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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Feb 27, 2020 • 29min
12. Real and Imaginary Responsibilities of a Bootstrapped Founder
Arvid explains the kinds of imaginary responsibilities he encountered in his business and how to deal with them.
Feb 26, 2020 • 19min
11. Your Initial Pricing Will Never Be Right, But Try Anyway
Arvid talks about how to price aspirationally, underpricing, overpricing, and how much initial prices really matter.
Feb 25, 2020 • 25min
10. Do You Need a Co-Founder?
Arvid talks about what to look out for when choosing a co-founder and his experience with his co-founders, good and bad.
9 snips
Feb 24, 2020 • 40min
9. Finding the Most Painful Problem in a Market
Arvid talks about what makes a problem painful, what kinds of pains there are, and what questions you should be asking your prospective customers to find them.
Feb 21, 2020 • 21min
8. Solution Validation Doesn’t Happen In a Vacuum: How to Talk To Your Future Customers
Arvid shows how you can discover the risks your solution poses to the workflow of your prospective customers.
Feb 20, 2020 • 21min
7. Determining the Size of a Market
Arvid talks about how you can find meaningful numbers to help you pick the right market for your bootstrapped SaaS. For B2B, B2BC, and B2C markets, he shows you how you can get the most accurate figures.
Feb 19, 2020 • 30min
6. Finding a Market to Build a SaaS
Arvid talks about the right kinds of markets for bootstrapped businesses, what qualities they should have and how markets can change for better or worse.
Feb 18, 2020 • 24min
5. The Power of the Niche
You can find the article for this episode here.
Feb 17, 2020 • 26min
4. Finding the Critical Problem: How to Work on The Right Things
You can find the article for this episode here.
Feb 14, 2020 • 49min
3. Make It Sell Itself: On Referral Systems
You can find the article for this episode here.
