The Bootstrap: Building Startups from Scratch
From The Product Bus comes The Bootstrap: Building Startups from Scratch – your weekly source of news and practical support for bootstrapping founders – or founders building their business with their own effort and funds and no external investors.
The Bootstrap unpacks strategies that any founder can apply to make smart, data-informed decisions as they navigate the early stages of building a startup. We focus on helping founders avoid the common pitfalls that stop many great ideas from becoming a reality.
Each episode, we start with one or two news items that bootstrapping founders need to know, and then host Scotty Allen (Founder of The Product Bus) is joined by a guest who brings their experience and subject matter to a specific topic with practical, actionable strategies that founders can take away and apply immediately to their own business.
Our Team Members
Scotty Allen
Co-founder/CEO
Scotty combines his experience as a Product Manager in a number of successful software startups with his education and client learning background to help clients refine product value propositions, develop road maps and MVP plans, and develop Go To Market strategies for Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings and web-based learning products.
Scotty founded a podcast agency focusing on business and original content podcast series including “Starting Line: The New Founders Podcast“, focusing on telling founder stories from the beginning of the startup journey, and “The Bootstrap: Startups from Scratch”, a show all about the bootstrapped startup experience.
Portia McEwan
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Portia brings a wealth of experience in managing operations and supporting diverse business needs, from corporate environments to small local businesses. As Operations Manager at The Product Bus, she draws on her expertise in project management and executive support to deliver seamless project execution. Portia’s background includes successfully managing teams, overseeing project portfolios, and tailoring support for client-specific needs.
Sammy Perryman
DIGITAL PRODUCER
Sammy is a media maker passionate about connecting communities.
Experience includes SYN Media (Loud & Queer, SoulFood, Unpack Parliament Podcast), Melbourne’s Living Museum of The West (Sounds & Sites Audio Tour), SIGNAL Screen x Sound