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From The Product Bus comes The Bootstrap: Building Startups from Scratch - your source of news and practical support for early stage founders. The Bootstrap unpacks strategies that any founder can apply to make smart, data-informed decisions as they navigate the early stages of building a startup. We focus on helping founders avoid the common pitfalls that stop many great ideas from becoming a reality. Each episode host Scotty Allen (Founder of The Product Bus) is joined by a guest who brings their experience and subject matter to a specific topic with practical, actionable strategies that founders can take away and apply immediately to their own business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 5H AGO

    Founder Friday with Nicole Bouchier of SklChat

    In this Founder Friday episode, we’re talking to Nicole Bouchier, founder of SklChat Founder Friday is about works still in progress. Learning from success stories is important, but learning from founders still in the thick of getting to market is just as useful - and sometimes much more realistic. In this chat, we talk about Nicole’s experience of building and exiting her first company and the steps that led her to jumping back on the startup rollercoaster to develop SklChat. She shares a number of great learnings as a second time founder and the things she’s doing differently this time around thanks to her previous experience.  ----------------- The Bootstrap is a production of Hieland Road for The Product Bus. It was developed by Scotty Allen and Declan Magee. Our producer is Sammy Perryman with assistance from Portia McEwan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min

  2. 4D AGO

    Fractional Growth with Andrew Sharpe

    Fractional leadership roles are becoming more common in startups and scaleups. We’re more familiar with a fractional CFO or CTO - but what about business development? In this discussion with experienced enterprise leader Andrew Sharpe, we look at the ways that larger companies are embracing fractional leadership in the growth arena - be is sales, product, etc, how it applies to the startup world, and what mindset is required both the founder and the fractional leader when approaching this strategy in the startup space. About Andrew Shape: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-sharpe/ Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sharpepts ---------------- The Bootstrap is a production of Hieland Road for The Product Bus. It was developed by Scotty Allen and Declan Magee. Our producer is Sammy Perryman with assistance from Portia McEwan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    49 min

  3. AUG 28

    Founder Friday with Mari Robert from Inflamed

    In this Founder Friday episode, we’re talking to Mari Robert, founder of Inflamed.  Founder Friday is about works still in progress. Learning from success stories is important, but learning from founders still in the thick of getting to market is just as useful - and sometimes much more realistic. In this chat, we talk about the very personal experience that led Mari to the creation of Inflamed, the challenges of generalising a solution to a problem you’ve experienced to make it a commercially viable product, and all of Mari’s learnings from the Inflamed journey to date.  ---------------- The Bootstrap is a production of Hieland Road for The Product Bus. It was developed by Scotty Allen and Declan Magee. Our producer is Sammy Perryman with assistance from Portia McEwan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min

  4. AUG 24

    Common AI Misconceptions with Dr Sam Donegan

    AI is everywhere. Depending on where you are at on the continuum, it's probably the thing that is either exciting you the most, confusing you the most, or scaring you the most at the moment - maybe a combination of all three. The market is struggling with its own confusion, concerns, and fear around AI, and that makes it critical that founders challenge their own biases and misconceptions in order to effectively position products for customers in this current landscape. Our guest for this episode is Dr Sam Donegan. Sam is the co-founder of Support Sorted and the Vice President of MLAI. You can learn more at: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samueldonegan/ MLAI: https://mlai.au/ Support Sorted: https://www.supportsorted.com/ -------- The Bootstrap is a production of Hieland Road for The Product Bus. It was developed by Scotty Allen and Declan Magee. Our producer is Sammy Perryman with assistance from Portia McEwan. Original sound design by Rob Clarke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min

  5. AUG 21

    Founder Friday with Andrew Murphy from Tech Leaders Launchpad

    In our first Founder Friday episode, we’re talking to Andrew Murphy, founder of Tech Leaders Launchpad. Founder Friday is about works still in progress. Learning from success stories is important, but learning from founders still in the thick of getting to market is just as useful - and sometimes much more realistic. In this chat, we talk about what inspired Andrew to create TLL, his learnings along the way, and the advice he’d give brand new founders based on the experience.  -------- The Bootstrap is a production of Hieland Road for The Product Bus. It was developed by Scotty Allen and Declan Magee. Our producer is Sammy Perryman with assistance from Portia McEwan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 2m

  6. AUG 18

    Lovable Shipped Learnings with Brenton Andersen

    The Bootstrap is back for 2025, and we’re kicking off with a great conversation with Brenton Anderson from Lovable about the learnings and success stories from the recent Lovable Shipped program. We also have a wider discussion about the impact of AI tools like Lovable on validation and commercialisation - it’s definitely worth a listen! Also, we now have a website! You can check out thebootstrap.tech for all current and past episodes of the show - watch this space as we take some of our most impactful episodes and turn them in to resources you’ll love. Brenton Andersen looks after Community Engagement for startup rocketship Lovable. He started as a Lovable user and now heads up community outreach, including the recent Loveable Shipped program. -------- The Bootstrap is a production of Hieland Road for The Product Bus. It was developed by Scotty Allen and Declan Magee. Our producer is Sammy Perryman with assistance from Portia McEwan.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min

  7. 09/09/2024

    Keeping up (or not) with AI with Gavin Reddrop

    If you work in tech and or with startups and you haven’t heard a dozen people say a version of “we need to add AI” or “I’m building an AI product”, then we've been in different meetings. It can feel like a mess of talk and buzzwords, and honestly a lot of it is, so how does the average founder navigate all the noise and work out what we really should be focusing on when it comes to AI? Gavin Reddrop is here to help try to answer that question. Gavin is the founder of Tactic AI and the developer of the Airtok AI Token. -------- The Bootstrap is a production of Swivol Media and The Product Bus. It was developed by Scotty Allen, and Declan Magee. This episode was produced and edited by Sammy Perryman. Original sound design by Rob Clarke. Executive Producers are Natalie Ellis and Scotty Allen for Hieland Road. If you’re an early stage founder looking for resources and practical help, check out theproductbus.com and get in touch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min

  8. 08/30/2024

    The HowdyGo Bootstrapping Journey with Tom Bruining

    What influences the decision to bootstrap a startup as opposed to going down the fundeaising route, and if you decide to go that waty, how do you do it? My guest for this episode, Tom Bruining, stepped out of a long histopry of working in funded startups and decided to do just that. Along with his co-founders, Tom started HowdyGo, a product that allows you to easyilu Capture real, interactive product demos To share that journey and help us learn from it, Tom joins us now. -------- The Bootstrap is a production of Swivol Media and The Product Bus. It was developed by Scotty Allen, and Declan Magee. This episode was produced and edited by Sammy Perryman. Original sound design by Rob Clarke. Executive Producers are Natalie Ellis and Scotty Allen for Hieland Road. If you’re an early stage founder looking for resources and practical help, check out theproductbus.com and get in touch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    40 min
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From The Product Bus comes The Bootstrap: Building Startups from Scratch - your source of news and practical support for early stage founders. The Bootstrap unpacks strategies that any founder can apply to make smart, data-informed decisions as they navigate the early stages of building a startup. We focus on helping founders avoid the common pitfalls that stop many great ideas from becoming a reality. Each episode host Scotty Allen (Founder of The Product Bus) is joined by a guest who brings their experience and subject matter to a specific topic with practical, actionable strategies that founders can take away and apply immediately to their own business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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