The Bootstrapped Founder
Arvid Kahl
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401: Vova Feldman — Mastering Entrepreneurship in the Payments Sector
Vova Feldman is the founder of Freemius, a Merchant of Record payment provider. He's been at it for a while, and it wasn't always easy. Vova shares hi...
400: The Hidden Revolution: AI Is Democratizing Coding Mentorship
One aspect of the AI hype we’re all dealing with right now is severely underreported. And it’s that part that I personally think has a much more subst...
399: NativePHP: How Simon Hamp & Shane Rosenthal are Building & Monetizing PHP on Mobile
Shane Rosenthal and Simon Hamp from the NativePHP Project have brought PHP, and with it my favorite web framework Laravel, onto Mobile devices. I love...
398: The Hidden Cost of Being First
When Python's dominant package manager pip was challenged by newcomer uv—which is so fast users think it's broken—it revealed a fundamental truth abou...
397: When Profitability Disappears — A Podscan Reality Check
Today’s episode represents the reality of entrepreneurship—not just the wins, but the difficult decisions and uncertainty that come with building some...
396: Jack Friks — Building Tools That Empower Without Overwhelming
Jack Friks (@jackfriks) is the founder of PostBridge, a social media scheduling tool that grew from his own frustration with spending hours posting ac...
395: From Code Writer to Code Editor: My AI-Assisted Development Workflow
My day-to-day coding looks very different from what it was a few years ago. Today, you'll learn about my voice-to-code workflow and how I leverage sma...
394: Taylor Otwell — The (Quite Entrepreneurial) Creator of Laravel
Taylor Otwell (@taylorotwell) didn't just create the popular open-source framework Laravel. He turned it into a highly profitable business that helps...
393: AI is a Threat to SaaS Multiples
Software-as-a-service business acquisitions are in trouble. What is responsible for a downward trend in multiples and acquisition dollar amounts? It h...
392: Building AI Businesses Without Breaking the Internet
Ever heard of model collapse? It occurs when AI models are trained on the outputs of previous AI models. And it's not pretty.I recently recorded an in...
391: AI is Flipping Our Relationship with Technology
Second brains were all the rage a year ago. Now, it feels like we're not just externalizing our thoughts; we're training a much bigger, much less pers...
390: When to Choose Local LLMs vs APIs
When I started Podscan, I wanted to go full local AI. Self-hosted, self-managed, self-serving. But that tune has changed. Here's what to think about w...
389: The Founder's First Hire: When to Let Go of Your Weaknesses
It's time. Solopreneurship works for a while, but it can't last forever. Not for me, not for Podscan. We need help.The blog post: https://thebootstrap...
388: The Job To Be Done: Understanding Customer Value Communication
PMF is MIA without JTBD. Make sense? :DThe "job to be done" sits at the core of my customer's use of my product. I need to understand it to understand...
387: Your API Documentation is Not For Developers Anymore
API docs used to be by and for developers. Now, non-technical people use AI tools to build integrations into our SaaS products. We need to rethink how...
386: One Year of Podscan: Reflecting on Tech & Business Decisions
This week, I'm sharing behind-the-scenes choices that allowed Podscan's growth from a small experiment to a thriving business. I'll delve into the cho...
385: The Balancing Act: Free Trials, Value Demonstration, and Business Sustainability
Just how much of your service should a trial user be allowed to "try"? When it costs you real money to supply your product, when and how do you apply...
384: Podscan's Profitability Milestone: What's Next?
Podscan is profitable. Wild. A great success, a year after starting the business, and a fun opportunity to look at the options that lay before me. Wha...
383: Repositioning Podscan: From Monitoring to Data Platform
Last week, in my hotel room just after MicroConf, I got excited about repositioning. I have had some time to think about the steps forward since then,...
382: I went to MicroConf in New Orleans
And I have a few things to say.In one of my rare directly-from-the-hotel-room-to-you episodes, I'll dive right into the many wonderful experiences of...
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