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
Learn from ProfitLed founders and strategists
S2E27: The 12 Most Shocking Surprises on Our Way to $1M ARR
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E26: 9 Most Important PLG Lessons Learned
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E25: What Lifestyle Business Means
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E24: 5 Pricing Decisions that Turned Out to be Costly Mistakes
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E23: Why We Stayed Away from Enterprise
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E22: 5 Wrong Hires that Ended Up Costing $450k
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E21: When Our Startup Became a Real Business
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E20: Social Selling and Personal Branding
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E19: 12 $0 Marketing Strategies
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E18: The Customer is NOT Always Right
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E17: You Pay Peanuts, You Get Monkeys
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E16: Our $130k Mistake in Affiliate Marketing
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E15: How We Decided on Our Roadmap
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E14: 10 Go-to-Market Strategies that Didn't Work
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E13: Owning SEO When Marketing Agencies Suck
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E12: Staying Super Duper Lean
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E11: Leveraging Customers to Sell Our Product
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E10: Importance of Founder-Led Sales
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E9: Product Launched, Now What?
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E8: Launching Our MVP and Converting 85% of Trials
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E7: Coming Up With Our Business Model and Price Point
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E6: Going from Idea to Product Launch in 16 Months
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E5: Recruiting a Top 1% Cofounder and CTO
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E4: Building a Founding Team with Limited Resources
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E3: Why Bootstrapping Over Venture Capital Funding
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E2: Picking 1 Idea Out of 1000
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E1: Welcome to Season Two - Our Journey to $1M
Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S1E15: The Route to Wealth and Freedom Nobody Talks About
Lloyed Lobo
Cofounder
S1E14: How Hiring Through Dev Shops Work
Thomas Vervik
Partner
S1E13: How to Write Blogs that Actually Convert
Devesh Khanal
Cofounder
S1E12: What They Don't Tell You About Raising Venture Capital
Greg Head
Founder
S1E11: Bootstrapping as a Non-Technical Solo Founder After a Failed VC Funded Startup
Amman Ahmed
Founder
Office Hours 2: Troy Munson | 2x Bootstrapped Founder
Troy Munson
Founder
S1E10: Post Acquisition Learnings After 12 Years Bootstrapping
Gavin Hammar
Founder
S1E9: Achieving Life/Work Balance Through Intentional Life Design
Justin Welsh
Founder
S1E8: Crafting Your Product Messaging with Your Best Customers
Aaron Krall
Founder
S1E7: What are Software Patents and Do I Need Them
Alan Macek & Geoff Mowatt
Partners
S1E6: What's Non-Dilutive Capital and How to Qualify
Miguel Fernandez
Co-Founder & CEO
Office Hours 1: Meaghan Burns | Dunyasi Ventures
Meaghan Burns
Cofounder
S1E5: How to Successfully Transition from Agency to Product Company
Tehsin Bhayani
Founder and CEO
S1E4: What It's Really Like Building a Venture-Backed Startup
Zvi Band
Founder
S1E3: Why a Buyer-Centric Sales Process is Your Competitive Advantage
Trevor Larson
Cofounder and CEO
S1E2: How to Consistently Earn Backlinks and Boost SEO Rankings
Farzad Rashidi
Lead Innovator
S1E1: Bootstrapping vs Venture Capital - Why Bootstrapping is Better
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
