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Curated list for bootstrapping developers

59 points by adparadox 13y ago

bdunn 13y ago
I've been writing quite a bit over the last 1.5 years on bootstrapping Planscope / my other products: http://planscope.io/blog/category/bootstrapping-and-products/ http://planscope.io/blog/category/bootstrapping-and-products...
- mijustin 13y ago
  ...and if you're looking for a couple good podcast interviews with Brennan, here's a few good ones ;) http://productpeople.tv/2013/01/30/ep11-brennan-dunn-part1/ http://productpeople.tv/2013/01/30/ep11-brennan-dunn-part1/ http://productpeople.tv/2013/02/06/ep12-brennan-dunn-part2/ http://productpeople.tv/2013/02/06/ep12-brennan-dunn-part2/
scoj 13y ago
Thanks for the bootstrapped podcast I'm always looking for new ones. May I also suggest Bootstrapped with Kids. So far I've enjoyed it quite a bit.
- gridspy 13y ago
  Gosh, it really does make it an awful lot harder, doesn't it!
  - scoj 13y ago
    I would think so, but its all I know. I started this whole crazy entrepreneurship/bootstrap thing the week my 3rdcomputer daughter was born. No time like the present!
    - tspike 13y ago
      Your third computer daughter?
finnh 13y ago
If you're advertising your curated list here on HN, you may wish to spell Kalzumeus right =)
- adparadox 13y ago
  Yikes! That's cleaned up now, thanks!
  - mijustin 13y ago
    There's a few good podcast episodes with Patio11 here: http://productpeople.tv/2012/12/19/patio11-part1/ http://productpeople.tv/2012/12/19/patio11-part1/ http://productpeople.tv/2012/12/26/patio11-part2/ http://productpeople.tv/2012/12/26/patio11-part2/
casca 13y ago
TL;DR: 5 links to blogs, 2 to podcasts
peterjancelis 13y ago
I also enjoy the Tropical MBA podcasts.
clarky07 13y ago
BCC doesn't make 250k a year. It's made that all time. It's more like 60k a year per his yearly reports.
- adparadox 13y ago
  Yep, sorry I mis-remembered this tweet: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/366959032625405953 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/366959032625405953. Sales chart: http://www.bingocardcreator.com/stats/sales-by-month http://www.bingocardcreator.com/stats/sales-by-month.
mkrecny 13y ago
I'm a bootstrapped developer. My product http://followgen.com http://followgen.com does 5 figures a month. My blog: http://myles.io http://myles.io - I talk mainly about my experiences building followgen. My book: 'The Hacker's Guide to Passive Income' is pretty much what it sounds like, though it's a work in progress on Leanpub https://leanpub.com/passiveincome https://leanpub.com/passiveincome
joshdotsmith 13y ago
I started http://lifestyle.io http://lifestyle.io to be a sort of HN for bootstrappers. I'd fallen off posting during Army training last month. Is there any interest in me continuing that side project? I'm happy to spend the 10 minutes each day hand-curating of its genuinely useful to even 10 or 15 people.
- adparadox 13y ago
  I would definitely be interested.
logn 13y ago
You should add Fog Creek Software. I think Joel Spolsky inspired many of the founders of companies you admire. Joel's blog was like HN for me before I was on HN, along with his message board that ultimately morphed into stackoverflow and their job board. I miss the old Joel on Software. Maybe I just don't go there enough anymore but it seems like the blog is dead and the old readers are here.
- adparadox 13y ago
  Yep, I used to religiously read new Joel on Software posts, but they are pretty few and far between now.
m_ram 13y ago
If you're interested in podcasts, there's an excellent table of podcasts accompanying an episode of Startups for the Rest of Us [1]. [1] http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-104-podcasts-for-startup-founders http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-104-p...

59 points by adparadox 13y ago

bdunn 13y ago

I've been writing quite a bit over the last 1.5 years on bootstrapping Planscope / my other products: http://planscope.io/blog/category/bootstrapping-and-products/ http://planscope.io/blog/category/bootstrapping-and-products...

mijustin 13y ago
...and if you're looking for a couple good podcast interviews with Brennan, here's a few good ones ;) http://productpeople.tv/2013/01/30/ep11-brennan-dunn-part1/ http://productpeople.tv/2013/01/30/ep11-brennan-dunn-part1/ http://productpeople.tv/2013/02/06/ep12-brennan-dunn-part2/ http://productpeople.tv/2013/02/06/ep12-brennan-dunn-part2/

scoj 13y ago

Thanks for the bootstrapped podcast I'm always looking for new ones. May I also suggest Bootstrapped with Kids. So far I've enjoyed it quite a bit.

gridspy 13y ago
Gosh, it really does make it an awful lot harder, doesn't it!
- scoj 13y ago
  I would think so, but its all I know. I started this whole crazy entrepreneurship/bootstrap thing the week my 3rdcomputer daughter was born. No time like the present!
  - tspike 13y ago
    Your third computer daughter?

finnh 13y ago

If you're advertising your curated list here on HN, you may wish to spell Kalzumeus right =)

adparadox 13y ago
Yikes! That's cleaned up now, thanks!
- mijustin 13y ago
  There's a few good podcast episodes with Patio11 here: http://productpeople.tv/2012/12/19/patio11-part1/ http://productpeople.tv/2012/12/19/patio11-part1/ http://productpeople.tv/2012/12/26/patio11-part2/ http://productpeople.tv/2012/12/26/patio11-part2/

casca 13y ago

TL;DR: 5 links to blogs, 2 to podcasts

peterjancelis 13y ago

I also enjoy the Tropical MBA podcasts.

clarky07 13y ago

BCC doesn't make 250k a year. It's made that all time. It's more like 60k a year per his yearly reports.

adparadox 13y ago
Yep, sorry I mis-remembered this tweet: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/366959032625405953 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/366959032625405953. Sales chart: http://www.bingocardcreator.com/stats/sales-by-month http://www.bingocardcreator.com/stats/sales-by-month.

mkrecny 13y ago

I'm a bootstrapped developer. My product http://followgen.com http://followgen.com does 5 figures a month. My blog: http://myles.io http://myles.io - I talk mainly about my experiences building followgen. My book: 'The Hacker's Guide to Passive Income' is pretty much what it sounds like, though it's a work in progress on Leanpub https://leanpub.com/passiveincome https://leanpub.com/passiveincome

joshdotsmith 13y ago

I started http://lifestyle.io http://lifestyle.io to be a sort of HN for bootstrappers. I'd fallen off posting during Army training last month. Is there any interest in me continuing that side project? I'm happy to spend the 10 minutes each day hand-curating of its genuinely useful to even 10 or 15 people.

adparadox 13y ago
I would definitely be interested.

logn 13y ago

You should add Fog Creek Software. I think Joel Spolsky inspired many of the founders of companies you admire. Joel's blog was like HN for me before I was on HN, along with his message board that ultimately morphed into stackoverflow and their job board. I miss the old Joel on Software. Maybe I just don't go there enough anymore but it seems like the blog is dead and the old readers are here.

adparadox 13y ago
Yep, I used to religiously read new Joel on Software posts, but they are pretty few and far between now.

m_ram 13y ago

If you're interested in podcasts, there's an excellent table of podcasts accompanying an episode of Startups for the Rest of Us [1]. [1] http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-104-podcasts-for-startup-founders http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-104-p...