Geoff Roberts is the co-founder of Outseta, a bootstrapped all-in-one platform to help manage and grow your recurring revenue business. Before Outseta, Geoff was Head of Marketing for Buildium, a product that went through the phases of bootstrapping, raising and exiting, that was started by current co-founder Dimitris.

What we covered in this episode:

Taking a big 15 year bet on your businessGoing into an established, durable marketWhy not raise for the company?Single focus vs portfolio of small betsWhy Outseta focused on brand building and not SEOMarketing trade-offsWhy freemium doesn’t work for everyoneBuilding a flat, self-managed organisation

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