Startups For the Rest of Us
By Rob Walling
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Nov 26, 2020
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Apr 4, 2019
Superb resource for any founder self funding their software startup with two legends of the bootstrapping world.
Description
The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you’ll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.
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Episode 775 | A.I. Coding Tools, User Experience, Racking Your Own Servers, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
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May 20, 2025 |
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Episode 774 | How a Non-Technical Founder Bootstrapped to Millions in Revenue
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May 13, 2025 |
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Episode 773 | How to Find Your Early Customer Profile (ECP)
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May 06, 2025 |
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Episode 772 | A Highly Effective Framework for SaaS Positioning
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Episode 771 | What Changes As You Grow, AI Agents, Patents, and More Listener Questions (with Craig Hewitt)
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Episode 770 | Revenue vs. Profit, Asking for Permission, and Mike Tyson (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Episode 769 | Key Insights from MicroConf 2025 in New Orleans
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Episode 768 | Reacting to Controversial Startup Advice
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 767 | Finding Your ICP, Prioritizing Feature Requests, Pricing, and More Product-Focused Listener Questions
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Episode 766 | Close.com's Amazing Run to $40M ARR (with Steli Efti)
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Episode 765 | TinySeed Tales s4e9: Making the hardest decision
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Episode 764 | Finding Hockey Stick Growth with an A.I. Wrapper (with Jordan Gal)
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Episode 763 | TinySeed Tales s4e8: One Last Pivot
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Episode 762 | Doing Great Work, Hierarchy of SaaS Skills, and Public Deadlines (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Episode 761 | TinySeed Tales s4e7: Identifying Pain Points
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Episode 760 | White-Labeling, Founder Mindset, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Episode 759 | TinySeed Tales s4e6: Does AI + Pivot = Success?
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Episode 758 | Do Free Trials Suck?, What Moves the Needle, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Episode 757 | TinySeed Tales s4e5: Founder Breakups, Crushing Failures, and the Future
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Episode 756 | Why Great Product Management Is Critical for Your Startup
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Episode 755 | TinySeed Tales s4e4: Customer Interviews + Pivoting
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Episode 754 | Broken Freemium, SaaS Plateaus, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Episode 753 | TinySeed Tales s4e3: Co-Founder Conflicts + Renaming a Business
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Episode 752 | The State of SEO in 2025
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Episode 751 | TinySeed Tales s4e2: From Developer to Manager
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Episode 750 | Making Your First Hire, Testing Prices, And More Listener Questions (with Laura Roeder)
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Episode 749 | TinySeed Tales s4e1: Introducing Hammerstone.dev
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Episode 748 | The Ins and Outs of Startup Investing
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Episode 747 | Evolving SaaS Customer Success Over 7 Years (with Jane Portman)
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Episode 746 | 9 Startup Predictions for 2025
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Episode 745 | Reflecting on 2024: Revisiting My Predictions, The Best Episodes, My Favorite Frameworks, and More (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Episode 744 | Bluesky, TinySeed is Raising, YC Backs Competitors, and More Hot Take Tuesday Topics
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Episode 743 | How to Sell Your Business Without Regret
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Episode 742 | Normalizing Hard Things, Facing Your Biggest Threat, and Making it Fast (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Episode 741 | What Actually is Product Led Growth? (with Wes Bush)
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 740 | My New Book! The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling Your Business Without Regret
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Episode 739 | Selling SaaS to Customers Who Don't Know They Have a Problem
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Episode 738 | Encouraging Word of Mouth, Educating a Market, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Episode 737 | Key Takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2024 (With Derrick Reimer)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Episode 736 | Founder Regrets, DIY vs. Hiring, Defining your ICP, and More Later Stage Listener Questions
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Episode 735 | The 8 Levels of SaaS Platform Risk (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Episode 734 | The 20 Year Bootstrapper (With Ian Landsman)
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Episode 733 | Good vs. Bad Distractions, Weaknesses vs. Blind Spots, And Everyone Struggles (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Episode 732 | Lessons Learned Bootstrapping to a $615M Exit
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Episode 731 | How to Delegate as a Perfectionist, SaaS Partnerships, Planning Your Next Quarter, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Episode 730 | The SaaS Launchpad: The Ultimate Course for Launching Your Product
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Episode 729 | 9 Things I've Learned Investing in 170+ SaaS Companies
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Episode 728 | Bootstrapping Gymdesk to a More Than $32.5M Exit
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Episode 727 | Gymdesk Sells for More than $32.5 million, Hiring Gets Easier, and More Hot Take Tuesday Topics
