RogueStartups

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Rogue Startups Podcast.  This week Dave and Craig are catching up on new developments in SupportVine and PodcastMotor.  Both businesses are developing rapidly and gaining steam as they go.  The next few weeks will prove interesting for both businesses. Dave is working on doing a mock launch on Product Hunt with a shell company in order to get some early feedback in … [Read more...] about RS021: Managing Stress when Starting Up

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Rogue Startups Podcast.  This is a hallmark episode as the vast majority of podcasts don't ever make it to 20 episodes.  And we're still going strong! This week Dave and I sit down to talk about a topic that will probably hit home with every entrepreneur and founder out there:  Paralyzing Fear and your Inner Chimp.  This is no joke.  The fear of failure, fear of … [Read more...] about RS020: Paralyzing Fear and Your Inner Chimp

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Rogue Startups Podcast.  This week I'm flying solo as Dave is out, but I'm excited to bring onto the show my friend Sean Marshall.  In a lot of ways Sean epitomizes what it means to Go Rogue and really take life by the proverbial horns. For the past 5 years Sean, his wife, and their 3 young children have been traveling the world, all while growing a successful … [Read more...] about RS019: Sean Marshall on Long Term Travel, with Family

On this week’s episode, Dave makes a comeback and joins me on the show after recovering from what he calls an “H1N1-Ebola-Dengue Fever crossbreed”. We catch up on the latest with SupportVine and PodcastMotor, chat about some growing pains we’ve experienced recently in our bootstrapped startup companies, and talk about the value of one’s time. For an entrepreneur, time means money. How much is … [Read more...] about RS018: How to Know When It’s Time To Grow Your Team

This Week Craig and Dave sit down with Derrick Reimer, Co-Founder of Drip. Drip is a lightweight email marketing automation tool, custom built for small businesses and entrepreneurs. We talk with Derrick about his journey as a developer and entrepreneur, and what he's learned from building Drip into the large scale SAAS app it is today. You can find out more about Drip at getDrip.com and you … [Read more...] about RS016: Derrick Reimer of Drip

This week Dave and I get a chance to catch up on the latest with SupportVine and PodcastMotor.  Both of us have been busy doing email outreach and getting some really fantastic results using it to get in touch with potential customers.  Dave has been using it to get feedback on positioning SupportVine within the app support space, and Craig has been using it to reach out to new PodcastMotor … [Read more...] about RS015: Ice Cold Email Marketing

Today Dave and I sit down with John Turner of SeedProd to talk about the series of WordPress plugins that he's created over the last few years, and some of his plans for the future. John has a few plugins that are already at the top of their niches:  Ultimate Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress.  John is planning to bring another plugin 404-Pro and has a Landing Page plugin in … [Read more...] about RS014: The Future of WordPress Business with John Turner

This week we are pleased to have Jordan Gal of Carthook on the show.  Jordan sits down with Dave and I to talk about a touchy subject:  Leaving a high income day job.  Or as Dave puts it:  Jumping off the deep end without a life jacket. This is probably the biggest fear new entrepreneurs have, and a decision that no one takes lightly, regardless of your situation. We talk about all of the … [Read more...] about RS013: Jordan Gal – Jumping Off The Deep End