Best Boostrapping Podcasts (2025)

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Growing a hosting platform to $400k ARR: Elston Baretto (Tiiny Host) 52:30

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After a hiatus, The Ramen Club podcast (formerly Ramen FM) is back! For episode 10, I spoke to my good friend friend and long-time Ramen Club member, Elston Baretto (founder of Tiiny Host). Tiiny Host is the simplest way to host and share your work online - uploading HTML, PHP, PDFs & Zip files (plus more soon) in seconds. Started 4 years ago, Elst…

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WAY OVERDUE UPDATE 6:18

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Work I’ve done since I joined that you might have missed! * https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/us-treasury-removes-tornado-cash-from-ofac-sanctions-list * https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/how-pleblab-is-shaping-the-future-of-bitcoin-startups-in-austin * https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/bitcoin-magazine-po/episodes/FROSTR-Explained-A-Gamec…

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The Simple Habits That Can 10x Your Business and Life (with Dan Go) | Ep 48 1:13:35

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"You don’t rise to your goals; you fall to your systems." 🧠 Want to learn more SaaS growth strategies? Join our free SaaS Summit newsletter for exclusive insights and tactics from top founders. ➤ https://www.saasacademy.com/jointhesummit Join Matt Verlaque as he sits down with Dan Go, high-performance coach to entrepreneurs, to unpack why fitness i…

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Say the Right Thing, Every Time (with Phil M Jones) | Ep 47 1:17:13

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“Every word that leaves your mouth is helping or hurting - nothing is neutral.” 🧠 Want to learn more SaaS growth strategies? Join our free SaaS Summit newsletter for exclusive insights and tactics from top founders. ➤ https://www.saasacademy.com/jointhesummit Join Matt Verlaque in a dynamic conversation with Phil M Jones - author of Exactly What to…

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From Broke to Boostrapped to an $18M SaaS (with Matt Prados) | Ep 46 49:12

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“I didn’t have a Stanford degree. I had a garage, a beanbag, and a dream.” 🧠 Want to learn more SaaS growth strategies? Join our free SaaS Summit newsletter for exclusive insights and tactics from top founders. ➤ https://www.saasacademy.com/jointhesummit Join Matt Verlaque as he sits down with Matt Prados, founder and CEO of Review Wave (now Aloha)…

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He Almost Sold 50% of his Company for $5K (with Chris Ronzio) | Ep 45 1:05:48

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"You just have to ask." 🧠 Want to learn more SaaS growth strategies? Join our free SaaS Summit newsletter for exclusive insights and tactics from top founders. ➤ https://www.saasacademy.com/jointhesummit Join Matt Verlaque as he sits down with Chris Ronzio, founder and CEO of Trainual, to discuss celebrity partnerships, Facebook ad strategies, and …

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Cypherpunk Future speech - Monerotopia by Juan Galt 46:28

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Why are we here? what’s the point of encrypting all the things?This speech, should answer your question. Video version here: Juan Galt. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juangalt.comBy Juan Galt

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Boostraping Bitcoin Communities W/ Chris Guida 20:17

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Start a meetup. Do it every month for atleast a year, but ideally forever. Make it noob friendly and Bitcoin only.Then do a second meetup in between, but full nerd mode for the developers. A year later, sprinkle some magic and boom! Bitcoin community happens.Helps to have an amazing hacker garage to hang at, and work from. Cheers to Lightning devel…

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How does Elon Musk get some much done??? 26:19

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Most interesting to me anyway. How about you? There’s a lot of going on in the world, but no other person alive seems to be able to handle so many impossible jobs at the same time as Elon Musk. Despite controversies and political positions he has taken recently. You have to admit, what ever his secret is to execution, it is one worth figuring out.H…

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Pleblab's Car: Bitcoin Startup Incubation 1:12:26

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I’ve decided to join Top Builder. If you are an entrepreneur or builder, you should join as well!topbuilder.devJuan Galt. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juangalt.comBy Juan Galt

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The Art Of The Hackathon W/ Supertestnet! 7:18

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Start with a Bitcoin meetup. Convince some OGs to come hang out.Get sponsors to throw money into a hackathon pot. (Do a bunch of hard work nobody sees)And vuala! An awesome hackathon happens. Cheers!Juan Galt. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juangalt.com…

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The Nostr Deep Dive w/ Max Hillebrand 2:00:57

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Max, a prolific Bitcoin open source contributor and tecnologist joins us to try and convince us to join him and the deepest bitcoin nerds on nostr! This conversation joins a series of discussions with Nostr entrepreneurs discussing the potential and friction points of Bitcoin’s native social network layer. If you like Nostr, follow me there! Juan G…

