Rob Walling

SaaSLaunchpad.co if you want to check it out. It's for the earliest stage SaaS founders. So if you're looking for an idea, if you want to vet an idea to validate it, if you want to build a launch list, if you want to build an MVP, launch your product. This is the course for you. It is the best course I've ever put together. And it's really the first course I've built in about 14 years.

So you can head to saslaunchpad.co for full details and to check out the course. And one more thing, MicroConf US 2025 tickets have just gone on sale. Every event we've run for the past 18 months, I believe, maybe more, has sold out. And I expect MicroConf US 2025 to be no different. It's going to take place in New Orleans, March 16th through the 18th of 2025.

So you can head to saslaunchpad.co for full details and to check out the course. And one more thing, MicroConf US 2025 tickets have just gone on sale. Every event we've run for the past 18 months, I believe, maybe more, has sold out. And I expect MicroConf US 2025 to be no different. It's going to take place in New Orleans, March 16th through the 18th of 2025.

And right now, our lowest priced tickets are available on sale. They will never be lower priced than they are now. We've just wrapped up our Dubrovnik event. That one sold out. And again, I expect this New Orleans event to sell out. All the details are at microconf.com slash US. Be sure to check it out soon if you're interested in joining me.

And right now, our lowest priced tickets are available on sale. They will never be lower priced than they are now. We've just wrapped up our Dubrovnik event. That one sold out. And again, I expect this New Orleans event to sell out. All the details are at microconf.com slash US. Be sure to check it out soon if you're interested in joining me.

and to 250 of your best founder friends that you've known on Twitter, that you've met in person, that you've aspired to meet in New Orleans next March. My first question for today comes from Tobey. He is TobeyBuilds on ex-Twitter. His question is, is there anything you regret doing yourself instead of delegating while trying to grow to 10K MRR? And I'll do you one better.

and to 250 of your best founder friends that you've known on Twitter, that you've met in person, that you've aspired to meet in New Orleans next March. My first question for today comes from Tobey. He is TobeyBuilds on ex-Twitter. His question is, is there anything you regret doing yourself instead of delegating while trying to grow to 10K MRR? And I'll do you one better.

I won't just talk about things I regret, but the most common mistakes I see early stage founders making. And these are founders who listen to startups for the rest of us. These are tiny seed founders. These are microcomp founders. And there are some pretty common anti-patterns in this early stage of learning how and when to delegate.

I won't just talk about things I regret, but the most common mistakes I see early stage founders making. And these are founders who listen to startups for the rest of us. These are tiny seed founders. These are microcomp founders. And there are some pretty common anti-patterns in this early stage of learning how and when to delegate.

Now, delegating is a balance, especially in this early stage, if you're bootstrapping, because oftentimes you should delegate or outsource a bunch of things, but you don't have the money, right? You don't have the luxury of a funded competitor who can hire a chief of staff on day one or who can hire a staff to do things that you don't want to do.

Now, delegating is a balance, especially in this early stage, if you're bootstrapping, because oftentimes you should delegate or outsource a bunch of things, but you don't have the money, right? You don't have the luxury of a funded competitor who can hire a chief of staff on day one or who can hire a staff to do things that you don't want to do.

So there is this balance between your willingness to delegate and the budget you have to do so. But with that said, I think a couple things that I commonly see founders keep doing that they shouldn't be doing in these early stages are things like bookkeeping or doing your own books in general, doing your own accounting, not hiring a CPA, DIYing your own legal.

So there is this balance between your willingness to delegate and the budget you have to do so. But with that said, I think a couple things that I commonly see founders keep doing that they shouldn't be doing in these early stages are things like bookkeeping or doing your own books in general, doing your own accounting, not hiring a CPA, DIYing your own legal.

This is one that I did a couple times. I never, knock on wood, wound up regretting it, but certainly things that I could easily have regretted had those gone sideways when I downloaded a template for a contract and edited it myself. I think founders who are doing audio video editing in the early days are doing themselves quite a disservice. Audio and video editing are so fulfilling.

This is one that I did a couple times. I never, knock on wood, wound up regretting it, but certainly things that I could easily have regretted had those gone sideways when I downloaded a template for a contract and edited it myself. I think founders who are doing audio video editing in the early days are doing themselves quite a disservice. Audio and video editing are so fulfilling.

I don't know if you've done it, but it just feels like you're getting stuff done. You're doing something with your hands. And when you ship it, it's a better end product. It feels really good to do, but it is a tremendous waste of time because audio and video editors, even really good ones, are, what, $15 to $30 an hour?

I don't know if you've done it, but it just feels like you're getting stuff done. You're doing something with your hands. And when you ship it, it's a better end product. It feels really good to do, but it is a tremendous waste of time because audio and video editors, even really good ones, are, what, $15 to $30 an hour?

I mean, obviously more expensive and less expensive, but this is an easy one to outsource. Another one that I see founders doing and kind of making a reason for it is continuing to handle their email and live chat support.

I mean, obviously more expensive and less expensive, but this is an easy one to outsource. Another one that I see founders doing and kind of making a reason for it is continuing to handle their email and live chat support.

Now, this one depends because if you're doing high-touch sales with a high-ticket product and you're only doing a few sales now and again, then you probably don't need a support person. But if you do have a wider funnel, a lower-touch funnel where you have a lot of volume coming through, email support and live chat support, if you offer it, are some of the first things that I look to outsource.