Brecht and Scott are back and slipping into your earbuds, at least for today.After almost a year and a half after much prodding and some haranguing we published another show. This one's a long one we had a lot to catch up on so if you don't l

Episode 118: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Jan 15th, 2016 43m 28s

Brecht left off last episode talking about hiring copywriters. How did they do? What challenges were faced with this hire? And most importantly, what was the outcome?Scott is looking to get a VA. It'll open up time for him to focus on more im

Episode 117: Why Are You Setting Goals

Dec 18th, 2015 57m 6s

Brecht and Scott talk about things helping and hurting their business. What goals need to be met for 2016, and what they would like to meet for 2016.Scott is actually thinking about decreasing revenue by 10%, what crazy reason could he have f

Buying and Selling a SaaS Business - Rob Walling’s Hittail Story

Dec 16th, 2015 54m 32s

Brecht sits down with Rob Walling, an online entrepreneur who you may have heard of. He's a co-host of the podcast Startups For the Rest of Us, former owner of HitTail, organizer of MicroConf, and creator of Drip (email marketing software), amo

Episode 116: 'Tis the Season - To Dump Clients & Remove You From My List

Dec 11th, 2015 50m 8s

Scott would rather not deal with the corporate bureaucracy from one of his clients, which pays nice - so he's getting rid of them. Sometimes the money just isn't worth the headache.He's coming along with Sysdoc, but are some of the deadlines

Episode 115: Personality & Morale

Dec 4th, 2015 30m 26s

Scott has trouble getting an EIN for BWK. It's a complicated process that used to be pretty straight forward. But, there are some good things. He is still getting good response from his LinkedIn outreach and it's also helping him perfect his sa

Episode 114: Blind Launch & Timing

Nov 30th, 2015 33m 22s

Help support the show on Patreon!Scott is running Purpose Built Software (Blackfin), working on SysDoc, and has always been looking for that "other" product to create.He's got some shiny object syndrome going on, but these objects are reall

Episode 113: $180k in Leads, EOY Planning, and Automating Your Client Updates

Nov 20th, 2015 53m 59s

Support the show on Patreon if you've gotten value from our episodes!Scott has been at it for 6 weeks now with the LinkedIn Outreach. If you saw the title to this week's episode, I'd say it's been good time invested.Not only has it been abl

Episode 112: Small Things Can Be Big

Nov 13th, 2015 49m 17s

Help support the show on Patreon, we're halfway to our first goal!Scott has jury duty (ugh) and misses a full day of work. Earlier in the week he found out 1/4 of his dev team would be out a full week! What gives?Brecht upgrades to a solo o

Business Time with Keith Perhac on Marketing Automation

Nov 11th, 2015 51m 51s

Help support the show so we're able to keep delivering content!Join Brecht as he chats with Keith Perhac, an entrepreneur who has focused on marketing automation to generate sales and keep customer lifetime values up.Listen as Keith explain

Episode 111: The Truth? You Kanban Handle The Truth!

Nov 6th, 2015 39m 37s

If you've gotten value from our show over the last 100+ episodes, we'd love for you to help support the show on Patreon!Brecht gets a message from a long time pal about liquidating some properties. Is Brecht getting back into real estate? May

Episode 110: Broadcasting Live From Pre...

Oct 30th, 2015 40m 58s

Support the show on Patreon! Get early access to shows and content before anyone else!Brecht goes through the webinar sales numbers after a slow start. Let's just say he's adjusted his funnel because of webinars for now.Numbers don't lie -

Episode 109: Deliver Your Message

Oct 23rd, 2015 42m 40s

Like this show? Help keep it going. Go to bootstrappedwithkids.com and click on Support the Show. It's like NPR except you like us more.As product and service companies, we've got to communicate - and get the right message delivered to the co

Episode 108: The Price Is Right

Oct 16th, 2015 42m 9s

Scott gets the rebuild of Sysdoc underway. He's shooting for a 3-4 week finish date, that's including adding the new features. Brecht is back into the webinar game. He's got one coming up next week and we hear what his plans are in order to be

Episode 107: You Got A Pickle, I Got A Dollar

Oct 9th, 2015 1h 3m

Brecht & Scott are on the horn streamlining their creative processes, optimizing their marketing procedures, and kicking their content into gear all to reflect on the bottom line.Scott has to turn down a 100k+ client, not because the money is

Episode 106: Kinks In The Armor?

Sep 25th, 2015 37m 36s

Last week Scott mentioned his new project. He's really committed to making this one of his at bats. Brecht plays devil's advocate asking every question he can to make sure Scott really is committed to this at bat.Scott talks about his experie

Episode 105: New Frontiers

Sep 18th, 2015 1h 6m

Brecht has landed! He's in Bend, OR for the foreseeable future.Scott took on a new opportunity that already has a customer base. It's time to ramp up and improve it!This week they talk about systemizing and keeping your operating doc fresh,

Episode 104: Wine & Dine

Aug 28th, 2015 39m 9s

Scott is finishing a 7 month long project. There have been ups, downs, and lots of lessons learned. They are also jumping on a quick sprint 3 weeks project to finish a product. Hear how Scott details the contrast in the two projects and what he

Episode 103: Hold The Reins

Aug 7th, 2015 52m 41s

Break out the candles! Hope you brought extra change, we'll need more than one box.Scott is turning 39! More years means more wisdom and it's definitely helped Scott in sales, especially managing conversations with potential clients.Hear ho

Episode 102: Fear Not. Forge ahead.

Jul 31st, 2015 33m 48s

Brecht and Scott grabbed buck a shuck oysters for his final farewell - to the Northeast! He's hitting the road back west, find out where he'll be settling for the near future in this week's episode.Everyone knows somebody in their lives who i

Episode 101: Leap Of Faith

Jul 24th, 2015 32m 31s

Brecht and Scott talk about feedback from the email that was sent out.They dig into what you may call a leap of faith:Can't work the current job - it's nice, has benefits, cushy work and/or schedule but is meaningless.There's no benefit, yo

Episode 100: Thanks

Jul 17th, 2015 1h 7m

We made it to 100! Thanks for tuning in, sending emails, helping us, and building relationships. We do this because not only do we hope to give you the listener value, but you guys (and gals) help us when we need it too!Technology and the peo

Episode 99: I Got Flow

Jul 10th, 2015 38m 59s

Scott and Brecht get together to speak about hiring, retaining, and keeping solid workers doing good work.It's not easy hiring remotely, especially for a startup on tight resources. You probably do it to help the bottom line, but when work dr

Episode 98: Shut The Front Door!

Jul 8th, 2015 26m 8s

Brecht isn't here or Scott isn't here, tune in and find out who wasn't able to make it.We did manage to contact someone for guest hosting on short notice. Get 7 tips (or guidelines) on how you can keep your spouse happy and in the loop.Avoi

Episode 97: Utopia? I Prefer Reality

Jun 26th, 2015 45m 38s

Brecht is gallivanting across the country with a wife and kids in tow. Scott is a recovering corporate employee. What does this mean?It means you too can make it happen.How does Brecht gallivant around with his family? Hear how to work less