Essential services your startup should use (especially if you’re bootstrapped)
Published in 2013, this chronicle by @limedaring details the mechanics of building a profitable, self-funded business without venture backing.
The community focused on B2B customer acquisition channels, cold email vs SEO distribution, and balancing full-time employment with side-project development.
I just checked out WeddingLovely from your blog post. I got married a few months ago and also did advisory on a premium domain wedding niche startup a few years back so I "get it" - this is on the right track and think the 'wizard as wedding checklist' concept would have been really helpful for us. Really interesting approach. Though the homepage kind of doesn't sell me as a consumer on the value proposition until I clicked through a few features screens
Also I would disagree about running a startup off of Basecamp as the PM tool of choice. Its good for small design agencies but I've rarely seen it used effectively in a startup setting
I wrote this earlier this year - 10 services to consider when starting a SaaS business - http://sahilparikh.com/post/50074249352/10-services-to-consider-when-starting-a-saas-business
I know you run Django for your site(s)... How do you handle the blog part? I've been unimpressed with django blog plugins, but maybe I haven't found the right one.
Another friend just mentioned managed hosting (Heroku or VM Farms) as being non-negotiable nowadays. I personally don't have any experience with managed hosting (I use Linode) but that's another service that you could consider!