# Bootstrapped Makers

> A platform and community for bootstrapping startups. Bootstrapped OS, its open-source AI team for one-person companies (free on GitHub), is one of its products; members add the knowledge behind it. I help founders through the full bootstrapping journey: audience, content, AI agents, revenue and funding. Hands-on, on their startup, not a course. Four pillars: customers, grants and AI credits (non-dilutive funding; members hear first), founder-to-founder intros, and running the company with AI agents through Bootstrapped OS. Run by Panche Isajeski, who built and exited Kromatika ($2M in grants, no investors, ~$26M peak valuation, exited 2023) and took AgentaOS from $0 to $9.5k MRR two months after its August 2026 launch, after four months at $0, and to $10k MRR (about $120k a year) by October 2026 (AgentaOS was featured on Indie Hackers, 6 October 2026). Global, in English. Open since 7 October 2026. Membership: $19/mo · $190 for 12 months (save $38); founding members (until 19 October 2026) keep $9/mo. Cancel in one click.

## Pages

- [Get your first paying customers, one small step a week](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/): My payments company. No investors. No team. I got to ~$10k a month in 60 days. No business yet, or one nobody pays for? Bootstrapping a product, a SaaS or a service? Dev, marketer, freelancer: I show you every step to your first paying customer. One small step a week, free.
- [Bootstrapped Makers: онлајн бизнис, продажба низ цел свет](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/mk): Почни онлајн. Продавај низ светот. Од лаптоп. Книги, софтвер, програми, ИТ, маркетинг услуги, курсеви или производи онлајн. Заедница каде учиме едни од други и се дружиме онлајн и во живо.
- [Bootstrapped OS: the open-source AI team I run my company with](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/bootstrapped-os): Free on GitHub (MIT): 21 AI agents in six departments for Claude Code, run by a chief of staff, from a niche idea to first customers. You approve. Members add the knowledge.
- [Inside: everything a member gets](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/inside): A monthly live workshop, the members’ chat, tool discounts and every playbook. What a month inside looks like.
- [The story: $0 to $9.5k MRR in two months](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/story): Built and exited Kromatika with no investors. Ran its 3k community. Then four months at $0, $9.5k MRR two months after launch, $10k MRR today.
- [Bootstrapped SaaS growth stories](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/library): Playbooks for bootstrapped SaaS: what to charge (free), getting paid without a company, and first customers. Plus how six SaaS grew, with sources.
- [Membership: $19 a month](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/pricing): For makers with a live product and nobody paying yet. $19/mo · $190 for 12 months (save $38). Founding members keep $9. Cancel in one click.
- [Bootstrapper communities, compared](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/resources): Indie Hackers, WIP, MicroConf, Dynamite Circle, Hampton and more: what each costs and the stage it is actually for. Every link checked live.
- [Partner discounts for members](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/partners): Member-only discounts from Outrank, Bazzly, LaunchRepo and AgentaOS, worth more than your first four months.
- [Join: $19/mo](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/join): Free to join. Membership $19/mo · $190 for 12 months (save $38). Cancel in one click.
- [Membership terms](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/terms): The terms of Bootstrapped Makers membership in plain language: the price, founding members, cancelling, and the community rules.
- [Refunds and withdrawal](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/refunds): Cancelling, refunds and the EU 14-day right of withdrawal for Bootstrapped Makers: one-click cancel, and a guarantee of 3 months on us.

## Playbooks

[All playbooks](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/playbooks): 1 free to read; members get all 3.

- [Your payment setup, without a company](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/playbooks) (members, 7 min): From your first sale to money in your own account, as a private individual, in any country. The provider, the bank documents, and how to set up your tax.
- [What to charge before anyone has paid](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/playbooks/price-it) (free, 5 min): The model, the number and the offer: six layers, each with a pass condition, run on a real app. Then your worksheet.
- [Give something away, every week](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/playbooks) (members, 5 min): Why a launch day doesn't last, and the weekly rhythm that does: one free thing about your buyer's problem, one post with a real number, one short video, one founding offer.

