Startups For the Rest of Us
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Episode 826 | How to Find, Hire, and Work with Owner-Level Thinkers
31 mins; March 31, 2026
Episode 825 | Talking Tailwind CSS and Founder Fitness (with Adam Wathan)
50 mins; March 24, 2026
Episode 824 | Crowded Markets, Problem Aware, A Stolen Idea, and More Listener Questions (with Jordan Gal)
55 mins; March 17, 2026
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw
41 mins; March 10, 2026
Episode 822 | No-code vs. A.I. Coding, SaaS Margins in the A.I. Age, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
51 mins; March 03, 2026
Episode 821 | How to Do Founder-Led Marketing (with Jay Clouse)
33 mins; February 24, 2026
Episode 820 | When to Quit Your Day Job, A.I. Feasibility Risk, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
32 mins; February 17, 2026
Episode 819 | QSBS, Exit Multiples, How to Learn Marketing, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
33 mins; February 10, 2026
Episode 818 | What Does It Take to Be Successful? with Russ Walling
55 mins; February 03, 2026
Episode 817 | Bootstrapping in the Age of AI with Jason Cohen
53 mins; January 27, 2026
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)
22 mins; January 20, 2026
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)
30 mins; January 13, 2026
Episode 814 | How to Beat a Venture-Backed Competitor (with Laura Roeder)
36 mins; January 06, 2026
Episode 813 | SaaS Predictions for 2026 (+ Reflections on 2025)
28 mins; December 30, 2025
Episode 812 | The 2025 State of TinySeed
28 mins; December 23, 2025
Episode 811 | When to Delegate the "Core Four SaaS Skills," Freemium Retention Rates, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
34 mins; December 16, 2025
Episode 810 | The Best A.I. Coding Stack, Shipping Fast, and More Listener Questions (With Derrick Reimer)
53 mins; December 09, 2025
Episode 809 | What I Learned Diving into A.I. for 100 Days (with Craig Hewitt)
39 mins; December 02, 2025
Episode 808 | A $500k "Step 1" Business, When to Consider SOC2, and More Listener Questions
29 mins; November 25, 2025
Episode 807 | The "Core Four" SaaS Skills and Knowing When You Should Find a Co-founder (A Rob Solo Adventure)
33 mins; November 18, 2025
Episode 806 | Bootstrapping Missive to $8M ARR Over 10 Years
33 mins; November 11, 2025
Episode 805 | Gatekeeping vs. Paying Dues, Raw Material, and Surrounding Yourself with the Right People (A Rob Solo Adventure)
24 mins; November 04, 2025
Episode 804 | Positioning, Inventing a Category, Marketing Globally, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
35 mins; October 28, 2025
Episode 803 | 8 Key Takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2025
34 mins; October 21, 2025
Episode 802 | Marketing Not Scaling, Where to Publish Content, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
32 mins; October 14, 2025
Episode 801 | Competing Against Incumbents, Technical Co-Founders, Trademarks, and More Listener Questions with Derrick Reimer
54 mins; October 07, 2025
Episode 800 | The 12 Commandments of Startups for the Rest of Us
37 mins; September 30, 2025
Episode 799 | TinySeed Tales s5e6: $500k ARR!
29 mins; September 25, 2025
Episode 798 | Lessons From 10 Years of SaaS Growth Without a Hockey Stick
42 mins; September 23, 2025
Episode 797 | TinySeed Tales s5e5: Should I Raise More Funding?
