Arvid Kahl, a software engineer turned entrepreneur, shares his journey in audience building and SaaS business strategies. He emphasizes the crucial steps of understanding market needs before product development. Listeners will learn about the importance of engaging communities, strategies for successful product launches, and finding the right audience. Arvid also discusses his experience with Feedback Panda and the emotional aspects of entrepreneurship. His insights provide valuable guidance for anyone looking to build a sustainable online business.
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Audience-First Approach
Embed yourself in existing online communities where your target audience gathers.
Observe their language, pain points, and needs before building any product.
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Building Trust and Reputation
Actively participate in communities, ask questions, and build relationships.
Don't just lurk; become a trusted member by offering value and engaging in conversations.
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Validating Product Ideas
Keep a tally of recurring problems, complaints, recommendations, and alternative requests in your chosen community.
This data-driven approach helps validate your product idea and ensures it addresses a real need.
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Zero to Sold is an actionable guide that takes readers through the four stages of a bootstrapped business: Preparation, Survival, Stability, and Growth. The book recounts the story of FeedbackPanda, a bootstrapped SaaS business that grew to thousands of customers before being sold. It provides practical advice on validating ideas, building products, and growing businesses sustainably, with a focus on mental health and real-world experiences.
The Embedded Entrepreneur
How to Build an Audience-Driven Business
Arvid Kahl
In 'The Embedded Entrepreneur', Arvid Kahl provides a comprehensive guide on how to build a business by first identifying and engaging with the target audience. Instead of developing solutions in search of customers, embedded entrepreneurs join communities, observe, participate, and transform their learnings into products that meet the needs of their audience. The book covers key aspects such as audience discovery, exploration, problem identification, and leveraging social media to build and monetize an audience. Kahl shares his own experiences and practical advice, making the book a valuable resource for entrepreneurs and community builders.
#517 Many of the guests on this show are people I know personally. Today's guest, however, comes to me by way of crowdsourcing. Arvid Kahl is someone who was recommended by several of the members of Team SPI, and I couldn't be happier that they did. Arvid is one of the most fascinating people I've met in a long time. He's a software engineer and entrepreneur who's been building businesses the right way. What do I mean by that? Well, everything that I've talked about in terms of finding an audience you can serve and figuring out what they need? Arvid is doing it about as well as anybody out there, and he's going to tell us all about it today. This is going to be a really great episode because we're going to be going, almost from start to finish, from building an audience, to learning about that audience, and building something for that audience. You're going to learn a number of powerful principles and strategies that'll help you get started building a following, a community, and a business today. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session517.
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