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Taproot Assets & USD On Lightning W/ Joltz_BTC 1:01:14

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For the forseable future anyway, the cryptographic transformation of the dollar is not just inevitable but economically very attractive to the global south. Americans don’t get it, the Dollar is their water but the rest of the world is drowning in much worse fiat.Meanwhile Bitcoin is still in it’s distribution stage barely cracking 1% global adopti…

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Dan Martell Reveals the SECRET To Running A SaaS Company | Ep 44 41:18

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"The magic is creating the container for relationships." 📖 Join the Wait List for our new book! ➤ https://softwarebook.com/ Join Dan Martell, Johnny Page, and Matt Verlaque as they sit down to discuss the launch of their new book, what running a 10/10 event looks like, and the future of SaaS Academy. -- Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to the New Book…

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This Guy Outsourced His 8-Figure Company (with Graeme Barlow) | Ep 43 50:48

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"If you talk to an outsource company and they can kick off development for you or kick off a project next week, that's a massive red flag for me." 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) Join Johnny Page and Graeme Barlow, Founder and CEO of Iversoft, a world-class …

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This Guy Pays His Employees $210,000/yr (with Geoff Roberts) | Ep 42 57:43

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"You're going to have to hire great people." 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) Join Matt Verlaque and Geoff Roberts, CEO and founder of Outseta, The all-in-one platform to build SaaS and membership businesses. This episode dives deep into 🚀 - How staying small…

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This Guy Built A Portfolio of Companies Worth $1 Billion (with Scot Chisholm) | Ep 41 59:09

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"I think you can do more with less these days." 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) Join Johnny Page and Scot Chisholm, CEO and Founder of Classy, a fundraising platform for nonprofit organizations that got acquired by GoFundMe in 2022. Over the course of 10 yea…

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Ark: Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocol Deep Dive 1:14:20

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On this call we dove deep into the mechanics of Ark as a scaling technology, it’s differences with Lightning, the challenges to scaling and how Covenants would massively improved Bitcoin scaling technologies. Special thanks to Tiero and Ark Labs for the hard work on scaling Bitcoin self custody to the world. This is a public episode. If you would l…

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This Guy Made a Million Dollar App for Gym Owners (with Dan Uyemura) | Ep 40 1:05:38

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"Let the market pull you. You have to be so nimble. You're lucky if you can block a punch in the beginning." 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) Join Matt (@mattverlaque) and Dan Uyemura, CEO and Founder of PushPress, a complete gym management platform built by …

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The Trump and Elon Musk Conversation 2:07:23

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juangalt.comBy Juan Galt

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Steal This Copywriting Playbook That Makes MILLIONS (with John Doherty) | Ep 39 1:07:52

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"Great writing starts from a great brief, which starts from great strategy." 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) Join Matt (@mattverlaque) and John Doherty, founder of EditorNinja, a content editing agency that edited 3,000,000+ words in its first 18 months on h…

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Bold Bitcoin Spotlight, The Era Of Multisig Banks 38:44

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Had a cool chat with Zachary Pardey CEO of Bold Bitcoin a new kind of Bitcoin bank, about the future of Bitcoin exchanges, what’s wrong with their security and service model, and where the industry is likely to go, given the cypher security realities of today’s age, the wide range of data hacks, the prevalence of identity theft and how these forces…

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This Guy Bought Over 50 SaaS Companies and Raised $100M (with Kevin McArdle) | Ep 38 1:13:24

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"When you get clear on what a dream buyer looks like, now you have a filtering mechanism for who would I even entertain because it has to look like X." -- 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) -- Join Johnny Page (@johnnypage13) and Matt (@mattverlaque) as they si…

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How to Build Great Sales Teams (with Travis Janko) | Ep 37 1:13:00

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👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) -- Join Matt (@mattverlaque) as he sits down with Travis Janko, CEO and founder of GSD Coach & Recruiting where he helps growing sales organizations hire the top 5% of sales talent, FAST! 📌 In this episode we dive deep into...…

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OCEAN: Debate on Strategy and 'Spam' 2:32:02

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Hello everybody! Sorry for the lol in podcasts there this month. I've been traveling and fell down an AI rabbit hole that I'm temporarily emerging from right now. This conversation with the OCEAN guys was I thought very productive and informative. I asked some of the finer questions related to their approach to the Ordinals boom and the game theory…

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The Ecommerce Genius: How to build companies that sell (with Adii Pienaar) | Ep 36 1:09:19

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👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) -- Join Matt (@mattverlaque) as he sits down with Adii Pienaar (@adii), founder of WooCommerce, Conversio and Cogsy, which led to multiple successful exits. 📌 In this episode we dive deep into... ➡ How the e-commerce industry …

