Steve McLeod
Founder of Feature Upvote
Appears in 138 Episodes
#146: Selling your business at any revenue level, with Kevin McArdle of SureSwift Capital
Kevin McArdle of SureSwift Capital has acquired almost 40 online businesses, most of them B2B SaaS products.We talk about the process of getting acquired, as the selle...
#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 point ...
#149: A Saber Feedback update six months after acquisition
Ed Freyfogle is back again. This week he interviews Steve on his progress with Saber Feedback, six months after acquisition.Ed marvels at how many words we were able t...
#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.We also chat about:running Geomob as a...
#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.We also talk about:Robin's business creating Tre...
#155: Competing in a crowded market with Alex Yumashev of Jitbit
Alex runs a successful help desk software company with only 3 employees, competing in a crowded market.We discuss:the importance of 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...
#157: Dealing with your business's endless administration burden
Ed and Steve discuss the endless burden of busy-work that comes with running a business - and how we try to minimise it.We also mention Ed's new marketing-related hire...
#158: Not 1, not 2, but 3 bootstrapped SaaS successes with Moritz Dausinger of refiner.io
Moritz Dausinger, founder of refiner.io, chats about his success as a serial founder of bootstrapped SaaS products. He founded and sold two B2B SaaS apps, and now he's...
#159: Enterprise sales hell, SEO frustration and self-doubt
Ed and Steve talk about recent challenges and successes in their bootstrapped SaaS businesses. Ed tells of the agony of doing enterprise sales. Steve admits to self-d...
#160: Creating great email onboarding sequences, with Liz Painter of Comma Comma
Liz is an expert in onboarding email sequences. Over the course of this episode, Liz helps me design a great email sequence for Saber Feedback.On the way, there are pl...
#161: The inglorious launch of my first product
This is a talk I recently gave at Barcelona's ESIC business school. Ostensibly, I spoke on working with intangibles as products. But actually, I told the story of how ...
#162: Reviewing our 2020 goals
Steve and Ed look back at the goals they set for 2020 at the beginning of the year. What goals did we hit? What goals eluded us? What did we learn along the way?Discus...
#163: Our goals for 2021
Ed and I discuss what we want to achieve in 2021. Last year, unexpected world events turned our "goals for 2020" upside-down. Having learnt no lesson whatsoever from t...
#164: A Saber Feedback update 9 months after acquisition
Ed grills me on my progress with Saber Feedback, my B2B SaaS, nine months after I acquired it. We talk about SEO, competitors, getting backlinks, finding a niche, and ...
#165: Finding and hiring freelancers
In this episode I answer some listener questions about freelancers. I discuss how to find, hire, and communicate with freelancers.Discuss this topic and more with the ...
