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

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

Startups For the Rest of Us

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