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"01a0dead-a174-738d-a5a7-ea2e46b7f171", "title": "Product-Market Fit & Time-to-First-Value", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/product-market-fit-time-to-first-value/", "published_at": "2024-12-06T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dead-a174-738d-a5a7-ea2e46cf7bf0", "title": "Connor Turland — Pioneering the Future of Bookkeeping with Ceedar.ai", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/connor-turland-pioneering-the-future-of-bookkeeping-with-ceedar-ai/", "published_at": "2024-12-04T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dead-a174-738d-a5a7-ea2e475489dd", "title": "Love Is For Those Who Love the Work", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/love-is-for-those-who-love-the-work/", "published_at": "2024-11-29T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de8581caa2", "title": "(Free) Trial & Error", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/free-trial-error/", "published_at": "2024-11-22T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de865a45b0", "title": "James Phoenix — Mastering Code & AI for the Modern Developer", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/james-phoenix-mastering-code-ai-for-the-modern-developer/", "published_at": "2024-11-20T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de8758e2f6", "title": "The Age of the Gatekeeper Is Over", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/the-age-of-the-gatekeeper-is-over/", "published_at": "2024-11-15T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de88219e7e", "title": "The Art of Productive Procrastination", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/the-art-of-productive-procrastination/", "published_at": "2024-11-08T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de891b4db9", "title": "Podscan’s Dream Customer (Acquisition) Strategy", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podscans-dream-customer-acquisition-strategy/", "published_at": "2024-11-01T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de89689a9c", "title": "Running Lean at Scale", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/running-lean-at-scale/", "published_at": "2024-10-25T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de8a546221", "title": "From Overload to Opportunity", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/from-overload-to-opportunity/", "published_at": "2024-10-18T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de8b294a69", "title": "Building Your Castle in Someone Else’s Kingdom", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/building-your-castle-in-someone-elses-kingdom/", "published_at": "2024-10-11T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de8ba209e9", "title": "Navigating Constraints as a Bootstrapper", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/navigating-constraints-as-a-bootstrapper/", "published_at": "2024-10-04T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0debf-4f06-7171-8075-90de8c2b0dc2", "title": "Observability in Software Businesses", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/observability-in-software-businesses/", "published_at": "2024-09-27T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe138b17d2", "title": "The AI-Powered Solopreneur", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/the-ai-powered-solopreneur/", "published_at": "2024-09-20T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe13d1d8d7", "title": "When Podcasts Attack: The Unexpected Challenges of External Data", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/when-podcasts-attack-the-unexpected-challenges-of-external-data/", "published_at": "2024-09-13T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe13d8bbea", "title": "Scrape or Be Scraped", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/crawl-or-be-crawled/", "published_at": "2024-09-06T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe147fa1ed", "title": "Should Indie Hackers Go to Tech Conferences?", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/should-indie-hackers-go-to-tech-conferences/", "published_at": "2024-08-30T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe1513a9f3", "title": "Andrew Davies — The Power of a Merchant of Record", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/andrew-davies-the-power-of-a-merchant-of-record/", "published_at": "2024-08-28T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe151f7039", "title": "The Evolution of Coding in the AI Era", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/the-evolution-of-coding-in-the-ai-era/", "published_at": "2024-08-23T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe15fcd15c", "title": "Striking a Balance", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/striking-a-balance/", "published_at": "2024-08-16T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe16e30d20", "title": "kerollmops — From Hackathon to Success: The Meilisearch Story", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/kerollmops-from-hackathon-to-success-the-meilisearch-story/", "published_at": "2024-08-14T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe1773cc3d", "title": "Does Your SaaS Need a “User Tour?”", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/does-your-saas-need-a-user-tour/", "published_at": "2024-08-09T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0deda-923e-7004-91ed-04fe17aadfa1", "title": "“Working In” vs “Working On” the Business", "url": "https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/working-in-vs-working-on-the-business/", "published_at": "2024-08-02T13:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

