Growth strategies for bootstrapped startups 

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“There’s so much content out there about VC-backed companies. If only 1% of startups get venture capital, then 99% are ProfitLed. To me, these are the unsung heroes of SaaS.”

Melissa Kwan, eWebinar Cofounder/CEO, ProfitLed Host

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S2E19: 12 $0 Marketing Strategies

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E18: The Customer is NOT Always Right

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E17: You Pay Peanuts, You Get Monkeys

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E16: Our $130k Mistake in Affiliate Marketing

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E15: How We Decided on Our Roadmap

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E14: 10 Go-to-Market Strategies that Didn't Work

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E13: Owning SEO When Marketing Agencies Suck

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E12: Staying Super Duper Lean

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E11: Leveraging Customers to Sell Our Product

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E10: Importance of Founder-Led Sales

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E9: Product Launched, Now What?

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E8: Launching Our MVP and Converting 85% of Trials

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E7: Coming Up With Our Business Model and Price Point

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E6: Going from Idea to Product Launch in 16 Months

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E5: Recruiting a Top 1% Cofounder and CTO

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E4: Building a Founding Team with Limited Resources

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E3: Why Bootstrapping Over Venture Capital Funding

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E2: Picking 1 Idea Out of 1000

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S2E1: Welcome to Season Two - Our Journey to $1M

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

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S1E15: The Route to Wealth and Freedom Nobody Talks About

Lloyed Lobo

Lloyed Lobo

Cofounder

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S1E14: How Hiring Through Dev Shops Work

Thomas Vervik

Thomas Vervik

Partner

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S1E13: How to Write Blogs that Actually Convert

Devesh Khanal

Devesh Khanal

Cofounder

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S1E12: What They Don't Tell You About Raising Venture Capital

Greg Head

Greg Head

Founder

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S1E11: Bootstrapping as a Non-Technical Solo Founder After a Failed VC Funded Startup

Amman Ahmed

Amman Ahmed

Founder

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Office Hours 2: Troy Munson | 2x Bootstrapped Founder

Troy Munson

Troy Munson

Founder

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S1E10: Post Acquisition Learnings After 12 Years Bootstrapping

Gavin Hammar

Gavin Hammar

Founder

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S1E9: Achieving Life/Work Balance Through Intentional Life Design

Justin Welsh

Justin Welsh

Founder

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S1E8: Crafting Your Product Messaging with Your Best Customers

Aaron Krall

Aaron Krall

Founder

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S1E7: What are Software Patents and Do I Need Them

Alan Macek & Geoff Mowatt

Alan Macek & Geoff Mowatt

Partners

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S1E6: What's Non-Dilutive Capital and How to Qualify

Miguel Fernandez

Miguel Fernandez

Co-Founder & CEO

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Office Hours 1: Meaghan Burns | Dunyasi Ventures

Meaghan Burns

Meaghan Burns

Cofounder

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S1E5: How to Successfully Transition from Agency to Product Company

Tehsin Bhayani

Tehsin Bhayani

Founder and CEO

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S1E4: What It's Really Like Building a Venture-Backed Startup

Zvi Band

Zvi Band

Founder

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S1E3: Why a Buyer-Centric Sales Process is Your Competitive Advantage

Trevor Larson

Trevor Larson

Cofounder and CEO

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S1E2: How to Consistently Earn Backlinks and Boost SEO Rankings

Farzad Rashidi

Farzad Rashidi

Lead Innovator

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S1E1: Bootstrapping vs Venture Capital - Why Bootstrapping is Better

Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO

“I listened to the first episode and almost trembled in my seat. Finally, someone was not lying to me. In this world the ratio of lies to truth is 999 to 1. You spoke the truth. Thank you.”

Ajit Ghuman, Monetizely, Founder & CEO

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