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Episode 726 | Selling 29,000 Copies, Information vs. Motivation, and Making Your First Level Last (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Episode 725 | SEO in the Age of AI, Freemium, When Brand Becomes Important, and More Advanced Listener Questions (with Ruben Gamez)
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Episode 724 | Managing Managers, Breaking Through Plateaus, Thoughts on EOS, and More Later-Stage Listener Questions
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Episode 723 | How to Be a Supercommunicator (and Why it Matters as a Bootstrapper) with Charles Duhigg
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Episode 722 | Bootstrapping a Vertical SaaS to 7-Figures in 18 Months
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Episode 721 | 7 Key Takeaways from the 2024 State of Independent SaaS Report
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Episode 720 | How to Prioritize Your Focus (In Both Your Startup and Personal Life)
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Episode 719 | How to Test Pricing, Lifetime Deals, and Building Something for Everyone (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Episode 718 | When to Give Up, Open Source Competition, Painful Features, and More (with Derrick Reimer)
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Episode 717 | Bootstrapping to $1.3M ARR and 300,000 Free Users
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Episode 716 | Positioning Against Incumbents, Changing Your H1, How Tech Stack Affects Valuation, and More Listener Questions
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Episode 715 | Best Uses of the Internet, a Book about Selling Your Company, and a Circus Show
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May 28, 2024 |
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Episode 714 | TRM not TAM, Acquiring a Competitor, and Finding a Developer Co-founder (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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May 21, 2024 |
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Episode 713 | Our Top 5 Takeaways from MicroConf US 2024 (with Arvid Kahl)
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May 14, 2024 |
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Episode 712 | Revisiting Burnout + Updates on My Progress in 2024 (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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May 07, 2024 |
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Episode 711 | Finding Early Customers, Horizontal vs. Vertical, Prosumer SaaS, and More Listener Questions (with Ruben Gamez)
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Episode 710 | Is Coding Dead?, The "Right" Tech Stack, Funded Competition, and More Listener Questions
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Episode 709 | The 7 Greatest Investments of My Life
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Episode 708 | Outsourcing Marketing, Competitive Markets, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Episode 707 | Once.com, Open Source to FT Income, and More (Hot Take Tuesday)
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Episode 706.5 | Rethinking My Most Common Advice
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Episode 706.1 | MicroConf US Tickets Will Sell Out Soon!
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Episode 706 | 2/20/200 Validation, Prior Art, and Designing by Committee (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Episode 705 | From Bootstrapped to Mostly Bootstrapped to Venture Backed
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Episode 704 | Landing Pages, Buying a SaaS, the Right Tech Stack, and More Listener Questions
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Episode 703 | The Accidental SaaS Entrepreneur
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Episode 702 | Revenue vs. Profit Multiples, When to Lower Prices, and More Listener Questions
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Episode 701 | The Long Journey to Product-Market Fit
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Episode 700 | Playing the Long Game
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Episode 699 | How to Build Elegant, Scalable Software Products with Derrick Reimer
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Episode 698 | How to Launch a Million Dollar Business (With Noah Kagan)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Episode 697 | 7 Predictions for SaaS Bootstrappers in 2024
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Episode 696 | The Truth about Product-Market Fit + Doing Sales as an Introvert (With Ruben Gamez)
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Episode 695 | Ideal Customers, Moving from B2C to B2B, and More Listener Questions (with Asia Orangio)
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Episode 694 | 2023 In Review: Amazing Growth & Fighting Burnout
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Episode 693 | Building a Mid-Six-Figure SaaS in Less Than 3 Years
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Episode 692 | Learn the Rules Like a Pro So You Can Break Them Like an Artist (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Episode 691 | Freemium, High-touch vs. Low-touch, Selling as an Introvert, and More Listener Questions
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Episode 690 | When Opt-in Email Could Be Spam, Collecting Customer Feedback, and More Listener Questions
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Episode 689 | How to Keep Your Remote Team Motivated and Engaged
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Episode 688 | Growing Boot.dev From $6k to $110k in Monthly Revenue in 15 Months
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Episode 687 | An 8th Thing You Should Never Do, Things That Don't Scale, and More Rob Solo Topics
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Episode 686 | How Much is Enough?, Outsourcing Marketing, and More Listener Questions
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Episode 685 | 7 Things You Should Never Do (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Episode 684 | Key Takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2023
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Episode 683 | Bringing on a Partner, Attending Trade Shows, Pre-launch Discounts, and More Listener Questions
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Episode 682 | The Pros and Cons of Large vs. Small Startup Events
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Episode 681 | Why Launching a Second Product is Usually a Bad Idea
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Episode 680 | Problems vs. Solutions, Doing What it Takes, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Episode 679.5 | The Future of MicroConf (7 Announcements!)
