Steve McLeod
Founder of Feature Upvote
Appears in 138 Episodes
#206: Looking back at our goals for 2021
Back in episode 163, Ed and I set our goals for 2021. In this episode we look back at those goals and we ask ourselves, how well did we do in achieving them?Steve ment...
#207: Our goals for 2022
Ed and I discuss the goals we'd like to achieve in 2022.While we were recording this episode, we had some problems with our recording software. Now I was able to rescu...
#208: The dismal deeds of a desperate competitor
This week I go solo and rant about the dismal deeds of a desperate competitor. I also talk about the freedom that bootstrapping gives us to change our approach, our st...
#209: 50 tips for running a stress-free SaaS part 1
Ed Freyfogle shares with us his 50 tips for running a stress-free SaaS. This is based on Ed's talk he prepared for MicroConf late last year, but was unable to deliver ...
#210: 50 tips for running a stress-free SaaS part 2
Part 2 of Ed Freyfogle's 50 tips for running a stress-free SaaS.There was a lot of good content in this recording and we recorded for much longer than usual. So we hav...
#211: Strengthening company culture in a remote team with Peldi of Balsamiq
Frequent guest Peldi, founder of Balsamiq, makes another welcome appearance.We talk about some ways to strengthen company culture in a fully-remote team, we discuss ad...
#212: When, if ever, should we refuse a customer?
We talk about Ed's launch of his new product line.That leads into a meandering conversation about ethics and personal beliefs and values. In particular, when a custome...
#213: Charles Perry, founder of RelaNet
Ed interviews Charles Perry, founder of RelaNet. Charles was the co-host of Release Notes, a long-running podcast that Charles and his co-host recently ended.It's a g...
#214: I hired a marketer
Ed and I chat about my recent experience hiring a marketing manager for Feature Upvote. Amongst other topics, we discuss how I went about finding the right person.
#215: The domain name change that didn't go as planned, with Robert Brandl of ToolTester.com
I chat with Robert Brandl, founder of ToolTester.com. We talk about Robert's recent experience changing the domain name of his website. It was an expensive experience,...
#216: Trademarking your bootstrapped business
Ed tells me why and how he obtained a trademark for his business. We discuss when it is worthwhile to do this. We then talk about the trouble with having competitors c...
#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...