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He Went From Broke to CEO (with Johnny Page) | Ep 35 1:02:35

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👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) -- Join Matt (@mattverlaque) as he sits down with our very own Johnny Page(@johnnypage13), CEO at SaaS Academy. 📌 In this episode we dive deep into... ➡ Johnny's unusual upbringing ➡ ➡ When & why founders should consider ventu…

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How To Become A Data-Driven Business (with Ben Yoskovitz) | Ep 34 1:23:43

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👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) -- Join Johnny (@johnnypage13) and Matt (@mattverlaque) as they sit down with Ben Yoskovitz, Founding Partner at Highline Beta and co-author of 'Lean Analytics' to talk all things data. 📌 In this episode they go deep into what…

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This Guy Made a Million Dollar App for Chik-Fil-A (with Michael Alvarez) | Ep 33 55:43

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"I help Chick-fil-A operators sell more chicken!" -- 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) -- Join Johnny (@johnnypage13) and Matt (@mattverlaque) as they sit down with Michael Alvarez, founder and CEO of OneClick App, a workforce management software for Chick-fil…

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Advice From a Bitcoin OG with Mandrik 2:02:53

1y ago2:02:53

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Mandrik, one of my favorite Bitcoiners joins us to reflect on the challanges of holding Bitcoin long term, navigating the industry as proffesional, the early days of Blockchain.info, and the era of Bitcoin US politics and Mainstream adoption.Juan Galt. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access …

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How to Become a Master of Sales (with Mike Manzi) | Ep 32 1:17:28

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"You need to first create an environment where they trust you. Second, create an environment where they know that you're going to work your butt off. And third, create an environment where you're actually helping them." -- 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) -- …

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Bitcoin Self Custody While Trading Futures?? 39:54

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Get10101 joins us for a quick overview and deep dive into the technology that won them a hackathon award and is quickly becoming a Bitcoin futures platform without a custodian. Juan Galt This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juangalt.com…

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The Power of Intimacy: Building Strong Customer Relationships (with Calvin Correli) | Ep. 31 1:03:17

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"Intimacy is what we offer to our customers. We make them feel seen, heard, and felt." -- 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? [Book a FREE growth session] (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?utm_campaign=SAPodcast_2023&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=shownotes). -- Today, @johnnypage1 and @mattverlaque are joined by @CalvinCorreli…

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Alp and Brad Mills on Bitcoin Fork History 1:34:55

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I could not attend this show, but it came out great as Alp and Brad Mill discuss the various perspectives available to understand Bitcoin and how it’s consensus changes have played out. Juan Galt. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juangalt.com…

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From NASA Engineer to Entrepreneur (with Tyler Ryan) | Ep. 30 1:36:24

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"What it means to be data-driven is to let 99% of the decisions be made for you so that you can focus on the high-leverage 1%." -- 👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? Book a FREE growth session (https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?...) -- Join Johnny (@johnnypage13) and Matt (@mattverlaque) as they sit down with former NASA engin…

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Shinobi, Rearden, Matt Blue on Covenants 1:26:46

1y ago1:26:46

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Shinobi, Rearden and Matt Blue sit down on a spontaneous spaces to discuss Bitcoin Covenant soft forks, their trade offs, advantages, and debate the finer points.This conversation was not hosted by BitcoinNews or Juan Galt, but I like to save important spaces like this one and put it out on a feed so that they are not lost to time. Expect more of t…

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Stealth Addresses: Bitcoin Privacy Upgrade W/ Josi Bake 1:39:22

1y ago1:39:22

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Stealth Addresses, a new kind of reusable address quickly being adopted by wallets like Cake Wallet, has hit the market. Josi Bake, Bitcoin core contirbutor joins us to discuss the relevan BIP, and the adoption plan for this application layer update to Bitcoin privacy. As we live in the shadow of the Samurai Wallet develper arrests, new privacy sol…

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Unlocking the Potential of Product-Led Growth (with Wes Bush) | Ep. 29 1:10:35

1y ago1:10:35

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👉🏻 Want a 3-step action plan to help scale your SaaS? [Book a FREE growth session](https://www.saasacademy.com/scalenow?.... Join Johnny (@johnnypage13) and Matt (@mattverlaque) as they sit down with Wes Bush He’s the author of the best-selling book Product-Led Growth and founder of PoductLed.com — a proven system that helps SaaS companies scale th…

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Reacting to Samurai Dev Arrests W/ Scott Dedels 2:44:19

