Of Tangibility and Lawnmowers
Ever since Danielle and I moved to Canada, I’ve been having a few new adventures. Getting to mow the lawn in our backyard was one of them. For a city boy like me, this was a novel and exciting…
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Archive · 2021 / 08
Arvid Kahl’s essays and podcast conversations published in August 2021, from The Bootstrapped Founder archive.
The Creeping Nature of Stress for a SaaS Founder
I did an Ask-me-Anything on ProductHunt this week, and one question stood out to me. Jon Jackson asked me about the kind of life I led while running the business, how stressful it was, and what that…
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The final of the women’s 800m race was a spectacular event at the Tokyo Olympics this year. In the last few seconds of the race, Athing Mu, a US athlete, was more than five meters ahead of the runner…
Read the essay →Hyrum’s Law
Removing features is surprisingly effective for a SaaS founder. But the surprise of how much less maintenance there is for the founder is only the first one of many — and maybe the only one you can…
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