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Episode 679 | Mock Features, A Failed Launch, Becoming a Freelancer, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Episode 678 | Selling a Half-Finished Product, Phased Launches, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo Adventure)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Episode 677 | Design Faster and More Effectively With Wireframing
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Episode 676 | Exit Valuations, Choosing Between Ideas, and More Listener Questions
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Episode 675 | Storytelling as a Sales Superpower (Book Recommendation)
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Episode 674 | SparkToro Pays Back Investors, When to Raise Funding, and X.com (Hot Take Tuesday)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Episode 673 | Lifetime Plans vs Subscriptions, Testing an Idea With a Landing Page, and More Listener Questions
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Episode 672 | Bootstrapping, Building, Buying, and Selling SaaS Companies
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Episode 671 | Working on What Matters, Left-handed Threads, and Being Lucky (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Episode 670 | Relying on Luck, Avoiding Burnout, and Bad Player vs. Bad Instrument (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Episode 669 | 10 Years to Overnight Success: Bootstrapping to a Multi-Million Dollar Exit
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Episode 668 | 9 Key Takeaways from MicroConf U.S. 2023 in Denver
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Episode 667 | Increase Your Exit Price by Decoupling Yourself from Your Business with John Warrillow
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Episode 666 | Entering a Competitive Market, Books for SaaS Founders, and More Listener Questions with Derrick Reimer
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Episode 665 | How to Find More "Best Fit" Customers for Your SaaS
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Episode 664 | The Challenges of Horizontal SaaS, Adding Services to a SaaS, and More Listener Questions
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Episode 663 | 5 Insights SaaS Founders Should Know About A.I. (Ignore at Your Peril)
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May 30, 2023 |
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Episode 662 | Selling for Five Years of Runway, Profit vs. Revenue Multiples, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
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May 23, 2023 |
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Episode 661 | Millions in Revenue As a One-Person Software Company
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May 16, 2023 |
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Episode 660 | Make Ever-Increasing and Manageably-Sized Mistakes (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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May 09, 2023 |
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Episode 659 | Indie Hackers' Newfound Independence + The SaaS Playbook with Courtland and Channing
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May 02, 2023 |
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Episode 658 | As a SaaS Founder, When Should You Care About Sales Tax?
