The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you’ll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.
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The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you’ll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.
Episode 781 | A Founder's Regret List: 12 Mistakes I’ll Never Make Again
Startups For the Rest of Us
39 minutes 39 seconds
1 month ago
Episode 781 | A Founder's Regret List: 12 Mistakes I’ll Never Make Again
Are you repeating any of these mistakes in your business?
In this episode, Rob Walling walks through his ‘founder regret list’, detailing 12 key mistakes from his 20-year entrepreneurial journey. In this very personal episode, he tells some stories he’s never shared publicly before.
Topics we cover:
(4:17) – Thinking venture capital was the only path
(6:12) – Launching without validating the idea
(9:26) – Choosing ideas that couldn’t be bootstrapped
(12:48) – Relying too much on books
(16:36) – Trying to do everything solo
(21:10) – The arrival fallacy
(23:19) – Delaying email list growth
(25:51) – Taking random advice too seriously
(28:43) – Overestimating skills after early wins
(30:29) – Letting anxiety steal the joy from success
(32:34) – Not letting wins build confidence
(33:50) – Holding onto a scarcity mindset
Links from the Show:
TinySeed Institute
Sponsor the Podcast or MicroConf
Start Small, Stay Small
The SaaS Playbook
Zero to Sold by Arvid Kahl
If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!
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Startups For the Rest of Us
The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you’ll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.
