30 Best Bootstrap Podcasts
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The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you'll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.MORE    Host Rob Walling  
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2. If I Was Starting Today
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What would you do if you were starting today? To help, here are half-baked startup ideas, growth marketing tactics, and stories from founders and creators - including my own journey as a bootstrapped business owner. All of the content is centered around helping founders, creators, and investors starting today.MORE    Host Jim Huffman  
 Producer/Network Jim Huffman  
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 Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form        Get Email Contact  
3. Indie Founder
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My name is Tiago and I am a full time Indie Maker. I build startups without any external investment and my goal is to perfect my entrepreneurial craft and reach $100K ARR (Annual Recurrent Revenue)Join me as I narrate my story and interview other entrepreneurs.Join our communityMORE    Host Tiago Ferreira  
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4. The Bootstrapped Founder
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Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.   
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 Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form        Get Email Contact  
5. WP-Tonic | WordPress | SaaS | Bootstrap SaaS | Startups
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WP-Tonic is a podcast for WordPress professionals and Bootstrap SaaS startup entrepreneurs or anybody looking to build a business online. We cover a large number of areas with our main show. We interview some creative WordPress and startup entrepreneurs plus online experts who, with their insights, can help you build your online business.Jonathan Denwood and Kurt von Ahnen host and produce the WP-Tonic podcast, which is one of the longest-running WordPress podcasts. Each episode brings you valuable insights with one goal: to help you generate more income and impact through online businesses.MORE    Producer/Network Jonathan Denwood & Kurt von Ahnen  
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6. O'Connor Bootstrap Podcast
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Helping you achieve your entrepreneurship goals   
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7. Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show
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Unique business problems call for genius solutions. Go behind the scenes with today's world-class leaders who dared to bring revolutionary ideas to life. Learn how they met their challenges head-on and how you can translate their lessons into your own real-world business success—whether you're leading a start-up or Fortune 500 company. Host Manuj Aggarwal is the founder of TetraNoodle Technologies...MORE    Host Manuj Aggarwal  
 Producer/Network Manuj Aggarwal  
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8. Slow & Steady
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Join us as we share what it's like to build and launch a bootstrapped startup while working for yourself full-time. Benedikt is working on Userlist, and Benedicte is establishing herself as a Gatsby expert and developer advocate for hire.MORE    Hosts Benedikt Deicke, Benedicte Raae, Brian Rhea  
 Producer/Network Benedikt Deicke, Benedicte Raae, and Brian Rhea  
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 Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form        Get Email Contact  
9. The Andres Olguin Show
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Host Andres Olguin brings you the grassroots tips, tricks, and stories in everything entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and personal development! Because everyone should be able to build a business that changes their lives, the lives of their loved ones, and their communities.MORE    Producer/Network Andres Olguin  
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10. Indie Bites
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Short, bite-sized conversations with indie hackers that have started small, profitable and bootstrapped businesses. You'll learn how they come up with ideas, what they do to validate, find those first customers and make a sustainable income. Episodes every Tuesday.MORE    Host James McKinven  
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11. Bootstrapped
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Running a bootstrapped software company? Looking to start one? Then this is the podcast for you.   
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12. Bootstrapped Stories
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Welcome to Bootstrapped Stories, the podcast where founders, marketers, and thoughtful leaders share the most actionable tips on building a successful business.   
 Producer/Network Guillaume Moubeche  
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13. First Class Founders: Creators | Solopreneurs | Personal HoldCo
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The next generation of successful entrepreneurs will be both founders & creators, leveraging their own audience to launch, build, and scale multiple companies into millions based on their own personal hobbies & passions. This is the 'Personal Holding Company' philosophy. It's a lifestyle business on steroids: no venture capital investors, work whenever & wherever you want, turning your hobbies into businesses...MORE    Host Yong-Soo Chung  
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14. Above Board
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A podcast exploring running an indie bootstrapped software (SaaS) company. Follow Jack and Paul (the co-founders) in their journey of building and growing Fathom Analytics. Published every two weeks, listen in on lively debates about profit, customers, software, and how they're working to keep their business in line with their values.This is a podcast from Fathom Analytics (usefathom.com).MORE    Producer/Network Fathom Analytics  
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15. Bootstrapped Web
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Brian Casel (@casjam) and Jordan Gal (@jordangal) share their raw and real behind-the-scenes of their entrepreneur journeys. From bootstrapping software startups to raising money to selling and exiting businesses, to growing teams and the emotional rollercoaster that is startup life. It's all here in Brian and Jordan's weekly(ish) updates.MORE    Hosts Brian Casel, Jordan Gal  
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 Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form        Get Email Contact  
16. yesPHX Presents
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This is yesPHX Presents: a podcast produced by, for and about entrepreneurship and startups in the Valley of the Sun from the world's most generous community for entrepreneurs. yesPHX is a unifying banner for Arizona's diverse startup ecosystem, 100% community-owned, bootstrapped, and yours to help lead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE    Producer/Network yesPHX  
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17. Bootstrap Digital Marketing
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The Bootstrap Digital Marketing podcast is designed for business owners, startups, small businesses, and anyone eager to learn how to effectively use digital marketing strategies to grow their ventures. We provide bite-sized lessons and engaging interviews with experts in the field.Marketing doesn't have to be complicated. In this podcast, you'll receive practical tips and advice—no fluff, just actionable marketing strategies that you can implement in your business right away.Feel free to submit your questions via email to laura@crackerjackscribe.comMORE    Host Laura Tate  
 Producer/Network Laura Tate  
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18. ProfitLed Podcast
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On Season 2, Melissa Kwan (Cofounder of eWebinar) and Todd Parmley (COO) relive their 'Journey to $1M' ARR, bootstrapping eWebinar from day one. Each episode goes in depth into one major aspect of the journey, as Melissa and Todd share war stories, mistakes, and lessons learned as they grew the company to a million in annual recurring revenue, over a period of 36 months from product launch...MORE    Producer/Network Melissa Kwan  
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19. Default Alive
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Two founders share an unedited look at what it's like to bootstrap a startup through weekly updates. Chris Spags is the founder of Jetboost, a suite of no-code plugins for Webflow. Corey Haines is the founder of Swipe Files, a membership site for marketers built with no-code tools. They chronicle their journeys getting to and staying 'default alive': profitable, self-sustaining, with infinite runway.MORE    Producer/Network Corey Haines & Chris Spags  
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20. Bootstrap
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With Itamar Weisbrod, Hillel Fuld, and Guy Malachi - Bootstrap is a podcast about the Israeli tech scene, innovation, startups, and everything interesting in between.   