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Episode 657 | Concierge Onboarding, Building a Great Brand, and More Listener Questions
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Episode 656 | Taste vs. Shipping + Being First vs. Being the Best (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Startups For The Rest Of Us Podcast Trailer
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Episode 655 | Seat-Based Pricing, Can Churn Be Too Low? and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Episode 654 | Shipping Every Day for 10 Years with Tom Merritt
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Episode 653 | Armageddon Beer, Developing Taste, and What if I Succeed? (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Episode 652 | Mixing No-code with Code, Developer Superpowers, $5k Angel Check, and More Listener Questions
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 651 | From Side Hustle to Full-time & Profitable (with Mike Taber)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Episode 650 | Building vs. Buying a SaaS, Day Job Constraints, and More Listener Questions
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Episode 649 | Learning to Sell SaaS as a Founder (Book Recommendation)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Episode 648 | Competing with a Non-Profit, Driving Traffic to A Landing Page, and More Listener Questions
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Episode 647.5 | Bonus Episode: TinySeed Application Q&A Livestream
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Episode 647 | Equipping Sales & Support With Critical Product Knowledge As You Grow
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Episode 646.5 | Bonus Episode: A Big Change to MicroConf
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 646 | Building a Recurring, Annual Price Increase Into Your SaaS
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Episode 645.5 | Bonus Episode: Mastermind Matching Applications Are Open
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Episode 645 | Anti-Bro, Nuanced Thinking, and Being Good vs. Being Great (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Episode 644 | Buying Back Your Time with Dan Martell
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Episode 643 | Feature Flags, Impostor Syndrome, and More Listener Questions with Derrick Reimer
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Episode 642 | The Pros and Cons of Building a No-Code MVP
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Episode 641 | Dealing with High Churn, Rolling Out an MVP, and More Listener Questions
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Episode 640 | Hot Take Tuesday: Recession and Bootstrappers, ChatGPT, Twitter Drama
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Episode 639 | The Secret Sauce to Building Happy, Motivated Teams
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Episode 638 | How to Generate Startup Ideas (Plus 8 Ideas You Can Steal)
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Episode 637 | B2B vs. B2C, Hiring for Sales, and Bootstrapping a 2-Sided Marketplace
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Episode 636 | A Customer-Led Approach to Driving More Recurring Revenue
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 635 | Where Are They Now? Catching up with TinySeed Tales' Tony Chan
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Episode 634 | Naming Your Startup, Tapping Out a Niche, and Licensing Your IP
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Episode 633 | Building SaaS Plus a Two-Sided Marketplace
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 632 | Hot Take Tuesday: Figma Exit, Side Project Distraction, No Code Dogma
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Episode 631 | Re-writing Your Codebase, Stair Stepping, and Difficult Founder Decisions
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Episode 630 | Approaching $1M ARR as a Niche SaaS Founder
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Episode 629 | TinySeed Tales s3e6: Looking Ahead to $1M ARR
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Episode 628 | The 5 PM Pre-Validation Framework
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Episode 627 | TinySeed Tales s3e5: Meeting the Co-Founder
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Episode 626 | Scratching an Itch, Launching a Free SEO Tool, and Growing to $18k MRR
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Episode 625 | TinySeed Tales s3e4: Doubling MRR
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Episode 624 | Moving from Free to Paid, Prioritizing Marketing vs. Development, and More Listener Questions
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Episode 623 | TinySeed Tales s3e3: Paternity Leave
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Episode 622 | Making Hard Product Decisions & Growth vs. Profitability with Derrick Reimer
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Episode 621 | TinySeed Tales s3e2: Onboarding Their First Hires
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Episode 620 | Finding SaaS Ideas, Customer Pain, SaaS Metrics, and More Listener Questions
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Episode 619 | TinySeed Tales s3e1: Moving from Bootstrapped to Mostly Bootstrapped
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Episode 618 | How to Achieve Financial Freedom
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Episode 617 | News Roundup: Profitwell $200M Exit, Spreadsheet Mentality, and Watching an Acquirer Ruin Your Company
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Episode 616 | An 8-Figure SaaS Founder's Approach to Remote Work
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Episode 615 | Bootstrappable Businesses, Cargo Culting, and How Pricing Affects Growth (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Episode 614 | Deciding When to Quit Your Day Job, Founder Anxiety, and More Listener Questions
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Episode 613 | Hacking Your Founder Psychology
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Episode 612 | Balancing a Side Project and Going Full-time on Your Product
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Episode 611 | Bootstrapping ProfitWell to a $200M Exit (with Patrick Campbell)
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Episode 610 | How I Would Start Over Today, Bad Habits of Solopreneurs, and the Benefits of a Day Job (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Episode 609 | Building Your MVP, the Bug Fix Hamster Wheel, and More Listener Questions
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Episode 608 | Bootstrapping (and Exiting) a 7-Figure Info Product
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Episode 607 | Overcoming Plateaus, Stealth Launches, Founder-Driven Sales, and More Listener Questions
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Episode 606 | The Podcasting Landscape, Keeping Your Saw Sharpened, and Scaling Your Team with Craig Hewitt
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Episode 605 | Building a SaaS with Little Dev Experience, Using No Code for Your MVP, Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace, and More Listener Questions
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May 31, 2022 |
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Episode 604 | How to Decide Which Features to Build (with Derrick Reimer)
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May 24, 2022 |
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Episode 603 | Bootstrapping HotJar to $40M ARR Using D2C Marketing
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May 17, 2022 |
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Episode 602 | Explaining SaaS Metrics to a Child
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May 10, 2022 |
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Episode 601 | Bootstrapping B2B vs. B2C
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May 03, 2022 |
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Episode 600 | When to Hire Your First Manager + What You Should Be Focused On (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Episode 599 | Finding the Bootstrapper Hockey Stick
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Episode 598 | Diversity, Mission & Values, How to Start, and More Listener Questions
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Episode 597 | The Challenge of Building a Business in a Regulated Industry
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Episode 596 | News Round-Up: Google Ends WFH, Founder Salaries, How to Use Email
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Episode 595 | TinySeed Tales Season 2: Where Are They Now?
