The Bootstrapped Founder

Business & Economics Podcasts

Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.

Episodes

439: The Increasing Risk of Building in Public

438: AI Liability: The Landmines Under Your SaaS

437: Data Is the Only Moat

436: When Long-Term Investments Finally Pay Off

435: How to Actually Use Claude Code to Build Serious Software

434: Follow Your Passion (But Not Like That)

433: The 1% Improvement Myth

432: Don't Give Up... Your Assumptions

431: Many Heads, Not Many Hats: The Founder's Identity Crisis

430: The Case Against Vendor Lock-In: Why Easy Exit Means Better Retention

429: The Dead Internet Theory: Are We Building Machines That Only Talk to Other Machines?

428: Marketing for Founders Who Hate Marketing

427: Vibe Coding Won't Kill SaaS

426: How Your Data Model Shapes Your Product

425: AI Best Practices for Bootstrappers (That Actually Save You Money)

424: I Never Really Loved Coding (And Only AI Made Me Realize It)

423: The Marketer's Hierarchy of Needs: A Framework for Understanding Customer Intelligence

422: The Things Your Customers Don't Care About

421: Why You Should Never Start a Software Business

420: AI for the Code-Writing Purist: How to Use AI Without Surrendering Your Keyboard