In episode 746, Rob Walling looks ahead to 2025 with nine startup predictions, exploring trends in no-code tools, search, autonomous vehicles, AI, and an increase in platform risk for bootstrapped founders.

Topics we cover:

(1:52) – Carrying forward predictions from 2024
(3:09) – Search volume for Google organic SEO
(6:34) – Ads in AI interfaces
(7:50) – Google’s revenue drops, bootstrapper opportunities
(10:07) – “AI” use in H1’s
(14:01) – Self-driving taxis
(19:28) – Platform risk intensifies

Links from the Show:

Exit Strategy: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling Your Business Without Regret
Episode 697 | 7 Predictions for SaaS Bootstrappers in 2024
Episode 725 | SEO in the Age of AI, Freemium, When Brand Becomes Important, and More Advanced Listener Questions (with Ruben Gamez)
LINKLO
TinySeed
Episode 735 | The 8 Levels of SaaS Platform Risk (A Rob Solo Adventure)

If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!

Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify

John A. Macdonald and the Apocalyptic Year, 1885

Mentioned by

Mentioned in 0 episodes

The AI-powered Podcast Player