Podcast cover
Rob Walling · Business

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.

Episodes

Episode cover

Episode 855 | The Eight SaaS Moats that Still Work in the Age of AI

20 Oct 2026
1h 0m
Episode cover

Episode 854 | How to Find Startup Ideas (Sneak Peek Chapter from My New Book)

13 Oct 2026
23m
Episode cover

Episode 853 | How to Become the SaaS That AI Recommends

06 Oct 2026
31m
Episode cover

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

29 Sep 2026
32m
Episode cover

Episode 851 | The Messy Middle of a SaaS Pivot

22 Sep 2026
43m
Episode cover

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

15 Sep 2026
51m
Episode cover

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

08 Sep 2026
29m
Episode cover

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

01 Sep 2026
22m
Episode cover

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

25 Aug 2026
28m
Episode cover

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

18 Aug 2026
29m
Episode cover

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

11 Aug 2026
32m
Episode cover

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

04 Aug 2026
42m
Episode cover

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

28 Jul 2026
33m
Episode cover

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

21 Jul 2026
24m
Episode cover

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

14 Jul 2026
27m
Episode cover

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

07 Jul 2026
32m
Episode cover

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

30 Jun 2026
36m
Episode cover

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

23 Jun 2026
25m
Episode cover

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

16 Jun 2026
43m
Episode cover

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

09 Jun 2026
34m
Page 1

Follow this podcast in Podwise

Sign in to get AI summaries, transcripts and mind maps for any episode, including new ones.

Open in Podwise