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Episode 742 | Normalizing Hard Things, Facing Your Biggest Threat, and Making it Fast (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 03 Dec 2024

In episode 742, Rob Walling goes solo to explore normalizing doing hard things and facing your bigge...

Episode 741 | What Actually is Product Led Growth? (with Wes Bush)

Tue, 26 Nov 2024

In episode 741, Rob Walling talks to Wes Bush, CEO and Founder of ProductLed, about the nuances and ...

Episode 740 | My New Book! The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling Your Business Without Regret

Tue, 19 Nov 2024

In episode 740, Rob Walling speaks with Dr. Sherry Walling about their new book, "Exit Strategy: The...

Episode 739 | Selling SaaS to Customers Who Don't Know They Have a Problem

Tue, 12 Nov 2024

In episode 739, Rob Walling interviews Andy Kim, co-founder of Trotto, about his unique journey into...

Episode 738 | Encouraging Word of Mouth, Educating a Market, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 05 Nov 2024

In episode 738, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers listener questions. He explores ...

Episode 737 | Key Takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2024 (With Derrick Reimer)

Tue, 29 Oct 2024

In episode 737, Rob Walling is joined by Derrick Reimer to recap the experience from MicroConf Europ...

Episode 736 | Founder Regrets, DIY vs. Hiring, Defining your ICP, and More Later Stage Listener Questions

Tue, 22 Oct 2024

In episode 736, join Rob Walling as he answers some later-stage listener questions in another solo a...

Episode 735 | The 8 Levels of SaaS Platform Risk (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 15 Oct 2024

In episode 735, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he categorizes the different levels of S...

Episode 734 | The 20 Year Bootstrapper (With Ian Landsman)

Tue, 08 Oct 2024

In episode 734, Rob Walling interviews Ian Landsman, founder of HelpSpot, about his 20-year bootstra...

Episode 733 | Good vs. Bad Distractions, Weaknesses vs. Blind Spots, And Everyone Struggles (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 01 Oct 2024

In episode 733, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he covers several topics. In this episod...

Episode 732 | Lessons Learned Bootstrapping to a $615M Exit

Tue, 24 Sep 2024

In episode 732, Rob Walling interviews Jeff, a mostly anonymous and retired founder, about his mostl...

Episode 731 | How to Delegate as a Perfectionist, SaaS Partnerships, Planning Your Next Quarter, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)

Tue, 17 Sep 2024

In episode 731, join Rob Walling and Derrick Reimer as they tackle some more advanced listener quest...

Episode 730 | The SaaS Launchpad: The Ultimate Course for Launching Your Product

Tue, 10 Sep 2024

In episode 730, Craig Hewitt turns the table and interviews Rob Walling about releasing The SaaS Lau...

Episode 729 | 9 Things I've Learned Investing in 170+ SaaS Companies

Tue, 03 Sep 2024

In episode 729, join Rob Walling as he shares insights from the 170+ SaaS investments he’s made th...

Episode 728 | Bootstrapping Gymdesk to a More Than $32.5M Exit

Tue, 27 Aug 2024

In episode 728, Rob Walling interviews Eran Galperin, founder of Gymdesk, about his incredible exit....

Episode 727 | Gymdesk Sells for More than $32.5 million, Hiring Gets Easier, and More Hot Take Tuesday Topics

Tue, 20 Aug 2024

In episode 727, Rob Walling is joined by Tracy Osborn and Einar Vollset to give their hot takes on s...

Episode 726 | Selling 29,000 Copies, Information vs. Motivation, and Making Your First Level Last (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 13 Aug 2024

In episode 726, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he covers several topics. In this episod...

Episode 725 | SEO in the Age of AI, Freemium, When Brand Becomes Important, and More Advanced Listener Questions (with Ruben Gamez)

Tue, 06 Aug 2024

In episode 725, join Rob Walling and Ruben Gamez as they answer several more advanced listener quest...

Episode 724 | Managing Managers, Breaking Through Plateaus, Thoughts on EOS, and More Later-Stage Listener Questions

Tue, 30 Jul 2024

In episode 724, join Rob Walling as he takes on some later-stage listener questions in another solo ...

Episode 723 | How to Be a Supercommunicator (and Why it Matters as a Bootstrapper) with Charles Duhigg

Tue, 23 Jul 2024

In episode 723, Rob Walling interviews Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bests...

Episode 722 | Bootstrapping a Vertical SaaS to 7-Figures in 18 Months

Tue, 16 Jul 2024

In episode 722, Rob Walling interviews James Mooring, co-founder of Astalty, a SaaS serving Australi...

Episode 721 | 7 Key Takeaways from the 2024 State of Independent SaaS Report

Tue, 09 Jul 2024

In episode 721, Rob Walling and Asia Orangio analyze the results of MicroConf’s 2024 State of Inde...

Episode 720 | How to Prioritize Your Focus (In Both Your Startup and Personal Life)

Tue, 02 Jul 2024

In episode 720, Rob Walling is joined by Craig Hewitt to discuss the intricacies of prioritization i...

Episode 719 | How to Test Pricing, Lifetime Deals, and Building Something for Everyone (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 25 Jun 2024

In episode 719, join Rob Walling as he embarks on another solo adventure, tackling listener question...

Episode 718 | When to Give Up, Open Source Competition, Painful Features, and More (with Derrick Reimer)

Tue, 18 Jun 2024

In episode 718, Rob Walling and Derrick Reimer tackle listener questions about giving up on ideas, c...

Episode 717 | Bootstrapping to $1.3M ARR and 300,000 Free Users

Tue, 11 Jun 2024

In episode 717, Rob Walling interviews Marie Martin, co-founder of Tally. They discuss the company’...

Episode 716 | Positioning Against Incumbents, Changing Your H1, How Tech Stack Affects Valuation, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 04 Jun 2024

In episode 716, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 715 | Best Uses of the Internet, a Book about Selling Your Company, and a Circus Show

Tue, 28 May 2024

In episode 715, Rob Walling is joined by Dr. Sherry Walling to discuss a variety of topics. They cha...

Episode 714 | TRM not TAM, Acquiring a Competitor, and Finding a Developer Co-founder (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 21 May 2024

In episode 714, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 713 | Our Top 5 Takeaways from MicroConf US 2024 (with Arvid Kahl)

Tue, 14 May 2024

In episode 713, Rob Walling is joined by Arvid Kahl to share their experience from MicroConf US 2024...

Episode 712 | Revisiting Burnout + Updates on My Progress in 2024 (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 07 May 2024

In episode 712, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure. He starts by revisiting past prediction...

Episode 711 | Finding Early Customers, Horizontal vs. Vertical, Prosumer SaaS, and More Listener Questions (with Ruben Gamez)

Tue, 30 Apr 2024

In episode 711, join Rob Walling and Ruben Gamez as they answer listener questions. They chat about ...

Episode 710 | Is Coding Dead?, The "Right" Tech Stack, Funded Competition, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 23 Apr 2024

In episode 710, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 709 | The 7 Greatest Investments of My Life

Tue, 16 Apr 2024

In episode 709, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he shares his story of growing his personal...

Episode 708 | Outsourcing Marketing, Competitive Markets, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)

Tue, 09 Apr 2024

In episode 708, Rob Walling and Derrick Reimer tackle listener questions about building development ...

Episode 707 | Once.com, Open Source to FT Income, and More (Hot Take Tuesday)

Tue, 02 Apr 2024

In episode 707, Rob Walling, alongside guests Tracy Osborn and Einar Vollset, give their hot takes o...

Episode 706.5 | Rethinking My Most Common Advice

Mon, 01 Apr 2024

In episode 706.5, join Rob Walling as he reconsiders some of his most common advice. He explores why...

Episode 706.1 | MicroConf US Tickets Will Sell Out Soon!

Thu, 28 Mar 2024

MicroConf US in Atlanta is here in just a couple weeks, and this is your last call to buy tickets. W...

Episode 706 | 2/20/200 Validation, Prior Art, and Designing by Committee (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 26 Mar 2024

In episode 706, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he discusses a variety of topics. He sta...

Episode 705 | From Bootstrapped to Mostly Bootstrapped to Venture Backed

Tue, 19 Mar 2024

In episode 705, Rob Walling interviews Braden Dennis, co-founder and CEO of FinChat. They discuss Br...

