Startups For the Rest of Us
Bonus Episode: What Courtland Allen Has Learned Interviewing 155 Startup Founders
Thu, 16 Apr 2020
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 mentioned in the episode: Indie Hackers Podcast Join the MicroConf Slack Community MicroConf On Air Podcast Base Camp Stripe
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