In-depth conversations with bootstrapped entrepreneurs building profitable internet businesses. Including both members and friends of the Ramen Club community. Ramen Club is building the community, content and tools supporting founders to ramen profitable, and beyond.
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Bootstrapper Podcasts
We help entrepreneurs scale their business with remote teams. In every episode we deliver effective solutions for the challenges business owners and executives face, with experienced guests and practical answers to solve real issues. Hosts Gwenn and Jeremy Aspen have helped hundreds of businesses scale their growth, as the modern workplace isn't constrained by walls of a building and remote teams work to scale your business fast. https://anequim.net/property-management-bootstrappers/
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There’s no doubt that Silicon Valley is THE place for entrepreneurs. Some people choose to grow with external funding, and some choose to self-fund, and they are often called bootstrapper. According to statistics, only 0.4% of all U.S. companies grow past $10 Million in revenue. In this series of interviews, I’m talking to local bootstrappers who have pushed their businesses into that top 0.4%. My hope is that their experiences can inspire others to make a difference in this valley. To read ...
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With 10M+ downloads and thousands of listener meetups worldwide, the TMBA Podcast is the hub for 7 & 8-figure founders who’ve built life-changing businesses while attaining personal freedom. New episodes every Thursday morning.
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A show about life-changing business acquisitions and founders who don't follow the Silicon Valley narrative. These stories will inspire you to think differently about how you build your business. And if an exit is in your future, you'll learn practical tips about how to get there. Hosted by Alexis Grant, founder & CEO of They Got Acquired, and produced by Laura Boach.
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Tune into the Practical Founders Podcast with host Greg Head for weekly in-depth interviews with founders who have built valuable software companies--without big funding.
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Courtland and Channing Allen interview the ambitious indie hackers who are turning their ideas and side projects into profitable online businesses. Explore the latest strategies and tools founders are using to capitalize on new opportunities, escape the 9-to-5 grind, and create their own personal revenue-generating machines. The future is indie!
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The Bootcast is all about adventure, purpose & mental health. Travel Tales, Adventure Antics and Personal Stories of triumph from guests all around the world. Eugene Devereux, founder of the Irish Bootstrapper brand interviews people on this podcast & video series, with core themes of #MentalHealth, #Adventure and #FindingPurpose. Hopefully you can gain some value from these insights to help you in your own life or at least be entertained. Please leave a review or rating wherever you listen ...
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Starting a business can be challenging and if you build it, the customers won’t necessarily come. Conor McCarthy, entrepreneur and coach, interviews business builders on their First 10 Customers to find out who they were, how they found them, how they talked to them, and what effect they had on their business. From idea validation to market traction, The First 10 Podcast describes what the path of selling to the First 10 Customers (and beyond) looks like.
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Why is it that often the things you want to do the most in life come with the most fear attached? We unpack this question, while having conversations with people from all walks of life, about the scary things that they’re pursuing in their own lives. We work from an inclusive belief that everyone is creative and share our own scary things, because we realize that is the first step in encouraging people to do things that are scary for them. We want to build a community of people encouraging o ...
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Welcome to the "Underdogs Bootstrappers Gamechangers" podcast, where we celebrate the relentless spirit of those who defy the odds, challenge the status quo, and make a lasting impact in their fields. Join us as we dive into the inspiring stories and strategies of bootstrappers, underdogs, and gamechangers from various industries. In each episode, we'll explore the remarkable journeys of individuals who have built their success from the ground up. From starting with limited resources to over ...
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Insanely innovative ideas for school leadership and principals focused on people, culture, and impact. Lead Learning. Improve Schools. Check out the 3x's per week blog at https://mafost.com
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Join us for dinner & a show as we chat up nostalgic movies & cooking! Each episode includes our prestigious spatula rating & cinema inspired recipe! 📽 Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reelcookingexperience/support
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Andy Arter presents a brand new series for people interested in improving their wealth, health, fitness and overall well being. With stories from entrepreneurs, fitness and health experts with tips, tricks and advice from guests who are specialist within their area of expertise. To help people become more educated and inspired on their journey to success. Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TransformYourWealthAndHealth Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/612174222505842/
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#822 5 Bootstrapper Takeaways from Hormozi’s $100M Launch
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28:38If you’ve been living under a rock, you might have missed Alex Hormozi’s record-breaking launch of his latest book $100M Money Models (yep, reps from Guinness World Records were there to verify.) One of the most prominent internet business gurus of our time, Alex’s marketing and launch strategies paint a vivid picture of the power of “the influence…
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#825 How to Instantly Improve Your Lead Pipeline by 20-50%.mp3
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29:02Most founders are leaving money on the table without realizing it. Are you one of them? This week, Dan and Ian break down how a tiny shift in how you handle leads can completely change your pipeline. Plus, a counterintuitive approach to networking and why big brands are paying founders to create content. LINKS Hang out with us at DCBKK this October…
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#161: When Co-Founders Need Relationship Therapy - Dr. Matthew Jones
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53:41Dr. Matthew Jones is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with co-founders to help manage critical conflicts that threaten their success. He is the author of the book, "The Cofounder Effect: How to Diagnose, Fix, and Scale Healthy Communication for Startup Success." Matt has worked with hundreds of bootstrapped and VC-funded …
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#824 The Outsourcing Shake-Up: LATAM vs. Philippines
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36:52It’s another mixed bag of business topics on this week’s episode of the pod: X’s Head of Product shares the suspiciously simple playbook to getting rich on the platform, Google’s “Photoshop Killer” is officially on the loose, emerging thoughts on pivoting away from the Philippines for outsourcing remote talent, luxury lifestyle for a fraction of th…
