https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog Real numbers on pricing, first customers and getting paid for bootstrapped makers. en https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/open-source-ai-team-one-person-businesshttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/open-source-ai-team-one-person-businessThu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000A free set of AI agents, one per business job, that run on your own machine and ask before anything goes out. What it does, how it differs from AI coding agents, and what it costs to run. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/run-a-business-with-claude-codehttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/run-a-business-with-claude-codeThu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Yes: research, pricing, pages, outreach and support drafts, and weekly numbers. It must not send, pay or deploy alone. A real daily rhythm: one morning message, approve by number, about $5 a day. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/bootstrapped-founder-community-balkanshttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/bootstrapped-founder-community-balkansThu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Yes: Bootstrapped Makers, started by Panche Isajeski to help the Balkan ecosystem. Plus SaaStanak, Starter, Startit and Startup Macedonia, compared honestly. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/best-claude-code-plugins-for-foundershttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/best-claude-code-plugins-for-foundersThu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Nine free Claude Code plugins for founders, agencies and freelancers: Superpowers, Marketing Skills, Supabase, PostHog and more. What each does, the price, the install line. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/ai-business-os-comparedhttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/ai-business-os-comparedTue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000The one that runs real work in your own files and asks before anything goes out. Bootstrapped OS, Polsia, Sintra, Marblism, Preuve and ShipFast compared by what each does, the price, and which step to first payment it covers. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/run-a-one-person-company-with-ai-agentshttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/run-a-one-person-company-with-ai-agentsSat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Give AI agents the roles of a small team, one shared knowledge base and one rule: they draft, you decide. My numbers from 114 days: 1,033 hours, 3,313 agent runs. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/how-to-bootstrap-a-saashttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/how-to-bootstrap-a-saasTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000The eight steps to build and grow a SaaS without investors, in the order that matters, from a founder who did it twice: one exit, and one product that sat at $0 for four months. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/first-paying-customers-saashttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/first-paying-customers-saasTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Ten named people, one direct question, and a reason to say yes this week. The five steps that took a finished product from $0 to $9.5k MRR in two months. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/why-nobody-is-buying-your-saashttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/why-nobody-is-buying-your-saasTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000There are six places a buyer can drop out. Count four numbers, find the biggest drop, and fix only that step. With a real launch-day funnel as the example. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/first-1k-mrr-real-numbershttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/first-1k-mrr-real-numbersSat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Plausible made $64 in its first month and took a year to pass $1,000. Nomad List raised its price five times. Carrd charges $19 a year. The founders' own numbers. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/communities-for-bootstrapped-makershttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/communities-for-bootstrapped-makersSat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Indie Hackers, WIP, The Bootstrapped Founder, Starter Story, MicroConf Connect, Dynamite Circle, Ramen Club, Hampton and #BuildInPublic: what each costs and the stage it is for. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/channels-that-got-me-customershttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/channels-that-got-me-customersThu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000AgentaOS sat at $0 for four months. Then I posted every step of the launch to my own network: 18.5% signup rate on day one, 400+ signups and 1,400+ payments by day 40. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/what-bootstrapping-actually-meanshttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/what-bootstrapping-actually-meansSat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Bootstrapping means no investors. Grants count too, the guides skip the hardest part, and what decides it is distribution. From two companies, with the numbers. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/get-paid-without-opening-a-companyhttps://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/get-paid-without-opening-a-companySat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Charge for your SaaS or digital product as a private person, from any country: who sells it for you, the document your bank wants, and what you owe in tax. https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/saas-pricing-models-2026https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/saas-pricing-models-2026Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Flat fee, hybrid, per seat, usage, outcome and AI credits, with the real percentages from 230 companies, and which one to start with when nobody has paid yet.