Startups For the Rest of Us

By Rob Walling

The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed... more

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October 17, 2017Episode 362 | Calculating Lifetime Value (Not as Boring as it Sounds)
Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike talk about calculating lifetime value. They discuss how its done with one time versus recurring revenue and funded versus bootstrapped payback time.Items mentioned in this episode:

Tyler Tringas Blog Post

Indie Hackers

Repurpose.io

Cold Email Success Summit

MicroConf

TranscriptRob: In this episode of the Startups For The Rest Of Us, Mike and I dive deep into the riveting conversation topic of calculating lifetime value. Seriously, it’s pretty interesting. This is Startups For The Rest Of Us Episode 362.Welcome to Startups For The Rest Of Us, the podcast that helps developers, designers and entrepreneurs be awesome at building, launching and growing software products. Whether you’ve built your first product, or you’re just thinking about it. I’m Rob.Mike: And I’m Mike.Rob: And we’re here to share our experiences to help you avoid the same mistakes we’ve made. I...
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October 10, 2017 Episode 361 | Planning for Better Productivity
In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike talk about how to plan for better productivity. Based on a blog post by Noah Kagan, they discuss some different tactics including organizing time by energy level and value.

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October 10, 2017Episode 361 | Planning for Better Productivity
Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike talk about how to plan for better productivity. Based on a blog post by Noah Kagan, they discuss some different tactics including organizing time by energy level and value.Items mentioned in this episode:

Noah Kagan's Blog Post

MicroConf

MicroConf Europe

TranscriptMike: In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and I are going to be talking about planning for better productivity. This is Startups For The Rest Of Us Episode 361. Welcome to Startups For the Rest of Us, the podcast that helps developers, designers, and entrepreneurs be awesome at building, launching, and growing software products, whether you’ve built your first product or you’re just thinking about it. I'm Mike.Rob: And I'm Rob.Mike: We’re here to share our experiences to help you avoid the same mistakes we’ve made. Rob, I'm back, your coup failed.Rob: Aw man, I was going to ask if you listened to...
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October 03, 2017Episode 360 | The One Where Rob Takes Over the Show
Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob takes over the show and answers a number of listener questions. Topics include launching a book and dealing with two sided market places.Items mentioned in this episode:

ZenFounder

FounderCafe

Kickstarter

Software by Rob

TranscriptRob: In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, I complete my coup to take over the podcast. I kicked Mike off and I'm going to be answering listener questions on my own. This is Startups For The Rest Of Us Episode 360. Welcome to Startups For The Rest Of Us, the podcast that helps developers, designers, and entrepreneurs be awesome at building, launching, and growing software products, whether you’ve built your first product or you’re just thinking about it.I'm Rob and I'm here to share my experiences to help you avoid the same mistakes we’ve made. This is a milestone in Startups For The Rest Of Us history. Funny thing happened, as I was planning the...
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October 03, 2017 Episode 360 | The One Where Rob Takes Over the Show
In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob takes over the show and answers a number of listener questions. Topics include launching a book and dealing with two sided market places.

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28min
September 26, 2017 Episode 359 | The 3 Tenets of Fulfillment at Work
In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike discuss a talk giving by Jason Cohen at the Business of Software Conference. He tells you what things to focus on to create fulfillment at the work place for you and the people you hire.

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September 26, 2017Episode 359 | The 3 Tenets of Fulfillment at Work
Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike discuss a talk giving by Jason Cohen at the Business of Software Conference. He tells you what things to focus on to create fulfillment at the work place for you and the people you hire.Items mentioned in this episode:

ZenFounder

Jason Cohen's Blog

TranscriptMike: In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and I are going to be talking about the three tenants of fulfillment at work. This is Startups For The Rest Of Us Episode 359. Welcome to Startups For the Rest of Us, the podcast that helps developers, designers, and entrepreneurs be awesome at building, launching and growing software products. Whether you’ve built your first product or you’re just thinking about it. I’m Mike.Rob: And I’m Mike’s trusty sidekick, Rob.Mike: And we’re are here to share our experiences to help you avoid the same mistakes we’ve made. What’s going on this week, Rob?Rob:...
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September 19, 2017 Episode 358 | Bootstrapping into the Enterprise, Avoiding Death by Google, Selling to Outside the U.S. and More Listener Questions
In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike answer a number of listener questions on topics including bootstrapping into enterprise, avoiding death by Google, storing customer pricing data, and selling to companies outside the US.

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September 19, 2017Episode 358 | Bootstrapping into the Enterprise, Avoiding Death by Google, Selling to Outside the U.S. and More Listener Questions
Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob and Mike answer a number of listener questions on topics including bootstrapping into enterprise, avoiding death by Google, storing customer pricing data, and selling to companies outside the US.Items mentioned in this episode:

Business of Software

Copyblogger

Stripe

TranscriptRob: In this episode of Startups For the Rest of Us, Mike and I discuss bootstrapping into the enterprise, avoiding death by Google, selling to companies outside the US and we answer more listener questions. This is Startups For the Rest of Us Episode 358.Welcome to Startups For the Rest of Us, the podcast that helps developers, designers, and entrepreneurs be awesome at building, launching and growing software products. Whether you built your first product or you’re just thinking about it. I’m Rob.Mike: And I’m Mike.Rob: And we’re here to share our experiences to help you avoid the same mistakes we’ve...
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September 12, 2017Episode 357 | Courtland Allen – Indie Hackers
Show NotesIn this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Mike interviews Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers, about commonly held expectations new founders have about their businesses.Items mentioned in this episode:

Bluetick

Indie Hackers

Baremetrics

TranscriptMike: In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, I'm going to be talking to Courtland Allen from Indie Hackers about surprising discoveries that new founders learn. This is Startups For The Rest Of Us Episode 357. Welcome to Startups For the Rest of Us, the podcast that helps developers, designers, and entrepreneurs be awesome at building, launching, and growing software products, whether you’ve built your first product or you’re just thinking about it. I’m Mike.Courtland: And I’m Courtland.Mike: We’re here to share our experiences to help you avoid the same mistakes we’ve made. How are you doing this week, Courtland?Courtland: I'm doing excellent, little bit sick, little bit...
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