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Episode 594 | Starting Over with the TropicalMBA's Dan & Ian
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Episode 593 | Retaining Employees + The Ideal SaaS Business (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Episode 592 | Nine Tactics for Amazing Customer Support
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Episode 591 | Acquiring and Scaling in a Crowded Space
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Episode 590 | Buying vs Building, Zombie Companies, and More Listener Questions with Craig Hewitt
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Episode 589 | Finding a SaaS Idea Through 70 Cold Calls
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Episode 588 | In Which Courtland Allen and I Cover a Lot of Startups Topics
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Episode 587 | Renaming a Company, Revisiting Inflation, and Micropreneurship (Listener Email Edition)
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Episode 586 | Mastering Customer Interviews with Michele Hansen
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Episode 585 | Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone with Dr. Sherry Walling
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Episode 584 | Looking Back and Looking Ahead
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Episode 583 | Finding Startup Ideas with Sam Parr
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Episode 582 | Enterprise Sales, Crowdfunding, Replacing Yourself, and More Listener Questions
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Episode 581 | Inflation for Founders
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Episode 580 | Seven SEO Tips Every SaaS Can Use (with Ross Hudgens)
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Episode 579 | The SaaS Fundraising Landscape (+The TinySeed Syndicate)
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 578 | How Mike's Merger Panned Out
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Episode 577 | Finding the Right Problem to Solve
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Episode 576 | Don't Become a Media Company (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Episode 575 | Shipping Code, Pivoting, and More Listener Questions with Derrick Reimer
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Bonus Episode: The 2021 TinySeed Batch Announcement
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Episode 574 | The Deep Need to Be a Software Entrepreneur
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Bonus | The 2022 State of Independent SaaS Survey is Live
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Episode 573| Hiring FT vs. PT, WordPress Consolidation, and More Bootstrapper News
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Episode 572 | Fault vs. Responsibility & Games vs. Practice (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Episode 571 | Deciding When to Move on to Your Next Idea
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Episode 570 | Bootstrappable Businesses, Selling as an Introvert, and More Listener Questions
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Episode 569 | The Life Changing Decision of When to Sell Your Company
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Episode 568 | MailChimp Sells for $12 billion
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Episode 567 | From Developer to CTO to Buying the Company for $1
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Episode 566 | From Bootstrapped to Venture Backed with Hana Mohan
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Episode 565 | Correlation vs. Causation, Focus, Sharing MRR, and More Listener Questions
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Episode 564 | Running a Business with 10,000 Paid Subscribers
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Episode 563 | The Struggle, Calls to Action, Selling Above $1M ARR, and More Listener Questions
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Episode 562.5 | TinySeed Fall 2021 SaaS Accelerator Application Info Session
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 562 | "Measure Twice, Cut Once" + SaaS Holy Grails (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Episode 561 | Launching on Product Hunt and DIY vs. DFY
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Episode 560 | When to Hire, Square Business Banking, and More Bootstrapper News
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Episode 558 | Thinking Through Funding as a Bootstrapper
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Episode 557 | Investing for Founders
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Episode 556 | Zero to $26k MRR as the Solo Founder of Rails Autoscale
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Episode 555 | Businesses You Can Bootstrap, W2 vs. Contract, Enterprise Pricing, and More Listener Questions with Ruben Gamez
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Episode 554 | Thinking Through Your Exit + Grief and Entrepreneurship with Dr. Sherry Walling
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Episode 553 | Stack Overflow and Moz Acquired, Quitting Instead of Giving Up Remote Work, and More Bootstrapper News
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Episode 552 | Google Audits, Partnerships, and Freemium with Mike Taber
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Episode 551 | Task-level vs. Project-level Thinkers, No Such Thing as an Autopilot Business, and More (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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May 25, 2021 |
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Episode 550 | Three Years of Grind to Six Figures in ARR with CloudForecast
