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The Bootstrapped Founder
Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.
141: Founder Stories are Powerful Assets
13 mins; June 17, 2022
140: The Forever Transaction
17 mins; June 10, 2022
139: Building in Public and Legacy
9 mins; June 03, 2022
138: Parasocial Relationships
17 mins; May 27, 2022
137: Should Freelancers Offer Free Trials?
13 mins; May 20, 2022
136: Choose Your Own Adventure: Creator, Curator, Commentator, or Connector
18 mins; May 13, 2022
135: Scalable Customer Service for Bootstrappers
14 mins; May 06, 2022
134: Managing Expectations: Making Good (on) Promises.
18 mins; April 29, 2022
133: You Don’t Need to be an Extrovert to Build in Public — an Introvert’s Perspective
10 mins; April 22, 2022
132: Why Founders End Up Unemployable
16 mins; April 15, 2022
131: Seven Kinds of Entrepreneurial Debt
25 mins; April 08, 2022
130: Entrepreneurial Anti-Patterns — What to Avoid When You're Starting a Business
14 mins; April 01, 2022
129: What Founders Can Learn from Professional WoW Gamers
24 mins; March 25, 2022
128: How I Find Twitter Content Ideas
23 mins; March 18, 2022
127: How I (Fortunately) Failed to Launch an NFT Collection
15 mins; March 11, 2022
Bonus: A Conversation with Michele Hansen (on the Software Social Podcast)
37 mins; March 07, 2022
126: The SaaS Market Maturity Paradox
16 mins; March 04, 2022
125: The Power of the Narrative when Building in Public
13 mins; February 25, 2022
124: Building in Public and Negativity
13 mins; February 18, 2022
123: Purchasing Power Parity Pricing
16 mins; February 11, 2022
122: Being Imperfect in Public
12 mins; February 04, 2022
121: The Performative Nature of Building in Public: A View From the Inside
14 mins; January 28, 2022
120: Fear-Setting
18 mins; January 21, 2022
119: The Power of Repetition
14 mins; January 14, 2022
118: Building in Public: Maintaining a Positive Self-Image
17 mins; January 07, 2022
117: What Founders Can Learn From Web3 Community-Building (And What They Can't)
24 mins; December 31, 2021
116: Twitter: The Gathering. How and Where to Find the Right Followers
25 mins; December 24, 2021
115: Make it Easy to Cancel
13 mins; December 17, 2021
114: Building in Public: How to Build a Minipoly
19 mins; December 10, 2021
113: Building in Public: How Radical Transparency Hurts Founders
13 mins; December 03, 2021
112: Building in Public: Oversharing
22 mins; November 26, 2021
111: Passive Income and Entrepreneurship
22 mins; November 19, 2021
110: Building in Public: What to Share at Which Stage of Your Journey
47 mins; November 12, 2021
109: Building in Public: Taking Breaks
11 mins; November 05, 2021
108: Building in Public: Balancing Building and Sharing
12 mins; October 29, 2021
107: Too Little, Too Much: Advice and How to Take It
13 mins; October 22, 2021
106: Burnout
13 mins; October 15, 2021
105: What Founders Can Learn From the Facebook Outage
10 mins; October 08, 2021
104: Copycats and Endurance
17 mins; October 01, 2021
103: Audience-building is not Community-Building
9 mins; September 24, 2021
102: Pivoting in Public: Risks and Opportunities
21 mins; September 17, 2021
101: Why Reading Fiction Is Important for Entrepreneurs
16 mins; September 10, 2021
100: Consistency, Accountability, and Perseverance
19 mins; September 03, 2021
99: Of Tangibility and Lawnmowers
15 mins; August 27, 2021
98: The Creeping Nature of Stress for a SaaS Founder
23 mins; August 20, 2021
97: Why Competition is Good For Business
13 mins; August 13, 2021
96: Hyrum's Law
11 mins; August 06, 2021
95: What Watching Gamers Fail for Days Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship
12 mins; July 30, 2021
