#28: Special Guest Ruben Gamez - Bootstrapped

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This is one of our best episodes yet. If you’re interested in content marketing be prepared to take notes. We also discuss the SaaS release cycle and lifestyle, working hours, business coaching and Andrey abducting Ruben.Ruben’s client proposal software BidsketchRuben’s personal blogSeth MacFarlane’s tweet on the Family Guy Brian stuffRuben’s post on getting to his first 1K a month regarding Andrey’s previous question on Bootstrapped 15Keyword Funnel – Adwords keyword finder/organizerOld Bidsketch video demoEric Sink’s on the Business of SoftwareDiscuss this episode on our Bootstrapper forums.

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This episode was published on December 19, 2013.

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This is one of our best episodes yet. If you’re interested in content marketing be prepared to take notes. We also discuss the SaaS release cycle and lifestyle, working hours, business coaching and Andrey abducting Ruben.Ruben’s client proposal...

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