From the archive
Arvid Kahl’s essays and podcast conversations published in June 2024, from The Bootstrapped Founder archive.
I’m at an interesting stage of my entrepreneurial journey, seeing several of my worlds colliding. The frameworks I’ve been using to get where I am are both working really well and starting to show…
Read the essay →Reading Time: < 1 minuteGeoff Roberts (@GeoffTRoberts) is the co-founder of Outseta, and he’s halfway there, 7 years in. Outseta —the SaaS starter kit and the business behind it— is built and…
Read the essay →This week was a duality of extremes for me. On one hand, I experienced an unprecedented growth spurt in my user numbers, while on the other hand, I stumbled into frustrating scarcity and…
Read the essay →Earlier this week Apple announced that it will introduce artificial intelligence into their devices, their operating systems and all apps. As founders, we know the potential of AI and are realistic…
Read the essay →Reading Time: < 1 minuteA few months ago, I raised a low 6-figure investment for Podscan. Here’s the conversation between me and my investor, @tylertringas, that happened just before I signed the…
Read the essay →This week, I ran into two very interesting instances of platform risk in my own software business. I will share what happened, what I did, and how I intend to combat them in the future. And before I…
Read the essay →Reading Time: < 1 minuteZeno Rocha (@zenorocha) went through YC to build Resend, yet he still acts and thinks like a bootstrapper. In a world of polarized opinions about venture funding and not…
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