Bootstrapped European Entrepreneurs

We have officially come to the end of the first season of the Bootstrapped European Entrepreneurs podcast. The podcast will be on hiatus at least until the fall of this year. I would like to thank three groups in particular who made this first season possible. First, I want to thank you, the listene...

Zoran Perović, had an impressive corporate career but then decided to start again and co-founded Serbian Open Exchange . Internet exchanges provide the critical service of connecting content providers with various carriers, thus making the Internet faster and more reliable for us, end users. In this...

Sometimes it makes sense to move into an adjacent industry to grow faster. This is the story of Golden Tree , an e-commerce company focused entirely on selling high-quality dietary supplements in several European countries. In this episode, Matej Bešter, co-founder and CMO, explains: * how they star...

Why decide not to sell directly to the end customer, but to use partners as the main sales channel? In 2012, marketgoo started out developing do-it-yourself SEO tools for small and medium-sized businesses, and decided to quickly reach a larger potential customer base this way. A decade later, market...

A narrow niche and focus on technical excellence have made Neuralab one of the world's leading WooCommerce experts. In this episode, founder and CEO, Krešimir Končić explains: * how and why they have positioned themselves as world-class WordPress and Woocommerce experts, * how this impacts who they ...

Dealing with big corporations can be a headache for an entrepreneurial person. Boris Kapitanovič, co-founder of Workshares , a special kind of consulting firm focused on increasing productivity in businesses, has made this his bread and butter. In this episode, we talk about: * the importance of fin...

For some, freelancing is a career choice; for others, it's just a stepping stone. For Milan Savov, CEO and founder of Smartclick, a web and SEO agency from North Macedonia , it was the latter. What sets them apart from many other agencies is the fact that they have been focused on global clients fro...

Senad Šantić started pursuing ideal of passive income while being a student. He later realized that he wants to build something more, which led to co-founding of ZenDev , a software development consultancy from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Looking ahead he decided that it would make sense to diversify in...

Starting a business abroad can be a challenge. Jan de Jong has done it several times, the first time as a Dutch student starting a contact center in Croatia. Today he is involved in several ventures, most notably the email marketing company Webpower Adria . In this episode we talk about: * why and h...

Freelancing sometimes looks like an ideal job where you can choose your own projects and set your own schedule, but the reality, as always, is different. As Tosho Trajanov experienced firsthand, you have to take care of sales and client relations, and the actual technical work you want to do often t...