Displaying episodes 1 - 30 of 106 in total
106: Burnout
Arvid talks about his experiences with burnout.
105: What Founders Can Learn From the Facebook Outage
Arvid talks about reframing outages into opportunities.
104: Copycats and Endurance
Arvid talks about how to deal with copycats and our own self-talk.
103: Audience-building is not Community-Building
Arvid talks about honesty and why a community is not an audience.
102: Pivoting in Public: Risks and Opportunities
Arvid talks about what makes a public pivot a good (or a bad) idea.
101: Why Reading Fiction Is Important for Entrepreneurs
Arvid talks about how adding fiction to the mix improved his empathy.
100: Consistency, Accountability, and Perseverance
Arvid talks about what it took to get to 100 episodes.
99: Of Tangibility and Lawnmowers
Arvid talks about tangible results and delayed feedback for SaaS founders.
98: The Creeping Nature of Stress for a SaaS Founder
Arvid talks about his stressful experiences running FeedbackPanda.
97: Why Competition is Good For Business
Arvid talks about the benefits of competition and what you can learn from them.
96: Hyrum's Law
Arvid talks about what happens when people use your product in unexpected ways.
95: What Watching Gamers Fail for Days Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship
Arvid talks about World of Warcraft and what entrepreneurs can learn from it.
94: How to Kill Your Business
Arvid talks about problem inversion and what you can learn from trying to kill your business.
93: Conversations are at the Core of Engagement
Arvid talks about what to engage with — and what to avoid.
92: The Myth of the Immediate Payoff
Arvid talks about finite and infinite games — and why that matters.
91: Say Thank You
Arvid talks about gratitude and how to make the people you care about feel it.
90: Competition Isn't Always a Business
Arvid talks about competitive alternatives and what they look like.
89: Selfish vs. Selfless: Self-Promotion in Communities
Arvid talks about why not all self-promotion is evil and how to get it right.
88: Properties of an Interesting Problem
Arvid talks about critical problems and how to detect them.
87: The Line Between Stealing and Being Inspired
Arvid talks about how far being inspired by competitors can take your business — and when to stop.
86: Audience-Building and Relatable Content
Arvid talks about how to balance the remarkable and the relatable when it comes to content.
85: Platform Risk and the Three Kinds of Audiences
Arvid launched a book. He also talks about platform risk and how to avoid it.
84: Impostor Syndrome and Building Capital
Arvid talks about why your unique personal story matters when you build an audience.
83: Entrepreneurship, Job Security, and Wealth Creation
Arvid talks about employment, entrepreneurship, and owning the fruits of your labor.
82: Accountability Systems for Founders
Arvid talks about building in public, mentorship, masterminds, and how to stay accountable.
81: All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Navigating Bootstrapping Advice
Arvid shares his frameworks for listening to advice.
80: SaaS, Self-Talk, and Many Small Bets
Arvid talks about how he deals with negative self-talk.
79: Audience Graduation
Arvid talks about what happens when your followers "graduate" from your audience — and how to avoid it.
78: Lifetime Deals and SaaS Businesses
Arvid talks about Lifetime Deals, and how you can run one without breaking your business.
77: The Goals of Audience-Building
Arvid talks about building a personal / professional brand and the the 3 pillars of growth.
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