The Increasing Risk of Building in Public original ↗

3 Apr 2026

AI Liability: The Landmines Under Your SaaS original ↗

20 Mar 2026

Data Is the Only Moat original ↗

13 Mar 2026

When Long-Term Investments Finally Pay Off original ↗

13 Feb 2026

How to Actually Use Claude Code to Build Serious Software original ↗

6 Feb 2026

Follow Your Passion (But Not Like That)original ↗

30 Jan 2026

The 1% Improvement Myth: Why Customer Conversations Beat Micro-Improvements Every Time original ↗

23 Jan 2026

Don’t Give Up… Your Assumptions original ↗

16 Jan 2026

Many Heads, Not Many Hats: The Founder’s Identity Crisis original ↗

9 Jan 2026

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

2 Jan 2026

2025

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

26 Dec 2025

Marketing for Founders Who Hate Marketing original ↗

19 Dec 2025

Vibe Coding Won’t Kill SaaS original ↗

12 Dec 2025

How Your Data Model Shapes Your Product original ↗

5 Dec 2025

AI Best Practices for Bootstrappers (That Actually Save You Money)original ↗

28 Nov 2025

I Never Really Loved Coding (And Only AI Made Me Realize It)original ↗

21 Nov 2025

The Marketer’s Hierarchy of Needs: A Framework for Understanding Customer Intelligence original ↗

14 Nov 2025

The Things Your Customers Don’t Care About original ↗

7 Nov 2025

Why You Should Never Start a Software Business original ↗

31 Oct 2025

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

24 Oct 2025

The Missing Piece in Your Validation Strategy original ↗

17 Oct 2025

Why AI-Generated Code Hurts Your Exit original ↗

10 Oct 2025

The Best Tech Stack in the Age of AI original ↗

3 Oct 2025

The Ownership Paradox: What Do You Really Control in Your Software Business?original ↗

26 Sept 2025

Handling Multiple ICPs as a Solo Founder original ↗

19 Sept 2025

The Pure Amateur is Vanishing: Why Everyone’s a Performer Now original ↗

12 Sept 2025

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Moat original ↗

5 Sept 2025

The $0.20/Day AI System That Converts Trial Users Into Paying Customers original ↗

29 Aug 2025

The Currents of a Founder original ↗

22 Aug 2025

Building for the Age of AI Consumers original ↗

15 Aug 2025

James Phoenix — Claude Code Masterclass original ↗

13 Aug 2025

The Podscan Ideas Vault: Engineering as Marketing original ↗

8 Aug 2025

Nick Groeneveld — Exploring AI’s Impact on Modern Design original ↗

6 Aug 2025

The Friction Paradox: Why AI Might Be Making Us Worse at What We Do original ↗

25 Jul 2025

The Transcription Challenge: Building Infrastructure That Scales With The World original ↗

18 Jul 2025

Amar Ghose — From Non-Technical Founder to SaaS Innovator original ↗

16 Jul 2025

The Podcasting Infrastructure Crisis: A $2 Billion Industry Built on Digital Duct Tape original ↗

11 Jul 2025

Vova Feldman — Mastering Entrepreneurship in the Payments Sector original ↗

9 Jul 2025

The Hidden Revolution:AI Is Democratizing Coding Mentorship original ↗

4 Jul 2025

Simon Hamp & Shane Rosenthal — Building & Monetizing NativePHP original ↗

2 Jul 2025

The Hidden Cost of Being First original ↗

27 Jun 2025

When Profitability Disappears — A Podscan Reality Check original ↗

20 Jun 2025

Jack Friks — Building Tools That Empower Without Overwhelming original ↗

18 Jun 2025

From Code Writer to Code Editor: My AI-Assisted Development Workflow original ↗

13 Jun 2025

Taylor Otwell — The (Quite Entrepreneurial) Creator of Laravel original ↗

11 Jun 2025

AI is a Threat to SaaS Multiples original ↗

6 Jun 2025

Building AI Businesses Without Breaking the Internet original ↗

30 May 2025

AI is Flipping Our Relationship with Technology original ↗

23 May 2025

When to Choose Local LLMs vs APIs: A Founder’s Real-World Guide original ↗

16 May 2025

The Founder’s First Hire: When to Let Go of Your Weaknesses original ↗

9 May 2025

The Job To Be Done: Understanding Customer Value Communication original ↗

2 May 2025

Your API Documentation is Not For Developers Anymore original ↗

25 Apr 2025

One Year of Podscan: Reflecting on Tech & Business Decisions original ↗

18 Apr 2025

The Balancing Act: Free Trials, Value Demonstration, and Business Sustainability original ↗