Episode 704 | Landing Pages, Buying a SaaS, the Right Tech Stack, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 12 Mar 2024

In episode 704, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 703 | The Accidental SaaS Entrepreneur

Tue, 05 Mar 2024

In episode 703, Rob Walling interviews Jordan Hansen, founder of Cobalt Intelligence. They dive into...

Episode 702 | Revenue vs. Profit Multiples, When to Lower Prices, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 27 Feb 2024

In episode 702, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 701 | The Long Journey to Product-Market Fit

Tue, 20 Feb 2024

In episode 701, Rob Walling interviews Matt Wensing, founder of Summit, a SaaS platform for lead sco...

Episode 700 | Playing the Long Game

Tue, 13 Feb 2024

In episode 700, Rob goes solo to celebrate another milestone of Startups For the Rest of Us. He refl...

Episode 699 | How to Build Elegant, Scalable Software Products with Derrick Reimer

Tue, 06 Feb 2024

In episode 699, Rob Walling chats with fan favorite Derrick Reimer, the founder of SavvyCal, about s...

Episode 698 | How to Launch a Million Dollar Business (With Noah Kagan)

Tue, 30 Jan 2024

In episode 698, Rob Walling interviews Noah Kagan, CEO of AppSumo. They discuss the importance of el...

Episode 697 | 7 Predictions for SaaS Bootstrappers in 2024

Tue, 23 Jan 2024

In episode 697, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he makes predictions for SaaS in 2024. H...

Episode 696 | The Truth about Product-Market Fit + Doing Sales as an Introvert (With Ruben Gamez)

Tue, 16 Jan 2024

In episode 696, Rob Walling and Ruben Gamez cover a variety of topics. They discuss how product mark...

Episode 695 | Ideal Customers, Moving from B2C to B2B, and More Listener Questions (with Asia Orangio)

Tue, 09 Jan 2024

In episode 695, Rob Walling and Asia Orangio answer listener questions. They take questions about id...

Episode 694 | 2023 In Review: Amazing Growth & Fighting Burnout

Tue, 02 Jan 2024

In episode 694, join Rob Walling as he recaps 2023. He reflects on growing TinySeed, MicroConf, the ...

Episode 693 | Building a Mid-Six-Figure SaaS in Less Than 3 Years

Tue, 26 Dec 2023

In episode 693, Rob Walling interviews Grant McConnaughey, founder of Postpone, a social media sched...

Episode 692 | Learn the Rules Like a Pro So You Can Break Them Like an Artist (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 19 Dec 2023

In episode 692, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he addresses a variety of topics. He str...

Episode 691 | Freemium, High-touch vs. Low-touch, Selling as an Introvert, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 12 Dec 2023

In episode 691, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 690 | When Opt-in Email Could Be Spam, Collecting Customer Feedback, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 05 Dec 2023

In episode 690, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 689 | How to Keep Your Remote Team Motivated and Engaged

Tue, 28 Nov 2023

In episode 689, Rob Walling interviews Robert Cserti, co-founder of SessionLab. Robert and his team ...

Episode 688 | Growing Boot.dev From $6k to $110k in Monthly Revenue in 15 Months

Tue, 21 Nov 2023

In episode 688, Rob Walling interviews Lane Wagner, founder of Boot.dev. Boot.dev is a learning plat...

Episode 687 | An 8th Thing You Should Never Do, Things That Don't Scale, and More Rob Solo Topics

Tue, 14 Nov 2023

In episode 687, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where discusses a variety of topics. He revisi...

Episode 686 | How Much is Enough?, Outsourcing Marketing, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 07 Nov 2023

In episode 686, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 685 | 7 Things You Should Never Do (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 31 Oct 2023

In episode 685, Rob Walling goes solo to share his insights on 7 common mistakes that SaaS founders ...

Episode 684 | Key Takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2023

Tue, 24 Oct 2023

In episode 684, Rob Walling is joined by Dr. Sherry Walling to share their experience from MicroConf...

Episode 683 | Bringing on a Partner, Attending Trade Shows, Pre-launch Discounts, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 17 Oct 2023

In episode 683, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 682 | The Pros and Cons of Large vs. Small Startup Events

Tue, 10 Oct 2023

In episode 682, Rob Walling interviews Alex Theuma, the founder of SaaStock, a conference for SaaS f...

Episode 681 | Why Launching a Second Product is Usually a Bad Idea

Tue, 03 Oct 2023

In episode 681, Rob Walling and Ruben Gamez go deep on the drawbacks of launching a second product. ...

Episode 680 | Problems vs. Solutions, Doing What it Takes, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 26 Sep 2023

In episode 680, Rob Walling goes solo again, covering a wide variety of topics including listening t...

Episode 679.5 | The Future of MicroConf (7 Announcements!)

Thu, 21 Sep 2023

In episode 679.5, Rob shares seven announcements about the future of MicroConf in the upcoming year....

Episode 679 | Mock Features, A Failed Launch, Becoming a Freelancer, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 19 Sep 2023

In episode 679, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 678 | Selling a Half-Finished Product, Phased Launches, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 12 Sep 2023

In episode 678, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He ...

Episode 677 | Design Faster and More Effectively With Wireframing

Tue, 05 Sep 2023

In episode 677, Tracy Osborn interviews Leon Barnard from Balsamiq about wireframing and design. The...

Episode 676 | Exit Valuations, Choosing Between Ideas, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 29 Aug 2023

In episode 676, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he answers more listener questions. He a...

Episode 675 | Storytelling as a Sales Superpower (Book Recommendation)

Tue, 22 Aug 2023

In episode 675, Rob Walling interviews Stephen Steers, author of "Superpower Storytelling." They dis...

Episode 674 | SparkToro Pays Back Investors, When to Raise Funding, and X.com (Hot Take Tuesday)

Tue, 15 Aug 2023

In episode 674, ​​join Rob Walling, Einar Vollset, and Tracy Osborn for Hot Take Tuesday, where ...

Episode 673 | Lifetime Plans vs Subscriptions, Testing an Idea With a Landing Page, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 08 Aug 2023

In episode 673, Rob Walling chats with Ruben Gamez, the founder of SignWell, as they answer listener...

Episode 672 | Bootstrapping, Building, Buying, and Selling SaaS Companies

Tue, 01 Aug 2023

In episode 672, Rob Walling speaks with Jon Hainstock, M&A advisor at Quiet Light and previously...

Episode 671 | Working on What Matters, Left-handed Threads, and Being Lucky (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 25 Jul 2023

In episode 671, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he covers a variety of topics. Fir...

Episode 670 | Relying on Luck, Avoiding Burnout, and Bad Player vs. Bad Instrument (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 18 Jul 2023

In episode 670, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure, where he discusses why, while striking ...

Episode 669 | 10 Years to Overnight Success: Bootstrapping to a Multi-Million Dollar Exit

Tue, 11 Jul 2023

In episode 669, Rob Walling chats with Rick Hymanson, founder of detamoov and previously Shugo. They...

Episode 668 | 9 Key Takeaways from MicroConf U.S. 2023 in Denver

Tue, 04 Jul 2023

In episode 668, Rob Walling and Arvid Kahl share nine key takeaways from MicroConf US 2023 in Denver...

Episode 667 | Increase Your Exit Price by Decoupling Yourself from Your Business with John Warrillow

Tue, 27 Jun 2023

In episode 667, Rob Walling speaks with John Warrillow, author of Built to Sell, about validating an...

Episode 666 | Entering a Competitive Market, Books for SaaS Founders, and More Listener Questions with Derrick Reimer

Tue, 20 Jun 2023

In episode 666, Rob Walling chats with fan favorite Derrick Reimer, the founder of SavvyCal, as they...

Episode 665 | How to Find More "Best Fit" Customers for Your SaaS

Tue, 13 Jun 2023

In episode 665, Rob Walling chats with Georgiana Laudi, who is the co-author of the new book, Forget...

Episode 664 | The Challenges of Horizontal SaaS, Adding Services to a SaaS, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 06 Jun 2023

In episode 664, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he answers more listener questions. Thes...

