Founders Journey

Historically businesses and startups are really tightlipped. Everything is a trade secret. Everyone is constantly wondering what their competitors are doing and if they’ll suddenly get crushed by...

Historically businesses and startups are really tightlipped. Everything is a trade secret. Everyone is constantly wondering what their competitors are doing and if they’ll suddenly get crushed by...

As a Founder, you’ve got your hand in everything imaginable, from legal paperwork to hiring to product management to support and everything in between. You’re pulled in every direction from everyone...

If there’s one thing I’ve found to be true over the past year and half of building this company, it’s that I’m completely winging it. Sure, I’ve read articles and books on how to build a company, but...

From the start of Baremetrics I’ve wanted to stay away from being a faceless company. Given we’re a B2B company, that’s relatively easy. We’re not dealing with 10,000 or 100,000 customers here, so...

A few weeks back I wrote about our experience going from bootstrapped to funded as we raised a $500,000 round, why it was good for our business and some of the things we’ve learned along the way....

Most days now I wake up before my alarm goes off (at 5am) and I immediately hop out of bed, excited to get the day started. But that wasn’t always the case, especially when things weren’t going...

In mid-January we did our first retreat as a team. Since we’re completely remote, this was the first time most of our team had met and worked with each other face-to-face. I’ll take you through how...

One year after Baremetrics was launched, we hit $25,000 in monthly recurring revenue. I’ve tried a lot of things to grow the company over the past year. A few things have worked well. A lot of things...

Last week I wrote about our experience going from bootstrapped to funded, why it was good for our business and some of the things we’ve learned along the way. I mentioned there were some big shifts...

What’s it like going from a decade of bootstrapping to running a funded business? And what’s it like _transitioning_ a business that started out bootstrapped to having a pile of cash at my disposal?...

Since launching over a year ago, we’ve had the privilege of working with hundreds of businesses all around the globe. Many of them accept payments in multiple currencies, and today I’m excited to...

One of the first things I did after joining Baremetrics was get us setup with Help Scout. While working through getting it setup, I paused when I reached the satisfaction surveys, and decided not to...

Sweet baby rabbits it’s been a long time since I’ve written one of these. Four whole months. Way. Too. Long. At any rate, here we are and my how things have changed since our last Inside Baremetrics.

So, you've landed yourself a new gig running customer support at a snazzy up-and-coming startup. Congratulations! There's a ton of content out there about building a startup, but not a ton for...

We recently hired someone to head up Customer Support. It took 3 months, 808 applications and 18 interviews before we found a solid fit. Who knew hiring for customer support would be so tedious?!?! I...

“Overnight success” is a phrase people love to throw around. It’s the pipe dream every inexperienced entrepreneur hopes for and thinks will come to them. That same phrase has been tacked on to the...

A couple of weeks ago, after 11 months of work, I finally snagged Baremetrics.com for an entirely reasonable $616. Here’s how that played out.

One year ago today I was sitting in my office at home racking my brain trying to find some easier way to get the metrics I wanted for 2 SaaS companies I was running. Nothing I found fit the bill. So,...

Over the past year of building Baremetrics, something we've found to be critical of improving your metrics is having your entire team on board and focused on the same goals. The more your team can...

One of the hardest parts of running a business (especially a new one) is knowing if you're even starting to maybe possibly sort of kind of head in the right direction with your metrics. My LTV is...

It’s a really exciting day here at Baremetrics! I’m stoked to announce that General Catalyst has invested $500,000 in Baremetrics, as part of a new fund they’ve created for businesses on Stripe. What...

Since launching 10 months ago, Baremetrics has largely taken a high-level approach to your metrics, showing you a 40,000-foot view of how your business is doing financially. Today, we’re bringing...

Dave and Jared started Hubstaff nearly two years ago and have finally started getting some traction on revenue. They manage a team of over a dozen folks to help build their business and have...

A couple of years back, Tyler Tringas spotted a need while doing freelance work building tools for Shopify merchants. Many of his clients wanted a store locator on their site to show their customers...