Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 555 | Businesses You Can Bootstrap, W2 vs. Contract, Enterprise Pricing, and More Listener Questions with Ruben Gamez
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In Episode 555, Rob Walling answers listener questions with Ruben Gamez. They discuss different models of bootstrapping success, hiring W2 versus hiring contractors, determining if a business is an ideal fit for bootstrapping and they revisit enterprise pricing.
The topics we cover
[01:24] Bootstrappers Rob & Ruben admire
[12:25] Pros and cons to hiring contractors vs W2 employees
[23:05] Determining if an idea is a good fit for bootstrapping
[28:31] How to develop competitive pricing for large enterprise clients
Links from the show
- Moraware
- CartHook
- Balsamiq
- Churn Buster
- SparkToro
- Bidsketch
- Episode 551 | Task-level vs. Project-level Thinkers, No Such Thing as an Autopilot Business, and More (A Rob Solo Adventure)
- Ruben Gamez (@earthlingworks) | Twitter
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