Founder Interview Video
How theplot.io Reached 400 Customers and $4K MRR as a Bootstrapped Side Project (Interview with Founder Adrian Thompson)
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction and Background
- 0:28Why Adrian Built a Storyboarding Tool
- 2:33Who Uses theplot.io
- 2:42Pricing Tiers and Recent Price Increase
- 3:30Customer Count and MRR
- 7:52SEO as the Primary Growth Channel
- 11:57Building the MVP in 2015
- 12:40MVP Cost and Bootstrapping the Business
- 14:23Revenue Plateau and Growth Experiments
- 15:54Free Templates as a Growth Tactic
- 17:41Potential Sale and Business Valuation
- 18:56Famous Five: Books, CEOs, and Tools
- 21:02Closing Thoughts and Wrap-Up