October 31, 2023

Episode 685 | 7 Things You Should Never Do (A Rob Solo Adventure)

36 minutes

In episode 685, Rob Walling goes solo to share his insights on 7 common mistakes that SaaS founders make. Be sure to listen to the end to hear Rob’s spicy take on launching a portfolio of products to see what sticks.

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Topics we cover:

1:29 – Sign the National Association of Manufacturers Letter, Section 174

3:52 – Compiling a list of things founders shouldn’t do

6:49 – B2C applications, “the worst of all the worlds”

9:42 – Don’t build a second product if your first has stopped growing

10:40 – Defining a new category of software is usually a bad idea

19:59 – Avoid multi-language support

24:13 – Dig deep to find root causes beyond the symptoms

27:41 – The portfolio approach

Links from the Show:

The Small Software Business Alliance

MicroConf Remote

The SaaS Playbook

Dan Andrews (@TropicalMBA) | X

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