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Podcast: Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode: Episode 825 | Talking Tailwind CSS and Founder Fitness (with Adam Wathan)
Description: What happens when AI starts competing with your open source business?
In this episode, Rob Walling sits down with Adam Wathan, co-founder of Tailwind CSS, for a candid conversation about the dramatic revenue decline that forced Tailwind Labs to lay off most of their team. Adam shares the hard lessons learned from running a business based on one-time purchases, why he didn't see the slowdown coming, and how an honest podcast episode accidentally turned everything around.
Then they switch gears entirely to talk about founder fitness: how Adam lost 70 pounds, his 15-minute weighted vest workouts...