Britstrapped

This week Martin interviews Louize Clark, founder of ConnectTVT. ConnectTVT: https://www.connecttvt.co.uk/ 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 have a bit of a rant on corporation tax. Jarrod Robinson, My new $156 startup: http://theteacherpreneur.com/2015/03/24/my-new-156-startup/ Pat Flyn, Product Idea Validation: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/product-idea-validation/ Thames Trail Half Marathon: http://saturdaynightmarathon.com/ Chromebit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32143923 Xamarin: http://xamarin.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 half marathons, staying focused and lots of general stuff. Half marathons, SEO, small businesses dealing with large businesses Finding a prospects email address: https://www.leadfuze.com/find-email-address-prospect/ Older article: https://www.distilled.net/blog/miscellaneous/find-almost-anybodys-email-address/ Email templates: https://attach.io/sales-email-templates/ Compelling Career Advice from Barack Obama: http://calnewport.com/blog/2015/02/27/compelling-career-advice-from-barack-obama/ Stay Focused: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en Why I consumed my own blood: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31906851 The User Is Drunk: http://theuserisdrunk.com/ Podcast with DHH: https://thechangelog.com/145/ 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 Amy Hoys book, JFS. Amy Hoy & Alex Hillman, Just F'ing Ship: https://gumroad.com/l/justship/ Martins sponsorship page for the Reading Half Marathon: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Martin_Judd 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 answer some listener questions. Listener questions How do you decide if you should get funding/investors vs saving money to start it yourself? What's best way to get sales initially without spending a fortune on advertising / marketing? Stuff Brennan Dunn, The Complete Guide To Finding And Selling Ecommerce Clients: http://doubleyourfreelancing.com/guide-to-selling-ecommerce-clients/ Quidditch in Batmans back garden: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-31788085 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 our projects and discuss how to recover from a failed project. Lee Ball found Nigel Mansells grand prix!!!!: https://archive.org/details/zx_Nigel_Mansells_Grand_Prix_1988_Martech_Games_a_128K Miracle morning - working it out: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/my-new-morning-routine-schedule-habits/ Yoga vids: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene Suggested starting one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7AYKMP6rOE Zenfounder podcast - grieve for your startup episode: http://zenfounder.com/episodes/episode-5-rekindling-motivation-deciding-when-to-quit-and-more-listener-questions/ 5 min journal: http://app.fiveminutejournal.com/ Andy Brice, Google bans hyperlinks: http://successfulsoftware.net/2015/03/04/google-bans-hyperlinks/ 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 our projects and our goals for the year. Amy Hoy: https://unicornfree.com/2015/what-a-japanese-organizing-expert-can-teach-you-about-your-startup The Life Changing Magic of Tidying: http://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-effective-clutter-ebook/dp/B00KK0PICK ConnectTVT: https://www.connecttvt.co.uk/GROW Free bootstrap templates: http://startbootstrap.com/ Windows Server Updates and Google De-Index: http://inbound.org/discussion/view/google-de-indexing-sites Brighton marathon place going, Sunday 12th April: http://www.brightonmarathon.co.uk/ Running for the charity Young People with Dementia, West Berkshire. Email Martin (martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com) if you're interested. Nicks Actions Flesh out golf.io website with images, etc... Martins Actions Write landing page for Joined-up Data around import/export Set-up Google ads pointing at landing page Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswa

This week, Nick and Martin discuss evaluating a product idea on personal criteria and provide a brief update on our projects. Tenby: http://www.tenbyvisitorguide.co.uk/ Nicks Actions Initial setup and landing pages for golf.io website Martins Actions Write landing page for Joined-up Data around import/export Set-up Google ads pointing at landing page 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 our projects and discuss lifestyle/business design. Lifestyle/business design links: http://www.bootstrappedwithkids.com/episode-83-meaning-podcast/ http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-223-what-to-do-when-your-partner-quits-defining-success-and-charging-more-for-a-self-hosted-app Forever projects: http://jwb.io/20130122-the-joys-of-having-a-forever-project.html Churches.io: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8085213 Justin Jacksons podcast: http://buildandlaunch.net/ Tim Ferriss podcast: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/02/09/matt-mullenweg/ Nicks actions Have a great break! Martins actions Navel gazing about the future of Joined-up Data 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 our projects and discuss ChiRunning amongst other topics. Targeted leads: http://www.leadfuze.com/ Outlook iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-outlook/id951937596?mt=8 Stupid Tricks with Promoted Tweets: https://medium.com/message/stupid-tricks-with-promoted-tweets-57325552109d Nicks actions Cold emails for Golf Site Engine (30) Martins actions Cold calls for Joined-up Data (minimum 7) Look into Lead Fuze 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're working on and discuss cold calls, cold emails along with progress on our annual goals. Robert Grahams book, Cold Calling Early Customers: http://coldcallingbook.net/ Summaries of books: https://www.blinkist.com Tony Robbins book, Money: Master the game: http://moneymasterthegame.com/ Nicks actions Cold emails for Golf Site Engine (50) Martins actions Cold calls for Joined-up Data (minimum 7)

