Pietro is a serial founder bootstrapping mobiloud.com, feedbear.com and mixbloom.com with a mind-blowing goal of moving from $1.5M to $5M ARR in 3 years. This is probably not for all indie hackers, but it is an amazing situation to be in.

Key Takeaways

[01:23] - A path from consulting to building digital products.

[02:31] - "Go big or Go home" VS "Make customers happy" mentality.

[03:45] - A path to serial bootstrapped entrepreneurships.

[07:03] - What are the downsides of running multiple businesses.

[08:40] - Team set up for an effective business management.

[09:51] - "Indie hacking a business" VS "Bootstrapping a business" worlds.

[11:13] - When bootstrapping founders should start hiring people.

[14:22] - Focus on high-level strategy and team support.

[16:53] - Where to find the first paying users for a product startup.

[19:31] - Exploring the market by talking to customers.

[21:23] - How many customers do you need? and other considerations before you start.

[22:45] - How the explosion of AI challenges all bootstrapping founders.

[24:45] - How to work with AI as a bootstrapped digital product business.

Quotes

“I want a business that I've built to work for me.“ - Pietro

“ As quickly as I can, I want to get out of execution. “ - Pietro

“I enjoyed the business more when I build a team around myself.“ - Pietro

“As soon as you can afford it, bring new people.“ - Pietro

“Fire yourself from the customer support. It creates a lot of stress and takes a lot of time.“ - Pietro

“Everything should really start from customer interviews, customer surveys and talking to people.“ - Pietro

“The healthiest thing to do is to talk to customers.“ - Pietro

Links

Follow the journey:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/pietrosaccomani

Twitter: twitter.com/psaccomani

MobiLoud.com- Turn your website into a mobile app in under 2 weeks

FeedBear.com- Collect and Prioritize Customer Feedback the Easy Way

MixBloom.com- Scale Your Agency with Quality Social Media Content

Book with insights: Navigating The Bootstrapped Mafia

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