Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, Ben Rometsch (@dabeeeenster.bsky.social), the founder of Flagsmith, created a bootstrapped SaaS success story. Feature flags are transforming software deployment by decoupling releases and enhancing control. And Ben bootstrapped this deceptively simple-looking part of engineering into a significant software business. And then there's the open-source part of all that. The Open Feature project is setting new standards in software development, akin to...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, The podcasting industry is full of business opportunities. I see them every day, either as a podcaster, a listener, or someone running a SaaS in this industry. So here are the most promising ideas and problem areas in podcasting — right now. 🎧 Listen to this on my podcast. After spending a year deeply embedded in the podcasting ecosystem through building Podscan.fm, I’ve gained unique insights into this rapidly evolving medium. With an estimated 500...
8 days ago • 6 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, Pierre de Wulf (@PierreDeWulf), the founder of Scraping Bee, transformed himself from a frustrated developer into a SaaS success story. Here's what you'll learn from this episode. 1/ 🐝 Pierre's journey began with a subpar web scraping tool, sparking the idea for Scraping Bee. Discover how he bootstrapped his company in a crowded market, emphasizing lean operations and strategic growth. 2/ 🚀 Overcoming growth plateaus in SaaS can be challenging. Pierre...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, The journey to product-market fit is always fascinating, and my experience with Podscan has been particularly enlightening — and challenging. While we’re not yet profitable, we’re getting closer every month, and I want to share some insights about how we’re finding our way there. 🎧 Listen to this on my podcast. From the start, I struggled with clarity about what Podscan was going to be. The potential seemed vast: with transcripts and insights from every...
15 days ago • 5 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, Connor Turland (@Entrecurious) is the prototypical software entrepreneur. He found a niche from a "prior life" and is now building an AI bookkeeping SaaS.Now, many founders struggle with bookkeeping, so this is your opportunity to learn more about the pitfalls and opportunities of that field from someone who speaks both "developer" and "bookkeeper."Here's Connor and how he is employing cutting-edge AI in an industry that is usually very resistant to...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, AI was supposed to do our chores while we write prose and compose symphonies. Why is it composing our music and writing our books now, while WE do the chores?As software founders, we have a special responsibility — after all, we're the ones crafting a new reality of AI empowerment. But here's the thing: an AI does not love its work. It can't.And that's a problem. Today, I'll dive into how we can solve this.Oh, and before you get into it: Podscan is running...
22 days ago • 5 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, As new users join Podscan and start their 10-day trial, I’ve been working on determining the right limitations to set. This challenge isn’t unique to my business—it’s something every software company offering a free trial struggles with. The goal is to strike a perfect balance: showing enough value to convert users while protecting your business from excessive usage or abuse. 🎧 Listen to this on my podcast. This balance has become particularly crucial in...
29 days ago • 5 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, Coding with AI changes everything. It changes how we design, test, and improve our software projects. Today, I’m talking to generative AI expert James Phoenix about mastering that new technology. He’s written the book on prompt engineering and shares his hard-earned AI insights freely on the show — including a crash course in developing effectively with the Cursor IDE. Are developer just AI wranglers now? Technical managers? Will we ever code again? You’ll...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, The more I work in the world of podcasting, watching the crazy amount of content that people produce, the more convinced I become that we’re living in a time where the age of the gatekeeper — the editorial, the pre-selection, the pre-filtering — is over. 🎧 Listen to this on my podcast. Working with my customers at Podscan.fm has given me a front-row seat to this transformation, and the implications are fascinating. There’s a movement in the entrepreneurial...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read