Steve McLeod
Founder of Feature Upvote
Appears in 138 Episodes
#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...
#137: Derrick Grigg - Founder of PageProofer
Derrick's product is a direct competitor to one of my products. So it was extremely generous of him to speak openly about the challenges and successes of running PageP...
#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. Useful links:Th...
#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.Peter on...
#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. We consider what progress we've made despite the current massive global uncertainty.Back in January, in episode #124, Ed ...
#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 against...
#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. Patrick tells us why he made a desktop app when his competitor...
#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 ...
