

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 794 | From Struggling Side Project to Life-Changing SaaS Exit

Episode 793 | TinySeed Tales s5e3: Building Momentum

Episode 792 | Hot Take Tuesday: GPT-5 Struggles, the A.I. Bubble, and the Windsurf Debacle

Episode 791 | TinySeed Tales s5e2: Growing Pains

Episode 790 | From Scrappy to Scalable: Evolving Your Role as a Founder
In this episode of Startups For the Rest of Us, Rob Walling interviews Yaniv Bernstein, a seasoned founder and executive, about the evolving role of a founder as their company scales. Yaniv shares his experiences from Google to early-stage startups, highlighting the critical transitions founders must make as their comp...

Episode 789 | TinySeed Tales s5e1: From Agency to SaaS

Episode 788 | Do I Need a Co-founder? And More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)

Episode 787 | "We Shut Down a $1.5M Product, and Raised $10M Instead"

Episode 786 | Questions About Bootstrapping SaaS to a $90M Exit (with Kevin Wagstaff)

Episode 785 | Choosing Between AI Products, Building Multiple Apps, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Episode 784 | The Wealth Ladder: Six Levels of Financial Freedom

Episode 783 | Bootstrapping ScrapingBee to $5M ARR and an 8-Figure Exit
Building and selling ScrapingBee, a bootstrapped web scraping API, culminated in an eight-figure all-cash exit that highlights the efficacy of focused SEO strategies and expert mentorship. Co-founder Pierre de Wulf details the transition from stagnant early growth to rapid scaling, driven by high-quality, developer-foc...

Episode 782 | Why I Succeeded: My 10 Best Entrepreneurial Decisions

Episode 781 | A Founder's Regret List: 12 Mistakes I’ll Never Make Again

Episode 780 | "I'll Never Sell My Company" and Other Myths Founders Tell Themselves

Episode 779 | 10 Myths Most SaaS Founders Believe

Episode 778 | Pricing Pilot Projects, Niching Down, Skipping Stairsteps, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Episode 777 | Why Retiring Might Be the Worst Goal for Entrepreneurs

Episode 776 | How Bootstrapping Led to a Life-Changing $90M SaaS Exit
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