Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 539 | Post-Exit Life, Writing Six Books, and Brewing Beer with Dan Norris


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In this episode, Rob chats with Dan Norris about selling his productized service to GoDaddy, his latest book, and latest business, a very successful brewery in Australia. They also ruminate on the impact that post-exit money has had on their lives.

The topics we cover

[07:04] Finding the motivation to write 6 books

[07:38] Selling WP Curve to GoDaddy

[18:11] Compound Marketing and applying the principles to Black Hops

[33:53] Life post-exit and the arrival fallacy

[45:57] Rob and the sale of Drip

[53:37] Building a SaaS to sell vs as a long-term, profitable company

Links from the show
  • Episode 183 | 5 Startup Rules to Live By with Dan Norris
  • The 7 Day Startup
  • Compound book
  • Black Hops Brewing - Gold Coast Craft Beer Brewery
  • State of Independent SaaS Report 2021 — MicroConf - The Most Trusted Community for Non-Venture Track SaaS Founders
  • Dan Norris (@thedannorris) | Twitter
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