Tyler learned from experience how challenging it can be to raise traditional venture capital, even if you have a great business idea. That’s why he founded the Calm Company Fund with the goal of investing in and being a support network for bootstrapping entrepreneurs. Tyler describes the bootstrapper mindset as optimizing for sustainability, focusing on…

Andy Cloke is the founder of Data Fetcher, a platform for running API requests in Airtable, which is currently doing around $3k MRR. Andy has started many projects in the past, his most recent one, Influence Grid, was sold for $55k back in mid-2020, having only started it 7 months before. In this episode we…

As the world’s economy is remade via software, some founders are finding the one-way ratchet of venture capital too restrictive. Tyler Tringas is working to expand funding options available to entrepreneurs via the Calm Fund. He joins Mark and Adam to talk about a return to classic good business practices; how founders can maximize their…

On episode 4, season 2 of the Founders Forward Podcast, we welcome Tyler Tringas. Tyler is the founder and General Partner at Calm Company Fund (formerly Earnest Capital). The Calm Company Fund invests in exactly what it sounds like — "profitable, sustainable, calm businesses." Tyler offers a unique perspective as someone who invest in companies…

A recording of our live audio chat on Twitter Spaces.Topics: Why is crowdfunding happening now? What are the advantages for founders? Are crowdfunding investors really on equal footing with more traditional investors? What's stopping a founder from taking capital from a crowdfunding campaign "off the table?" Should they be allowed? Panel: Justin Jackson, @mijustin, transistor.fm…

The team has been busy and growing over the last six weeks. Harris brought in four new people to help execute the new concierge services offering in Intro CRM, which is that we literally help you with sales. Think building a lead list, qualifying inbound leads, preparing proposals, and more. In this episode, you'll get…

Here's a live audio chat using an open-source Clubhouse competitor called Jam.systems.Topics: How do you get traction with a bootstrapped SaaS in 2021? Where good affiliates come from Idea: reaching out to "YouTube's middle class" What's the bare minimum product you need to build? Unique ways to ask your customers questions Guests: Justin Jackson, @mijustin,…

Courtland Allen founded Indie Hackers in 2016, grew the business $8k MRR with sponsors, and then sold to Stripe 9 months later. An inspirational story that doesn't end there. Courtland has now been working from within Stripe for the past 4 years, where he continues to build on the platform and produce the excellent Indie…

Tyler Tringas is the General Partner of Earnest Capital. Earnest ( Full disclosure - an investor in Makerpad) is creating a new way to help fund bootstrappers by combining venture and debt instruments that allow founders of profitable SaaS companies to leverage capital to grow without having to be set on the path of never…