Episode 663 | 5 Insights SaaS Founders Should Know About A.I. (Ignore at Your Peril)

Tue, 30 May 2023

In episode 663, Rob Walling and Einar Vollset share five insights SaaS founders should know about th...

Episode 662 | Selling for Five Years of Runway, Profit vs. Revenue Multiples, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)

Tue, 23 May 2023

In episode 662, join Rob Walling for a solo listening adventure where he talks through the key facto...

Episode 661 | Millions in Revenue As a One-Person Software Company

Tue, 16 May 2023

In episode 661, Rob Walling chats with Mike Perham, the founder of Sidekiq, who is a solo founder do...

Episode 660 | Make Ever-Increasing and Manageably-Sized Mistakes (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 09 May 2023

In episode 660, join Rob Walling for another solo listening adventure where he talks about the trade...

Episode 659 | Indie Hackers' Newfound Independence + The SaaS Playbook with Courtland and Channing

Tue, 02 May 2023

In episode 659, Rob Walling speaks with Courtland Allen and Channing Allen, the co-founders of Indie...

Episode 658 | As a SaaS Founder, When Should You Care About Sales Tax?

Tue, 25 Apr 2023

In episode 658, Rob Walling speaks with Geoff Roberts, co-founder of Outseta, about global sales tax...

Episode 657 | Concierge Onboarding, Building a Great Brand, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 18 Apr 2023

In episode 657, join Rob Walling as he answers more listener questions. Topics range from concierge ...

Episode 656 | Taste vs. Shipping + Being First vs. Being the Best (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 11 Apr 2023

In episode 656, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure, where he revisits a few topics from ear...

Startups For The Rest Of Us Podcast Trailer

Thu, 06 Apr 2023

It’s possible to build a multimillion dollar startup without venture capital. I know this, because...

Episode 655 | Seat-Based Pricing, Can Churn Be Too Low? and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 04 Apr 2023

In episode 655, Rob Walling answers listener questions on enterprise pricing frameworks, validating ...

Episode 654 | Shipping Every Day for 10 Years with Tom Merritt

Tue, 28 Mar 2023

In episode 654, Rob Walling chats with Tom Merritt, who is the host of multiple shows, including Dai...

Episode 653 | Armageddon Beer, Developing Taste, and What if I Succeed? (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 21 Mar 2023

In episode 653, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he talks through three topics, including...

Episode 652 | Mixing No-code with Code, Developer Superpowers, $5k Angel Check, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 14 Mar 2023

In episode 652, Rob Walling answers more listener questions with Derrick Reimer, the founder of Savv...

Episode 651 | From Side Hustle to Full-time & Profitable (with Mike Taber)

Tue, 07 Mar 2023

In episode 651, Rob Walling catches up with fan favorite Mike Taber, who co-hosted the first 448 epi...

Episode 650 | Building vs. Buying a SaaS, Day Job Constraints, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 28 Feb 2023

In episode 650, Rob Walling answers more listener questions. We cover topics like how to get more cu...

Episode 649 | Learning to Sell SaaS as a Founder (Book Recommendation)

Tue, 21 Feb 2023

In episode 649, Rob Walling chats with Pete Kazanjy about his book Founding Sales, which is designed...

Episode 648 | Competing with a Non-Profit, Driving Traffic to A Landing Page, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 14 Feb 2023

In episode 648, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he answers a bunch of listener questions...

Episode 647.5 | Bonus Episode: TinySeed Application Q&A Livestream

Thu, 09 Feb 2023

In this bonus episode, we are playing back the audio from yesterday’s TinySeed Application Q&A...

Episode 647 | Equipping Sales & Support With Critical Product Knowledge As You Grow

Tue, 07 Feb 2023

In episode 647, Rob Walling chats with Whitney Deterding about product marketing and how to equip sa...

Episode 646.5 | Bonus Episode: A Big Change to MicroConf

Thu, 02 Feb 2023

In this bonus episode of Startups For the Rest of Us, we realized that we have never talked about th...

Episode 646 | Building a Recurring, Annual Price Increase Into Your SaaS

Tue, 31 Jan 2023

In episode 646, Rob Walling catches up with James Kennedy, the founder of ProcurementExpress, about ...

Episode 645.5 | Bonus Episode: Mastermind Matching Applications Are Open

Thu, 26 Jan 2023

Mastermind Matching applications are now open.  Whether you are in the process of validating you...

Episode 645 | Anti-Bro, Nuanced Thinking, and Being Good vs. Being Great (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 24 Jan 2023

In episode 645, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he covers whether bootstrapping is the a...

Episode 644 | Buying Back Your Time with Dan Martell

Tue, 17 Jan 2023

In episode 644, Rob Walling chats with Dan Martell about founder productivity, delegating, and the d...

Episode 643 | Feature Flags, Impostor Syndrome, and More Listener Questions with Derrick Reimer

Tue, 10 Jan 2023

In episode 643, Rob Walling chats with fan favorite Derrick Reimer, the founder of SavvyCal, as they...

Episode 642 | The Pros and Cons of Building a No-Code MVP

Tue, 03 Jan 2023

In episode 642, Rob Walling chats with Tara Reed, who is the founder of Apps Without Code. We talk a...

Episode 641 | Dealing with High Churn, Rolling Out an MVP, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 27 Dec 2022

In episode 641, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers more listener questions. Topics ...

Episode 640 | Hot Take Tuesday: Recession and Bootstrappers, ChatGPT, Twitter Drama

Tue, 20 Dec 2022

In episode 640, join Rob Walling, Einar Vollset, and Tracy Osborn for Hot Take Tuesday, where they a...

Episode 639 | The Secret Sauce to Building Happy, Motivated Teams

Tue, 13 Dec 2022

In episode 639, Rob Walling chats with Andrew Berkowitz, the co-founder and CEO of Suggestion Ox, ab...

Episode 638 | How to Generate Startup Ideas (Plus 8 Ideas You Can Steal)

Tue, 06 Dec 2022

In episode 638, Rob Walling chats with Justin Vincent about how to generate startup ideas. They shar...

Episode 637 | B2B vs. B2C, Hiring for Sales, and Bootstrapping a 2-Sided Marketplace

Tue, 29 Nov 2022

In episode 637, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure as he answers a handful of listener ques...

Episode 636 | A Customer-Led Approach to Driving More Recurring Revenue

Tue, 22 Nov 2022

In episode 636, Rob Walling chats with Claire Suellentrop about the new book she co-wrote with her c...

Episode 635 | Where Are They Now? Catching up with TinySeed Tales' Tony Chan

Tue, 15 Nov 2022

In episode 635, Rob Walling catches up with Tony Chan, the co-founder of CloudForecast, an AWS cost ...

Episode 634 | Naming Your Startup, Tapping Out a Niche, and Licensing Your IP

Tue, 08 Nov 2022

In episode 634, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions on t...

Episode 633 | Building SaaS Plus a Two-Sided Marketplace

Tue, 01 Nov 2022

In episode 633, Rob Walling chats with Matt Wensing, the founder of Summit. Matt is no stranger on t...

Episode 632 | Hot Take Tuesday: Figma Exit, Side Project Distraction, No Code Dogma

Tue, 25 Oct 2022

In episode 632, join Rob Walling and Einar Vollset for Hot Take Tuesday, where they analyze and disc...

Episode 631 | Re-writing Your Codebase, Stair Stepping, and Difficult Founder Decisions

Tue, 18 Oct 2022

In episode 631, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers listener questions on topics ran...

Episode 630 | Approaching $1M ARR as a Niche SaaS Founder

Tue, 11 Oct 2022

In episode 630, Rob Walling chats with Jonathan Weinberg, who is the founder of Builder Prime, a CR...

Episode 629 | TinySeed Tales s3e6: Looking Ahead to $1M ARR

Thu, 06 Oct 2022

In the final episode of TinySeed Tales Season 3, Rob Walling checks in with Tony Chan of CloudForeca...

Episode 628 | The 5 PM Pre-Validation Framework

Tue, 04 Oct 2022

In episode 628, join Rob Walling on a solo adventure where he dives into his newest framework. The ...

Episode 627 | TinySeed Tales s3e5: Meeting the Co-Founder

Thu, 29 Sep 2022

In the penultimate episode of TinySeed Tales Season 3, Rob Walling checks in with Tony Chan of Cloud...

