Arvid Kahl on side projects, hobbies and making money as a founder

Arvid Kahl runs The Bootstrapped Founder, a podcast, newsletter and educational resource to help founders grow successful bootstrapped businesses. He’s also written two books, Zero to Sold and The Embedded Entreprenuer. Arvid is a returning guest, having previously been on the show almost 3 years ago, to talk about his exit from FeedbackPanda, which he grew to $55k MRR with his partner, Danielle.

In this episode we talk about life as a creator and solopreneur, how Arvid is scratching his SaaS itch and how people can leave their jobs to work on their side projects.

👉 Get the full 55 minute conversation here.

Timestamps

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:45 Turning hobbies into business
• 02:51 Structuring how you spend your time
• 05:14 Revenue for The Bootstrapped Founder
• 07:13 Why do consulting when you have runway
• 08:30 Scratching the coding itch
• 12:07 How to make a side project a main project
• 15:52 Recommendations

Recommendations

(Prev. the mom test, IH pod and Sergio Mattei)

• Book: The SaaS Playbook
• Podcast: The Greatest Generation
• Indie Hacker: Tony Dihn

My links

• Twitter
• Indie Bites Twitter
• Indie Bites YouTube
• Join the membership
• Personal Website
• 2 Hour Podcast Course
• PodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast)
• This Indie Life Podcast

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