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S2E13: Owning SEO When Marketing Agencies Suck
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E12: Staying Super Duper Lean
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E11: Leveraging Customers to Sell Our Product
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E10: Importance of Founder-Led Sales
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E9: Product Launched, Now What?
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E8: Launching Our MVP and Converting 85% of Trials
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E7: Coming Up With Our Business Model and Price Point
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E6: Going from Idea to Product Launch in 16 Months
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E5: Recruiting a Top 1% Cofounder and CTO
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E4: Building a Founding Team with Limited Resources
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E3: Why Bootstrapping Over Venture Capital Funding
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E2: Picking 1 Idea Out of 1000
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
S2E1: Welcome to Season Two - Our Journey to $1M
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
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S1E15: The Route to Wealth and Freedom Nobody Talks About
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Lloyed Lobo
Cofounder
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S1E14: How Hiring Through Dev Shops Work
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Thomas Vervik
Partner
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S1E13: How to Write Blogs that Actually Convert
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Devesh Khanal
Cofounder
S1E12: What They Don't Tell You About Raising Venture Capital
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Greg Head
Founder
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S1E11: Bootstrapping as a Non-Technical Solo Founder After a Failed VC Funded Startup
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Amman Ahmed
Founder
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Office Hours 2: Troy Munson | 2x Bootstrapped Founder
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Troy Munson
Founder
S1E10: Post Acquisition Learnings After 12 Years Bootstrapping
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Gavin Hammar
Founder
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S1E9: Achieving Life/Work Balance Through Intentional Life Design
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Justin Welsh
Founder
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S1E8: Crafting Your Product Messaging with Your Best Customers
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Aaron Krall
Founder
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S1E7: What are Software Patents and Do I Need Them
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Alan Macek & Geoff Mowatt
Partners
S1E6: What's Non-Dilutive Capital and How to Qualify
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Miguel Fernandez
Co-Founder & CEO
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Office Hours 1: Meaghan Burns | Dunyasi Ventures
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Meaghan Burns
Cofounder
S1E5: How to Successfully Transition from Agency to Product Company
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Tehsin Bhayani
Founder and CEO
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S1E4: What It's Really Like Building a Venture-Backed Startup
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Zvi Band
Founder
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S1E3: Why a Buyer-Centric Sales Process is Your Competitive Advantage
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Trevor Larson
Cofounder and CEO
S1E2: How to Consistently Earn Backlinks and Boost SEO Rankings
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Farzad Rashidi
Lead Innovator
S1E1: Bootstrapping vs Venture Capital - Why Bootstrapping is Better
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Melissa Kwan
Cofounder and CEO
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