The Bootstrapped Founder

The Bootstrapped Founder

Arvid Kahl

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341: Striking a Balance

Feeling the weight of success can be just as challenging as the climb to get there. At any point during your journey, you're confronted with having to...

Aug 16, 2024 15m

340: kerollmops — From Hackathon to Success: The Meilisearch Story

@kerollmops, the technical brain behind the open-source search engine Meilisearch, joins me for a nerdy chat about all things search. I’ve been using...

Aug 14, 2024 40m

339: Does Your SaaS Need a “User Tour?”

Is it a good idea to guide your users through your app when they sign up? Or does it show that your interface is too convoluted?The answer is: yes. Bo...

Aug 9, 2024 17m

“Working In” vs “Working On” the Business

I ran into a pretty substantial question this week.Am I working in my business, or am I working on my business? I've been spending so much time buildi...

Aug 2, 2024 18m Summary available

337: Doing Things that Don’t Scale …Unintentionally

What happens when something that was good enough isn't good enough anymore?Unscalable hands-on experiments work great in the early stages of a busines...

Jul 26, 2024 15m

337: Doing Things that Don’t Scale …Unintentionally

What happens when something that was good enough isn't good enough anymore?Unscalable hands-on experiments work great in the early stages of a busines...

Jul 26, 2024 15m

336: The 7 Deadly Sins of Indie Hacking

`Indie Hackers have sinned. They allowed the seven deadly sins into their founder lives. And now we must cast them out.Well, let's be a little bit les...

Jul 19, 2024 20m

335: Tipping Over

These last weeks have been a bit much. What do they say? “Take a break before the break takes you?” Well, I got quite close to that this week.This epi...

Jul 12, 2024 16m

334: Sincere, not Serious

Do you want to win the game or keep on playing?Today, I'll dive into a mentality shift I experienced recently while building Podscan: how about I just...

Jul 5, 2024 16m

333: Kitze — Juggling Projects, ADHD, and the Indie Hacker Lifestyle

@Kitze, a Serial indie hacker and entrepreneur, shares his journey through a landscape filled with multiple projects like Sizzy, a browser for develop...

Jul 3, 2024 45m

332: Beyond Small Bets — Embracing the Big Play

What happens when the 'small bets' strategy leads to a big win, and you're not prepared for it? Well, you adapt! So that's what I'm working on this we...

Jun 28, 2024 10m

331: Geoff Roberts — Playing the Long Game

Geoff Roberts (@GeoffTRoberts) is the co-founder of Outseta, and he's halfway there, 7 years in. Outseta —the SaaS starter kit and the business behind...

Jun 26, 2024 35m

330: 50% New Users Overnight… and a Burning Server

This week was a duality of extremes for me. On one hand, I experienced an unprecedented growth spurt in my user numbers, while on the other hand, I st...

Jun 21, 2024 26m

329: "AI For The Rest of Us"

Generative AI used to be for early adopters. But now, Apple is bringing it to every iPhone. What does this mean for indie founders?This episode is spo...

Jun 14, 2024 26m

328: Negotiating Bootstrapper Funding with Tyler Tringas

A few months ago, I raised a low 6-figure investment for Podscan. Here's the conversation between me and my investor, @tylertringas, that happened jus...

Jun 12, 2024 55m

327: Two (Surprisingly Scary) Tales of Platform Risk

This week, I almost lost access to my database, including all its backups. Also, a full-text index brought down my product. Neither were intended —obv...

Jun 7, 2024 16m Summary available

326: Zeno Rocha — From Bootstrapping to YCombinator

Zeno Rocha (@zenorocha) went through YC to build Resend, yet he still acts and thinks like a bootstrapper. In a world of polarized opinions about vent...

Jun 5, 2024 40m

325: Indie Hackers’ Myopic View of AI

"Everyone and their mother are talking about AI. Every founder releases their 500th GPT wrapper.""AI is all hype, no substance."Or is it? What if our...

May 31, 2024 14m

324: Tim Schumacher — The Bootstrapper's Mindset

Tim Schumacher (@TimSchu), the mastermind behind SEDO and Adblock Plus, now leads the SaaS Group to new heights. With $60 million ARR, 20 thriving bus...

May 29, 2024 38m

323: The Power of the Dream Customer List

Today, you get a glimpse into an ongoing marketing experiment for Podscan.fm. What if I can frontload value for my future customers even before they s...

May 24, 2024 16m

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