Nick Swan and Martin Judd

Britstrapped

Business EN ↓ 98 episodes

Two Brits talking about bootstrapping their businesses and the challenges they face along the way. Occasionally drinking tea but never wearing bowler hats! Tune in and hear about a wide range of topics from software development, validating a software product, and marketing, to when is Nick going to start training for the London marathon ;o).There’ll be thrills and spills along the way. Don’t miss out, subscribe to the podcast feed so you can laugh and cry along with (or at!) us.

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Nick Swan and Martin Judd

Episodes

073: Back from summer break 27.08.2019 25:04

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing after a summer break. Links Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1861978774 Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

072: Quick catch-up 19.06.2019 20:15

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing. Links Startups For the Rest of Us episode discussed: https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-448-lets-talk-about-bluetick Grant Cardone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ2cHf232Ag Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

071: Product Hunted 10.06.2019 26:52

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Sanity Check being hunted on Product Hunt. Links Ultraworking Lights: https://www.ultraworking.com/lights Streaks app: https://streaksapp.com/ Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

070: Outsourcing support 30.05.2019 27:55

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Martin hiring someone to help with support. Links Growth TLDR Marketing Podcast: https://www.kieranflanagan.io/podcasts/ Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

069: Customer research 03.05.2019 27:04

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Nicks customer research. Links Transister, The "charge more" debate: https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/the-charge-more-debate Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

068: Quick catch-up after Easter 01.05.2019 18:20

A quick catch-up for Nick and Martin after the Easter break. Links The Bottleneck Rules: How to Get More Done (When Working Harder isn't Working) by Clarke Ching The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

067: 'fessing up about what's embarrassing in our apps 09.04.2019 28:51

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about things in their apps that they're embarrassed about. Links Side Husstle Success podcast: https://www.sidehustlesuccesspodcast.com/ Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

066: Themes for 2019 14.01.2019 31:43

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about plans for the year ahead. Links Atomic Habits: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

065: Updates, Christmas and side projects 13.12.2018 30:03

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk a bit about Christmas and side projects. Links Hotjar: https://www.hotjar.com/ Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

064: Updates, pricing and a cycling adventure 19.11.2018 27:57

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing, discuss Nicks new cycling adventure and a change to a pricing plan. Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

063: Back in the saddle, part 2 02.11.2018 46:15

Nick and Martin are back with the second of two parts where we catch up on what's been happening since early 2017. This week, it's Nicks turn to go over what's going on with Sanity Check and life in general. Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/) Follow up and feedback nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com...

062: Back in the saddle, part 1 29.10.2018 31:43

Nick and Martin are back from hiatus with the first of two parts where we catch up on what's been happening since we last published an episode. This week, it's Martins turn to go over what's going on with Kids Club HQ. Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/) Follow up and feedback nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupso...

061: From 0 MRR to "Living the Dream" 27.02.2017 52:59

This week, Martin catches up with Robin Warren from Corrello. We talk about getting from 0 MRR to an amount you can live on. You can find Robin at: https://getcorrello.com/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinwarren Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

060: Catch up from January 2017 06.02.2017 25:00

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing in the first month of 2017. LTV Conf: http://ltvconf.com/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

59: New Year off and running 09.01.2017 32:13

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing, talk about what's coming up for the New Year and Nicks latest venture. Sanity Check (Nicks new product): https://www.sanitycheck.io Improving page load speed: https://hackernoon.com/10-things-i-learned-making-the-fastest-site-in-the-world-18a0e1cdf4a7#.jj69951ok Successful 1 person businesses: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

58: A Christmas break 05.12.2016 29:44

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and why they've missed a few weeks. Stuff Building Micro-SaaS Businesses: https://tylertringas.com/micro-saas-ebook/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

57: New sign ups and a golf break 07.11.2016 24:17

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

56: Slow going and new projects 23.10.2016 32:06

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about a slow couple of weeks and potential new projects for Nick indie hackers: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses $1k+ side projects: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12670731 Best marketing thing for $1k+ projects: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12720636 Great question and answers : https://news.ycomb...

55: Googles Penguin update, preparing for exhibitions and making stuff for the sake of it 09.10.2016 39:31

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Googles Penguin update, preparing for exhibitions and making stuff for the sake of it Power terms : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aR4uICyzgfauHg26AyH43uAR8tfqEd2cU5ssR6i5MsU/edit#gid=446293637 Product people with Nathan Barry: http://www.productpeople.tv/72 http://www.productpeople.tv/77 Mega Maker: ht...

54: More emails and lead gen 25.09.2016 29:05

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about sending emails for lead generation. AgileCRM: https://www.agilecrm.com/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

53 : Back to school 11.09.2016 41:42

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about lead generation. Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

52 - Interview with Christoph Engelhardt 28.08.2016 40:13

This week, Martin interviews Christoph Engelhardt of LiksSpy and the SaaS Email Marketing Handbook. LinksSpy: https://www.linksspy.com/ Christophs book: http://saasemailmarketing.net/ Christoph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itengelhardt Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

51: Leads, leads and more leads 14.08.2016 39:30

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and Martin gives an update from Microconf Europe. Stuff Christoph Englehardts notes from Microconf Europe: http://www.christophengelhardt.com/microconf-europe-2016-notes-noteworthy/ Chet Holmes , The Ultimate Sales Machine: http://www.chetholmes.com/ultimate-sales-machine SaaStock: http://www.saastock.com/ Fixing dad: http://w...

50: Ideas everywhere, all the time! 18.07.2016 26:52

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about turning around a moan into something productive, comfort levels with customer facing software and finding ideas in everything we do. Stuff Saastr - If You’re Going to Do a SaaS Start-Up … You Have to Give it 24 Months: https://www.saastr.com/if-youre-going-to-do-a-saas-start-up-you-have-to-give-it-24-months/ Nic...

49: EU exits and following up 03.07.2016 37:39

This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about exiting the EU and following up with leads. UK Bootstrappers conference, Life Time Value: http://ltvconf.com/ One person SaaS apps that are profitable: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11924009 Profitable SaaS? How did you grow your business? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11937132 Follow up and feedba...