The Bootstrapped Founder Podcast
1) 439: The Increasing Risk of Building in Public
Show note intro/teaser: Building in public helped me sell FeedbackPanda. That same radical transparency could now destroy a business overnight. With agentic coding tools, anyone can turn your publicly...Show More
2) 438: AI Liability: The Landmines Under Your SaaS
Google is banning accounts. Anthropic is locking down their plans. Two major AI providers are drawing hard lines around agentic systems — and most founders aren't ready for what that means. In this ep...Show More
3) 437: Data Is the Only Moat
Building software is getting dramatically easier — so what exactly are we building our businesses on? In this episode, I dig into why real-world data is the only reliable moat left for software founde...Show More
4) 436: When Long-Term Investments Finally Pay Off
What happens when the seeds you planted eighteen months ago finally start breaking through? In this episode, Arvid shares how Podscan's long-term investments are compounding—from programmatic SEO earn...Show More
5) 435: How to Actually Use Claude Code to Build Serious Software
After six months of building Podscan almost exclusively with Claude Code, Arvid shares the configuration and prompting strategies that make agentic coding actually work. From connecting Claude to your...Show More
6) 434: Follow Your Passion (But Not Like That)
"Follow your passion" consistently ranks as the most frustrating advice entrepreneurs receive. Today I'm breaking down why this well-meaning guidance becomes dangerous when followed blindly, and more ...Show More
7) 433: The 1% Improvement Myth
The "improve 1% every day" mantra sounds inspiring until you realize it mostly gets people tweaking button colors and reorganizing task managers. Real improvements in early-stage businesses come from ...Show More
8) 432: Don't Give Up... Your Assumptions
The entrepreneurial world loves telling founders to "never give up"—but what if that advice is slowly killing your business? In this episode, I unpack why persistence without direction is just expensi...Show More
9) 431: Many Heads, Not Many Hats: The Founder's Identity Crisis
We joke about founders wearing many hats, but that metaphor misses the point. It's not about swapping accessories—it's about growing entirely new heads, each with its own brain that thinks, speaks, an...Show More
10) 430: The Case Against Vendor Lock-In: Why Easy Exit Means Better Retention
There's something strange about founders who built their entire business on open source software and open standards, then turn around and say you should lock customers in as hard as possible. I think ...Show More