Displaying episodes 1 - 30 of 119 in total
119: The Power of Repetition
Arvid talks about repetition. Then, Arvid talks about repetition.
118: Building in Public: Maintaining a Positive Self-Image
Arvid talks about comparison, imposter syndrome, criticism, and advice.
117: What Founders Can Learn From Web3 Community-Building (And What They Can't)
Arvid talks about the amazing (and weird) properties of web3 communities.
116: Twitter: The Gathering. How and Where to Find the Right Followers
Arvid talks about his Twitter follower research strategy.
115: Make it Easy to Cancel
Arvid talks about the importance of the last interaction with your customer.
114: Building in Public: How to Build a Minipoly
Arvid talks about how and why to build a minipoly for yourself.
113: Building in Public: How Radical Transparency Hurts Founders
Arvid talks about why purism doesn't work.
112: Building in Public: Oversharing
Arvid talks about oversharing — and he's making sure he's not talking about it too much.
111: Passive Income and Entrepreneurship
Arvid talks about how he's moving from active to passive income.
110: Building in Public: What to Share at Which Stage of Your Journey
Arvid talks about the "what" and "when" of Building in Public.
109: Building in Public: Taking Breaks
Arvid talks about refilling the well.
108: Building in Public: Balancing Building and Sharing
Arvid talks about the relationship of building and sharing when building in public.
107: Too Little, Too Much: Advice and How to Take It
Arvid talks about advice and how to take it. It's very meta.
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.
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