The podcast - Bootstrapped for Cash

This is a podcast about two techies, Iván and Giorgio, who once worked at a startup that got acquired and thought: "Hey, we can do this ourselves!"—only to realize they have no clue what they’re doing.

Now bootstrapping their own indie venture, they’re navigating business, marketing, and sales while awkwardly exposing themselves as introverts on social media.

Along the way, they’re using AI to build new products because "chatbots are boring, and we can do better".

Expect plenty of facepalms, questionable decisions, and the dry, sardonic humor that unites Southern Europeans.

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Is AI coming for your job while you’re thinking about quitting?

This week, we tried something new. Armed with brand-new microphones, we hit the streets of Como (Italy) and Madrid (Spain) to ask people about a trend that’s been growing since Covid: why are so many of us losing motivation at work, and why is productivity falling across developed countries?

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I dropped out of high school to start my first small business

What does it take to turn setbacks into success? In this special anniversary episode, Giorgio shares his journey from struggling in the education system to dropping out of high school and launching his first small business.

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Albania just appointed an AI minister… What could possibly go wrong? 😅

Albania just made history by appointing an AI bot, Diella, as minister to fight corruption. A bold experiment that could inspire other countries, but also raises new risks like prompt injection.

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From office desk to bodybuilder, solo founder, and mother

In this episode, we sit down with Natalia Rodríguez, who left her corporate career behind to move to Switzerland for love. What started as a leap into the unknown turned into a journey of entrepreneurship, becoming a personal trainer, health coach, natural bodybuilder, and mother.

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Nano-Banana EXPOSED 🍌🤯 Google’s secret AI model that beats them all

The mystery is over! The AI world’s most hyped image generation model, Nano-Banana, has finally been revealed… and yes, Google is behind it.

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AI agents will never build production-ready apps

In Part 2 of our Evolution of Coding series, we go deeper with our guests exploring how software development has shifted from the “good old days” to today’s AI-assisted vibe coding era.

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If you don’t know UX, you're not a frontend developer

This week, we sit down with five professional developers (each with decades of experience) to trace the evolution of coding, from old-school MS-DOS and Turbo Pascal to today’s AI-powered “vibe coding” with Cursor.

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GPT-5 is here: hype, AGI… or just another upgrade?

OpenAI just dropped GPT-5, the most anticipated AI model in history. But is this the leap to AGI they’ve been promising for years, or just another impressive upgrade?

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Why most startup marketing fails, and how to fix it

This week we’re joined by Anastasiia Yuvchyk, Marketing Manager at the Swiss start-up FOUND, to talk about why so much startup marketing just doesn’t work, and what to do about it.

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Claude runs a business straight into bankruptcy

This week in AI mayhem: Anthropic lets Claude manage its first business, a vending machine startup, and it promptly goes bankrupt.

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Is Elon building an MCP server for nukes?

We continue our chat with two expert guests: Mauro Foresti, PhD in biomechanics from ETH Zurich and now Chief Architect in the financial industry. Juan Sanz, Solutions Architect specialized in Machine Learning at a major Big Tech company.

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Will AI ever reach Superintelligence?

This week, we dive deep into the future of artificial intelligence with two expert guests.

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How we help content creators make money

We’re excited to share that we’ve entered the content creator space, helping creators grow their audience and make more money. Oh, and we’re also building four other products, posting on social media, and releasing this weekly podcast. All without hiring Soham Parekh 😉

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Why is everyone trying to buy Perplexity?

This week, we're back with the latest AI news from last week, and the big headline is Apple reportedly eyeing a deal to acquire Perplexity. Meta already tried (and failed), so now Mark Zuckerberg is on a new mission: to lure every AI expert out there with fat paychecks.

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AI toys are here — but are your kids safe?

Mattel — the company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels — just announced a partnership with OpenAI to bring artificial intelligence into children’s toys. But what’s the tradeoff?

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