11 Apr 2025

Podscan’s Profitability Milestone: What’s Next?original ↗

4 Apr 2025

Repositioning Podscan: From Monitoring to Data Platform original ↗

28 Mar 2025

I went to MicroConf in New Orleans original ↗

21 Mar 2025

How AI Changes Famous Laws in Software and Entrepreneurship original ↗

14 Mar 2025

Experiment Report: Trying New Things original ↗

7 Mar 2025

Anne-Laure Le Cunff — Tiny Experiments original ↗

5 Mar 2025

Think with AI, Do with People original ↗

28 Feb 2025

Virality is Poisonous original ↗

21 Feb 2025

376: Justin Moore — Becoming a Sponsor Magnet original ↗

19 Feb 2025

Indie Hacking Databases at Scale original ↗

7 Feb 2025

Deleting Your Backlog: A Founder’s Guide to Feature Pruning original ↗

31 Jan 2025

Indie Hacking & the Singularity original ↗

24 Jan 2025

Brian Sierakowski — Mastering Product Communication original ↗

22 Jan 2025

Building Systems That Work While You Don’t original ↗

17 Jan 2025

Expect-AI-tions original ↗

10 Jan 2025

Johannes Jäschke — From Hypnosis Innovation to Business Exit original ↗

8 Jan 2025

The Biggest Opportunity of 2025 original ↗

3 Jan 2025

Omar Zenhom — Crafting Success Without a Tech Background original ↗

1 Jan 2025

2024

Arvid’s Year in Review: 2024 original ↗

27 Dec 2024

Breaking my Own Rules original ↗

20 Dec 2024

Ben Rometsch — From Side Projects to Industry Giants original ↗

18 Dec 2024

Startup Opportunities in Podcasting original ↗

13 Dec 2024

Pierre de Wulf — Bootstrapping ScrapingBee to Millions original ↗

11 Dec 2024

Product-Market Fit & Time-to-First-Value original ↗

6 Dec 2024

Connor Turland — Pioneering the Future of Bookkeeping with Ceedar.ai original ↗

4 Dec 2024

Love Is For Those Who Love the Work original ↗

29 Nov 2024

(Free) Trial & Error original ↗

22 Nov 2024

James Phoenix — Mastering Code & AI for the Modern Developer original ↗

20 Nov 2024

The Age of the Gatekeeper Is Over original ↗

15 Nov 2024

The Art of Productive Procrastination original ↗

8 Nov 2024

Podscan’s Dream Customer (Acquisition) Strategy original ↗

1 Nov 2024

Running Lean at Scale original ↗

25 Oct 2024

From Overload to Opportunity original ↗

18 Oct 2024

Building Your Castle in Someone Else’s Kingdom original ↗

11 Oct 2024

Navigating Constraints as a Bootstrapper original ↗

4 Oct 2024

Observability in Software Businesses original ↗

27 Sept 2024

The AI-Powered Solopreneur original ↗

20 Sept 2024

When Podcasts Attack: The Unexpected Challenges of External Data original ↗

13 Sept 2024

Scrape or Be Scraped original ↗

6 Sept 2024

Should Indie Hackers Go to Tech Conferences?original ↗

30 Aug 2024

Andrew Davies — The Power of a Merchant of Record original ↗

28 Aug 2024

The Evolution of Coding in the AI Era original ↗

23 Aug 2024

Striking a Balance original ↗

16 Aug 2024

kerollmops — From Hackathon to Success: The Meilisearch Story original ↗

14 Aug 2024

Does Your SaaS Need a “User Tour?”original ↗

9 Aug 2024

“Working In” vs “Working On” the Business original ↗

2 Aug 2024