#236: Ian Landsman (part 1)

Today we’re joined by Ian Landsman, creator of HelpSpot and co-host of the Bootstrapped podcast. Ian has been building and running his self-funded helpdesk product HelpSpot for 13 years, and along the way he’s learned a lot of lessons about running a successful business online. Today we talk to Ian about how he got his start in entrepreneurship, how the business landscape has changed over his 13 years at HelpSpot, and how he manages to compete (and succeed!) in a market segment dominated by much larger, VC funded competitors. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content about the business of Mac and iOS development than we have time to discuss on the show. If you’d like to receive our monthly newsletter with the best of these links, be sure to sign up for our mailing list at http://releasenotes.tv/mailinglist. Show Notes and Links @ianlandsman – Ian Landsman on Twitter UserScape – Ian’s company that holds all his products HelpSpot Thermostat.io Bootstrapped – Ian’s podcast that he co-hosts with Andrey Butov Sponsor RayWenderlich.com is the name you know and trust for iOS development training, and now from November 24-27 you can take advantage of their Black Friday sale and take 50% off of any of their books. Or, you can grab their entire collection of twelve best-selling books for just $199. Head over to store.raywenderlich.com to take advantage of their Black Friday sale, and level up your iOS development career.