Rob Walling

Invest in – like we're not going to double our deal flow in the next six months. Maybe we will over years, but like –

Invest in – like we're not going to double our deal flow in the next six months. Maybe we will over years, but like –

So we've invested in almost 200 companies over four and a half years, and we're going to stay at that pace. So the indexing across a lot of ambitious B2B SaaS companies seems to be working for us so far.

So we've invested in almost 200 companies over four and a half years, and we're going to stay at that pace. So the indexing across a lot of ambitious B2B SaaS companies seems to be working for us so far.

tinyc.com slash invest if anyone's interested, and Anar Volset on Twitter, ex-Twitter, if folks want to see you posting about the San Francisco Giants.

tinyc.com slash invest if anyone's interested, and Anar Volset on Twitter, ex-Twitter, if folks want to see you posting about the San Francisco Giants.

No, I'm only kidding. Oh, my God. Record scratch. I was like, what? You're on Blue Sky? You're going to lose your bet. You're going to lose your bet to Tracy. Thanks again, man. Thanks for coming on the show.

No, I'm only kidding. Oh, my God. Record scratch. I was like, what? You're on Blue Sky? You're going to lose your bet. You're going to lose your bet to Tracy. Thanks again, man. Thanks for coming on the show.

Thanks again to Anar for joining me this week on the show. Thank you for joining me this week and every week. This is Rob Walling signing off from episode 748.

Thanks again to Anar for joining me this week on the show. Thank you for joining me this week and every week. This is Rob Walling signing off from episode 748.

Welcome to Startups for the Rest of Us. I'm Rob Walling. In this episode, I talk through my nine startup predictions for 2025. I like to take a bit of time each year to think about how I think the landscape might change in the coming year. And frankly, most of these are around SaaS, but there are a few that aren't directly going to impact SaaS. And so I just said startup predictions in the title.

Welcome to Startups for the Rest of Us. I'm Rob Walling. In this episode, I talk through my nine startup predictions for 2025. I like to take a bit of time each year to think about how I think the landscape might change in the coming year. And frankly, most of these are around SaaS, but there are a few that aren't directly going to impact SaaS. And so I just said startup predictions in the title.

And predictions are really tough. If you're actually looking ahead and trying to forecast things, no one knows what's going to happen. So take these with a grain of salt. There's at least one of them that I kind of hope doesn't happen for the sake of all the startup founders that I am rooting for. But nonetheless, if I think there's a good chance it'll happen, I want to include it in this episode.

And predictions are really tough. If you're actually looking ahead and trying to forecast things, no one knows what's going to happen. So take these with a grain of salt. There's at least one of them that I kind of hope doesn't happen for the sake of all the startup founders that I am rooting for. But nonetheless, if I think there's a good chance it'll happen, I want to include it in this episode.

Last episode, I went through my predictions for 2024, and you probably noticed, I think maybe I had a, what, a 30 or 40% hit rate, 50% at best. So keep that in mind when you hear predictions from me or anyone else, that at best, we're gonna be as good as maybe a coin toss.

Last episode, I went through my predictions for 2024, and you probably noticed, I think maybe I had a, what, a 30 or 40% hit rate, 50% at best. So keep that in mind when you hear predictions from me or anyone else, that at best, we're gonna be as good as maybe a coin toss.

Before I dive into the predictions, if you missed backing the Kickstarter for my new book, co-written with Dr. Sherry Walling, it's called Exit Strategy, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling Your Business Without Regret. You can now buy it on pre-order in paperback form. So the Kickstarter was for hardcover, but if you go to exitstrategybook.com, you can either order an electronic copy or

Before I dive into the predictions, if you missed backing the Kickstarter for my new book, co-written with Dr. Sherry Walling, it's called Exit Strategy, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling Your Business Without Regret. You can now buy it on pre-order in paperback form. So the Kickstarter was for hardcover, but if you go to exitstrategybook.com, you can either order an electronic copy or

or a paperback copy and you'll get that in a few months once everything is ready so if you missed it exitstrategybook.com and with that let's dive in to my first prediction I'm going to go through three of them as a group because of these three I made for 2024 and I'm just carrying them through. And I realize that's kind of cheating. So I'm kind of combining these all into one.

or a paperback copy and you'll get that in a few months once everything is ready so if you missed it exitstrategybook.com and with that let's dive in to my first prediction I'm going to go through three of them as a group because of these three I made for 2024 and I'm just carrying them through. And I realize that's kind of cheating. So I'm kind of combining these all into one.