Episode 626 | Scratching an Itch, Launching a Free SEO Tool, and Growing to $18k MRR

Tue, 27 Sep 2022

In episode 626, Rob Walling chats with Nick Swan, the founder of SEOTesting.com. SEOTesting helps SE...

Episode 625 | TinySeed Tales s3e4: Doubling MRR

Thu, 22 Sep 2022

In the fourth episode of TinySeed Tales Season 3, Rob Walling checks back in with Tony Chan of Cloud...

Episode 624 | Moving from Free to Paid, Prioritizing Marketing vs. Development, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 20 Sep 2022

In episode 624, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers some listener questions on topic...

Episode 623 | TinySeed Tales s3e3: Paternity Leave

Thu, 15 Sep 2022

In the third episode of season 3 of TinySeed Tales, Rob Walling checks in with Tony Chan of CloudFor...

Episode 622 | Making Hard Product Decisions & Growth vs. Profitability with Derrick Reimer

Tue, 13 Sep 2022

In episode 622, join Rob Walling and fan favorite Derrick Reimer, the founder of SavvyCal, as they d...

Episode 621 | TinySeed Tales s3e2: Onboarding Their First Hires

Thu, 08 Sep 2022

In this episode of TinySeed Tales, Rob chats with Tony Chan from CloudForecast about the progress hi...

Episode 620 | Finding SaaS Ideas, Customer Pain, SaaS Metrics, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 06 Sep 2022

In episode 620, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers some listener questions. These q...

Episode 619 | TinySeed Tales s3e1: Moving from Bootstrapped to Mostly Bootstrapped

Thu, 01 Sep 2022

Welcome to Season 3 of TinySeed Tales, where we follow the founders of one SaaS startup throughout a...

Episode 618 | How to Achieve Financial Freedom

Tue, 30 Aug 2022

In episode 618, join Rob Walling as he chats with Sam Dogen, the founder of Financial Samurai, which...

Episode 617 | News Roundup: Profitwell $200M Exit, Spreadsheet Mentality, and Watching an Acquirer Ruin Your Company

Tue, 23 Aug 2022

In episode 617, Einar Vollset and Tracy Osborn join Rob Walling for a bootstrapper news roundup epis...

Episode 616 | An 8-Figure SaaS Founder's Approach to Remote Work

Tue, 16 Aug 2022

In episode 616, Rob Walling chats with Liam Martin, the co-founder of Time Doctor and author of the ...

Episode 615 | Bootstrappable Businesses, Cargo Culting, and How Pricing Affects Growth (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 09 Aug 2022

In episode 615, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he covers what makes a business bootstra...

Episode 614 | Deciding When to Quit Your Day Job, Founder Anxiety, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 02 Aug 2022

In episode 614, Rob Walling chats with fan favorite Derrick Reimer. They start out by talking about ...

Episode 613 | Hacking Your Founder Psychology

Tue, 26 Jul 2022

In episode 613, Rob Walling chats with Dr. Sherry Walling about the release of her new book, Touchin...

Episode 612 | Balancing a Side Project and Going Full-time on Your Product

Tue, 19 Jul 2022

In episode 612, Rob Walling chats with longtime friend and repeat podcast guest Dave Rodenbaugh. Dav...

Episode 611 | Bootstrapping ProfitWell to a $200M Exit (with Patrick Campbell)

Tue, 12 Jul 2022

In episode 611, join Rob Walling as he chats with Patrick Campbell, the cofounder of ProfitWell, on ...

Episode 610 | How I Would Start Over Today, Bad Habits of Solopreneurs, and the Benefits of a Day Job (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 05 Jul 2022

In episode 610, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he talks about the benefits of working a...

Episode 609 | Building Your MVP, the Bug Fix Hamster Wheel, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 28 Jun 2022

In episode 609, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers a handful of listener questions ...

Episode 608 | Bootstrapping (and Exiting) a 7-Figure Info Product

Tue, 21 Jun 2022

In episode 608, Rob Walling chats with Adrian Rosebrock, who bootstrapped and successfully exited hi...

Episode 607 | Overcoming Plateaus, Stealth Launches, Founder-Driven Sales, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 14 Jun 2022

In episode 607, Rob Walling chats with Asia Orangio, and they answer listener questions about custom...

Episode 606 | The Podcasting Landscape, Keeping Your Saw Sharpened, and Scaling Your Team with Craig Hewitt

Tue, 07 Jun 2022

In episode 606, Rob Walling chats with Craig Hewitt, the founder of Castos. They talk about company ...

Episode 605 | Building a SaaS with Little Dev Experience, Using No Code for Your MVP, Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 31 May 2022

In episode 605, Rob Walling is joined by Ruben Gamez, and they dig into a handful of listener questi...

Episode 604 | How to Decide Which Features to Build (with Derrick Reimer)

Tue, 24 May 2022

In episode 604, Rob Walling talks with Derrick Reimer and gets the latest update on SavvyCal, how he...

Episode 603 | Bootstrapping HotJar to $40M ARR Using D2C Marketing

Tue, 17 May 2022

In episode 603, Rob Walling chats with David Darmanin, one of the founders of Hotjar. Hotjar was boo...

Episode 602 | Explaining SaaS Metrics to a Child

Tue, 10 May 2022

In episode 602, Rob Walling explains SaaS metrics to his kid. This is a great episode to listen to i...

Episode 601 | Bootstrapping B2B vs. B2C

Tue, 03 May 2022

In episode 601, Rob Walling chats with Nick Fogle of ChurnKey. Nick previously cofounded Wavve which...

Episode 600 | When to Hire Your First Manager + What You Should Be Focused On (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 26 Apr 2022

In episode 600, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he dives into topics ranging from when to h...

Episode 599 | Finding the Bootstrapper Hockey Stick

Tue, 19 Apr 2022

In episode 599, Rob Walling chats with Dominic “Dom” and Tracy Phillips of CodeSubmit. CodeSubmi...

Episode 598 | Diversity, Mission & Values, How to Start, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 12 Apr 2022

In episode 598, join Rob Walling as he answers listener emails. Topics range from diversity in the s...

Episode 597 | The Challenge of Building a Business in a Regulated Industry

Tue, 05 Apr 2022

In episode 597, Rob Walling chats with Ashley Baxter, the founder of With Jack. With Jack gives peac...

Episode 596 | News Round-Up: Google Ends WFH, Founder Salaries, How to Use Email

Tue, 29 Mar 2022

In episode 596, Rob Walling is joined by Einar Vollset and Tracy Osborn for a bootstrapper news roun...

Episode 595 | TinySeed Tales Season 2: Where Are They Now?

Tue, 22 Mar 2022

In episode 595, Rob Walling catches up with Brian and Scottie Elliott, the husband and wife co-found...

Episode 594 | Starting Over with the TropicalMBA's Dan & Ian

Tue, 15 Mar 2022

In Episode 594, Rob Walling chats with Dan Andrews and Ian Schoen, the founders of Dynamite Jobs and...

Episode 593 | Retaining Employees + The Ideal SaaS Business (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 08 Mar 2022

In Episode 593, join Rob Walling for a Solo Adventure as he chats about accidentally deleting all of...

Episode 592 | Nine Tactics for Amazing Customer Support

Tue, 01 Mar 2022

In Episode 592, Rob Walling is joined again by Cody Duval for a technical conversation about the dos...

Episode 591 | Acquiring and Scaling in a Crowded Space

Tue, 22 Feb 2022

In Episode 591, Rob Walling chats with Cody Duvall about his story of acquiring and growing Keeping ...

Episode 590 | Buying vs Building, Zombie Companies, and More Listener Questions with Craig Hewitt

Tue, 15 Feb 2022

In Episode 590, Rob Walling chats with Craig Hewitt about building versus buying internal tools, how...

Episode 589 | Finding a SaaS Idea Through 70 Cold Calls

Tue, 08 Feb 2022

In Episode 589, Rob Walling chats with Jason Buckingham about how he found a startup idea from makin...

Episode 588 | In Which Courtland Allen and I Cover a Lot of Startups Topics

Tue, 01 Feb 2022

In Episode 588, Rob Walling chats with Courtland Allen about a wide range of bootstrapper and indie ...

