The Bootstrap: guest pitching info, reach and format

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity

Often has guests

95% of recent episode titles look like interviews

Episode length

32 min

Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.

Publishing

Dormant

75 episodes · last 2026-02-22

Language

English

The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.

Where it's from

Not established

No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.

Reach

34

Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.

Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.

Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

What the show says about itself

From The Product Bus comes The Bootstrap: Building Startups from Scratch - your source of news and practical support for early stage founders. The Bootstrap unpacks strategies that any founder can apply to make smart, data-informed decisions as they navigate the early stages of building a startup. We focus on helping founders avoid the common pitfalls that stop many great ideas from becoming a reality. Each episode host Scotty Allen (Founder of The Product Bus) is joined by a guest who brings their experience and subject matter to a specific topic with practical, actionable strategies that fou

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

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Founder Friday with Gavin Tye
Founder Led Business with Summer Howarth from Eventful Learning
Founder Friday with Tom Maitland from Filament Analytics

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We hold the address this show publishes in its own feed. Addresses and drafted pitches are part of a plan. Browsing stays free, and we never send on your behalf.

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