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Rob Walling

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

And I like to be able to take that knowledge and experience and that filter and that lens and the viewpoint that I have and try to distill it down into helpful frameworks and insights for you every week on this show, every other week on my YouTube channel.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

which is youtube.com slash at Rob Walling.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

And of course, in the books I put out every couple years.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

And maybe on social media too.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

You can follow me on ex-Twitter at Rob Walling.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

I don't tweet as much as I used to.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Partially because I got fed up with...

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

having to read tweets like this.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

But all that said, it's enough smack talking for me today.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

I hope that today you are building an incredible business for yourself that may not change the world, but hopefully changes your little corner of it.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 816 | Developing an Editorial Eye, The Right Kind of Stubborn, and The Power of Focus (A Rob Solo Adventure)

This is Rob Walling, signing off from episode 816.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)

Welcome back to Startup for the Rest of Us.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)

I'm your host, Rob Walling, and in this episode, I'm going to talk about the unexpected skills your day job can teach you about entrepreneurship.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)

And I don't just mean if you are working for a tech company or if you are a software engineer at a large firm.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)

I'm going to walk back through my history of jobs from when I was a teenager and I was a courier, driving a vehicle all around the Bay Area, delivering things, picking them up, and things I learned during that time, as well as being a construction worker, being a developer.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)

being a manager of developers.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)

And I'm just going to talk about all the things that I learned during those times, as well as a mindset that I had during this time that I think helped me learn more than if I had just shown up every day, clocked in and clocked out.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)

Before I dive into that, applications for this round of MicroConf mastermind matching close in just two days.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)

Building a SaaS alone is lonely and it can be hard.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 815 | Unexpected Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship (Rob Solo)

If you want to surround yourself with a small group of folks who are on this journey with you, you should join a mastermind.