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I don’t see signs of this yet. We’re still seeing the same level of companies with traction come through each time we run an application process for TinySeed (accelerator focused o…

Bravo, @paraschopra What an incredible journey. I remember when you launched. I hadn't realized it was 16 years ago! I'll hit you up privately with an invite to tell your story on …

100% I would move out of the bay area if I had the means and I was bootstrapping. I grew up in the East Bay, but I bootstrapped my companies in New Haven, CT and Fresno, CA, both m…

My more up-to-date follow up to Start Small, Stay Small is The SaaS Playbook. Aimed at people who are bootstrapping or mostly bootstrapping.

Here are a couple links if you want to get started with my work, all focused on bootstrapping profitable SaaS companies: [Stair Step Method of Bootstrapping] https://robwalling.com…

That's at https://microconf.com/connect

Thanks for the kind words, Adrig! (about MicroConf, my book, etc). I really do appreciate it. Some links to what Adrig mentioned: - https://www.indiehackers.com - https://microconf…

Thanks for the kind mention in this article. I’m going to be honest, I started blogging and writing books (and now podcasting) because I was SO TIRED of the vague business advice I…

In addition to the content we (MicroConf) have put out on this topic, and the community we’ve built that allows people to find co-founders, we’re also gearing up a co-founder match…

Zero to Exit Start Small, Stay Small The SaaS Playbook Startups for the Rest of Us podcast YouTube.com/MicroConf Indie.vc Tinyseed.com

For sure check out MicroConf.com/YouTube and the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. I’m the host of both, a former developer turned entrepreneur, and both of those are designed f…

We wouldn’t “easily grow 2x” if we served every type of software entrepreneur. We used to cater to all software: mobile apps, desktop, WordPress, etc. and we still have many folks …

Awesome!

Congrats, Matt. I've enjoyed watching your journey for the past decade and am very excited that you're able to go FT on Preceden.

Appreciate the shout, Torte!

Thanks for the MicroConf shout! Check out https://youtube.com/microconf and https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com for a long list of SaaS founder stories/case studies.

Author of Start Small, Stay Small here. Thanks for the mention, and I'm glad the book was helpful for you. It sounds like you've built a great business that does exactly what you w…

You rock, thank you sir!

Our minimum requirement to apply is $500 in MRR. If you're below that I'd encourage you to apply to our next round, which will open in ~6 months.

All of that sprang out of https://startsmall.com , which I published back in 2010. The examples are dated, but the core concepts still hold 12 years later.

It is. I'm trying to wrap up the book I'm currently working on, then plan to circle back to updating SSSS next year.

Ha! Yeah, Internet commenters are the best :-) I also took his comment as sarcasm, or just uninformed. But you are correct, Andy, I've earned (literally) 100x more money from build…

I have been talking + writing about this topic for about 15 years. It's a bigger topic than one could cover in a HN comment, so here are a few resources I'd recommend: - If you're …

https://microconf.com/youtube for the MicroConf YT channel.

Absolutely. We (MicroConf/TinySeed) ran some numbers to try to quantify press coverage of “boring” software companies, which confirms dsaavy’s comment: https://tinyseed.com/latest/…