This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we're working on and discuss productivity using the Pomodoro Technique. Staying productive using the Pomodoro technique: http://simpleprogrammer.com/2014/02/17/secret-ridiculous-productivity-im-using-now/ Using Kanban flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9k0OhJkjQ0 Andy Brice launched Hyper Plan: http://successfulsoftware.net/2015/01/15/hyper-plan-v1-launched/ also did an interesting test of re-marketing: http://successfulsoftware.net/2014/12/23/remarketing-does-it-work/ Overcast sales numbers: http://www.marco.org/2015/01/15/overcast-sales-numbers Bootstrap duel: http://bootstrapduel.com/ Exploding kittens on kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens Nicks actions: Get sales site up for Golf Engine Marketing for podcast Write income/expense report Martins actions: More cold calls (7) Plan an article for Joined-up Data Write income/expense report Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupso

This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we're working on and discuss social sharing widgets, mastermind groups and CDNs. Visual Studio Web Essentials: http://vswebessentials.com/ Microconf US: http://www.microconf.com/ London Bootstrapped Meet-up: http://www.bootstrappedbusinessmeetup.com/january-2015-meetup 3d printing and health http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30801273 http://makezine.com/magazine/hands-on-health-care/ Reading Hackspace: http://rlab.org.uk/ Seth Godin: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/01/five-thoughts-on-software.html What an MVP should be: https://twitter.com/boctor/status/529315885463638016 Nicks actions for next week: ShesGotSystems.com Interview : http://bootstrappedweb.com/can-a-consultancy-be-systemized-lets-ask-the-expert-kelly-azavedo-shes-got-systems/ work on ebook for golf pros to do marketing work on content guide for golf pro sites Martins actions: More cold calls Add customer feedback popup to meetings product Follow up and feedb

This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we're working on and Nick has some tips on personal retreats. We're in iTunes! Search for Britstrapped - we'd love some 5 star reviews! We have also enabled Facebook comments on the site so please feel free to give us some feedback. Dodgy looking referrals to Joined-up Data - looks like it’s referrer spam based on a quick search: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-non-existent-page-is-showing-up-on-my-analytics http://www.geekybits.in/block-priceg-com-referral-spam-traffic/ Values: http://www.startofhappiness.com/understanding-your-values-part-1/ Strengths Finder: http://www.strengthsfinder.com/home.aspx Google PageSpeed service: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/service Review on FogCreek: http://blog.fogcreek.com/experiments-with-google-page-speed-service/ Not currently accepting sign-ups but looks like could be worth watching for the future. Google lost 4% market share to Yahoo (powered by Bing) due to Firefox default search: http://w

This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we're working on and discuss morning routines and personal retreats. Sad day - Steven Gerrard leaving Liverpool: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30654535 Nicks #runstreak - on to day 2, people encouraging him to post to Facebook Rob Walling - AMA - bootstrappers.io http://www.bootstrappers.io/posts/X7gbX69BriytCsrkd Hal Elrod on Smart Passive Income podcast: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/early-morning-routine/ Miracle Morning (http://halelrod.com/hals-new-book/): Silence: Silent meditation, deep breathing, prayer Affirmations Visualisation of the day ahead Exercise Reading: Reading for learning Scribing: Journaling (Gratitude/Dreams/Lessons) Nicks personal retreat plans: take my journals away to review the year find out any recurring theme what I loved, hated contemplate opportunities, decide actions - what to do, what not to do Year end reviews: http://www.startupclarity.com/blog/bootstrappers-2014-year-review/ Gumroad 30 day Challenge:

In the break between Christmas and New Year, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we're working on and give a bit of an intro on who we are. AB testing impact on Google Crawling: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/website-testing-google-search.html Ron Hill RunStreak: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hill#Streak Masters of doom: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Masters-Doom-created-transformed-culture/dp/0749924896 The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Computer-Espionage/dp/1416507787 Start small, stay small: http://www.startupbook.net/ Anders Thue Pedersens company (http://www.andromeda-it.dk/) kindly did a design for joinedudata.com. He also has a new product which is at: http://spacetimehq.com/ ZX Spectrum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum ZX Printer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Printer Podcasts: http://www.bootstrappedwithkids.com/ http://bootstrapped.fm/ http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/

The second episode of the Britstrapped podcast with Nick Swan and Martin Judd. An update on what we're working on, goals for 2015 and Nicks new product idea. Reddit ads: http://ryanluedecke.com/reddit-ads/ Optimizely: https://www.optimizely.com/ Brian Casel interview: http://www.bootstrappedwithkids.com/productized-services-brian-casel Restaurant Engine: http://www.restaurantengine.com 24hr product challenge: http://nathanbarry.com/24hours/ https://unicornfree.com/2014/24-hour-product-challenge

The first episode of the Britstrapped podcast with Nick Swan and Martin Judd. We're a couple of Brits bootstrapping businesses in the UK. In this first episode we talk about what we're working on, getting traction and definitely not VAT! Martins new product, Joined-up Data: https://www.joinedupdata.com/ Nicks business: Voucher Codes Pro: https://www.vouchercodespro.co.uk/ The 7 Day Startup by Dan Norris: http://wpcurve.com/the-7-day-startup/ Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers by Gabriel Weinberg : http://tractionbook.com Derek Sivers: http://sivers.org/ Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life: http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00FHI0XK2 Living biblically: http://www.stansberryradio.com/James-Altucher/Latest-Episodes/Episode/463/Ep-3-A-J-Jacobs-A-Biblical-Experiment