Navigating Market Validation and Business Exposure Risks

In episode 641, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers more listener questions. Topics covered range from dealing with high churn when your tool is project-based, what product feedback to listen to in the early days, and when to hire project-level thinkers vs. task-level thinkers.

Topics we cover: 

• 3:18 - Dealing with high churn when your tool is project-based
• 8:38 - Going upmarket
• 9:42 - Who to listen to in the early days to improve your product
• 15:47 - Should I worry about people copying my business idea?
• 24:26 - Should I join MicroConf Connect if I’m still in the idea validation phase?
• 25:54 - Hiring project-level thinkers vs. task-level workers

Links from the Show:

• The SaaS Playbook
• MicroConf 2023 Accountability Challenge 
• MicroConf Connect 

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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