#86 Bootstrapping 3 Successful Companies & Helping Creative Entrepreneurs Make a Living Doing What They Love with Spencer Fry

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 9 a.m.

Alex is the Founder at Podmatch.com, an A.I tool used to generate interviews by bringing in Podcast Guest and Hosts on the same platform. Alex is also the host of the Creating a Brand podcast A top 20 entrepreneurship podcast that releases weekly masterclass interviews. During this interview we cover: 00:00 Contentfy, Your On-Demand Content Team (Sponsor) 01:02 - Intro  02:07 - Spencer’s Background, Past Ventures & Funding  Podia 07:27 - Problem Looking to Solve With Podia & How it Differentiates  10:30 - Pivoting from Coach to Podia for Product Market Fit  12:29 - How to Constantly Ensure you Stay in the Mission Track 15:29 -  Is COVID an Accelerant or has More Negative Effect on Podia 16:50 - Successful Programs & Sustainable Business in Podia  19:44 - Most Common Mistake Founders are Making on their SaaS Startups 21:27 - Biggest Proven Growth Levers that Worked for Spencer 23:19 - Failures in Growth Strategies & why to Re-Test Strategies  24:45 - Biggest Challenges in Scaling Podia Currently 26:36 - Best Resources Instrumental to Spencer Success 29:03 -  What Does Success Means To Spencer Today? 30:38 - Staying Motivated When Your Startup has Rough First Years 32:10 - Future Plans for Podia & How To Get In Touch With Spencer People: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Horowitz (Ben Horowitz) https://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ (Jeff Bezos) https://www.spacex.com/ (Elon Musk) Books: https://hardthings.bhorowitz.com/ (The Hard Thing About Hard Things) Get In Touch With Spencer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerfry/ (Spencer’s Linkedin) http://www.spencerfry.com/ (www.Spencerfry.com) Tag us & follow: https://www.facebook.com/HorizenCapitalOfficial/ (Facebook)  https://www.facebook.com/HorizenCapitalOfficial/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizen-capital (LinkedIn)  https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizen-capital https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/ (Instagram)  https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/ (https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/) More about Akeel: Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber (https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber) LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar (https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar) More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast (https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast)