Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 641 | Dealing with High Churn, Rolling Out an MVP, and More Listener Questions


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In episode 641, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers more listener questions. Topics covered range from dealing with high churn when your tool is project-based, what product feedback to listen to in the early days, and when to hire project-level thinkers vs. task-level thinkers.

Topics we cover: 
  • 3:18 - Dealing with high churn when your tool is project-based
  • 8:38 - Going upmarket
  • 9:42 - Who to listen to in the early days to improve your product
  • 15:47 - Should I worry about people copying my business idea?
  • 24:26 - Should I join MicroConf Connect if I’m still in the idea validation phase?
  • 25:54 - Hiring project-level thinkers vs. task-level workers
  • Links from the Show:
    • The SaaS Playbook
    • MicroConf 2023 Accountability Challenge 
    • MicroConf Connect 
    • If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you.

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