Steal From The Best

Steal From The Best

Arvid Kahl

Bootstrapped founder and author of Zero to Sold

Ideas

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl explains how to build an audience on Twitter

2:21

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl explains how Endcrawl sped up movie credits

1:24

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on finding initial customers in Facebook groups

2:42

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on why shareability depends on customer type

1:11

Arvid Kahl: “Build or validate slowly but invalidate quickly”

3:57

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on how to find validated startup problems

2:47

Bootstrapped founder and author of Zero to Sold Arvid Kahl: “You cannot clone the founder”

1:49

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on how AI coding creates comprehension debt

1:06

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on what the audience-first approach means

1:50

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on why micro SaaS isn't about size

1:26

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl explains how to find the Goldilocks zone for your market

2:35

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl explains how he and his cofounder split roles with an org chart

2:16

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl explains why you should try to invalidate ideas quickly

1:28

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on why sharing your numbers can attract acquirers

0:37

Zero to Sold author Arvid Kahl explains how to build a sellable business

2:31

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl explains why a founder audience is valuable

1:01

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl explains why high-end GPUs are overkill for transcription

1:14

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on why he uses purchasing power parity pricing

1:13

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl: “that context layer needs to happen afterwards”

1:26

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on why people shared Feedback Panda

0:37

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl explains why software engineers are a bad audience to sell to

0:24

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on why delegating to Claude is like code review

0:31

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on why self-promotion fails in communities

0:35

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl explains how he used Claude to turn a transcript into product docs

0:25

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl: “anything more than four tends to degrade performance”

0:30

Bootstrapped founder Arvid Kahl on why you should focus on empowerment over abuse

0:29

Intro

▶️How to Build and Sell an Audience-First Business with Arvid Kahl | Mind Meld Podcast #331:26:13 · 15 Feb 2021

▶️How to find and grow your online audience with Arvid Kahl46:38 · 26 Apr 2023

Deep

📕Zero to Sold: How to Start, Run, and Sell a Bootstrapped Business

📕The Embedded Entrepreneur: How to Build an Audience-Driven Business

📄Finding an Audience for Your Side Business1 Oct 2020

📄Problem Validation: Making Sure You're Talking To The Right People6 Feb 2020

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Paul GrahamCo-founder of Y Combinator

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