Britstrapped

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and review how they did against their 2015 goals. Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about being overwhelmed and how to help control it. Kevin Taylors Steel Beam Calculator: http://www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/ Y Combinator article, Who Y Combinator Companies Want: https://data.triplebyte.com/who-y-combinator-companies-want-c1880a08ac88#.wcf25ye52 Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing. Tallest building: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world Hotel: https://www.atlantisthepalm.com Waterpark: https://www.atlantisthepalm.com/marine-water-park/aquaventure-waterpark The positioning manual: https://philipmorganconsulting.com/authority-resource-center/the-positioning-manual-for-technical-firms/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss why bootstrapped is best. George Palmers article on why he thinks bootstrapped is best: https://www.sendowl.com/blog/sendowl-gumroad-and-bootstrapping.html Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Martin talks to George Palmer, the man behind SendOwl. Find George at: https://www.sendowl.com/ https://twitter.com/Georgio_1999 Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss test driven development. Nicks newest side project: http://taskhub.com/ Lexicon by Max Barry: http://maxbarry.com/lexicon/ Cheese rolling: http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/index1.htm Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss releasing to customer number 1, pesky competitors and internet marketers. Mixergy interview with Matthew Paulson, How MarketBeat founder gets traffic to convert (20,000 times a month): http://mixergy.com/interviews/matthew-paulson-marketbeat/ Tim Ferriss' interview with Scott Adams: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/09/22/scott-adams-the-man-behind-dilbert/ Cabin Porn ;0): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cabin-Porn-Inspiration-Quiet-Somewhere/dp/1846148804 Jeff Walkers book, Launch: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Launch-Internet-Millionaires-Anything-Business/dp/1471143163 Jeff Walkers site: http://jeffwalker.com/ Amazon Web Services (AWS) in plain English: https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss hiring designers and developers on Upwork Pat Flyns podcast episodes on SEO and surveys: Backlinking: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/backlinking-whats-working/ The Ask Formula: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/the-ask-formula/ Nicks new side project: http://www.3goodbooks.com Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss some take aways from Microconf EU Microconf 2015 notes by Christoph Engelhardt: http://www.it-engelhardt.de/microconf-europe-2015-notes-and-noteworthy/ Media first approach, Brian Clark (CopyBlogger): http://rainmaker.fm/ Nicks new side project: http://www.3goodbooks.com Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing. Golf course reviews and golf equipment revies from Nick: http://www.golf.io Nicks first trip in his new camper van: http://nickswan.net/2015/08/06/campervan-first-trip/ Campervan forums : http://vwcaliforniaclub.com/ Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smartcuts-Hackers-Innovators-Accelerate-Success-ebook/dp/B00IHZUTGA Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick talks to Andy Brice, the man behind products Perfect Table Plan and Hyper Plan as well as the must read Successful Software blog. If you're interested in Andys training, Start Your Own Software Business, more details are here: http://successfulsoftware.net/software-business-training-course/ Andy also hosts a bootstrapper meet-up in Swindon, details here: http://www.meetup.com/South-West-Bootstrappers Perfect Table Plan: http://www.perfecttableplan.com/ Hyper Plan: http://www.hyperplan.com/ Successful Software blog: http://successfulsoftware.net/about/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about Google updates and new side projects Stuff A quick fix for referral spam in Google Analytics: https://www.distilled.net/resources/quick-fix-for-referral-spam-in-google-analytics/ Web Design: The First 100 Years: http://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about things to consider when deciding on whether to partner with someone on your bootstrapped business. How to pick the right business partner: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-pick-the-right-business-partners/ https://www.crunch.co.uk/blog/small-business-advice/2015/06/15/how-to-choose-the-right-business-partner/ You don't need a co-founder for your startup: http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/08/14/dont-need-co-founder-startup/ Joel on Software thread, Dynamic equity splits: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.846236.37 Joel Spolsky on Equity for Startups: https://gist.github.com/isaacsanders/1653078 Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits, Eric Reis (Noam Wasserman): http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2012/04/founders-dilemmas-equity-splits.html Startup equity calculator: http://foundrs.com/ The founders pie calculator: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/fd0n/35%20Founders'%20Pie%20Calculator.htm Stuff BBC m

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about: daily goals starting a new site responding to an RFP testing trading algorithms Podcasts about trading: http://bettersystemtrader.com/ http://chatwithtraders.com/ Online trading algorithm evaluation: https://www.quantopian.com/home https://www.quantconnect.com/ Chasing Product survey of freelancers building products: http://www.chasingproduct.com/survey Andy Brices South West Bootstrappers meetup: http://www.meetup.com/South-West-Bootstrappers/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about hiring a developer and trading shares. Sam’s guide to hiring developers on Odesk: http://thelatenightbootstrappedshow.com/sams-guide-to-hiring-developers-on-odesk/ My New $156 Startup by Jarrod Robinson (sorry, had a brain freeze and forgot Jarrods name in the podcast!): http://theteacherpreneur.com/2015/03/24/my-new-156-startup/ Naked Trader: http://nakedtrader.co.uk/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Martin talks to Adam Stylo of Crafty Clicks. Andy Brice's bootstrappers meet-up in Swindon: http://www.meetup.com/South-West-Bootstrappers Crafty Clicks: https://craftyclicks.co.uk/ Adam on twitter: https://twitter.com/styloa Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about fixed and flexible routines Nick’s blog post on burnout from 2011: http://nickswan.net/2011/12/29/thoughts-on-burnout/ Play episode from Zenfounder: http://zenfounder.com/episodes/episode-10-founders-at-play/ Get on your bike and ride: http://zenfounder.com/episodes/episode-13-get-on-your-bike-at-go/ Tim Ferriss and Noah Kaga talking nutrition amongst other things: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/05/07/noah-kagan/ Tim Ferriss on suicide: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/05/06/how-to-commit-suicide Suicide and poisoning leading cause of death for 20-34 year olds QNX, real time OS. Example reference hardware: http://www.ti.com/tool/tmdssk3358 Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and discuss the effects of burnout Interesting stuff: Content as a service: http://audienceops.com/ Loads of Microsoft updates at Build!: http://www.buildwindows.com/ Mobile Visual C++: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/explore/cplusplus-mdd-vs Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/Download .Net Core for Linux and Mac OS X: http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/29/microsoft-launches-its-net-distribution-for-linux-and-mac/#.pcbqet:ZXxw Microsoft makes it easier for developers to bring their Android and iOS apps to Windows 10: http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/29/microsoft-makes-it-easier-for-developers-to-bring-their-android-and-ios-apps-to-windows-10/#.pcbqet:atZk Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and talk about recent Google updates and choosing an audience. Tropical MBA - business ideas: http://www.tropicalmba.com/businessideas/ Tech Crunch - do it for me services: http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/19/why-do-it-for-me-is-the-next-big-thing Better presentation of URLs in search results: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.de/2015/04/better-presentation-of-urls-in-search.html Running app, Strava: https://www.strava.com/ Link runs from other apps: https://tapiriik.com/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and talk about a range of topics from product audiences to content marketing ideas from Reddit. Microconf notes: http://microconfrecap.com Niche marketing with Reddit: http://www.viperchill.com/private-niche-reddit/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd