Ed Freyfogle
Co-founder of OpenCage
Appears in 118 Episodes
#217: Brian Casel of ZipMessage
I talk with Brian Casel, founder of ZipMessage, an asynchronous video messaging tool.Brian has created several successful products in the past, and sometimes ran them ...
#218: London, in-person events, crowded pubs
Ed and I chat about Ed's recent trip to London, my upcoming trip to London, the return of in-person events, and getting exposed to ideas and concepts outside of our no...
#219: Leaving bootstrapper life to be an employee again, with John Ndege
Ed chats with John Ndege, a former bootstrapper, about how it feels no longer being one's own boss. John launched and grew a product, and he ultimately sold it. Afterw...
#220: Adventures in Abandonware and WordPress
Ed and Steve talk about a dilemma Steve is facing. An open source component heavily used by Feature Upvote has become abandoned by the maintainer, and Steve has to mak...
#221: Brian Sierakowski of Baremetrics
My co-host Ed Freyfogle chats with Brian Sierakowski, general manager of Baremetrics. Brian stepped in to manage Baremetrics after it was acquired a year or so ago fro...
#222: Pierre de Wulf, co-founder of ScrapingBee
Ed chats with Pierre de Wulf, co-founder of ScrapingBee. Pierre tells us about the time his company almost got acquired - and how the deal fell apart at the final stag...
#223: When customer payments fail
We talk about why we are switching the podcast from weekly to fortnightly for a while. We also discuss headaches when customer payments fail and what we can do to addr...
#224: Recalibrating prices, and Postmark got acquired
Ed and I talk about how currency fluctuations are affecting our pricing. And we give our opinion on the recent acquisition of Postmark, a bootstrapping success story, ...
#225: BoS Europe 2022 retrospective
I first recorded this episode for the Business of Software podcast. I chat about the experience of attending the recent Business of Software Europe in-person event, to...
#226: Sponsoring events, podcasts, and newsletters with Peldi @ Balsamiq
We are joined by a good friend of the podcast, Peldi Guilizzoni, to discuss how to go about sponsoring events, newsletters, and podcasts to promote your product. In p...
#227: Joining TinySeed with Nick Swan of SEOTesting.com
I chat with Nick Swan from SEOTesting.com. We discuss how Nick took on a co-founder for his already-established business, why Nick decided to no longer be a 1-person s...
#228: How to get backlinks (without feeling dirty)
An effective content strategy for your product requires getting backlinks. In this episode, I share 9 strategies I use for getting backlinks for my product's website -...
#229: Saying no to a generous acquisition offer, with Simon Bennett of SnapShooter
Simon Bennett, founder of SnapShooter, returns to the show. We chat about a generous acquisition offer Simon recently received for his company - and why he ultimately ...
#230: Introducing Pushing to Production
Something a bit different in this episode: we're playing an episode of the new Pushing to Production podcast, where Ed Freyfogle was the guest. It's a conversation abo...
#231: Bad support loses customers, and payment failures
I catch up with my frequent co-host, Ed Freyfogle, after a long summer break. Amongst other topics, we discuss how bad customer support will lose you customers. We als...
#232: Running a WordPress agency, with Marc Jenkins of 16by9
I chat with Marc Jenkins, founder of 16by9, a small web studio that focuses on building WordPress sites. Marc and I talk about what its like to start and build up this...
#233: Running a lifestyle business and proud of it
We have two guests interviewing each other! I invited two friends of the podcast, Andy Brice, and Robin Warren, to chat with each other about what it's like running a ...
#234: Ed's marketing catchup
My frequent guest co-host Ed Freyfogle tells us about his recent marketing endeavours, including one that was inspired by April Dunford's "toilet talk". Toilet talk, y...
