MicroConf On Air: Rob Walling Answers Audience Questions

A Rob Q+A Solo Adventure! Rob Walling answered listener questions live from MicroConf Connect (https://microconfconnect.com).

Topics Covered:

• What are three key tips for pre-launch, pre-revenue to make sure that you absolutely must do?

• What has the body of a Unicorn and the head of a Pegasus?

• How was launching Tiny Seed Tales different than Startups for the Rest of Us podcast? What's changed in terms of "podcast launch strategy" since then?

• How to deal with anxiety when launching starting something new?

• Picking Customer Pain for my companies segment, as opposed to Competitor Pain and general observations about SaaS for non-technical customers.

• If Rob was starting over today and trying to find a ".Net invoicing" to acquire and iterate on, where would he look?

• Where should the balance fall between domain knowledge, industry connections and general sales skills when hiring your first sales person?

• What is the best thing to do if revenue has plateaued?

• What advice do you have for staying positive in spite of frequent fires caused by platform risk?

• How to find a good SaaS idea?

Links and books from this episode:

• The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick

• List of SaaS Marketplaces

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