## Examples

- [Examples](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples): swipe files of real pages from bootstrapped products, each entry checked on the live site.
- [Bootstrapped SaaS landing page examples](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages): Real landing page examples from bootstrapped SaaS products: headline, button and price, checked on the live site, with what to copy into yours.
  - [Plausible Analytics landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/plausible): Name the giant you replace. Search does the rest. Headline "Easy to use and privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative", button "Start free trial", cheapest paid plan $9/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Simple Analytics landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/simple-analytics): Don't fight GA4. Sell the traffic it loses. Headline "See the traffic Google Analytics misses", button "Book a demo", cheapest paid plan $20/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Fathom Analytics landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/fathom-analytics): Four words. One enemy: cookies. Headline "Analytics without the cookies", button "Start free trial", cheapest paid plan $15/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Tally landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/tally): Free is the marketing. The button is the product. Headline "The simplest way to create forms", button "Create a free form", cheapest paid plan $24/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Buttondown landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/buttondown): They A/B test their headline. You don't. Headline "Why is running a newsletter so hard?", button "Join your last newsletter platform", cheapest paid plan not shown; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Bannerbear landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/bannerbear): Vague headline, rescued by a concrete demo. Headline "Automate & Scale Your Marketing", button "Get Started for Free", cheapest paid plan $49/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Photo AI landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/photo-ai): Three words. Fires a whole profession. Headline "🔥 Fire your photographer", button "Start taking AI photos now →", cheapest paid plan $19/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Ghost landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/ghost): Sell the business, not the blogging tool. Headline "Turn your audience into a business.", button "Try Ghost completely free for 14 days →", cheapest paid plan $18/month billed yearly; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [ScreenshotOne landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/screenshotone): Boring headline. That's the point. Headline "The screenshot API for developers", button "Start rendering for free →", cheapest paid plan $17/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Transistor landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/transistor): Six words and four logos explain everything. Headline "Publish your podcast everywhere", button "Start 14-day free trial", cheapest paid plan $19/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Tuple landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/tuple): Own a tiny niche, then call yourself the best. Headline "The best remote pair programming app on macOS and Windows", button "Start your free trial", cheapest paid plan $30/user/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [SiteGPT landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/sitegpt): Explain the new thing with the thing they know. Headline "Make AI your expert customer service agent", button "Start a free trial", cheapest paid plan $59/month (or $39/month billed yearly); checked 2026-10-14.
  - [DataFast landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/datafast): Rename the category around money. Headline "Revenue-first analytics", button "Add my website", cheapest paid plan $9/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Chatbase landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/chatbase): Two doors: founders try, enterprises book. Headline "Conversational agents for customer experience", button "Start free trial", cheapest paid plan $32/month billed yearly; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Hypefury landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/hypefury): A shopping list as a headline. It works. Headline "Build your Bluesky, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Email List, and Success", button "Try Hypefury for free today", cheapest paid plan $6/month (1 channel); checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Placid landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/placid): 'On-brand' kills the fear before it's asked. Headline "Automations for on-brand creatives", button "GET STARTED FOR FREE", cheapest paid plan not shown; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [EmailOctopus landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/emailoctopus): Generic headline. The edge is what they refuse. Headline "Email marketing made easy", button "GET STARTED FOR FREE", cheapest paid plan $9/month billed yearly; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Crisp landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/crisp): Two headlines where one would do. Headline "Augment your customer experience. AI made to support your team & customers.", button "Get your AI Agent", cheapest paid plan $45/month per workspace; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Nusii landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/nusii): Flatter the buyer. 'Serious businesses' sells. Headline "The proposal software serious businesses use to win more work", button "Try free for 14 days", cheapest paid plan $29/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Keygen landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/keygen): Enterprise words, indie honesty. Headline "Open, enterprise-grade licensing & distribution", button "Try Cloud", cheapest paid plan not shown; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [OnlineOrNot landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/onlineornot): Put your face on the button. Solo is a feature. Headline "Uptime monitoring that catches real outages.", button "Create an uptime check", cheapest paid plan from $15/month; checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Hyvor Talk landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/hyvor-talk): Lead with what the big ones get wrong. Headline "Privacy-Focused, Fully-Featured Comments & Engagement Platform", button "Install Hyvor Talk", cheapest paid plan €5/month billed annually (€50); checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Tinylytics landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/tinylytics): Promise the result, then take the moral high ground. Headline "Know how your website is doing. Without tracking anyone.", button "Start your free trial", cheapest paid plan $7/month or $70/year (Zen, 2 sites); checked 2026-10-14.
  - [Obsidian landing page](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/examples/bootstrapped-saas-landing-pages/obsidian): Three words about your mind. None about software. Headline "Sharpen your thinking.", button "Get Obsidian for Windows", cheapest paid plan $4/month per user, billed annually (Sync); checked 2026-10-14.