30 mins; September 18, 2025
Episode 796 | Marketing Isn't Easy?, How to Grow Your Company, and Be Careful Who You Listen To (A Rob Solo Adventure)
29 mins; September 16, 2025
Episode 795 | TinySeed Tales s5e4: The $20K Milestone
28 mins; September 11, 2025
Episode 794 | From Struggling Side Project to Life-Changing SaaS Exit
56 mins; September 09, 2025
Episode 793 | TinySeed Tales s5e3: Building Momentum
27 mins; September 04, 2025
Episode 792 | Hot Take Tuesday: GPT-5 Struggles, the A.I. Bubble, and the Windsurf Debacle
45 mins; September 02, 2025
Episode 791 | TinySeed Tales s5e2: Growing Pains
29 mins; August 28, 2025
Episode 790 | From Scrappy to Scalable: Evolving Your Role as a Founder
34 mins; August 26, 2025
Episode 789 | TinySeed Tales s5e1: From Agency to SaaS
30 mins; August 21, 2025
Episode 788 | Do I Need a Co-founder? And More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
57 mins; August 19, 2025
Episode 787 | "We Shut Down a $1.5M Product, and Raised $10M Instead"
37 mins; August 12, 2025
Episode 786 | Questions About Bootstrapping SaaS to a $90M Exit (with Kevin Wagstaff)
44 mins; August 05, 2025
Episode 785 | Choosing Between AI Products, Building Multiple Apps, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
34 mins; July 29, 2025
Episode 784 | The Wealth Ladder: Six Levels of Financial Freedom
31 mins; July 22, 2025
Episode 783 | Bootstrapping ScrapingBee to $5M ARR and an 8-Figure Exit
40 mins; July 15, 2025
Episode 782 | Why I Succeeded: My 10 Best Entrepreneurial Decisions
27 mins; July 08, 2025
Episode 781 | A Founder's Regret List: 12 Mistakes I’ll Never Make Again
39 mins; July 01, 2025
Episode 780 | "I'll Never Sell My Company" and Other Myths Founders Tell Themselves
42 mins; June 24, 2025
Episode 779 | 10 Myths Most SaaS Founders Believe
44 mins; June 17, 2025
Episode 778 | Pricing Pilot Projects, Niching Down, Skipping Stairsteps, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
39 mins; June 10, 2025
Episode 777 | Why Retiring Might Be the Worst Goal for Entrepreneurs
28 mins; June 03, 2025
Episode 776 | How Bootstrapping Led to a Life-Changing $90M SaaS Exit
50 mins; May 27, 2025
Episode 775 | A.I. Coding Tools, User Experience, Racking Your Own Servers, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
54 mins; May 20, 2025
Episode 774 | How a Non-Technical Founder Bootstrapped to Millions in Revenue
37 mins; May 13, 2025
Episode 773 | How to Find Your Early Customer Profile (ECP)
30 mins; May 06, 2025
Episode 772 | A Highly Effective Framework for SaaS Positioning
35 mins; April 29, 2025
Episode 771 | What Changes As You Grow, AI Agents, Patents, and More Listener Questions (with Craig Hewitt)
38 mins; April 22, 2025
Episode 770 | Revenue vs. Profit, Asking for Permission, and Mike Tyson (A Rob Solo Adventure)
25 mins; April 15, 2025
Episode 769 | Key Insights from MicroConf 2025 in New Orleans
30 mins; April 08, 2025
Episode 768 | Reacting to Controversial Startup Advice
29 mins; April 01, 2025
Episode 767 | Finding Your ICP, Prioritizing Feature Requests, Pricing, and More Product-Focused Listener Questions
42 mins; March 25, 2025
Episode 766 | Close.com's Amazing Run to $40M ARR (with Steli Efti)
37 mins; March 18, 2025
Episode 765 | TinySeed Tales s4e9: Making the hardest decision
28 mins; March 13, 2025
Episode 764 | Finding Hockey Stick Growth with an A.I. Wrapper (with Jordan Gal)
39 mins; March 11, 2025
Episode 763 | TinySeed Tales s4e8: One Last Pivot
15 mins; March 06, 2025
Episode 762 | Doing Great Work, Hierarchy of SaaS Skills, and Public Deadlines (A Rob Solo Adventure)
25 mins; March 04, 2025
Episode 761 | TinySeed Tales s4e7: Identifying Pain Points
20 mins; February 27, 2025
Episode 760 | White-Labeling, Founder Mindset, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
32 mins; February 25, 2025
Episode 759 | TinySeed Tales s4e6: Does AI + Pivot = Success?
