Eventual Reciprocity
The concept of eventual reciprocity has been incredibly beneficial in my journey of building a media business. Any business, really. It suggests that if you give without expecting anything in return…
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Archive · 2023 / 07
Arvid Kahl’s essays and podcast conversations published in July 2023, from The Bootstrapped Founder archive.
Tony Dinh — Ups and Downs of an Indie Hacker Journey
A conversation with Tony Dinh about the ups and downs of his indie hacker journey on The Bootstrapped Founder podcast.
Read the essay →The Bad Kind of Attention
Attention! It feels like attention has become a currency of its own right in our digital economy. Where the eyeballs go, the wallets follow. Naturally, we all want a slice of that attention pie. We…
Read the essay →Jason Cohen — Two Exits & Two Unicorns
A conversation with Jason Cohen on his experience building businesses, including two exits and two unicorns, on The Bootstrapped Founder podcast.
Read the essay →Entrepreneurship isn’t genetic. It’s memetic.
Entrepreneurship is not something we inherit or solely a matter of genetics. As a first-generation founder, I believe that it is profoundly influenced by the ideas and values we adopt. When we…
Read the essay →Andrew McIntosh — First-Generation Entrepreneurs
Arvid Kahl 0:00Welcome to The Bootstrapped Founder. Today, I’m talking to Andrew McIntosh. He is a first generation entrepreneur. Andrew leads a community of people just like himself. And in fact…
Read the essay →Responding Fast to Customers — A Good Idea?
I used to think that responding to customer service requests as soon as possible was an unequivocally good idea. After all, who doesn’t want to show their customers that they truly care about them?…
Read the essay →Moritz Dausinger — Serial Indie Entrepreneurship
Today, I’m talking to Moritz Dausinger, a serial indie hacker with several exits under his belt. Moritz most recently pivoted his software business Refiner after 18 months of trying to figure out a…
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