RogueStartups

In this episode of Rogue Startups, Dave and Craig chat about recent updates with their businesses. After a busy summer, Craig catches everyone up with how Castos is doing. He also talks about the pros and cons of credit card trial processes, micromanaging, and references David Hensel’s great management techniques.  Dave talks about the growth of Recapture, scaling problems, and the … [Read more...] about RS188: Recapture Growth and Changing the Trial Flow

This episode of Rogue Startups, Craig chats with fellow entrepreneur Jordan Gal.  Jordan is the founder and CEO of CartHook, which is a software company that provides an e-commerce platform for online businesses and the Bootstrapped Web podcast. Craig and Jordan talk about product development and process; the difference between “hovering” and managing; the role of empathy in managing … [Read more...] about RS187: The Evolving Product Process with Jordan Gal of CartHook

This week Craig catches up with fellow TinySeed founder Bryan Marble from ClientRock. Bryan is a multi time SaaS founder in the legal tech space and is growing out his second app as part of the innagural TinySeed cohort. Craig and Bryan talk through the ups and downs of being part of a remote accelerator, managing stress, and how they think about growth planning differently. Resources … [Read more...] about RS186: Inside TinySeed with Bryan Marble from ClientRock

This week Dave and Craig are catching up on a few developments in their businesses. Craig has been busy with onboarding and getting a few new team members started. Both in PodcastMotor and in Castos he's hired some senior level folks in Sales and Marketing roles, respectively. Turns out that hiring senior level talent into the team is a real force multiplier. They're just so much more … [Read more...] about RS185: Hiring Senior Level Team Members

This week Dave and Craig talk about something that none of us really love chatting about, but it absolutely needs to be addressed. How this path we've chosen is tough, full of uncertainty, and can definitely lead to burnout. Dave has been feeling some frustration with consulting clients, and the cumulative weight of it is getting a bit much. A change might be on the horizon there for … [Read more...] about RS184: Founder Mental Health

In this episode Dave and Craig talk through a few updates and the very compelling article from Alex Turnbull, the founder of Groove on what it's like to grow a company to $500k/mo MRR and then realize that the house is crumbling down all around you. Resources Mentioned Original Groove article Groove article (part 2) … [Read more...] about RS183: Almost Quitting a Successful Business

In this episode, we discuss upping Podcast Motor’s marketing game, what’s new at Recapture, and making new hires for the first time ever. Topics:  What we did on our summer vacation.The current state of Podcast Motor.Hiring a full-time marketer or sales team.Updates on Recapture.Using Google Analytics to help customers track their success.Attending the Tiny Seed … [Read more...] about RS182: Marketing Attribution, and a Few New Hires

Today, on Rogue Startups, Craig has a conversation with Shai Schechter from RightMessage. Together, they discuss how Shai and his team got started, acquired funding, and then later pivoted their business. Tune in to hear about all of this and more! Topics: How Shai’s team got started with RightMessageRaising capital for RightMessageWhen and why RightMessage pivoted their businessNot … [Read more...] about RS181: Better Website Personalization with Shai Schechter of RightMessage

In honor of Craig’s absence, I am going to rant about Wordpress with special guest, Matt. Matt and I go on an extended rant, where we break down all our issues with Wordpress, past and present. Topics: The new Guttenberg formatThe installs required for the new format vs. the classic editorThe Pearl communityMonetizing through JetpackHow Wordpress became a business-oriented platformBenevolent … [Read more...] about RS179: The Future of WordPress Rant