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Arvid Kahl is a software engineer turned entrepreneur. He co-founded and FeedbackPanda, an online teacher productivity SaaS company, with his partner Danielle Simpson. They sold the business for a life-changing amount of money in 2019, two years after founding the business. Arvid writes on TheBootstrappedFounder.com because bootstrapping is a desirable, value- and wealth-generating way of running a company. In over a decade of working in startup businesses of all sizes, Arvid has learned a thing or two about what works, what doesn't, and how to increase the chances of building a successful business.
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What we covered in this episode:
- The Feedback Panda story
- Was the ambition to sell the company from the start?
- What Indie Hackers can learn from Zero to Sold
- What happens once you sell a business?
- Why settle on the format of a book?
- Why didn't Arvid make his book free?
- How to find a critical problem in a market that's willing to pay
- Tips for going into a crowded market
- How to to find your audience
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- Book: The Mom Test
- Podcast: Indie Hackers
- Indie Hacker: Sergio Mattei
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