The Startup Success Podcast is officially off the air! I've migrated the site to a new longterm home where startup founders who may have missed our 140+ interviews the first time around can listen in. Pat has moved on from Microsoft to start consulting for a major non-profit; I'm working on a couple of web […]
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This week, Bob and Pat re-interview Ash Maurya about his new ebook Running Lean (promo code: RL47HATS for 30% off). Running Lean is exactly the book you need to build a startup using the Lean Startup approach. It's a book packed with specifics on what to do, when to do, …
This week Bob and Pat interview Rob Walling, serial startup founder, creator of the Micropreneur Academy and author of Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup. Rob explains how micropreneurs - self-funded software founders - can do and should do market research, concrete things your startup …
This week Bob and Pat talk with Derek Sivers, founder of CDBaby about creating and then selling CDBaby, his extremely successful approach to business, knowing when to sell, knowing what to start and more. This is one interview you don't want to miss! Bob sounds off aboout one useful way …
In show #150 Bob and Pat interview one of the foremost authorities on understanding and shaping user experience, Lou Carbone. Why do people love Apple and hate cable companies, smile and recommend your startup to strangers or not go for your application although everything works? It's all about the way …
Bob and Pat interview David Allen, creator of the Getting Things Done ™ methodology on what GTD can do for you and your startup. If you are feeling overwhelmed by all the projects, tasks, and emails you need to manage to successfully build your product and startup, this show is …
In this show Bob and Pat interview Jerome Breche, cofounder of SnapEngage, an instant IM system for creating conversations between you and visitors presently on your site. Jerome explains the unmet need behind SnapEngage, why SnapEngage is highly integrated with other online services, and more. (Note: The Startup Success Podcast …
This week Bob interviews Victoria Ransom, co-founder of Wildfire Interactive. Wildfire is in the business of designing interactive Facebook promotions and contests for large companies, small firms and startups. Victoria does an excellent job explaining what Facebook can do for your startup, what it's going to take to get sales …
In this show, Bob and Pat interview serial startup founder Jason Cohen. Jason shares with us and you exactly how he did the market research for his latest startup (and our new WordPress awesome hosting service) WPEngine.com, how to price, the challenges of growing a successful startup, the realities of …
Bob and Pat talk again with entrepreneur and Silicon Valley consultant Sramana Mitra, this time about her newest book, Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market. This is the third volume in Sramana's Entrepreneur Journeys series. This was a fascinating interview that sliced through the what …
This week Bob and Pat talk with Sramana Mitra; technology entrepreneur, Silicon Valley strategy consultant, blogger and author of Entrepreneur Journeys, Volume 2 - Weapon of Mass Reconstruction. We talk with Sramana about the startup founders she's interviewed, the right way to raise money, the state of startups today and …
A very special interview with author and marketing authority Seth Godin on how startups can succeed in a world where fitting in doesn’t work anymore. Seth is the author of a dozen bestselling books including Purple Cow, Tribes, Permission Marketing and most recently and perhaps most importantly, Linchpin. (Note: The …
Bob interviews Jason Fried, co-founder and president of 37signals and co-author of Getting Real and now REWORK. Jason is the archetype of a successful web-based software company founder (Basecamp, Highrise, Campfire, Backpack), a strong proponent for a reality-based (versus VC-funded) approach to building a tech company with a point of …
Bob and Pat talk with Marc Nager, CEO of Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend is changing the definition of what it takes to create a startup, one weekend and one city at a time. In 3 short years since Marc became CEO, Startup Weekend has had 587 events in 312 cities …
Bob and Pat talk with Cody Barbierri, the founder of a startup every startup founder should know about: BetaBait. BetaBait is a free discovery platform for early adopters to learn about new startups and new startups to find beta testers, customers and supporters. Drawing on a professional background in PR …
Bob and Pat talk with Edwin Siebesma about his startup, MeetingKing. MeetingKing is a web app for planning, creating and coordinating meetings and the tasks that come out of meetings. Edwin has a unique perspective on building a startup today – having been president of one of the most successful …
Bob and Pat go off script bigtime – Pat talks about MicroConf 2012, we bounce up and down Pat’s new startup Tribbon, Bob does a private demo of prebeta Freelancer Cash Flow, and we talk about our soon-to-be new sponsor and some ideas we’re bouncing around to take this podcast …
Bob and Pat talk with Melanie Plageman about the recently enacted JOBS bill, what will crowdfunding in the U.S. look like soon, and the changes coming to the startup funding landscape. Melanie is a cofounder of Motaavi, a crowdfunding startup, and was deeply involved in the bill that opens the …
Bob and Pat talk with Twylah Cofounder Kelly Kim about Twylah, a web service that turns your tweets into an attractive, SEO-optimized web page. We talk with Kelly about Twylah’s approach and value proposition, living in Twitter’s world, what it’s like to be married to your cofounder and the challenges …
Bob and Pat talk with Zaarly CoFounder Bo Fishback about this buyer-driven hyperlocal online marketplace and how he went from the front row of a Startup Weekend to $15.1 million in startup funding. Zaarly, where you post what you want and the price you pay and what services you or …