27 mins; February 20, 2025
Episode 758 | Do Free Trials Suck?, What Moves the Needle, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
45 mins; February 18, 2025
Episode 757 | TinySeed Tales s4e5: Founder Breakups, Crushing Failures, and the Future
15 mins; February 13, 2025
Episode 756 | Why Great Product Management Is Critical for Your Startup
43 mins; February 11, 2025
Episode 755 | TinySeed Tales s4e4: Customer Interviews + Pivoting
15 mins; February 06, 2025
Episode 754 | Broken Freemium, SaaS Plateaus, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
25 mins; February 04, 2025
Episode 753 | TinySeed Tales s4e3: Co-Founder Conflicts + Renaming a Business
23 mins; January 30, 2025
Episode 752 | The State of SEO in 2025
36 mins; January 28, 2025
Episode 751 | TinySeed Tales s4e2: From Developer to Manager
30 mins; January 23, 2025
Episode 750 | Making Your First Hire, Testing Prices, And More Listener Questions (with Laura Roeder)
36 mins; January 21, 2025
Episode 749 | TinySeed Tales s4e1: Introducing Hammerstone.dev
26 mins; January 16, 2025
Episode 748 | The Ins and Outs of Startup Investing
38 mins; January 14, 2025
Episode 747 | Evolving SaaS Customer Success Over 7 Years (with Jane Portman)
35 mins; January 07, 2025
Episode 746 | 9 Startup Predictions for 2025
22 mins; December 31, 2024
Episode 745 | Reflecting on 2024: Revisiting My Predictions, The Best Episodes, My Favorite Frameworks, and More (A Rob Solo Adventure)
27 mins; December 24, 2024
Episode 744 | Bluesky, TinySeed is Raising, YC Backs Competitors, and More Hot Take Tuesday Topics
33 mins; December 17, 2024
Episode 743 | How to Sell Your Business Without Regret
36 mins; December 10, 2024
Episode 742 | Normalizing Hard Things, Facing Your Biggest Threat, and Making it Fast (A Rob Solo Adventure)
28 mins; December 03, 2024
Episode 741 | What Actually is Product Led Growth? (with Wes Bush)
31 mins; November 26, 2024
Episode 740 | My New Book! The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling Your Business Without Regret
29 mins; November 19, 2024
Episode 739 | Selling SaaS to Customers Who Don't Know They Have a Problem
29 mins; November 12, 2024
Episode 738 | Encouraging Word of Mouth, Educating a Market, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)
28 mins; November 05, 2024
Episode 737 | Key Takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2024 (With Derrick Reimer)
42 mins; October 29, 2024
Episode 736 | Founder Regrets, DIY vs. Hiring, Defining your ICP, and More Later Stage Listener Questions
27 mins; October 22, 2024
Episode 735 | The 8 Levels of SaaS Platform Risk (A Rob Solo Adventure)
26 mins; October 15, 2024
Episode 734 | The 20 Year Bootstrapper (With Ian Landsman)
35 mins; October 08, 2024
Episode 733 | Good vs. Bad Distractions, Weaknesses vs. Blind Spots, And Everyone Struggles (A Rob Solo Adventure)
27 mins; October 01, 2024
Episode 732 | Lessons Learned Bootstrapping to a $615M Exit
36 mins; September 24, 2024
Episode 731 | How to Delegate as a Perfectionist, SaaS Partnerships, Planning Your Next Quarter, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
49 mins; September 17, 2024
Episode 730 | The SaaS Launchpad: The Ultimate Course for Launching Your Product
37 mins; September 10, 2024
Episode 729 | 9 Things I've Learned Investing in 170+ SaaS Companies
25 mins; September 03, 2024
Episode 728 | Bootstrapping Gymdesk to a More Than $32.5M Exit
36 mins; August 27, 2024
Episode 727 | Gymdesk Sells for More than $32.5 million, Hiring Gets Easier, and More Hot Take Tuesday Topics
29 mins; August 20, 2024