The Bootstrap - Building Startups from Scratch

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From Swivol Media and The Product Bus comes The Bootstrap: Building Startups from Scratch - your weekly source of news and practical support for bootstrapping founders - or founders building their business with their own effort and funds and no external investors.
The Bootstrap unpacks strategies that any founder can apply to make smart, data-informed decisions as they navigate the early stages of building a startup. We focus on helping founders avoid the common pitfalls that stop many great ideas from becoming a reality.
Each episode, we start with one or two news items that bootstrapping founders need to know, and then host Scotty Allen (Founder of The Product Bus) is joined by a guest who brings their experience and subject matter to a specific topic with practical, actionable strategies that founders can take away and apply immediately to their own business.

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Building a Startup in Today's Landscape with Jo Agresta from Abodey

May 09 2024 39 mins

Bootstrapping a startup is not for the faint of heart. If you really commit to the journey, there are plenty of lows and setbacks to face before you reach a high - if you ever do.We know the success stories, but not always the pivots and failures that came before them. So what is building a startup really like in 2024?Our guest for this episode is right in the thick of it. Jo Agres

Tackling SaaS as a Startup Founder with Kirk Drage of LeapSheep

May 05 2024 44 mins

Software as a service, or SaaS, has been responsible for much of the explosive growth of tech as we know it. What is it like to found and build in the world of SaaS startups? How does your approach as a founder have to change if you know you’re going to be entering the world of Software as a Service?To help us unpack this we're joined by Kirk Drage, tech veteran and founder and C

Impact Startups with Annette Rose of Kids Get Money

Mar 25 2024 52 mins

You may have heard the term "Impact Startup" and wondered what it really means. In broad terms, an impact startup is a business that is designed to solve major societal problems, But what does that look like in reality? What are some examples of impact startups and how do you start? To help us unpack this, we're joined by Annette Rose, founder of the Impact Startup Kids Get Money i

What startups need to know about the law with Talt Anast from Allied Legal

Mar 16 2024 49 mins

Getting a startup up and running seems to come with an endless to do list, and while some things are exciting, others are just plain necessary. Knowing when you need to formalise the legal structure of your business, what to choose and how to do it can be overwhelming, so we’ve invited Talt Anast from Allied Legal to help us work out w2hat is whatAllied Legal is a Melbourne-

Startup Operations with Tiffany Ashdown from The Product Bus

Mar 07 2024 36 mins

There's no end to the list of things a founder needs to think about at the start of the startup journey. Operations might be seen as something that comes later, but laying the groundwork in the early days, without overdoing it, can lead to a much easier path to scale. Tiffany Ashdown, experienced Operations Manager and Co-Founder / COO of The Product Bus, joins us to discuss.

Do Startups Have an Ageism Problem? - with Kirstin Hunter from Techstars

Feb 28 2024 48 mins

Do Startups have an Ageism Problem?We recorded our discussion with Kirstin Hunter prior to the WGEA gender pay gap report release, but the discussion couldn’t be more timely.One element of the WGEA report showed that the pay gap for women increases by age range. While you might look at that stat and say it shows the gap is closing generationally, it’s a stark reminder of the ad

Talent Aquisition for Startups with Steve Grace from The Nudge Group

Feb 21 2024 46 mins

Building the right team is an essential part of early stage startups. Finding a balance of skills, experience, and personalities can truly be a make or break factor.To discuss the best ways to approach talent acquisition when you’re bootstrapping, I’m joined by Steve Grace, founder and CEO of The Nudge Group, a specialist recruitment company focusing on the startup space. The B

What you don't know about being a funded startup with Nick Chang

Feb 14 2024 36 mins

From the outside, achieving investment in your startup feels like a peak achievement, but the reality is its the start of a much steeper climb that has its upsides and its downs. Someone who knows this journey very well is Nick Chang, who has founded and successfully exited more than one company, and this episode he joins us to help shed some light on what you mightn't know about b

Market Positioning with Michelle Picoto from Deepstar Strategic

Feb 07 2024 53 mins

As a product focused startup podcast, it’s impossible to spend too much time talking about market positioning. What is it and what simple and affordable strategies can bootstrapping founders use to find it, reassess it, and find it again? To unpack that I’m joined by Michelle Picoto, Michelle is the Co-Founder of Deepstar Strategic. She's spent the last 17 years driv

Founder Wellbeing and Growth with Kim Kerton from Unemployed and Afraid

Jan 29 2024 59 mins

On this episode, we're joined by Kim Kerton from Good Side of The Bed - and the host, creator, and producer of Unemployed & Afraid - a small business podcast for the brave self-employed with 100 episodes. Kim is also a creative and commercially minded podcast strategist, helping brands and business owners build themselves big podcasts.There’s a lot to learn from Kim’s entre