Bootstrapped

Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about software version numbers, SaaS apps, hiring, modern web application development, server hosting, what to do with old servers, monitors and hard drives, doing what it takes to fund your business, Andrey’s psychological state, physical world products vs software. Links: Eric Barnes – Laracon 2013 talk Laravel – The awesome PHP framework CodeIgniter BackBone – JS front end framework Coffeescript – A little language that compiles to JavaScript LESS – The only way to write CSS EngineHosting – Sweet VPS based hosting solution Linode – Linux VPS provider Hard drive station – Find a use for those old hard drives Are You Serious About Starting a Business – Ian’s blog post on selling his car to fund UserScape Creating a Business Logo – Ian’s blog post on creating the UserScape and HelpSpot logo’s Impostor Syndrome – A psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments Antair Spam Filter – Andrey’s spam filter product Interv

Two software companies, Userscape, founded in 2004, and Antair, founded in 2005. Both companies, bootstrapped and profitable. Join Ian and Andrey, the founders, as they share their experiences in running their companies. Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about running a web-app company vs. running a mobile-app company, having one large product vs. many smaller products, starting out by making products ‘because you can’, instead of products that have a market, SaaS and recurring revenue, Enron email and spam filters, how the iPhone almost brought down Andrey’s company, planning vs. falling into it, being late to the SaaS party, installable software and support, B2B vs. B2C, and things that seemed exciting in the first year of running a software company, but are a chore to do 9 years later.