Episode 587 | Renaming a Company, Revisiting Inflation, and Micropreneurship (Listener Email Edition)

Tue, 25 Jan 2022

In Episode 587, join Rob Walling as he answers listener emails including feedback and a critique abo...

Episode 586 | Mastering Customer Interviews with Michele Hansen

Tue, 18 Jan 2022

In Episode 586, Rob Walling chats with Michele Hansen about her new book where she talks about how t...

Episode 585 | Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone with Dr. Sherry Walling

Tue, 11 Jan 2022

In Episode 585, Rob Walling chats with Sherry Walling about moving outside your comfort zone, the po...

Episode 584 | Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Tue, 04 Jan 2022

In Episode 584, Join Rob Walling for a Happy New Year edition of the show where looks ahead to 2022 ...

Episode 583 | Finding Startup Ideas with Sam Parr

Tue, 28 Dec 2021

In Episode 583, Rob Walling chats with Sam Parr about about building an email list, selling to Hubsp...

Episode 582 | Enterprise Sales, Crowdfunding, Replacing Yourself, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 21 Dec 2021

In Episode 582, Rob Walling is joined by Einar Vollset to answer listener questions about enterprise...

Episode 581 | Inflation for Founders

Tue, 14 Dec 2021

In Episode 581, Rob Walling discusses how to grow money sensibly while protecting the principle duri...

Episode 580 | Seven SEO Tips Every SaaS Can Use (with Ross Hudgens)

Tue, 07 Dec 2021

In Episode 580, Rob Walling chats with Ross Hudgins, an SEO expert, about seven common things that S...

Episode 579 | The SaaS Fundraising Landscape (+The TinySeed Syndicate)

Wed, 01 Dec 2021

In this special episode of Startups For the Rest of Us, Rob Walling chats with Einar Vollset about n...

Episode 578 | How Mike's Merger Panned Out

Tue, 30 Nov 2021

In Episode 578, Rob Walling is joined again by co-host emeritus, Mike Taber for an update on his pro...

Episode 577 | Finding the Right Problem to Solve

Tue, 23 Nov 2021

In Episode 577, Rob Walling chats with Jim Kalbach about how to uncover the right problem to solve w...

Episode 576 | Don't Become a Media Company (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 16 Nov 2021

In Episode 576, Rob Walling chats about permissionless entrepreneurship, why you probably shouldn't ...

Episode 575 | Shipping Code, Pivoting, and More Listener Questions with Derrick Reimer

Tue, 09 Nov 2021

In Episode 575, Rob Walling is joined by Derrick Reimer for a quick update on SavvyCal and some rece...

Bonus Episode: The 2021 TinySeed Batch Announcement

Thu, 04 Nov 2021

TinySeed, MicroConf's venture fund and SaaS accelerator, is launching their Fall 2021 accelerator ba...

Episode 574 | The Deep Need to Be a Software Entrepreneur

Tue, 02 Nov 2021

In Episode 574, Rob Walling chats with Andrew Fiebert, a founder who just couldn't get away from sof...

Bonus | The 2022 State of Independent SaaS Survey is Live

Mon, 01 Nov 2021

We need your help!  The 2022 State of Independent SaaS Survey is now live and we need as many elig...

Episode 573| Hiring FT vs. PT, WordPress Consolidation, and More Bootstrapper News

Tue, 26 Oct 2021

In Episode 573, Rob Walling chats with Einar Vollset and Tracy Osborne about the part-time contracto...

Episode 572 | Fault vs. Responsibility & Games vs. Practice (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 19 Oct 2021

In Episode 572, Rob Walling does another solo adventure to talk about taking responsibility for the ...

Episode 571 | Deciding When to Move on to Your Next Idea

Tue, 12 Oct 2021

In Episode 571, Rob Walling chats with Peter Suhm about moving on from WP Pusher and Branch. We also...

Episode 570 | Bootstrappable Businesses, Selling as an Introvert, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 05 Oct 2021

In Episode 570, Rob Walling answers listener questions about the ideal business for bootstrapping, h...

Episode 569 | The Life Changing Decision of When to Sell Your Company

Tue, 28 Sep 2021

In Episode 569, Rob Walling chats with Anna Maste, a founder who's been a part of the MicroConf comm...

Episode 568 | MailChimp Sells for $12 billion

Tue, 21 Sep 2021

In Episode 568, Rob Walling talks about MailChimp selling for $12 billion to Intuit, the largest exi...

Episode 567 | From Developer to CTO to Buying the Company for $1

Tue, 14 Sep 2021

In Episode 567, Rob Walling chats with Don Pottinger about joining a company as a developer, transit...

Episode 566 | From Bootstrapped to Venture Backed with Hana Mohan

Tue, 07 Sep 2021

In Episode 566, Rob Walling chats with Hana Mohan about her journey as a SaaS founder. They compare ...

Episode 565 | Correlation vs. Causation, Focus, Sharing MRR, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 31 Aug 2021

In Episode 565, Rob Walling answers listener questions about focusing on one product vs multiple, sh...

Episode 564 | Running a Business with 10,000 Paid Subscribers

Tue, 24 Aug 2021

In Episode 564, Rob Walling chats with Sol Orwell about growing his website, examine.com to millio...

Episode 563 | The Struggle, Calls to Action, Selling Above $1M ARR, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 17 Aug 2021

In Episode 563, Rob Walling answers listener questions about startup operating agreements for co-fou...

Episode 562.5 | TinySeed Fall 2021 SaaS Accelerator Application Info Session

Mon, 16 Aug 2021

The application for TinySeed’s Fall 2021 SaaS accelerator batch of startups will open for two week...

Episode 562 | "Measure Twice, Cut Once" + SaaS Holy Grails (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 10 Aug 2021

In Episode 562, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure to talk about enterprise sales, mental f...

Episode 561 | Launching on Product Hunt and DIY vs. DFY

Tue, 03 Aug 2021

In Episode 561, Rob Walling chats with Andy Cabasso, co-founder of Postaga, about launching on Produ...

Episode 560 | When to Hire, Square Business Banking, and More Bootstrapper News

Tue, 27 Jul 2021

In Episode 560, Rob Walling is joined by Einar Vollset and Tracy Osborn to talk about deciding when ...

Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire

Tue, 20 Jul 2021

In Episode 559, Rob Walling chats with Andrew Gazdecki, the founder of MicroAcquire, about bootstrap...

Episode 558 | Thinking Through Funding as a Bootstrapper

Tue, 13 Jul 2021

In Episode 558, Rob Walling chats with Einar Vollset about bootstrapping versus funding and the many...

Episode 557 | Investing for Founders

Tue, 06 Jul 2021

In Episode 557, Rob Walling flies solo to talk about investing for founders, with an emphasis on ret...

Episode 556 | Zero to $26k MRR as the Solo Founder of Rails Autoscale

Tue, 29 Jun 2021

In Episode 556, Rob Walling chats with Adam McCrea about growing from zero to $300,000 in ARR over t...

Episode 555 | Businesses You Can Bootstrap, W2 vs. Contract, Enterprise Pricing, and More Listener Questions with Ruben Gamez

Tue, 22 Jun 2021

In Episode 555, Rob Walling answers listener questions with Ruben Gamez. They discuss different mode...

Episode 554 | Thinking Through Your Exit + Grief and Entrepreneurship with Dr. Sherry Walling

Tue, 15 Jun 2021

In Episode 554, Rob Walling chats with Sherry Walling about grief as a part of entrepreneurship and ...

Episode 553 | Stack Overflow and Moz Acquired, Quitting Instead of Giving Up Remote Work, and More Bootstrapper News

Tue, 08 Jun 2021

In Episode 553, Rob Walling chats with Tracy Osborn about the latest bootstrapper news, including th...

Episode 552 | Google Audits, Partnerships, and Freemium with Mike Taber

Tue, 01 Jun 2021

In Episode 552, Rob Walling is joined by co-host emeritus, Mike Taber to chat about his decision-mak...

Episode 551 | Task-level vs. Project-level Thinkers, No Such Thing as an Autopilot Business, and More (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 25 May 2021

In episode 551 of Startups For the Rest of Us, Rob does another solo adventure to talk about hiring ...