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21. At Home Startup
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I was the girl who felt like she couldn't have a job that she loved and be a good mom. Turns out that was a lie. I will teach you how to integrate entrepreneurial practices with high-performance systems straight outta' my b-school playbook. Trained by two of the top business schools in the country, I fell in love with entrepreneurship and eventually embarked on the biggest startup of my life: my family. Between diapers and laundry, I bootstrapped my way to building a six-figure online business. Failures, setbacks, and learning the hard way are all what got me here today...MORE    Producer/Network Brooke Raybould  
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22. The Nopalera Podcast
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My name is Sandra Velasquez and I am the Founder of Nopalera, a modern Mexican beauty and lifestyle brand made for today's modern beauty explorer. This podcast is a mix of solo episodes and conversations with industry friends where I discuss the strategies, systems, ups & downs, of building a brand from the ground up. I am passionate about sharing knowledge with my fellow entrepreneurs about what it's really like to build a business that can scale. If you are a bootstrapped founder too, this is for you. This is for us.MORE    Producer/Network Sandra Velasquez  
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23. Rogue Startups
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On Rogue Startups we share the journey of startup founders as they're growing their businesses. We feature experts in the fields of sales, marketing, and product development to hear how they're growth hacking their productized services and SaaS products. If you're on the journey of an entrepreneur then tune and hear how we're tackling some of the same obstacles you may be facing, and how we're winning in the game of business. Listeners of Startups for the Rest of Us, My First Million, Mixergy, and Bootstrapped Web will love checking out our show.MORE    Hosts Craig Hewitt, Dave Rodenbaugh  
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24. Startup to Something
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A weekly podcast by two indie hackers, Marc and Matt. They share their ups and downs of building their bootstrapped online businesses. They prefer to show instead of teach, so you get to see the real story about what it's like to 'startup to something' - raw and unpolished.MORE    Producer/Network Marc and Matt  
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25. Stories of Scaling with Ariana Rodriguez
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I see you agency owner! You love your work but are feeling exhausted from running it all. You know things could be running smoother, but you just can't wrap your head around doing yet another thing yourself. But your business is screaming for help. That's why this podcast shares the stories of agency owners like you who have gone from bootstrapping solopreneurs to empowered CEOs. They've been where you are. I'm Ariana Rodriguez, a systems strategist for business owners rooted in equitable, intersectional, and sustainable practices ready to scale. Welcome to the party!MORE    Producer/Network Ariana Rodriguez  
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26. Bootstrappers For Entrepreneurs
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We help entrepreneurs scale their business with remote teams. In every episode we deliver effective solutions for the challenges business owners and executives face, with experienced guests and practical answers to solve real issues. Hosts Gwenn and Jeremy Aspen have helped hundreds of businesses scale their growth, as the modern workplace isn't constrained by walls of a building and remote teams work to scale your business fast. https://anequim.net/property-management-bootstrappers/MORE    Hosts Gwenn Aspen, Jeremy Aspen  
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27. The Juicy Good Life Podcast with Business Joy Coach Sarah Stokes
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Sick of all the shoulds of business?Constantly chasing 'how' to build your business?You're in the right place. Hi, I'm Sarah Stokes, Business Breakthrough Coach.I help people pleasers stop being exhausted by their business so they can have the life they want. I help neuromagical entrepreneurs actually get traction so they can make the money they want. I help introverts feel solid selling so they can feel financial ease. I help women who feel alone in business be held by a village that has their back so they can build confidence to shine...MORE    Producer/Network Sarah Stokes  
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28. Funded & Focused
