Summary:

On this episode of saaslife.fm, Sam Schrup and Chris McAleenan talk about what it looks like for a bootstrapper to take paternity leave for a new baby or puppy sitting. Never a dull moment at home or work! 

Highlights from this Episode:

• Demo Downtime: People were patient and willing to wait for Sam’s return.


• Work/Life Balance: First week back finds work just as exhausting as life at home. 


• Stack Overflow Question: Chris likes to code, but hasn’t kept up his skill set.


• Mission Critical Dependency: What if something goes wrong while you’re gone?


• Edge Cases: Fixing issues takes time and holds you back from building features.


• Mental Shift: Actively cultivate mindset via previous experience, project patterns.


• Deliverable Size: Downloading large file on Google Drive isn’t a good experience. 


• TextRetailer Website: Revamped and launched to drive customer engagement.


• Developer Resource: Sam’s hire made a widget to grow email and SMS lists.   

Links and Resources: 

saaslife.fm

Sam Schrup on Twitter

Chris McAleenan on Twitter

TextRetailer

Textiful

PipeTech Hub/Project

Kraken.io Image Optimizer

Stack Overflow

Userlist.io

Upwork

Basecamp

Linear

Braintree

Stripe

Monoprice Water Leak Sensor

Intro music by Monkey Warhol licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).