OG bootstrapper meets millennial creator


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Peldi is the founder of Balsamiq Mockups and pioneered transparent business building in 2007. In this episode, he came to The Panel looking for advice. We invited Jay Clouse of Creator Science to share his wisdom. Jay had tons of practical suggestions for SaaS founders looking to build community and build in public in an authentic way.

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Justin Jackson's SaaS marketing experiments

I'm the co-founder of Transistor.fm (podcast hosting and analytics). I write about SaaS marketing, bootstrapping startups, pursuing a good life, building calm companies, business ethics, and creating a better society,.

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