Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 610 | How I Would Start Over Today, Bad Habits of Solopreneurs, and the Benefits of a Day Job (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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In episode 610, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he talks about the benefits of working a day job before launching your company, some bad habits he picked up in the early days, why the college dropout narrative is annoying, and what he would do if he was starting over today.
Topics we cover:
[1:08] The benefits of working a day job
[6:20] Some bad habits Rob learned as a solopreneur in the early days
[9:45] Why the college dropout narrative is bs
[12:51] What would Rob do if he was starting over today
[19:22] The benefits of starting a business today vs. 10 years ago
Links from the Show:
- Episode 551 I Task-level vs. Project-level Thinkers, No such Thing as an Autopilot Business, and More
- The Stair Step Approach to bootstrapping
- Quiet Light
- 68 B2B SaaS marketplaces with opportunities for indie hackers
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