From the archive
Arvid Kahl’s essays and podcast conversations published in July 2021, from The Bootstrapped Founder archive.
I’ve spent most of the last two weeks watching a group of professional gamers lose. For days straight. During those many hours observing them play, I found lessons that every entrepreneur should take…
Read the essay →Most advice comes in the shape of telling you what to do to be successful. It’s instructional, it shows the happy path, and as a reader, I resonate with that a lot. After all, I want to see how it’s…
Read the essay →Yelling into the void won’t get you anywhere. This is particularly clear while you have zero followers, but it remains true even when you have an audience. Talking about something that people don’t…
Read the essay →Wherever you look in the founder community, people talk about “how to hack SEO” or “how to hack Twitter Ads.” I’m not a fan. Hacks are focused on instant gratification. Those looking for hacks play…
Read the essay →I’ve had an amazing year so far. I launched Zero to Sold a year go to great success, and in May, I launched The Embedded Entrepreneur to even greater success. I can’t adequately express how…
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