Hi, I'm Jakob
I'm passionate about bootstrap entrepreneurship and recently decided to pursue a Bootstrap MBA.
My goal is to learn everything I can about product ideation, marketing, and product development by building and launching a new product each month. If you're interested in following along, join my weekly newsletter.
Alternatively, you can follow me on Twitter.Here are a few things I've been working on recently.
Projects
| Project Name | Type | Description | Launch Date | Current Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Radar | Micro-SaaS | Trend signals for investors, entrepreneurs and marketers. | 05-2021 | Active |
| Unearthing Opportunities | Podcast | Brainstorming sessions with experts. | 03-2021 | Active |
| Opportunities.so | Newsletter | Research-as-a-service for entrepreneurs. | 03-2021 | Active |
| Bootstrap MBA All Access Pass | Newsletter | Behind the scenes insights. | 02-2021 | Pivot |
| Indie Drops | Newsletter | Highlighting new projects from indie makers. | 01-2021 | Dormant |
| What to Tweet | Mini-Tool | Tweet inspiration prompts. | 12-2020 | Dormant |
| Newsletter Spy | Data | Data on Substack newsletters. | 11-2020 | Dormant |
| Product Ideas | Podcast | Product idea brainstorming sessions. | 11-2020 | Pivot |
| Gum Spy | Data | Analyze what's selling on Gumroad. | 11-2020 | Sold |
| Product Explorer | Podcast | Conversations with solopreneurs about their journeys. | 10-2020 | Dormant |
| Product Explorer | Data | Data for makers and indie investors. | 10-2020 | Sold |
| Maker News | Mini-Tool | Combined Hacker News, Indie Hackers, and Product Hunt feed. | 09-2020 | Dormant |
| Product Ideas | Newsletter | Everything related to product ideas. | 08-2020 | Pivot |
| Product Idea Prompts | Mini-Tool | Never again run out of product ideas. | 08-2020 | Dormant |
| Maker Reads | Mini-Tool | Data-driven book recommendations for entrepreneurs. | 07-2020 | Dormant |
| Bootstrap MBA | Newsletter | Reflecting on my independent learning experiment. | 07-2020 | Active |
| Bootstrap MBA | Podcast | Reflecting on my independent learning experiment. | 07-2020 | Dormant |
Brag Sheet
Nailed even the private stuff https://t.co/81zim7wq1Y
— Nathan Latka (@NathanLatka) October 22, 2020
This is *awesome*. If you need a business idea, go here: https://t.co/QZSgDEfQFg
— Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) October 30, 2020
i mean your name could be a techno dj HAHAH
— (@levelsio) October 29, 2020
I love it! Best MBA you could ever get :D
— Arvid Kahl (@arvidkahl) October 16, 2020
Give Jakob some more things to put in his brag sheet!
— James "Recovering Rationalist" Stuber (@uberstuber) October 30, 2020
Jakob, it's awesome that you're doing a bootstrap MBA and that you didn't wait to start selling products (congrats on your first sale!). Amazing ambitionhttps://t.co/EmjXbJUd74