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Scott Dedels, author of The Dao Of Bitcoin, join us to discuss and process out reaction to the arrest of the Samurai Wallet devs. Juan Galt This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juangalt.comBy Juan Galt

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Ecash Fundamentals W/ Moonsettler 1:39:20

1y ago1:39:20

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Moonsettler, who recently decided to take a break from Bitcoin twitter, left us a fantastic interview, describing the inner workings of Bitcoin’s Chaumian ecash, what is being built, the trade offs and the potential. Juan Galt This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit j…

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How To Build A Data-Driven Business (with Cedric Chin) | Ep. 28 1:27:52

1y ago1:27:52

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"If you're asking for swimming advice, you don't go and talk to someone who has never swum before. You go talk to an Olympic swimmer." Join Johnny (@johnnypage13) and Matt (@mattverlaque) as they sit down with Cedric Chin, the genius behind Commoncog.com - an industry leading blog that helps founders accelerate business expertise. in this episode, …

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The Early Majority Stage of Bitcoin W/ Jeff Swan 1:25:40

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Jeff Swan, Bitcoin OG joins us to discuss the many challenges facing Bitcoin in this new stage of mainstream adoption, the many white pills to be found despite the negative news the past few weeks and how things should or should not evolve, for Bitcoin to adapt. Juan Galt This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscr…

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Making Bitcoin Script Great Again W/ Rearden 54:03

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Rearden Former Casa and Bitgo engineer, joins us to discuss the latest effort in building consensus towards upgrading Bitcoin’s tooling. Initially proposed by Rusty Rustles out of the recent Bitcoin++ conference in Austin Texas. Rearden explains to us what restoring and fixing Bitcoin script means in general, what risks are being considered and how…

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The Power of Deceleration: How to Create Clarity As A High Performer (with Steve Schlafman) | Ep. 27 1:26:39

1y ago1:26:39

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“Who are you beyond your professional identity?” Join Johnny (@johnnypage13) and Matt (@mattverlaque) as they sit down with Steve Schlafman, a former VC who traded the boardroom for the coaching couch. Steve now guides high-achievers, especially founders, through major life pivots and career crossroads. In this episode, Steve opens up about his own…

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The Importance of Niching Down in the AI Space (with Maddie Bell) | Ep 26 1:07:12

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“I just read the best fiction of my life and it was my pitch deck from two years ago.” Join Johnny Page (@johnnypage13) and Matt Verlaque (@mattverlaque) on a new episode of the SaaS Academy Podcast as they sit down with Maddie Bell, CEO of Scheduler.ai. Maddie's journey from Procter & Gamble to co-founding a thriving startup is packed with valuabl…

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Paolo Ardoino: Tether, Keet, Bitcoin Under Attack 1:46:01

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I had an amazing conversation with Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether and CTO of Bitfinex, one of the most influential people in the Bitcoin and crypto industry which not man know much about. His experience, approach and outlook were refreshingly real and the technologies he is investing into to further the cypherpunk vision, were fascinating to discuss.…

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Why Dan Martell is stepping down as CEO... | Ep 25 46:20

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"There's a lot of fear and limiting beliefs and identity things that founders get tied up in." Join Johnny Page (@johnnypage13) and Matt Verlaque (@mattverlaque) on a new episode of the SaaS Academy Podcast AS they discuss the transition of leadership at SaaS Academy with Dan Martell. 00:00 - Intro / Setting the Stage 01:04 - Reflecting on a Life C…

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How to Become a Key Person of Influence (with Daniel Priestley) | Ep 24 1:21:01

1y ago1:21:01

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“You're standing on a mountain of value. You just can't see it." Join Johnny Page (@johnnypage13) and Matt Verlaque (@mattverlaque) on a new episode of the SaaS Academy Podcast as they explore the remarkable entrepreneurial journey of Daniel Priestley. From diving into $8000 of credit card debt at age 21 to start his first venture, to becoming the …

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How to Build A $30M Company (with Dev Basu) | Ep 24 49:42

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“The only difference between a really high performing team member and a high performing entrepreneur is their appetite for risk.” Today, Johnny (@johnnypage13) and Matt (@mattverlaque) are joined by guest Dev Basu, CEO of Powered by Search, as they delve into Basu's entrepreneurial journey, starting from selling video games in high school to scalin…

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Bitrefill CEO: Lightning's Uncertain Future 1:23:18

1y ago1:23:18

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Bitrefill.com has been one of the most useful companies to Bitcoiners in recent years, letting many live on the Bitcoin standard through the use of their gift card marker, where over 10,000 gift cards can be purchased directly for Bitcoin.They sponsor this show, which we are very grateful and have a special discount for you, if you are interested. …