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#160: CPG Founder Turned Failure Into a Profitable SaaS Business - Yuval Selik
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1:08:27Yuval Selik is co-founder and CEO of Promomash, a software platform and managed service for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands to manage their trade promotions and field marketing activities. Yuval is a former CPG founder who encountered the expensive, complex, and crucial process of managing trade promotions with stores and distributors. Promoma…
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#823 Why $120K From Your Biz Beats $150K at a Job
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30:31Why are so many chasing $10M exits when $3-4M plus a paid-off house might be the real freedom number? Should you be betting big on Bitcoin in 2025, and did we miss out on a massive opportunity 9 years ago? And if you’re “unemployable,” is that a badge of honor... or a red flag? This week, Dan and Ian crack open the reality behind location-independe…
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#159: Co-Parenting App Reaches $10M ARR Through Pure Bootstrap Growth - Vince Mayfield
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1:04:25Vince Mayfield is cofounder and CEO of TalkingParents, a co-parenting app for communication and coordination used by divorced parents raising children. Cofounder Stephen Nixon was a lawyer with family cases who recognized the need for a secure, unalterable communication record to improve co-parenting and family harmony. He pitched a development com…
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#158: $33M Growth Equity After Friends/Family Funding to $10M ARR - Alan Miegel
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1:11:51Alan Miegel is co-founder and CEO of BetterComp, a modern compensation management platform for larger companies to manage compensation datasets to set market-priced salary benchmarks. Alan and his cofounders started the company in 2019 with founder funding, then raised angel funding as convertible debt from his friends in the tech industry. They sh…
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#821 $400K in Points & 100% Vibe Coded Shopify Forecasting App with “SpyGuy” Allen Walton
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45:52In this week’s episode, Allen Walton (SpyGuy) shares how he’s using AI to build custom tools with almost zero coding experience, and how founders can turn everyday business spending into first-class flights. From AI-powered inventory forecasting to unlocking elite travel perks, this episode is packed with practical tips for bootstrapped entrepreneu…
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Building a $720k/yr GMV CGI Marketplace: Henning Sanden (Flipped Normals)
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51:03Welcome back to The Ramen Club Podcast, where we talk to our community members about building startups without funding. 🍜 For episode 11, I spoke to my friend and long-time Ramen Club member, Henning Sanden (founder of Flipped Normals). Henning is a Norwegian 3D artist who's worked on major movies like Pacific Rim, Venom, Alien: Covenant, Ghostbust…
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#157: Seven Years In Survival Mode: A VC-funded Founder's Warning - Zvi Band
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1:07:12Zvi Band is co-founder and former CEO of Contactually, which was CRM software for real estate and other relationship-oriented professionals. Contactually was founded in 2011 with initial funding and support from 500 Startups in Silicon Valley. In the next five years, they raised a total of $15.5 million from institutional VC investors. Contactually…
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#820 Top 5 SEO Tactics That Still Work in 2025 with Sean Markey
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36:09Organic traffic is getting weird… and kinda looks like an alligator’s mouth (you’ll have to listen to the episode to see what we mean). SEO expert Sean Markey joins Dan to break down 5 strategies still working in 2025: from parasite SEO to aged domains and Reddit "hacks." If you’re trying to cut through the LLM noise, this episode is the ultimate S…
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#156: Bootstrapper Built Vertical CRM to $10M ARR with Co-founder Dad - Shoanak (Sean) Mallapurkar
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1:11:26Shoanak (Sean) Mallapurkar is the founder and CEO of Recruit CRM, a complete CRM and business management system for global staffing companies and recruiting agencies. He started the company in 2017 with his father, a technical expert who had experience as a senior executive in large staffing companies. Sean handled customer-facing jobs in sales, su…
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#819 Why Founders Shouldn’t Delegate AI (Barcelona Recap)
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23:49How are legit 7- and 8-figure founders leveraging AI in their businesses? Spoiler alert: they’re not just handing it off to their teams. From cutting high level consultants to redefining metrics and leadership, Dan shares 7 takeaways from our recent DC BLACK event in Barcelona for million-dollar founders. LINKS: The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss …
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#155: SaaS Founder's Crazy Ride: Boom, Bust, Strategic Sale - Jesse Burrell
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1:08:33Jesse Burrell is the CEO and co-founder of BatchService, now known as BatchData, a real-time data and API platform designed for prop-tech startups and enterprises requiring massive and current housing data. Jesse was a real estate investor who needed better data to target his marketing efforts. BatchService was launched in 2018 with data brokering …
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#818 The Content Flywheel Behind a 7-Figure Education Business ft. Timothy Moser
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40:48Timothy Moser, founder of LearnCraft Spanish, shares how he scaled a 7-figure education business in today’s fast-changing online landscape. From why SEO is collapsing to the surprising rise of YouTube as a high-converting channel, Timothy breaks down the strategies behind his content flywheel, email list growth, and powerful giveaway launches that …
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#154: 2nd-Generation CEO Modernizes Mom's Legacy Software Business - Brian Forbis
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1:00:48Brian Forbis is the CEO and president of Blood Bank Computer Systems, Inc. (BBCS), a business his mother created in the 1980s to serve the non-profit blood bank industry in the US. Brian started in sales, then transitioned to run development, and assumed the role of CEO in 2019 when he bought the company. BBCS rebuilt its entire mission-critical ER…
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#817 Health Advice That Goes Against Everything You Know ft. Jay Feldman
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45:14When Dan started training for an intense cycling season, he needed more energy... without wrecking his health. That led him to Jay Feldman, a health researcher who believes most mainstream advice is dead wrong. In this episode, Jay explains why “eat less, exercise more” backfires, and what to do instead. You’ll learn how metabolism really works, wh…
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