What I learned from 56 $250k+ businesses
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Hi friend! I'm so excited to share what I've been working on for months: The Bootstrapped Report. It's a study of 56 different bootstrapped businesses. You can check out some of my takeaways below and download the full bootstrapped report here. What's one hurdle you're trying to get over with your business? Happy to try to help if I can! Now, here's this week's deep dive: Here's this week's deep dive:For the past 6 months, I've been creating deep dives on how bootstrapped businesses grow from $0 to $250k. While I started noticing patterns, I wanted data to validate these gut feelings. So I spent months digging deeper - analyzing my deep dives, listening to podcasts with bootstrapped founders, and studying "build in public" posts. The result? Research on 64 founders (56 businesses) that reveals who they are, what they built, and exactly how they built it. I've compiled all the findings into the comprehensive download the full bootstrapped report here.
Helpful Content from Others:Sam Parr & his magazine articleSam Parr works out of a library and sometimes goes to the magazines to flip to a page he's on to see if people notice. How funny. Everybody Writes BookIf you're looking to become a better copywriter, check out Everybody Writes by Ann Handley. It's been helpful for me to reference when it comes to crafting LinkedIn posts especially. Another newsletter you should check out:
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Matthew Gira
How bootstrapped businsses go from $0 to $250k in annual revenue.
Hi friend! This week's deep dive is one I'm excited to share since I've known Sam since the beginning of my creator journey. Heck, I didn't even really know what being a creator meant when I met Sam the first time. Sam has built an incredible business and I'm excited to be part of her book launch crew which released today! You can check it out here. Check out Sam's full story below. What hurdle are you trying to overcome with your business? I'm happy to help! Here's this week's deep dive:...
Hi friend! It's been a minute. I went to SXSW a few weeks ago and that took more out of me than I was expecting. A lot of fun and got a lot out of it, but whew, that was overwhelming. Some of the learnings below. Also - what would you name this newsletter? Open to ideas! What would you name this newsletter? Revenue Roadmap Roadmap to Revenue Zero to 250 It's a brand new deep dive in this week's newsletter! Let me know what you think via the poll at the bottom! What hurdle are you trying to...
Hi friend! I published the condensed, narrative version of this deep dive with Allea Grummert (founder of Duett) a few months ago, but here's something different—the full interview. Which format do you prefer: the complete conversation with all its natural flow and additional details, or the more structured version where I highlight key insights and guide you through her story? Which version do you prefer? Condensed, structured version Full interview What hurdle are you trying to overcome...