Episode 550 | Three Years of Grind to Six Figures in ARR with CloudForecast

Tue, 18 May 2021

In Episode 550, Rob Walling chats with Tony Chan, co-founder of CloudForecast, about his incredible ...

Episode 549 | Hiring vs. Outsourcing, E-commerce SaaS, and More Listener Questions with Jordan Gal

Tue, 11 May 2021

In Episode 439, Rob Walling is joined by Jordan Gal to answer listener questions about starting an e...

Episode 548.5 | The Companies in TinySeed's Spring 2021 Batch

Thu, 06 May 2021

Episode 548 | The Grind of Building a SaaS During Nights & Weekends

Tue, 04 May 2021

In Episode 548, Rob Walling chats with Zack Naylor about Aurelius and the harrowing tale of launchin...

Episode 547 | Private Podcasting, Apple's Announcement, and Accelerating Growth with Craig Hewitt

Tue, 27 Apr 2021

In Episode 547, Rob Walling chats with Craig Hewitt about private podcasting, Apple's announcement a...

Episode 546 | Hiring Entrepreneurial People, Anonymity, Disruptive Innovation, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 20 Apr 2021

In Episode 546, Rob Walling flies solo for a Q&A episode. With a backlog of great listener quest...

Episode 545 | The Value of Learning 80/20 Design Fundamentals

Tue, 13 Apr 2021

In Episode 545, Rob Walling chats with Tracy Osborn about the importance of learning design fundamen...

Episode 544 | Annual Raises, Finding Good Startup People, and More Listener Questions with Josh Pigford

Tue, 06 Apr 2021

In this episode, Rob Walling is joined by Josh Pigford to answer listener questions, covering topics...

Episode 543 | All Things Startup with #Mike Taber

Thu, 01 Apr 2021

In Episode 543 of Startups For the Rest of Us, Rob is joined again by co-host emeritus, Mike Taber a...

Episode 542 | 10x in Two Years, Past $3M ARR with SquadCast

Tue, 30 Mar 2021

In episode 542, Rob Walling chats with Zach Moreno, the Co-Founder and CEO of Squadcast about how th...

Episode 541 | Faster Horses & Product Myths, Life-changing Money, Dual Funnels, and More

Tue, 23 Mar 2021

In episode 541, Rob Walling flies solo to discuss things like product myths and the misinterpreted H...

Episode 540 | Bootstrapper News. Twitter Spaces, Indie.vc Closing, Shopify, and More

Tue, 16 Mar 2021

In this episode, Rob talks with Tracy Osborn and Einar Vollset, about the recent news that's come ou...

Episode 539 | Post-Exit Life, Writing Six Books, and Brewing Beer with Dan Norris

Tue, 09 Mar 2021

In this episode, Rob chats with Dan Norris about selling his productized service to GoDaddy, his lat...

Episode 538 | When to Sunset a Product, Enterprise Security Assessments, Lifetime Deals, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 02 Mar 2021

In this episode, Rob Walling is joined by Einar Vollset as they answer listener questions ranging fr...

Episode 537 | On Launching, Funding, and Growth with Serial SaaS Founder Rand Fishkin

Tue, 23 Feb 2021

In this episode, Rob is joined by Rand Fishkin for an honest and transparent conversation about his ...

Episode 536 | A Few Things I Learned in 2020 (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 16 Feb 2021

In episode 536 of Startups For the Rest of Us, Rob does another solo adventure. As we all faced perh...

Episode 535 | A Bluetick Update with Mike Taber

Tue, 09 Feb 2021

In Episode 535, Rob is joined by co-host emeritus, Mike Taber to talk about what Mike has been up to...

Episode 534 | A $4M Exit with Josh Pigford of Baremetrics

Tue, 02 Feb 2021

In this episode, Rob talks with Josh Pigford in a first appearance since the sale of Baremetrics for...

Episode 533: Life Profitability After Two Exits (with Adii Pienaar)

Tue, 26 Jan 2021

In this episode, Rob speaks with Adii Pienaar, a multi-time founder with multiple exits under his be...

Episode 532 | The Art of Selling Your Business with John Warrillow

Tue, 19 Jan 2021

In this episode, Rob sits down with John Warrillow, author of multiple bestselling books and someone...

Episode 531 | How a Non-Technical Founder Grew Past $45k MRR

Tue, 12 Jan 2021

In Episode 531, Rob talks with Colin Gray, the founder of The Podcast Host and Alitu. Join us for th...

Episode 530 | Making Development Decisions, Regrets about Selling, and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)

Tue, 05 Jan 2021

In this week's episode, Rob sits down with Derrick Reimer to answer listener questions. They discuss...

Episode 529 | A Pricing Deep Dive with Slingshot

Tue, 29 Dec 2020

In this episode, Rob chats with John Howard, a MicroConf Connect member and founder of Slingshot. Th...

Episode 528 | 2021 Predictions from Rob and Mike

Tue, 22 Dec 2020

In today's episode, Rob and Mike Taber review and rank their past yearly predictions and then make b...

Episode 527 | From Agency to SaaS, Equity Splits, and More Listener Questions with Courtland Allen

Tue, 15 Dec 2020

In today's episode, Rob is joined by Courtland Allen as they answer listener questions. They talk ab...

Episode 526 | Launching, Learning, and Teaching with Justin Vincent

Tue, 08 Dec 2020

In episode 526 of Startups For the Rest of Us, Rob chats with a long-time friend, Justin Vincent abo...

Episode 525 | A Bootstrapping Artifact from 2005

Tue, 01 Dec 2020

This episode is a walk down memory lane as Rob shares the story of acquiring his first product 15 ye...

Episode 524 | Bootstrapping a Commodity SaaS

Tue, 24 Nov 2020

In this episode, Rob chats with Michele and Mathias Hansen, the married co-founders of Geocodio. ...

Episode 523 | Breaking Through Plateaus, Entrepreneurship for Kids, Common Bootstrapper Mistakes, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 17 Nov 2020

In episode 523, Rob hosts a rapid-fire lightning round of listener questions ranging from whether to...

Episode 522 | Revisiting Castos, One Year Later

Tue, 10 Nov 2020

Rob welcomes back to the show a frequent guest, Craig Hewitt for a "Where Are They Now?" syle episod...

TinySeed Tales S2E9 | Playing the Long Game

Thu, 05 Nov 2020

Brian & Scottie Elliott are the husband & wife co-founders of Gather, an interior design pr...

Episode 521 | A Roundtable Discussion about a Potential Recession, Working from Home, Google Anti-trust, and More

Tue, 03 Nov 2020

Episode 521 is a roundtable episode where Rob brings on a couple of guests to talk through topics to...

TinySeed Tales S2E8 | Upmarket Starts to Pay Off

Thu, 29 Oct 2020

Brian & Scottie Elliott are the husband & wife co-founders of Gather, an interior design pr...

Episode 520 | Why a Million Dollar Agency Quit It All and Moved to SaaS

Tue, 27 Oct 2020

In this episode, Rob talks with the founder of SegMetrics, Keith Perhac. SegMetrics is a SaaS produc...

TinySeed Tales S2E7 | A Global Pandemic

Thu, 22 Oct 2020

Brian & Scottie Elliott are the husband & wife co-founders of Gather, an interior design pr...

Episode 519 | Profit Sharing, Stock Options, and Equity (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 20 Oct 2020

On this episode, Rob talks through profit sharing, stock options, and equity and makes a comparison ...

TinySeed Tales S2E6 | Best Growth Month Ever

Thu, 15 Oct 2020

Brian & Scottie Elliott are the husband & wife co-founders of Gather, an interior design pr...

Episode 518 | A Live LinkedIn Ads Consult with Anthony Blatner and Scatterspoke

Tue, 13 Oct 2020

Episode 518 of Startups For the Rest of Us is an experimental format where Anthony Blatner, a Linked...

Episode 517.5 | The 2nd State of Independent SaaS Survey is Live

Fri, 09 Oct 2020

TinySeed Tales S2E5 | The Gamble of Raising Prices

Thu, 08 Oct 2020

On Episode 5 of TinySeed Tales, we learn about the success of their recent outbound email campaign. ...

