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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
This week I am very happy to welcome Bryan Harris on to the Rogue Startups Podcast. Dave is out this week, but Bryan and I had a really great conversation on the power of email marketing, list building, and how to effectively sell. Bryan has written extensively on how to get started with a service … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
This week Dave and I sit down for a chat about building the Assets and minimizing the Liabilities in your business. As with regular business, in the bootstrapped entrepreneurial space Assets are things that give you either more time or more money. Conversely, Liabilities are things that consume unproductive time in your day or cost … Read more
Welcome to Episode of the Rogue Startups Podcast. This week Dave discusses his top take-aways from Microconf, a popular “self funded” conference held every April to connect founders who are creating online businesses and doing it with non-typical startup funding methods. Dave’s top topics include a talk from Steli from Close.io on pursuing the deal … Read more