{re}bootstrapped

Hi Ripple.fm!

My name is Clay Smith. I'm an American living in the Azores with my wife and 3 kids (1 year old twins and a 3 year old toddler).

I'm going to use Ripple.fm to host a private podcast where I talk about building, launching and (hopefully) growing my new solo, bootstrapped startup. I am 99% sure I know what I am going to build but feel free to try and talk me out of it.

I'm a big fan of Laravel. My previous startup Akita (akitaapp.com) was built using Laravel (starting on 5.4). I'm looking forward to using this new project to build everything 'the Laravel way' and familiarize myself with all of the cool stuff that's been added to the ecosystem since I built Akita.

I'll focus on my startup but you'll probably hear a bit about living in the Azores, raising 3 young boys, my wife's new travel accessories company, and renovating a 150 year old house.

I'd love to get some guests on here if I can up my game a bit. Mainly to get focused advice from other founders about things I'm currently struggling with.

Please subscribe and stay tuned!