#25: Devil’s Advocate

from Bootstrapped · host Ian Landsman and Andrey Butov

We talk about dollar stores, dogs and babies, the new Helpspot release, support contracts, requiring a credit card at signup, pricing and recurring billing, info-products, SaaS being unsatisfying, digging new holes, the point of growing, all software going to zero.Helpspot – Ian’s helpdesk product.Snappy – Ian’s newest product.Uberdeck – Andrey’s mobile-app marketing product.Stripe – payment processing service.Star Trek GenerationsIan’s “all software is going to $0.00” theoryEdge of My Seat – Perch, Rachel Andrew, Drew McLellanRachel Andrew on Bootstrapped.fmSupportOps.co – Chase ClemonsChase Clemons on Bootstrapped.fmSo You Want To Be A Wall Street Programmer? – Andrey’s BookIan’s newsletterSuccessfulSoftware.net – Andy BriceAndy Brice on Bootstrapped.fmDiscuss this episode with other bootstrappers in the forums.

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