â– Leading platform for high-quality SEO & SEO-Content services. â– Initially bootstrapped to 500K ARR. â– Investors include Sofokus Ventures and awesome angels.
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Manuel Brandt
Founder & CEO @Blogtec | 2x 0-1M ARR 🚀 | Product & Engineering | Bootstrapping & Fundraising
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (+08:00 UTC) English, Germanfrom Hamburg, Germany
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$60 / hour
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Manuel is awesome! He provided me with invaluable advice on how to bootstrap my business and scale it to the first 100 paying customers. His insights and suggestions were clear, concise, and practical, and he was always willing to take the time to explain things in a way that made sense to me. I truly appreciated his deep understanding of the challenges faced by startups, and his ability to provide actionable steps to overcome them. Overall, I found Manuel to be an excellent mentor, and I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for guidance and support in building and scaling their business. Thanks again, Manuel!
Michael Mark
Wow, I had an amazing call with Manuel. 30 minutes of extremely actionable advice! We are at the same stage he was at some point, and he gave me all his advice and insights, which can save us a lot of time He is definitely an expert in bootstrapping and SEO. If you haven't had a call with Manuel yet, you should definitely do it!!
bertrand amaraggi
Bio
Hey there, I'm Manuel. I'm the Founder & CEO of Blogtec – a venture-backed marketplace for SEO services. Before that, I was a Founding Engineer, and later the leader of the Product & Engineering departments at another venture-backed startup in the B2C self-development software field. With both companies, I collected experience in: * Bringing a startup from 0 to 1M ARR with or without funding. (If you’re a founder at that stage, I can help you with all kinds of questions that arise because I’ve been through that) * Building B2B & B2C software products, both, from scratch or if you have a product already. * Raising external capital. Looking forward to meeting some awesome people here and having some great discussions!
Expertise
Advice on funding
I was part of raising multiple rounds and successfully raised from Angels and VC for Blogtec just end of 2022. My key network and experience is in Europe, especially the Baltics and Nordics.
Bootstrapping
I bootstrapped Blogtec from 0 to 500K ARR and have lots of actionable insights and tips to share with you if you're in the same situation!
Building a team
As a founder and CEO, one key responsibility is building a strong team. Happy to share my experiences and thoughts with you on that!
Idea validation
I always have lots of ideas, and I'm looking forward to hearing yours!
Product management
I was Founding Engineer and later led the Product & Engineering departments at the venture-backed B2C startup Beducated. I also built the Blogtec product from scratch, both, on the product development and Engineering side.
Productized services
Blogtec is offering productized SEO and content services. Now they're delivered by freelancers in our platform as a marketplace, before we worked as an agency.
Remote work
At Blogtec and Beducated, we were always remote-only or remote-first. I have lots of insights on how to work remote, hire globally, and keep the team productive and engaged.
SEO
I have 5+ years of experience in SEO, which ended up in founding Blogtec, the leading marketplace for SEO services. Happy to help with free strategy, and discounts at Blogtec (if interested)!
Technology and tools
As a tech-focused founder, I'm always into finding new tools for my company, and usually the person looking into that. I can help you with finding the right tool stack for your company from own experience in my companies.
Toolkit
Ahrefs
8 years of experienceMy main SEO tool.
Google Analytics
8 years of experienceUsing GA for years at multiple companies.
Pipedrive
6 years of experienceOur CRM at Blogtec.
Wordpress
8 years of experienceBuilt both, websites and scalable Wordpress-based web applications.
Zapier
7 years of experienceLong-time user of Zapier at multiple companies.
Experience
â– I was the first developer and later solely responsible for the Product and Engineering departments. â– In my time, we raised 1M+ EUR, and grew the company from 0 to 1M EUR ARR.
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