Episode 517 | Married Co-founders Who Turned a Free Tool Into a Fast-Growing SaaS Product

Tue, 06 Oct 2020

We're joined in this episode by the founding team of Scatterspoke, John Samuelson and Colleen Johnso...

TinySeed Tales S2E4 | Being Married and Being Co-Founders

Thu, 01 Oct 2020

Brian & Scottie Elliott are the husband & wife co-founders of Gather, an interior design pr...

Episode 516 | When to Re-write Your SaaS Codebase

Tue, 29 Sep 2020

Matt Wensing returns for his third appearance on the podcast. He is the founder of Summit and was in...

TinySeed Tales S2E3 | Is This All Worth It?

Thu, 24 Sep 2020

Brian & Scottie Elliott are the husband & wife co-founders of Gather, an interior design pr...

Episode 515 | Finding a Co-Founder, Getting Better at Sales, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 22 Sep 2020

Rob is joined by Anthony Eden from DNSimple as they answer your listener questions. They cover to...

TinySeed Tales S2E2 | Moving Upmarket

Thu, 17 Sep 2020

Brian & Scottie Elliott are the husband & wife co-founders of Gather, an interior design pr...

Episode 514 | An Inside Look at MicroConf Remote

Tue, 15 Sep 2020

Producer Xander Castro has been working on MicroConf since 2014 and is a long-time listener of the s...

TinySeed Tales S2E1 | Introducing Gather

Thu, 10 Sep 2020

Welcome to Season 2 of TinySeed Tales, where we follow the founders of one SaaS startup week by week...

Episode 513 | SaaS Valuations + Dos and Don'ts When Selling A SaaS

Tue, 08 Sep 2020

On today's episode of Startups For The Rest of Us, Rob Walling (@robwalling) talks with David Newell...

Episode 512 | The Power of Options (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 01 Sep 2020

Join us for a Rob Solo Adventure version of Startups for The Rest of Us as Rob Walling talks about t...

Episode 511 | Raising Prices & Re-writing Your Codebase

Tue, 25 Aug 2020

Show Notes On today's episode, Rob chats with Mike Ritchie about how they got their first paying ...

Episode 510 | The Story of Startups.com

Tue, 18 Aug 2020

On today's episode, Rob chats Wil Schroter about the story behind Startups.com, the importance of ou...

Episode 509 | Revisiting the Six Stages of SaaS Growth with DNSimple

Tue, 11 Aug 2020

Show Notes Today, we have a conversation between Rob and Anthony Eden from DNSimple as they revis...

Episode 508 | Finding Marketing Channels, Seat-Limited Trials, Building a Brand, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 04 Aug 2020

Show Notes On today's episode, Rob is joined by Asia Orangio as they answer listener questions ra...

Episode 507 | Making Cold Email Work in B2B SaaS

Tue, 28 Jul 2020

Show Notes On today's episode, Rob chats with Damian Thompson, co-founder of LeadFuze. He's also ...

Episode 506 | Shutting Down and Starting Up with Derrick Reimer

Tue, 21 Jul 2020

On today's episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob catches up with guest Derrick Reimer as they ...

Episode 505 | 42 Side Projects and the #NoCode Movement

Tue, 14 Jul 2020

Show Notes You've probably heard a lot about the #NoCode movement but may not know what it means,...

Episode 504 | 15 Tools We Use to Run Our Business

Tue, 07 Jul 2020

This week we chat with Tracy Osborn (@tracymakes) as we discuss 15 of the top tools we use to run ou...

Episode 503 | Idea Validation, Expanding Internationally, Affiliate Programs, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 30 Jun 2020

This week Rob answers some great listener questions. We discuss the best way to validate a product i...

Episode 502 | Accelerating Growth and a Failed Product Hunt Launch

Tue, 23 Jun 2020

In his second appearance on the show (he first appeared on Episode 367), we chat with Benedikt Deick...

Episode 501 | A Bluetick Update from Mike #Taber

Tue, 16 Jun 2020

In the first episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us since our 500th milestone, Rob checks in with Mi...

Episode 500

Tue, 09 Jun 2020

This is a big milestone episode for Startups for the Rest of Us. Episode 500. Since the very first e...

Episode 499.5 | The (First) Six Stages of SaaS Growth - Part 2

Fri, 05 Jun 2020

This episode is part two in a two-part conversation. If you haven't already, listen to Part 1 first....

Bonus | The Struggle for Lasting Change

Thu, 04 Jun 2020

Episode 499 | The (First) Six Stages of SaaS Growth - Part 1

Tue, 02 Jun 2020

This week is a conversation between Rob and Jordan Gal, the founder of Cart Hook. We dig into the si...

Episode 498 | Selling During a Pandemic with Steli Efti

Tue, 26 May 2020

This week Rob talks with Steli Efti about selling during a pandemic. They also talk about how to set...

Episode 497 | Documenting SaaS for a Sale, Email Harvesting and Spam, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 19 May 2020

This week Rob answers listener questions with TinySeed co-founder Einar Vollset. Einar has been on t...

Episode 496 | "The Press Covers Exceptions, Don't Compare Yourself to Slack or Zoom"

Tue, 12 May 2020

This interview was recorded several months ago, but is still relevant despite the pandemic. Colin Ne...

Episode 495 | Advice, Competition, Marketing, and Managing Developers (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Tue, 05 May 2020

Today, Rob flies solo to talk about 7 different things that he has learned in his 20 years of entrep...

Episode 494 | A Bluetick Update From Mike Taber

Tue, 28 Apr 2020

This week we catch up with Mike Taber, he comes on the show every once in a while to share his progr...

Episode 493 | A Roundtable Discussion about COVID-19, Working From Home, Payroll Protection and More

Tue, 21 Apr 2020

This is a round table discussion with Craig Hewitt (founder of Castos), Einar Vollset (cofounder of ...

Bonus Episode: What Courtland Allen Has Learned Interviewing 155 Startup Founders

Thu, 16 Apr 2020

This bonus episode of Startup For The Rest Of Us is from a MicroConf On Air live stream in which Rob...

Episode 492 | From Zero to $55k MRR to Exit (in 2 Years) with Feedback Panda

Tue, 14 Apr 2020

In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob interviews Danielle Simpson and Arvid Kahl, co-f...

Episode 491 | Hard Lessons Learned, Reaching High-Touch Prospects, Finding Advisors, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 07 Apr 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob along with guest Matt Wensing, ans...

Episode 490 | How Founders Should Be Thinking About the Current Crisis

Tue, 31 Mar 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob along with guest Einar Vollset, ta...

Episode 489.5 | It All Started 10 Years Ago Today

Mon, 30 Mar 2020

Show Notes 10 years to the day....Startups For The Rest Of Us was born. In this episode Rob reflect...

Episode 489 | 15 Years to a SaaS Exit (Plus Why Forecasting is Crucial)

Tue, 24 Mar 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Matt Wensing about his ...

Episode 488 | A Bluetick Progress Update from Mike Taber

Tue, 17 Mar 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob checks in with Mike Taber about hi...

Episode 487 | Startup Roundtable Discussing Hey.com, Leadpages’ Acquisition, and More Hot Topics

Tue, 10 Mar 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob is joined by Jordan Gal and Tracy ...

Episode 486 | The Shocking Collapse of Zirtual and Maren Kate’s Next Act (plus How to Hire Well)

Tue, 03 Mar 2020

Show Notes In this episode Startups For The Rest Of Us Rob interviews Maren Kate of Avra Talent a...

Episode 485 | Catching Up with Rob (An Interview by Dr. Sherry Walling)

Tue, 25 Feb 2020

In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, the tables have turned as Rob is interviewed by Dr. ...

Episode 484 | Marketing That’s Working Today, Moving from 5 to 10 Employees, SaaS Longevity, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 18 Feb 2020

In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob along with guest Ruben Gamez answer a number of ...

Episode 483 | Building a Mindset for SaaS Growth with Andy Baldacci

Tue, 11 Feb 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob interviews growth marketer Andy Ba...

Episode 482 | The Value vs. Stress of Twitter, Pros and Cons of Remote Work, and Digital Minimalism - A Discussion Show with Derrick Reimer

Tue, 04 Feb 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob does a discussion show format with...

Episode 481 | A Bluetick Update from Mike #Taber

Tue, 28 Jan 2020

In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob checks in with Mike Taber's progress with Blueti...

