The Bootstrapped Founder
Arvid Kahl
Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.
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May 22, 2020 • 21min
32. How to Deal with Plans That No Longer Work / Profit Sharing
You can find articles on the topics discussed in the episode here:- ✍️ Not All Subscribers Are Equal: How to Deal with Plans That No Longer Work- ✍️ Profit-Sharing as Employee Compensation for BootstrappersThis episode of the Bootstrapp ed Founder Podcast is sponsored by DrawSQL. This sponsored airtime is provided by Balsamiq. Please check out both — they're awesome.
May 15, 2020 • 32min
31. Price Is Not Set In Stone: Strategies For Increasing Your Revenue
You can find the promo code provided the sponsor of this show, Balsamiq, right here.
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May 8, 2020 • 28min
30. You May Be Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Re-Evaluating Your Audience
Arvid talks about the kinds of misalignments that can trouble your business.
May 1, 2020 • 25min
29. Build for Value, Not for Applause: Product Management Under Heavy Constraints
Arvid explains how to make your service noticeably better for the majority of your users without making the product harder to use.
Apr 24, 2020 • 22min
28. First Things First: Feature Prioritization Frameworks
Arvid talks feature prioritization: Scoring, the Kano Model, and Story Mapping — how and why they work.
Apr 17, 2020 • 28min
27. Forget Goals, Create Systems: Foundations of a Sustainable Bootstrapped Business
Arvid talks about how to create repeatable, reliable, and resilient processes and systems for your business.
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Apr 10, 2020 • 21min
26. The Boring Truth of Successful Products That Survive
Arvid explains the core attributes that make products stick around: focus, simplicity, and extensibility.
Apr 3, 2020 • 20min
25. Making Tech Choices: Don’t Add Risk to an Already Risky Business
You can find the full article at Making Tech Choices: Don’t Add Risk to an Already Risky Business.
Mar 27, 2020 • 27min
24. Not in House: On Reinventing the Wheel
Arvid shares an actionable framework for deciding if you should build or buy (and the mistakes he made in the past).
Mar 20, 2020 • 44min
23. Surviving a Recession as a Bootstrapped Business
The article for this episode can be found on The Bootstrapped Founder blog.
