Asia Orangio, CEO of Demand Maven, discusses early stage marketing and growth challenges, overcoming inhibition to conduct customer interviews, go-to market and freemium strategies, navigating audience expansion, hiring and building a team, and first hire selection and fractional hires.

Explore the significance of feedback for podcasters, the power of influence in decision-making, and the role of influencers in providing context and categorization. Learn about the value of curiosity and respect in finding an audience for your work and how Acquire.com helps founders sell their businesses.

Kasey Jones, a maven in authentic online identity, discusses overcoming fear and sharing with intention on social media. She emphasizes the power of vulnerability and strategic self-revelation, highlighting the transformative impact of embracing both successes and failures. The podcast explores building authority through intentional content creation and the importance of feedback in fostering personal growth. Strategies for overcoming stagnation and selling a business are also discussed.

In this podcast, the host explores business validation traps, such as confusing users with customers and listening to the wrong segments of the user base. It discusses the importance of actively searching for reasons why an idea might be wrong and prioritizing paying customers. The speaker also shares their decision to focus on infrastructure maintenance, rethinking the free tier, and the possibility of selling their business. The advantages of using acquire.com for selling a business are highlighted.

Kevon Cheung, an expert builder-in-public and founder of a SaaS venture, discusses the raw intricacies of aligning personal mission with entrepreneurial spirit. He emphasizes the critical role of a financial safety net and shares highs and lows of business creation. Exploring the challenges of building in public, he highlights self-limiting beliefs, fear of showing unfinished work, and difficulty in asking for insights. The chapter also explores the importance of balancing personal and professional life on social media.

This podcast explores the opportunities and challenges of AI in SaaS. It discusses the growing presence of AI in everyday life and the ease of incorporating it into products. It also talks about using AI-generated personalized videos for cold calling and managing dependency risk. The idea of AI as a feature is discussed, as well as the importance of embracing AI while having fallback systems in place.

Dominic Monn, the pioneering founder of MentorCruise, shares the secrets behind building a flourishing online mentorship community. Topics discussed include building and scaling a vetted marketplace, pricing and evolution of mentorship platform, metrics and tools for marketplace growth, and building a business in Switzerland.

In this podcast, the host reflects on the holiday season as a time for reevaluating choices and making plans for the upcoming year. They discuss the importance of being prepared for potential challenges in a software business, concerns about cost, abuse, and security with external dependencies, their approach to documentation and mitigation plans, and their ideal outcome for their software business.

Nicolas Cole, co-founder of Ship30for30, shares why indie hackers should embrace writing as a valuable tool. He discusses the power of writing for customer acquisition, reputation, and income. The conversation explores the evolution of writing, being a conduit as a writer, and understanding reader preferences. They also discuss different ways writers can monetize their work and the importance of starting small and building skills.

The podcast discusses the transformative power of AI-assisted coding, surpassing the potential of no-code tools. It explores the challenges of audio quality in messages and the limitations of no-code platforms for audio professionals. The podcast also highlights the importance of selling a business at the right time and reclaiming time for new ventures.