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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
Read the essay →Arvid Kahl 0:00Welcome to The Bootstrapped Founder! Today, I’m talking to Simon Hoiberg. He shares his strategy for running two businesses and a YouTube channel without burning out. We’ll talk about business validation, building reusable pr
Read the essay →(The mathematical notation in the title means “’For all 𝑦 there exists a 𝑥’ is not the same as ‘There exists an 𝑥 for all 𝑦”.) We’re always on the hunt for the silver bullet. The Golden Ticket. The quick fix. Even when writing resumes.
Read the essay →Arvid Kahl 0:00Welcome to The Bootstrapped Founder. Today, I’m talking to Evelyn J. Starr. Evelyn is a brand building expert. And we’ll talk about finding the right niche, having a community centric, long term perspective and how brands cha
Read the essay →In the world of entrepreneurship, there’s been a growing trend towards building in public – the concept of sharing the journey of creating a product or a business with a public audience. I’m a big fan of this approach to building something
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