How Maxime Berthelot grew PixelMe to $5k MRR and kept his day job at Buffer
If you\u2019ve ever thought about bootstrapping your own side project to meaningful revenue and scale, this episode is for you. Today I\u2019m talking to Maxime Berthelot of Buffer and PixelMe.\n\nPixelMe was conceived next to a pool in Bali, but this is not a digital nomad story \u2014 both founders are based in France. In fact, Maxime didn\u2019t even quit his day job as Product Manager of Growth at Buffer. Yet the pair have managed to validate their concept and reach $5K in monthly recurring revenue.\n\nI spoke with Max about:\n\n - Validating the product without writing code\n - Hacking his way to those\n first few paying customers\n - The radical transparency at both Buffer and\n PixelMe\n - Balancing time on his side project with his primary job\n\n\u2026and much, much more!