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May 18, 2021 |
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Episode 549 | Hiring vs. Outsourcing, E-commerce SaaS, and More Listener Questions with Jordan Gal
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May 11, 2021 |
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Episode 548.5 | The Companies in TinySeed's Spring 2021 Batch
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May 06, 2021 |
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Episode 548 | The Grind of Building a SaaS During Nights & Weekends
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May 04, 2021 |
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Episode 547 | Private Podcasting, Apple's Announcement, and Accelerating Growth with Craig Hewitt
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Episode 546 | Hiring Entrepreneurial People, Anonymity, Disruptive Innovation, and More Listener Questions
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Episode 545 | The Value of Learning 80/20 Design Fundamentals
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Episode 544 | Annual Raises, Finding Good Startup People, and More Listener Questions with Josh Pigford
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Episode 543 | All Things Startup with #Mike Taber
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Episode 542 | 10x in Two Years, Past $3M ARR with SquadCast
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Episode 541 | Faster Horses & Product Myths, Life-changing Money, Dual Funnels, and More
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Episode 540 | Bootstrapper News. Twitter Spaces, Indie.vc Closing, Shopify, and More
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Episode 539 | Post-Exit Life, Writing Six Books, and Brewing Beer with Dan Norris
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Episode 538 | When to Sunset a Product, Enterprise Security Assessments, Lifetime Deals, and More Listener Questions
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Episode 537 | On Launching, Funding, and Growth with Serial SaaS Founder Rand Fishkin
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Episode 536 | A Few Things I Learned in 2020 (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Episode 535 | A Bluetick Update with Mike Taber
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Episode 534 | A $4M Exit with Josh Pigford of Baremetrics
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Episode 533: Life Profitability After Two Exits (with Adii Pienaar)
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Episode 532 | The Art of Selling Your Business with John Warrillow
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Episode 531 | How a Non-Technical Founder Grew Past $45k MRR
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Episode 530 | Making Development Decisions, Regrets about Selling, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Episode 529 | A Pricing Deep Dive with Slingshot
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Episode 528 | 2021 Predictions from Rob and Mike
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Episode 527 | From Agency to SaaS, Equity Splits, and More Listener Questions with Courtland Allen
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Episode 526 | Launching, Learning, and Teaching with Justin Vincent
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Episode 525 | A Bootstrapping Artifact from 2005
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Episode 524 | Bootstrapping a Commodity SaaS
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Episode 523 | Breaking Through Plateaus, Entrepreneurship for Kids, Common Bootstrapper Mistakes, and More Listener Questions
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Episode 522 | Revisiting Castos, One Year Later
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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TinySeed Tales S2E9 | Playing the Long Game
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Episode 521 | A Roundtable Discussion about a Potential Recession, Working from Home, Google Anti-trust, and More
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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TinySeed Tales S2E8 | Upmarket Starts to Pay Off
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Episode 520 | Why a Million Dollar Agency Quit It All and Moved to SaaS
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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TinySeed Tales S2E7 | A Global Pandemic
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Episode 519 | Profit Sharing, Stock Options, and Equity (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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TinySeed Tales S2E6 | Best Growth Month Ever
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Episode 518 | A Live LinkedIn Ads Consult with Anthony Blatner and Scatterspoke
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Episode 517.5 | The 2nd State of Independent SaaS Survey is Live
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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TinySeed Tales S2E5 | The Gamble of Raising Prices
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Episode 517 | Married Co-founders Who Turned a Free Tool Into a Fast-Growing SaaS Product
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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TinySeed Tales S2E4 | Being Married and Being Co-Founders
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Episode 516 | When to Re-write Your SaaS Codebase
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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TinySeed Tales S2E3 | Is This All Worth It?
