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About Us

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Wizen Guides is a partnership between Anthony Castrio and Ana Bibikova. We’re interviewing founders, distilling their best ideas, and writing actionable how-to guides on all the topics founders care about. Wizen Guides is the missing manual for your bootstrapped startup.
 
 
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Ana Bibikova - @NotechAna
Ana is an Author and Marketing Strategist. Before Wizen Guides Ana built two $4M successful offline businesses.
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Anthony Castrio - @AnthonyCastrio
Anthony is a Software Engineer, Fractional CTO, and the founder of Indie Worldwide, a virtual incubator and social club for bootstrapped founders.
 

Like what you’ve read so far in your founder guides? We’ve got more to come

Upcoming guides...

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Marketing
  • Content marketing distribution machine: a full guide for founders
  • Founder guides: create an affiliate program
  • A founder guide to programmatic SEO
 
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Co-founders & Hiring
  • Founder guides on hiring your first employee
  • Outsource effectively
  • How to split up equity
  • Finding a co-founder
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Product
  • How to find relevant beta users
  • Prioritize features effectively
  • How to price your product
  • Building a roadmap
 
Have an idea for the next Wizen Guide or interested in contributing in the next founder guides? Give us a shout at [email protected], we’d love to hear from you.
 

 

Meet the team 👋

 
 
 
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Ana Bibikova - @NotechAna
Ana is an Author, Marketing Strategist and a Mentor in the Founder Institute. Ana has 18y of experience in building businesses, growing them to $4M annual revenue.
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Anthony Castrio - @AnthonyCastrio
Anthony is a Software Engineer, Fractional CTO, and the founder of Indie Worldwide, a virtual incubator and social club for bootstrapped founders.