Bonus Episode: What Courtland Allen Has Learned Interviewing 155 Startup Founders

This bonus episode of Startup For The Rest Of Us is from a MicroConf On Air live stream in which Rob interviews Courtland Allen, founder of Indie Hackers, about interviewing 155 startup founders and what he learned from building a community from scratch. It was such a great conversation, I wanted to put it in this podcast feed, so more people can benefit from Courtland’s insight.  The finer points of the episode: 6:28 - Why B2C businesses are more attractive, but B2B may be more lucrative  11:30 - Competitive advantages that can’t be surmounted by the competition.  17:50 - How Courtland jumpstarted the Indie Hackers online community  22:46 - Why you can’t just rely on internal motivation to get your startup off the ground  25:36 - The common thread Courtland has seen in successful founders  30:00 - The truth about how hard you have to work when building a business  31:57 - Overcoming imposter syndrome when entering a new industry  Items...Read more... »Click the icon below to listen.  

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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.