How to manage a team of engineers (even if you’re a founder who doesn’t know code)

Natalie Nagele, Wildbit, Bootstrapping, Hiring, SaaS (software as a service), Women Founders

Today’s guest is Natalie Nagele. EIGHT years ago, her husband was on Mixergy to talk about this little company called Wildbit.

At the time, they had just launched Postmark and it was doing over $1M in sales. I want to see where they are now after nearly 10 years of bootstrapping.

Natalie Nagele is the co-Founder of Wildbit, a software company that builds web apps to help software developers collaborate better.

Natalie Nagele

Wildbit

Natalie Nagele is the co-Founder of Wildbit, a software company that builds web apps to help software developers collaborate better.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses for an audience of real entrepreneurs. I don’t think you can tell, but this side of my face right here, my forehead is suntanned and this side is not. It’s so weird.

Natalie, I was running 20 miles yesterday, 21 miles. I earned that last mile. And I for some reason didn’t put any sunscreen on and I’m just running into heat. I guess I didn’t expect it to be so hot in January here in San Francisco. And I can feel that this side of my body is getting a tan. And I finally went into Sports Basement, and I say, “I’m going to get drink and I’m going to find a way to get some sunscreen without having to buy a $10 sunscreen. Someone will have it, something.” They had a tester.
Natalie: I was going to say a sample, right? A tester?

Andrew: They did....

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