Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 515 | Finding a Co-Founder, Getting Better at Sales, and More Listener Questions


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Rob is joined by Anthony Eden from DNSimple as they answer your listener questions.

They cover topics ranging from tax liabilities with contractors, getting feedback on a prototype, and finding a technical cofounder.

If you have questions about starting or scaling a SaaS that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for the next episode. We’d love to hear from you!

The topics we cover

[01:26] Tax liabilities and managing international contractors

[10:45] Starting when stair stepping isn't feasible

[16:38] Getting better at sales as a solo founder

[24:00] Finding a sales/marketing cofounder

[30:28] Getting feedback on a prototype, finding the right developer co-founder, and protecting your startup idea

[40:11] Considering a technical cofounder vs hiring a developer

Links from the show
  • Episode 509 | Revisiting the Six Stages of SaaS Growth with DNSimple
  • Intellectual Property Agreement
  • W-8BEN
  • Episode 498 | Selling During a Pandemic with Steli Efti
  • The Startup Chat with Steli & Hiten
  • Episode 507 | Making Cold Email Work in B2B SaaS
  • Indie Hackers
  • Activity Messenger
  • Jobs to be Done
  • DNSimple | Twitter
  • DNSimple | Website
  • Anthony Eden | Twitter
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