Craig

In this episode Craig is joined by Ward Sandler, cofounder of MemberSpace. Here Craig and Ward talk through how the Memberspace team is organized, how the run the business, and what successes they've seen in growth in the past few years, especially during the Covid crisis. Ward is a firm believer that EVERY business should have some kind of online, virtual environment and Memberspace has … [Read more...] about RS221: Optimizing the Customer Feedback Loop with Ward Sandler from Memberspace

After a few weeks away to process what is going on in our lives between the Covid-19 pandemic, a crumbling economy, and police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement we're back to talk through how all of this has affected us. Also in the startup news cycle this week was Basecamp's "Hey" email client, and the upheaval that its initial approval and then rejection from the iOS app store … [Read more...] about RS220: A few rants, and some business

The term Product Led Growth is quickly becoming commonplace in the SaaS marketing and product world, but what does it mean when it comes to implementing this into your business practice? In this episode I sit down with Moritz Dausinger, founder of Refiner.io, to talk through how he is building a suite of tools to help founders and product marketers get better and more actionable feedback from … [Read more...] about RS219: Product Led Growth with Moritz Dausinger

In this episode, Craig chats with Geordie Wardman about his experience working with both SaaS and agency models. They go over the pros and cons of an agency model, Geordie’s tips on how to build a great offshore team, the art of dabbling, and what he looks for when he buys businesses. He also covers how he found his mentor and the unintended advantage of having a podcast. Resources … [Read more...] about RS218: Running a Hybrid SaaS and Agency Model with Geordie Wardman

In this episode Craig and Dave talk through a few updates from our businesses. With the Covid-19 crisis beginning to settle down in some areas we're all experiencing more freedoms and becoming better adjusted to the proverbial "new norm". Resources Mentioned Twitter thread from David Perrell … [Read more...] about RS217: How World Views Are Shaped

In this episode Dave and Craig catch up on what's been going on in their businesses in the past few weeks. We feature the first of our companies from the Help Founders program, Nodewood. Nodewood is a "SaaS application in a box" for developers who want a head start on their next Node.js project. … [Read more...] about RS216: Channeling Uncertainty

In this episode Craig sits down with Robin Warren of Corrello. They talk through managing the risk of building an extension to an existing platform, doing user testing to release better products the first time, and how Covid-19 is affecting our businesses (and personal lives). Robin's team has just finished a long (multi-year) development project called BlueCat Reports, and we talk about having … [Read more...] about RS215: Managing Platform Risk with Robin Warren

The Covid-19 crisis may just be getting started. And with it the impact that the economic slowdown, changes in customers' buying patterns, and our own general social activities are all changing. So how can we adjust or position our business to survive (and maybe even thrive) in these times? In this episode Dave and Craig talk through things we can do in our own businesses to be successful … [Read more...] about RS213: Positioning Your Business For Survival

Welcome back to Rogue Startups. On today’s episode, I sat down with one of my oldest bootstrap web-world friends, Dave Schneider (formerly the co-founder of NinjaOutreach) to talk about SaaS, how our companies are doing, the current trends in the SaaS market, and Dave’s newest business (a digital marketing agency, Shortlist.io). We also cover the tools we use to run our businesses, how … [Read more...] about RS212: Reflecting On A Life Changing Exit

On today’s episode of Rogue Startups, we talk about how weird it has been lately because of the uncertainty of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). There is uncertainty when it comes to the state of the world and our health, as well as the economy and the future of our businesses. We are both anxious and calm, filled with goals and filled with guilt. We would love to hear from all of the listeners. … [Read more...] about RS211: Coping Best We Can