Episode 480 | Stairstepping Your Way to SaaS with Christopher Gimmer

Tue, 21 Jan 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Christopher Gimmer of S...

Episode 479 | Two-Sided Marketplaces, Hotseats, Forgotten Subscriptions, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 14 Jan 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob along with Tracy Osborn , answer a...

Episode 478 | A Few Things I Learned in 2019

Tue, 07 Jan 2020

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob reflects back on his goals of 2019 an...

Episode 477 | Assessing Product-Market Fit, How to Find a Mastermind, and More Listener Questions with Brian Casel

Tue, 31 Dec 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Brian Casel of Audience Ops, answ...

Episode 476 | “We Went from Hundreds of Free Trials to a Few Dozen...On Purpose” with Jordan Gal

Tue, 24 Dec 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Jordan Gal of CartHook ...

Episode 475 | A Bluetick Update from #Mike Taber

Tue, 17 Dec 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob checks in with Mike Taber on his c...

Episode 474.5 | The Future of MicroConf

Fri, 13 Dec 2019

Show Notes In this half episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob makes the biggest announcement i...

TinySeed Tales 8 | Success and the Ongoing Struggle

Thu, 12 Dec 2019

Show Notes On this final episode following Craig Hewitt of Castos, Rob checks in to get the results ...

Episode 474 | Overcoming a 40% Decline in MRR with Brian Casel

Tue, 10 Dec 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Brian Casel of Audience...

TinySeed Tales 7 | The Growing Pains of Delegation

Thu, 05 Dec 2019

Show Notes This week Craig Hewitt of Castos, feels the pains of a growing team and talks about how h...

Episode 473 | Managing Annual Subscriptions, Low-price vs. High, Being a Non-Developer Founder, and More Listener Questions with Laura Roeder

Tue, 03 Dec 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Laura Roeder joins the podcast to answ...

TinySeed Tales 6 | The No Credit Card Trial

Thu, 28 Nov 2019

Show Notes In this week’s episode Craig Hewitt “turns the business on it’s head” by implemen...

Episode 472 | From Amazing Launch to Near Bankruptcy to Profitability with Shai Schechter

Tue, 26 Nov 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Shai Schechter of Right...

TinySeed Tales 5 | Building a Business That Runs Itself

Thu, 21 Nov 2019

Show Notes Rob is back with Craig Hewitt of Castos. They talk about learning to delegate more of his...

Episode 471 | Fighting to Gain Traction in a Crowded Space with Jane Portman of Userlist

Tue, 19 Nov 2019

In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Jane Portman of Userlist. They discus...

TinySeed Tales 4 | A Bug in the Funnel and Giving Up Control

Thu, 14 Nov 2019

Show Notes Rob does another follow up with Crag Hewitt of Castos, they talk about his new hire (grow...

Episode 470 | A Bluetick Update from Mike Taber

Tue, 12 Nov 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob checks in with Mike Taber on his p...

TinySeed Tales 3 | The Best News Ever and the Slog

Thu, 07 Nov 2019

Show Notes Rob follows up with Craig Hewitt of Castos, as he shares some big news on the podcast

Episode 469 | Key Takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2019

Tue, 05 Nov 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike walk you through some of ...

TinySeed Tales 2 | Riding the Startup Wave

Thu, 31 Oct 2019

Show Notes Rob continues his conversation with Craig Hewitt of Castos in this week’s episode of “...

Episode 468 | Tables Are Turned As Tracy Osborn Interviews Rob About the Past Year

Tue, 29 Oct 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, the tables have turned as Tracy Osborn...

TinySeed Tales 1 | A Non-Technical SaaS Founder

Thu, 24 Oct 2019

Show Notes Rob starts his new podcast series “TinySeed Tales,” with an interview with Craig Hewi...

Episode 467 | “A Life-Changing Exit” with Adii Pienaar of Conversio

Tue, 22 Oct 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Adii Pienaar of Convers...

TinySeed Tales | Season 1 Trailer (Castos)

Thu, 17 Oct 2019

Show Notes Rob introduces “TinySeed Tales”, a show that follows one SaaS founder week by week th...

Episode 466 | Answering Listener Questions With Craig Hewitt

Tue, 15 Oct 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Craig Hewitt returns to the show to an...

Episode 465 | A Bluetick Update from Mike Taber

Tue, 08 Oct 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob checks in with Mike Taber on his p...

Episode 464 | Highs, Lows, and Building Your First Sales Process with Steli Efti

Tue, 01 Oct 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Steli Efti of Close.com...

Episode 463.5 | Be Part of “The State of Independent SaaS”

Fri, 27 Sep 2019

Show Notes In this half episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob announces the inaugural state of...

Episode 463 | Troubleshooting Enterprise Sales (A Founder Hotseat with David Heller)

Tue, 24 Sep 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob does a Founder Hotseat with David ...

Episode 462 | Competing Against an 800 lb. Gorilla, Splitting from Your Co-founder, and More Listener Questions (with Jeff Epstein)

Tue, 17 Sep 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob along with co-host Jeff Epstein, a...

Episode 461 | Doubling Down on Bluetick

Tue, 10 Sep 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob checks in with Mike Taber's progre...

Episode 460 | Funded Competition, Growing an Email Newsletter Audience, White-Labeling and More Listener Questions

Tue, 03 Sep 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and co-host Tracy Osborn answer a ...

Episode 459 | From Day Job to Productized Service to Fast-Growing SaaS as a Non-Technical Founder

Tue, 27 Aug 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob interviews Craig Hewitt of Castos,...

Episode 458 | The Return of Mike Taber

Tue, 20 Aug 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Mike returns to the podcast to give up...

Episode 457 | Starting a Marketplace, Marketing Channels, Resellers, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 13 Aug 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob answers a number of listener quest...

Episode 456 | Launching a 2nd Product + Revisiting Freemium with Ruben Gamez

Tue, 06 Aug 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob interviews Ruben Gamez of Bidsketc...

Episode 455 | “Things I Would Have Done Differently” with Tracy Osborn of WeddingLovely

Tue, 30 Jul 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Tracy Osborn about thin...

Episode 454 | Overcoming Fear (Throwback Episode)

Tue, 23 Jul 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob does a throwback episode. Almost 9...

Episode 453 | How a Non-Technical Founder Built and Sold a Multi-million Dollar SaaS Startup with Jeff Epstein

Tue, 16 Jul 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob interviews Jeff Epstein, Founder o...

Episode 452 | LinkedIn Outreach, New Features vs. Fixing Bugs and More Listener Questions with Jordan Gal

Tue, 09 Jul 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Jordan Gal answer a number of ...

Episode 451 | Stellar Growth, Platform Risk, Layoffs and Powering Through Roadblocks with Laura Roeder

Tue, 02 Jul 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of US, Rob interview Laura Roeder, Founder an...

Episode 450 | Founder Hotseat: Matt Wensing of SimSaaS on Making Consistent, Needle-Moving Progress

Tue, 25 Jun 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of US, Rob does a Founder Hotseat interview w...

Episode 449 | Two-Sided Marketplaces, How Much Testing is Too Much, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 18 Jun 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob along with co-host Tracy Osborn an...

Episode 448 | Let’s Talk About Bluetick

Tue, 11 Jun 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike talk about the current st...

Episode 447 | Platform Risk, Pricing, and Customer Development

Tue, 04 Jun 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike answer a number of listen...

Episode 446 | How to Build More Successful Integrations

Tue, 28 May 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike talk about how to build m...

Episode 445 | Why Absolute Thinking Is ALWAYS Bad

Tue, 21 May 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike talk about some of the pi...

Episode 444 | Our Biggest Regrets, Feelings of Isolation, Impact of Management Tasks on Deep Work and More Listener Questions

Tue, 14 May 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike answer a number of listen...

Episode 443 | Determining Which Signals Matter, Staying on Task Without Extrinsic Motivation, and More Listener Questions

Tue, 07 May 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike answer a number of listen...

Episode 442 | Corporate Structures and How the Choice You Make Now Can Impact You Years Down the Line

Tue, 30 Apr 2019

Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Einar Vollset talk through the...