Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 746 | 9 Startup Predictions for 2025

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In episode 746, Rob Walling looks ahead to 2025 with nine startup predictions, exploring trends in no-code tools, search, autonomous vehicles, AI, and an increase in platform risk for bootstrapped founders.

Topics we cover: 
  • (1:52) – Carrying forward predictions from 2024
  • (3:09) – Search volume for Google organic SEO 
  • (6:34) – Ads in AI interfaces
  • (7:50) – Google’s revenue drops, bootstrapper opportunities
  • (10:07) – “AI” use in  H1’s 
  • (14:01) – Self-driving taxis
  • (19:28) – Platform risk intensifies
    • Links from the Show: 
    • Exit Strategy: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling Your Business Without Regret
    • Episode 697 | 7 Predictions for SaaS Bootstrappers in 2024
    • Episode 725 | SEO in the Age of AI, Freemium, When Brand Becomes Important, and More Advanced Listener Questions (with Ruben Gamez)
    • LINKLO
    • TinySeed
    • Episode 735 | The 8 Levels of SaaS Platform Risk (A Rob Solo Adventure)

      • 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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