## Makers

- [Makers](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/makers): startups built by members of Bootstrapped Makers, each with its own page. Live list for machines: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/makers/llms.txt

## One-sentence answers

- What is Bootstrapped Makers? A paid community ($19/mo) for bootstrapped founders with a live product and nobody paying yet, run by Panche Isajeski.
- What is Bootstrapped OS? A free, open-source (MIT) AI team for a one-person business, for Claude Code: 21 agents in six departments run by a chief of staff, sharing one knowledge base, from a niche idea to a launched product and first customers; the founder approves everything. Code: https://github.com/PancheI/BootstrappedOS. Members of Bootstrapped Makers also connect the Bootstrapped core (the author's plays and lessons). Details: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/bootstrapped-os
- How much does it cost to run a company with AI agents? About $20 a month for an AI plan with free tools, up to about $320 a month hands-off, against roughly $15,000 a month for the same roles as freelancers (Panche Isajeski's own setup, October 2026).
- Who is Panche Isajeski? A bootstrapped founder in Tallinn who built and exited Kromatika ($2M in grants, no investors) and took AgentaOS from $0 for four months to $10k MRR in 2026.
- How did AgentaOS get its first customers? By posting free playbooks about the buyer's problem, not the product, to people who already knew the founder: first payments 15 hours after relaunch.


## Press

- [Starting from scratch and hitting $9.5k MRR in two months](https://www.indiehackers.com/post/tech/starting-from-scratch-and-hitting-9-5k-mrr-in-two-months-j5pMaED5FEbKw8qmeyj9) (Indie Hackers, 6 October 2026): an interview with Panche Isajeski about AgentaOS.

## Blog

- [What is an open-source AI team for a one-person business?](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/open-source-ai-team-one-person-business) (2026-10-22): A 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/open-source-ai-team-one-person-business.md
- [Can you run a business with Claude Code, not just write code?](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/run-a-business-with-claude-code) (2026-10-22): Yes: 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/run-a-business-with-claude-code.md
- [Is there a community for bootstrapped founders in the Balkans?](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/bootstrapped-founder-community-balkans) (2026-10-22): Yes: Bootstrapped Makers, started by Panche Isajeski to help the Balkan ecosystem. Plus SaaStanak, Starter, Startit and Startup Macedonia, compared honestly. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/bootstrapped-founder-community-balkans.md
- [Best Claude Code plugins for founders (2026)](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/best-claude-code-plugins-for-founders) (2026-10-22): Nine free Claude Code plugins for founders, agencies and freelancers: Superpowers, Marketing Skills, Supabase, PostHog and more. What each does, the price, the install line. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/best-claude-code-plugins-for-founders.md
- [What is the best AI business operating system for solo founders?](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/ai-business-os-compared) (2026-10-20): The 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/ai-business-os-compared.md
- [How to run a one-person company with AI agents](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/run-a-one-person-company-with-ai-agents) (2026-10-17): Give 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/run-a-one-person-company-with-ai-agents.md
- [How to bootstrap a SaaS in 2026: a step-by-step guide](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/how-to-bootstrap-a-saas) (2026-10-06): The 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/how-to-bootstrap-a-saas.md
- [How to get your first paying customers for a SaaS](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/first-paying-customers-saas) (2026-10-06): Ten 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/first-paying-customers-saas.md
- [Why nobody is buying your SaaS, and what to fix first](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/why-nobody-is-buying-your-saas) (2026-10-06): There 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/why-nobody-is-buying-your-saas.md
- [What bootstrapped startups actually charged, and how long the first $1k took](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/first-1k-mrr-real-numbers) (2026-10-03): Plausible 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/first-1k-mrr-real-numbers.md
- [Communities for bootstrapped makers, compared honestly](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/communities-for-bootstrapped-makers) (2026-09-26): Indie 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/communities-for-bootstrapped-makers.md
- [400 signups in 40 days, from posts to people who knew me](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/channels-that-got-me-customers) (2026-09-24): AgentaOS 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/channels-that-got-me-customers.md
- [Bootstrapping a startup: what it means and what it costs](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/what-bootstrapping-actually-means) (2026-09-19): Bootstrapping means no investors. Grants count too, the guides skip the hardest part, and what decides it is distribution. From two companies, with the numbers. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/what-bootstrapping-actually-means.md
- [Get paid for your product without opening a company](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/get-paid-without-opening-a-company) (2026-09-19): Charge 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/get-paid-without-opening-a-company.md
- [SaaS pricing models in 2026: what 230 companies actually charge](https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/saas-pricing-models-2026) (2026-09-19): Flat 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. Markdown: https://bootstrappedmakers.com/blog/saas-pricing-models-2026.md

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