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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 way forward. Well, now he’s found it. We w
Read the essay →Utility isn’t just “being a Swiss Army knife.” In fact, this might be one of the biggest misconceptions in entrepreneurship. Too many founders conflate the value of their products with the amount of potential problems it can solve. They spe
Read the essay →Kevin McArdle bought my SaaS. For millions. And now, I get to talk to him about all things acquisition. In our chat, we discuss the importance of annual exit planning for startup founders, we explore the mindset and framework necessary for
Read the essay →In my Twitter Teardowns over the last few weeks, I’ve noted a lot of budding audience-builders struggling with what to talk about and what not to say. It makes sense: we’re afraid to be labeled as one thing or another. Twitter is widely reg
Read the essay →Are you feeling burnt out or overwhelmed by societal expectations? Today, I’m talking to Paul Millerd, author of “The Pathless Path.” We talk about hustle traps, the stories we tell ourselves about success, and our obsession with productivi
Read the essay →Ever since I offered to tear down my followers’ Twitter profiles on a whim a week ago, I have been inundated with requests. At $100 each, this has been a very popular offering, and I have recorded dozens of videos diving into Twitter profil
Read the essay →Arvid Kahl 0:00Hello everyone and welcome to The Bootstrapped Founder. Today, I’m talking to Dr. Julie Gurner. She’s a performance coach and a doctor of Psychology. We’ll talk about dealing with imposter syndrome, burnout, how to deal with
Read the essay →The one thing that really scares entrepreneurs away from Building in Public is the risk of sharing too much. Giving away their secret sauce. Spilling the beans. Revealing the hidden recipe. (Why are all these metaphors about food?) For some
Read the essay →Arvid Kahl 0:00Hello everyone and welcome to The Bootstrapped Founder. Today, I’m talking to Joe Masilotti, the founder of RailsDevs, a reverse job platform for Ruby on Rails developers. We talk about monetizing an open source project, buil
Read the essay →Back when our economy allowed most of us to eventually be able to afford a house, we developed the phrase “starter home.” It describes the first careful introduction to homeownership for young people. The first home — of many. The one to ge
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