Navigating Team Composition and Hiring in Startups

In episode 760, join Rob Walling as he takes on some listener questions in another solo adventure. He offers insights on balancing custom-built solutions versus white-labeled components, and the impact white labeling has on company valuation and growth. He also discusses strategic hiring, founder mindsets, and tools for tracking your SaaS success.

Topics we cover: 

• (2:30) – Considerations when white-labeling within your SaaS
• (9:03) – Does relying on other SaaS affect our valuation?
• (10:10) – Tools for tracking SaaS metrics to enable scaling
• (17:03) – Do founder mindsets change at MRR milestones?
• (21:34) – Mistakes founders make in their mindset
• (25:27) – Forcing an onboarding step
• (27:29) – Determining team composition

Links from the Show: 

• The SaaS Launchpad
• The SaaS Playbook
• Episode 735 | The 8 Levels of SaaS Platform Risk (A Rob Solo Adventure)
• Invest in TinySeed
• Episode 685 | 7 Things You Should Never Do (A Rob Solo Adventure)
• Episode 722 | Bootstrapping a Vertical SaaS to 7-Figures in 18 Months

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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