Bootstrapping a Successful IP Geolocation SaaS From a Side Hustle to Now Growing 50% YoY With Ben Dowling | #103 SaaS Webcast [ Bootstrapping ]

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Apr 22, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 103

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Episode description

Ben is the Founder & CEO at IPinfo.io & Host.io, a reliable in depth source of IP addresses data handling roughly 20 billion API requests per month for 100,000 businesses and developers.

Ben was the former CTO at Calm.com worked at Facebook as an Software Engineer as well as various other startups across the UK.

During this interview we cover:

00:00 Contentfy, Your On-Demand Content Team (Sponsor)
02:04 - Ben’s Background, Past Positions & Ventures
09:31 - Entrepreneur Deciding to Return Back to the Workforce
12:11 - Process from Idea to launching IPinfo
15:51 - From Side Hustle Dedicated to Deciding to Go Full Time
22:21 - IPinfo in Terms of Size & What has Worked Best in Terms of Growth
25:39 - Bootstrap vs Building from Scratch Without Outside Capital
27:51 - Current Growth Trajectory
18:56 - Tips & Tricks for Those Looking to Bootstrap Their Next Idea
30:25 - How’s IPinfo Innovating & Standing Out from Other IP Data Providers
34:12 - Improve Customer Experience & Conversions
37:51 - Advice Ben’s Would Tell his 25 Year old Self
39:50 - Biggest Challenges Ben is Facing Right Now
41:00 - Instrumental Resources for Ben’s Success
43:49 - What does Success mean to Ben Today
44:54 - Get in Touch with Ben

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