In episode 731, join Rob Walling and Derrick Reimer as they tackle some more advanced listener questions. They discuss delegation and giving up areas of control as a founder, including examples from their time together at Drip. Derrick describes how he approaches partnering with other SaaS businesses and why planning a full quarter ahead doesn’t work for many bootstrapped founders.

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Topics we cover: 

• 1:17 – Delegating as a perfectionist
• 7:19 – Learning to hire those that are better than you in some domains
• 14:50 – Risk vs. certainty
• 19:01 – Finding specialized marketing roles vs. a generalist
• 24:04 – Managing partnerships with other SaaS products
• 31:17 – Reaching out about partnerships
• 32:46 – Quarterly planning for your SaaS
• 34:20 – Planning in smaller time blocks
• 40:58 – Quizzing developers’ on their knowledge

Links from the Show: 

• Purchase The SaaS Launchpad
• TinySeed
• The SaaS Playbook
• MicroConf YouTube Channel
• Derrick Reimer (@derrickreimer) | X
• SavvyCal
• Finding Fulfillment by Jason Cohen
• Shape Up

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!

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