer, on responsible product design.Gamification, dark patterns, artific...
#183: Feeling bored and stuck in your business? With Peldi and Ed
Peldi concludes this mini-season with an open and honest discussion with Ed Freyfogle about a problem every business owner eventually encounters. How do you keep at it...
#184: When team members quit, with Ed and Steve
Ed and Steve discuss what it is like when a core team member quits, how to reduce the chance of it happening, and how to make our businesses resilient enough to handle...
#185: Selling a small stake of your company, with Moritz Dausinger of Refiner.io
Moritz Dausinger, three-time bootstrapper, tells me why he recently sold a small stake of Refiner.io to Earnest Capital.Between recording and publishing this episode, ...
#186: Marketing to Developers with Adam DuVander
While Steve enjoys a summer break, Ed Freyfogle steps in this week to interview Adam DuVander. Adam helps companies like yours market to developers.Ed chats with Adam ...
#187: A Saber Feedback update
It's 15 months since I acquired Saber Feedback. I talk about the challenges I've faced so far, the bottleneck I'm currently facing, and where things are headed.Steve o...
#188: Switching from Bootstrapped to Investor-Funded, with Craig Hewitt of Castos
Craig Hewitt runs Castos, a podcast hosting and analytics company. He returns to the show to talk about why he recently sold a chunk of his bootstrapped company to a r...
#189: The agony of the enterprise sale process, with Ed Freyfogle
Ed and Steve go in deep on some enterprise sales work they've both been doing lately for their bootstrapped, mostly self-service SaaS products.
#190: Resellers and product-based podcasts, with Peldi of Balsamiq
Peldi, founder of Balsamiq, drops by. We discuss two unrelated topics. First, resellers - why they exist and how to accommodate them. Second, the challenges and benefi...
#191: On quietly successful SaaS businesses, and saying goodbye to our forum
In this solo episode, I talk about successful yet quiet SaaS business all around us. I also tell the full story of why our forum has been closed and put permanently in...
#192: How the pandemic overturned my business, with Mark Littlewood of Business of Software
Mark Littlewood runs the Business of Software, a series of annual conferences to help us run our software companies better. Mark very openly shares how COVID-19 has hi...
#193: The fine details of the Saber Feedback acquisition
If you've ever thought of selling your business, or acquiring one, you'll enjoy this episode. Matt Zeunert, founder of DebugBear, was curious about the details of my a...
#194: We talk about our vacations
It's good to take a break!In this episode Ed and I get self-indulgent and talk about our vacations. From time to time we make a tenuous link between our vacations and ...
#195: Back to School
Ed and Steve talk about the challenge of continuing to learn how to run our businesses better, and the challenges we encounter in ongoing learning.
#196: Our Mental Wellbeing as Bootstrappers, with Robin Warren
Three-time guest Robin Warren, founder of Corrello, achieves "very infrequent guest co-host" status. We chat about a number of aspects of mental wellbeing for bootstra...
