How Tally bootstrapped to 60k MRR with a team of five

This episode is a re-run of one of our top episodes from 2023. Host
Alex Theuma is joined by Marie Martens, Co-Founder of Tally, who
shares how the company bootstrapped to 60K MRR with a team of five.
Marie shares: - The choice to bootstrap Tally. - Generational
expectations for how to 'set yourself up for success' vs reality. -
How Tally is positioned against its competition in the form
building space. - The journey from idea to securing Tally's first
users (including the little trick she used on ProductHunt). - Why
Tally chose a freemium model. Guest links: Since this recording,
Tally has scaled to $2M ARR - still with a team of five. You can
follow the story on the Tally blog:
https://blog.tally.so/we-crossed-2m-arr-with-a-bootstrapped-team-of-5/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariemartens/ Website:
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