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by rwalling 2y ago
I don’t see signs of this yet. We’re still seeing the same level of companies with traction come through each time we run an application process for TinySeed (accelerator focused on bootstrapped SaaS). But realistically, there are a couple
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by rwalling 2y ago
Bravo, @paraschopra What an incredible journey. I remember when you launched. I hadn't realized it was 16 years ago! I'll hit you up privately with an invite to tell your story on Startups for the Rest of Us. It's a fitting
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by rwalling 2y ago
100% I would move out of the bay area if I had the means and I was bootstrapping. I grew up in the East Bay, but I bootstrapped my companies in New Haven, CT and Fresno, CA, both much cheaper to live than the Bay Area. It happened that my w
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by rwalling 2y ago
My more up-to-date follow up to Start Small, Stay Small is The SaaS Playbook. Aimed at people who are bootstrapping or mostly bootstrapping.
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by rwalling 2y ago
Here are a couple links if you want to get started with my work, all focused on bootstrapping profitable SaaS companies: [Stair Step Method of Bootstrapping] https://robwalling.com/2015/03/26/the-stair-step-me
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by rwalling 3y ago
That's at https://microconf.com/connect
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by rwalling 3y ago
Thanks for the kind words, Adrig! (about MicroConf, my book, etc). I really do appreciate it. Some links to what Adrig mentioned: - https://www.indiehackers.com - https://microconf.com - https://www.startu
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by rwalling 3y ago
Thanks for the kind mention in this article. I’m going to be honest, I started blogging and writing books (and now podcasting) because I was SO TIRED of the vague business advice I saw on the internet. A couple weeks ago I saw a founder ask
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by rwalling 3y ago
In addition to the content we (MicroConf) have put out on this topic, and the community we’ve built that allows people to find co-founders, we’re also gearing up a co-founder matching service.
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by rwalling 3y ago
Zero to Exit Start Small, Stay Small The SaaS Playbook Startups for the Rest of Us podcast YouTube.com/MicroConf Indie.vc Tinyseed.com
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by rwalling 3y ago
For sure check out MicroConf.com/YouTube and the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. I’m the host of both, a former developer turned entrepreneur, and both of those are designed for someone in your exact position. From there you’ll he
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by rwalling 4y ago
We wouldn’t “easily grow 2x” if we served every type of software entrepreneur. We used to cater to all software: mobile apps, desktop, WordPress, etc. and we still have many folks in the community who are non-SaaS. But the focus on SaaS wa
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by rwalling 4y ago
Awesome!
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by rwalling 4y ago
Congrats, Matt. I've enjoyed watching your journey for the past decade and am very excited that you're able to go FT on Preceden.
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by rwalling 4y ago
Appreciate the shout, Torte!
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by rwalling 4y ago
Thanks for the MicroConf shout! Check out https://youtube.com/microconf and https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com for a long list of SaaS founder stories/case studies.
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by rwalling 4y ago
Author of Start Small, Stay Small here. Thanks for the mention, and I'm glad the book was helpful for you. It sounds like you've built a great business that does exactly what you want it to (support your lifestyle), which IMO is o
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by rwalling 4y ago
You rock, thank you sir!
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by rwalling 4y ago
Our minimum requirement to apply is $500 in MRR. If you're below that I'd encourage you to apply to our next round, which will open in ~6 months.
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by rwalling 4y ago
All of that sprang out of https://startsmall.com , which I published back in 2010. The examples are dated, but the core concepts still hold 12 years later.
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by rwalling 4y ago
It is. I'm trying to wrap up the book I'm currently working on, then plan to circle back to updating SSSS next year.
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by rwalling 4y ago
Ha! Yeah, Internet commenters are the best :-) I also took his comment as sarcasm, or just uninformed. But you are correct, Andy, I've earned (literally) 100x more money from building/growing software companies than I have from an
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by rwalling 4y ago
I have been talking + writing about this topic for about 15 years. It's a bigger topic than one could cover in a HN comment, so here are a few resources I'd recommend: - If you're looking for free info about this, subscribe t
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by rwalling 4y ago
https://microconf.com/youtube for the MicroConf YT channel.
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by rwalling 4y ago
Absolutely. We (MicroConf/TinySeed) ran some numbers to try to quantify press coverage of “boring” software companies, which confirms dsaavy’s comment: https://tinyseed.com/latest/measuring-the-depth-of-the-softw..
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by rwalling 4y ago
TinySeed is the closest thing you’ll find to this idea. About 10 years ago I wrote the phrase “YC for bootstrappers” in a notebook. That was the initial vision, and what ultimately became TinySeed, the first startup accelerator for bootstra
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by rwalling 4y ago
It depends on what you mean by "small." MicroConf focuses on SaaS founders who are, or aspire to run, 7- or 8-figure companies. We do also provide early stage education, but with the idea of folks building ambitious startups, thou
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by rwalling 5y ago
It depends. If the contractors are working ad-hoc or part-time, IMO it's reasonable to say there is one person working full-time on this company, therefore it's a one-person company. I think of it this way: if I'm solo and I
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by rwalling 5y ago
If you want to learn the nuts and bolts of launching and growing a startup, we focus on doing that as a bootstrapped (or mostly bootstrapped) founders at https://microconf.com . We've been around for a decade and we have in-
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TinySeed’s Spring 2021 SaaS Accelerator Batch(tinyseed.com)
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