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Episode 515 | Finding a Co-Founder, Getting Better at Sales, and More Listener Questions
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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TinySeed Tales S2E2 | Moving Upmarket
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Episode 514 | An Inside Look at MicroConf Remote
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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TinySeed Tales S2E1 | Introducing Gather
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Episode 513 | SaaS Valuations + Dos and Don'ts When Selling A SaaS
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Episode 512 | The Power of Options (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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Episode 511 | Raising Prices & Re-writing Your Codebase
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Episode 510 | The Story of Startups.com
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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Episode 509 | Revisiting the Six Stages of SaaS Growth with DNSimple
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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Episode 508 | Finding Marketing Channels, Seat-Limited Trials, Building a Brand, and More Listener Questions
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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Episode 501 | A Bluetick Update from Mike #Taber
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Episode 500
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Episode 496 | "The Press Covers Exceptions, Don't Compare Yourself to Slack or Zoom"
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May 12, 2020 |
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Episode 479 | Two-Sided Marketplaces, Hotseats, Forgotten Subscriptions, and More Listener Questions
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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Episode 478 | A Few Things I Learned in 2019
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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Episode 477 | Assessing Product-Market Fit, How to Find a Mastermind, and More Listener Questions with Brian Casel
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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Episode 476 | “We Went from Hundreds of Free Trials to a Few Dozen...On Purpose” with Jordan Gal
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Episode 475 | A Bluetick Update from #Mike Taber
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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Episode 474.5 | The Future of MicroConf
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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TinySeed Tales 8 | Success and the Ongoing Struggle
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Episode 474 | Overcoming a 40% Decline in MRR with Brian Casel
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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TinySeed Tales 7 | The Growing Pains of Delegation
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Episode 473 | Managing Annual Subscriptions, Low-price vs. High, Being a Non-Developer Founder, and More Listener Questions with Laura Roeder
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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TinySeed Tales 6 | The No Credit Card Trial
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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Episode 472 | From Amazing Launch to Near Bankruptcy to Profitability with Shai Schechter
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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TinySeed Tales 5 | Building a Business That Runs Itself
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Episode 471 | Fighting to Gain Traction in a Crowded Space with Jane Portman of Userlist
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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TinySeed Tales 4 | A Bug in the Funnel and Giving Up Control
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Episode 470 | A Bluetick Update from Mike Taber
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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TinySeed Tales 3 | The Best News Ever and the Slog
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Episode 469 | Key Takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2019
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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TinySeed Tales 2 | Riding the Startup Wave
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Episode 468 | Tables Are Turned As Tracy Osborn Interviews Rob About the Past Year
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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TinySeed Tales 1 | A Non-Technical SaaS Founder
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Episode 467 | “A Life-Changing Exit” with Adii Pienaar of Conversio
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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TinySeed Tales | Season 1 Trailer (Castos)
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Episode 466 | Answering Listener Questions With Craig Hewitt
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Episode 465 | A Bluetick Update from Mike Taber
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Episode 464 | Highs, Lows, and Building Your First Sales Process with Steli Efti
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 463.5 | Be Part of “The State of Independent SaaS”
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Episode 463 | Troubleshooting Enterprise Sales (A Founder Hotseat with David Heller)
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 462 | Competing Against an 800 lb. Gorilla, Splitting from Your Co-founder, and More Listener Questions (with Jeff Epstein)
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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Episode 461 | Doubling Down on Bluetick
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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Episode 460 | Funded Competition, Growing an Email Newsletter Audience, White-Labeling and More Listener Questions
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Episode 459 | From Day Job to Productized Service to Fast-Growing SaaS as a Non-Technical Founder
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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Episode 458 | The Return of Mike Taber
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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Episode 457 | Starting a Marketplace, Marketing Channels, Resellers, and More Listener Questions
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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Episode 456 | Launching a 2nd Product + Revisiting Freemium with Ruben Gamez
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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Episode 455 | “Things I Would Have Done Differently” with Tracy Osborn of WeddingLovely
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Episode 454 | Overcoming Fear (Throwback Episode)
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Jul 23, 2019 |