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Startups For the Rest of Us

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.

Rob Walling

356 episodesEN-US

Show overview

Startups For the Rest of Us has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 356 episodes. That works out to roughly 200 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 28 min and 39 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 40 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Rob Walling.

Episodes
356
Running
2020–2026 · 6y
Median length
33 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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.

Latest Episodes

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Episode 853 | How to Become the SaaS That AI Recommends

Oct 6, 202631 min

Episode 852 | Getting Big Name Customer Case Studies and More Listener Questions (with Ruben Gamez)

Sep 29, 202632 min

Episode 851 | The Messy Middle of a SaaS Pivot

Sep 22, 202643 min

Episode 850 | How Not to Screw Up When Hiring Your first Developer and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)

Sep 15, 202651 min

Episode 849 | Legal Threats, AI as Platform Risk, Building Confidence, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)

Sep 8, 202629 min

Episode 848 | What Liquid Death Can Teach Us About B2B SaaS (Rob Solo)

Sep 1, 202622 min

Episode 847 | What Second Time Founders Do Differently, Pricing AI Agents, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)

Aug 25, 202628 min

Episode 846 | Snail Mail, Cold Calling, Regulating Your Nervous System, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)

Aug 18, 202629 min

Episode 845 | Lifetime Deals Revisited, Building is Not the Hard Part, and Confirming an Idea is Worth Paying For (Rob Solo)

Aug 11, 202632 min

Episode 844 | Building a $1M+ ARR SaaS for Laundromats

Aug 4, 202642 min

Episode 843 | Success Patterns of $1M+ SaaS Founders

Jul 28, 202633 min

Episode 842 | What is the Future of SaaS in an AI World? (Rob Solo)

Jul 21, 202624 min

Episode 841 | One-time Payments, Growing a Step 2 Business, Positioning, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)

Jul 14, 202627 min

Episode 840 | 5 PM Revisited, Starting Over After Failure, Never Shipping, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)

Jul 7, 202632 min

Episode 839 | The Journey Growing Help Scout to $35M ARR

Jun 30, 202636 min

Episode 838 | 6 Key Takeaways From a TinySeed Batch Kick-Off

Jun 23, 202625 min

Episode 837 | How Do You Learn Product? and Optimizing Your Trial Funnel (with Ruben Gamez)

Jun 16, 202643 min

Episode 836 | The 5 A.I. Moats Acquirers Value Most

Jun 9, 202634 min

Episode 835 | The Right Way to Use AI in Your Startup Marketing

Jun 2, 202632 min

Episode 834 | Eric Ries Revisits The Lean Startup and Discusses How to Become Incorruptible

May 26, 202639 min
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