94: How to Kill Your Business
19 mins; July 23, 2021
93: Conversations are at the Core of Engagement
9 mins; July 16, 2021
92: The Myth of the Immediate Payoff
8 mins; July 09, 2021
91: Say Thank You
11 mins; July 02, 2021
90: Competition Isn't Always a Business
10 mins; June 25, 2021
89: Selfish vs. Selfless: Self-Promotion in Communities
8 mins; June 18, 2021
88: Properties of an Interesting Problem
12 mins; June 11, 2021
87: The Line Between Stealing and Being Inspired
11 mins; June 04, 2021
86: Audience-Building and Relatable Content
22 mins; May 28, 2021
85: Platform Risk and the Three Kinds of Audiences
25 mins; May 21, 2021
84: Impostor Syndrome and Building Capital
29 mins; May 14, 2021
83: Entrepreneurship, Job Security, and Wealth Creation
14 mins; May 07, 2021
82: Accountability Systems for Founders
23 mins; April 30, 2021
81: All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Navigating Bootstrapping Advice
14 mins; April 23, 2021
80: SaaS, Self-Talk, and Many Small Bets
14 mins; April 16, 2021
79: Audience Graduation
21 mins; April 09, 2021
78: Lifetime Deals and SaaS Businesses
29 mins; April 02, 2021
77: The Goals of Audience-Building
17 mins; March 26, 2021
Bonus: A Conversation Between Michele Hansen, Colleen Schnettler, and Danielle Simpson, Co-Founder of Feedback Panda
46 mins; March 24, 2021
75: The Shape of a Problem in the Wild
24 mins; March 19, 2021
74: On Re-Using Content
14 mins; March 12, 2021
73: Audience Discovery: The Importance of Budget
14 mins; March 05, 2021
72: What founders can learn from Twitch streamers about building in public
27 mins; February 26, 2021
71: Fear of Disappointing Your Customers
17 mins; February 19, 2021
70: When Your Business Gets Cloned
22 mins; February 12, 2021
69: Jargon and Community
15 mins; February 05, 2021
68: The Grief and Loss of Selling a Business
19 mins; January 29, 2021
67: The Two Goals of Audience-Building
20 mins; January 22, 2021
66: How I Use Twitter
24 mins; January 15, 2021
65: On Offering Public APIs for Your SaaS
18 mins; January 08, 2021
64: Motivation Will Eventually Go Away: Build Accountability Systems Instead
11 mins; January 01, 2021
63: Audience-Building through Podcasting
25 mins; December 25, 2020
62: Avoiding the Validation Trap
22 mins; December 18, 2020
61: Open-Source and Bootstrapping
20 mins; December 11, 2020
60: Tech Stacks and Indie Hacking
15 mins; December 04, 2020
59: Rewards and Perils of Being Your Own Customer
18 mins; November 27, 2020
58: When Privacy and Customer Value Clash
19 mins; November 20, 2020
57: How I Approach Pricing for a Brand New SaaS
23 mins; November 13, 2020
56: Sunk Cost Fallacy Engineering
15 mins; November 06, 2020
55: Customer Lock-In and "Insurance Features"
22 mins; October 30, 2020
54: Limiting Beliefs
19 mins; October 23, 2020
53: Early Tech Choices and Analysis Paralysis
18 mins; October 16, 2020
52: "Audience-First" Is Not Just "Building an Audience"
13 mins; October 09, 2020
51: Finding an Audience for Your Side Business
44 mins; October 02, 2020
50: Priming Your Business for Due Diligence
48 mins; September 25, 2020
49: Preparing for the Sale From Day One: Getting the Documentation Right
40 mins; September 18, 2020
48: At a Crossroads: The Different Kinds of Exits
45 mins; September 11, 2020
A Unified Voice: Staying Consistent When You Grow
38 mins; September 04, 2020
How I Self-Published Zero to Sold, a Bestselling Book on Bootstrapping
56 mins; August 28, 2020
45: Positioning Is Where It's At
30 mins; August 21, 2020
44: You Want a Tribe
32 mins; August 14, 2020
43: When You Reach Your Limits: Growing a Company Beyond the Founder(s)
27 mins; August 07, 2020
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