Bootstrap To Quitting Day – with Ruben Gamez

Ruben Gamez, Bidsketch, B2B, Bootstrapping, Customer Acquisition, SaaS (software as a service), Traffic

How does a former employee bootstrap a profitable startup and quit his job?

Joining me is Ruben Gamez, founder of proposal software company, Bidsketch.

A lot of us in the startup space have been following Ruben and his story as he built up his business and grew customers. And we were all celebrating the day that he quit his job. Now that it’s been a little while, I want to find out about that experience.

Ruben Gamez

Bidsketch

Ruben Gamez is the founder of Bidsketch, where website designers go to create customized, clean proposals in minutes.

 

Andrew: All right. Before we get started, imagine you have an idea for a new product. Maybe it’s a mobile app for students. And you need feedback. Well you can ask your friends, but few of them are still students. So what do you do? That’s where this site comes in.

AYTM is where you go to have surveys filled out by potential users. They’ll find the people to take the surveys for you. They’ll make sure that they are the right fit for you. So look, you come here, and you can specify the income that you are looking for, the gender of your potential customers. You can specify their careers; in this case I pick students. You can ask for a specific number of people to complete surveys for you.

And then when you create the surveys, look at how many options you have. Video: You can ask them for feedback on photos of your potential product. You can ask open-ended questions, close-ended questions — lots of different things that you can do....

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