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From bootstrapping to big funding rounds, we've got it all covered. Get ready to be inspired and informed as we explore the highs and lows of entrepreneurship.Each week, join us as we dive deep into the minds of exceptional founders. Hear their stories, learn their strategies, and uncover the secrets to their success.Brought to you by Reliant Capital, the early-stage venture firm with partners on both the West and East coasts.MORE    Avg Length 47 min Format Long form     Get Email Contact  
29. Entrepreneurship
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Welcome to the Entrepreneurship Podcast! This is the show where we dive deep into the world of entrepreneurship and explore what it takes to start and grow a successful business. Each episode, we bring you inspiring stories, expert insights, and actionable tips from successful entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders. From bootstrapping your business to securing funding, building a team, marketing your brand, and scaling your operations, we cover all the key aspects of entrepreneurship. Join us on this exciting journey as we learn from the best and discover what it takes to turn your visMORE    Producer/Network Jake Petersen  
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30. Bootstrap
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Welcome to Bootstrap Podcast, where we explore the world of startups, innovation, and business growth. Join us as we explore successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders who share their insights on marketing, strategy, and scaling for long-term success. Gain valuable inspiration and take your business to the next level with the Bootstrap Podcast.MORE    Producer/Network Jake Petersen  
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Bootstrap shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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| Rob Walling | Host | startupsfortherestofus.com | 80 | @robwalling | 35K | |
| Jim Huffman | Host | ifiwasstartingtoday.transistor.fm/episodes | 71 | @jimwhuffman | 2.9K | |
| Tiago Ferreira | Host | wannabe-entrepreneur.com/episodes | 72 | @wbetiago | 3.4K | |
| Arvid Kahl | Host | thebootstrappedfounder.com | 104 | @arvidkahl | 120K | |
| Manuj Aggarwal | Host | manujaggarwal.com/podcasts | 1 | @manujagro | 2.6K | |
| Benedikt Deicke | Co Host | slowandsteadypodcast.com/episodes | 66 | @benediktdeicke | 2K | |
| Benedicte Raae | Co Host | slowandsteadypodcast.com/episodes | 66 | @raae | 3.3K | |
| Brian Rhea | Co Host | slowandsteadypodcast.com/episodes | 66 | |||
| James McKinven | Host | indiebites.com/episodes | 64 | @jmckinven | 4.4K | |
| Yong-Soo Chung | Host | firstclassfounders.com | 5 | @yongsoochung | 20.5K | |
| Brian Casel | Co Host | bootstrappedweb.com | 69 | @casjam | 8.7K | |
| Jordan Gal | Co Host | bootstrappedweb.com | 69 | @jordangal | 5.2K | |
| Laura Tate | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bootstrapdigitalmarketing | 15 | @cjscribe | 4.3K | |
| Craig Hewitt | Co Host | roguestartups.com/podcast | 1 | @thecraighewitt | 2.6K | |
| Dave Rodenbaugh | Co Host | roguestartups.com/podcast | 1 | @daverodenbaugh | 1.7K | |
| Gwenn Aspen | Co Host | anequim.net/anequim-library/bootstrappers-for-entrepreneurs | 1 | @gwennaspen | 479 | |
| Jeremy Aspen | Co Host | anequim.net/anequim-library/bootstrappers-for-entrepreneurs | 1 | |||
| Isaiah O'Connor | atheoz.com/iocpod | 83 | ||||
| Jonathan Denwood & Kurt von Ahnen | wp-tonic.com/podcast-episodes | 82 | @wptonic_com | 848 | ||
| Fathom Analytics | usefathom.com/podcast | 60 | @usefathom | 14.8K | ||
| Marc LG and Matt Gale | startuptosomething.com/episodes | 57 | ||||
| Steve McLeod | bootstrapped.fm/episodes | 56 | @bootstrapped_fm | 116 | ||
| Corey Haines & Chris Spags | defaultalive.fm/episodes | 55 | ||||
| Sarah Stokes | thejuicygoodlife.com/podcast | 55 | ||||
| Andres Olguin | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bootstrapmogul | 42 | ||||
| Sandra Velasquez | the-nopalera-podcast.captivate.fm | 37 | @nopalera_co | 789 | ||
| Guillaume Moubeche | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bootstrapped-stories | 35 | ||||
| Melissa Kwan | ewebinar.com/profitled-podcast | 27 | @profitledfm | 12 | ||
| Brooke Raybould | brookeraybould.com/podcast | 22 | ||||
| Ariana Rodriguez | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/storiesofscaling | 20 | ||||
| Reliant Capital | buzzsprout.com/2164577 | 4 | ||||
| Jake Petersen | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jake-petersen7 | 3 | ||||
| Brooke | brookeraybould.com/podcast | 1 | ||||
| Sarah Stokes featuring guest - Ursula Mentjes | thejuicygoodlife.com/podcast | 1 | ||||
| Ryan Raybould | brookeraybould.com/podcast | 1 | ||||
| Brooke Raybould x Katie Holden | brookeraybould.com/podcast | 1 | ||||
| Brooke Raybould X Julie Thomason | brookeraybould.com/podcast | 1 | ||||
| Brooke Raybould x Brooklyn Rivera | brookeraybould.com/podcast | 1 | 
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