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Rob Walling
Welcome to the MicroConf Podcast!
Every week, we feature the stories and strategies you need to level up your SaaS business. From the visionaries and makers who fuel sustainable, profitable software companies that don’t need to seek venture capital to make a meaningful impact in their lives.
Every week, we feature the stories and strategies you need to level up your SaaS business. From the visionaries and makers who fuel sustainable, profitable software companies that don’t need to seek venture capital to make a meaningful impact in their lives.
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Sep 22, 2021 • 39min
MicroConf Refresh Episode 38: Fill Your Lobby with Partners That Can Refer Your SaaS with Leonardo Barrientos Persico
It always helps to have a team behind you as you begin your next mission. Creating a partnership program with likeminded organizations and communities is a great way to get your product in front of potential customers and critical users. Leonardo will focus on his experience working with Start-Up Chile, 500 Startups México and others to help drive most of Lexgo’s early stage revenue.

Sep 15, 2021 • 31min
MicroConf Refresh Episode 37: The AppSumo Treasure Trove with Ruben Gamez
A conversation between Ruben Gamez and Rob Walling. Learn how Ruben maxed out the benefits of his AppSumo offer, what customizations are needed to improve your posts, and the points to back up these recommendations.

Sep 8, 2021 • 55min
MicroConf Refresh Episode 36: Reaching the Top of Product Hunt with Derrick Reimer
Living at the #2 Spot on ProductHunt for January 2021, Derrick will take you on a look behind the success of his launch with SavvyCal.

Sep 1, 2021 • 20min
MicroConf Refresh Episode 35: Early Stage SaaS Marketing with Rob Walling
An overview on early stage SaaS and software marketing strategies that can help you find your first customers.
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Aug 19, 2021 • 28min
Joining a Remote Startup Accelerator with Tony Chan
Coming to you in the last 24 hours to apply for TinySeed!
Learn what joining a remote startup accelerator is like from Tony Chan, co-founder of CloudForecast.io, who was accepted into the Spring 2021 batch of TinySeed, the MicroConf Startup Accelerator and Fund.
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Tony is a member of the MicroConf Connect community from launch and has been building CloudForecast, an AWS cost management tool that helps engineering teams monitor and eliminate wasted spend without spending. He is a 3x applicant to TinySeed, having applied over each of the application rounds.
TinySeed is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2021 batch of companies that we will welcome into our accelerator. If you'd like to apply, head over to https://tinyseed.com/apply
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Aug 18, 2021 • 27min
MicroConf Refresh Episode 34: How to Survive Building a Business and a Family at the Same Time Jeppe Liisberg
Featured in this week's episode are two of our Attendee Talks, which were selected by the audience at MicroConf Europe:
How to Survive Building a Business and a Family at the Same Time
Jeppe Liisberg
"I am a father of three. I have a startup that is almost break-even and has been so for years. I have a job to make ends meet. I'm struggling but coping. I'll be talking about creating and maintaining a sustainable work-life balance in this context. You've heard it before: there's an opportunity in every crisis. I've been spending time practising that, building a startup and a family at the same time. I'll be talking about the hard prioritisations you have to make every day. And about adjusting ambition, balancing personal goals and values along the way. I'll be giving tips and tricks to cope with stress, conflict and motivation."
A Frank Talk About Fear and How to Deal With It
Sergey Koltov
"In the beginning of this year I moved to another country; my wife and I are expecting our first baby in a few months; a revenue growth is slower than I expected, and so on, and so on. As an owner of a small self-funded startup, I constantly feel pressure but this year has become the hardest ones. The fear of failure started hindering my abilities to make good decisions. In June I started to fight back. I'm still far from overcoming it, but there is a good progress. In this talk, I will share what I learned in the last few months, why it is important to deal with fear on a regular basis, and what practices I use or experimented with."
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Aug 16, 2021 • 1h 4min
MicroConf On Air: Bonus Episode: TinySeed Fall 2021 SaaS Accelerator Application Info Session
The application for TinySeed’s Fall 2021 SaaS accelerator batch of startups will open for two weeks starting on August 9th, 2021.
Watch the video recording of the Fall 2021 Batch Info Session here: https://youtu.be/6dqTClonO2Y
Interested in applying? Join us for an info session with the TinySeed team to talk about the application process, what to expect as a member of TinySeed, and some of the things we are looking for in companies we welcome into the fold.
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We’ve written a few posts that might be helpful if you’re considering applying:
— Our Fall 2021 application announcement: https://tinyseed.com/latest/tinyseeds-fall-2021-application-announcement
— Preview our Fall 2021 application and requirements in this overview: https://tinyseed.com/latest/2021-application-preview
— Curious about what it's like being a TinySeed founder?
Part 1 - https://tinyseed.com/latest/whats-it-like-being-a-tinyseed-founder
Part 2 - https://tinyseed.com/latest/part-2-tinyseed-founder

Aug 11, 2021 • 29min
Ask Us Anything: MicroConf Edition with Xander Castro
Watch the video recording at https://youtu.be/eRbQOuuW-FQ
MicroConf has been around for a decade now and do we have some stories. If you've ever had any questions about what it takes to produce MicroConf, how we pivoted from an in person event to a digital community, or any other random question you have about MicroConf in general, we'll get those answered for you.
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Xander Castro is the Events Director for MicroConf. He joined the team back in 2014 as a freelance coordinator and has been producing MicroConf and MicroConf Europe ever since. In 2019, Xander was hired as a full time producer for the MicroConf and TinySeed team and has lead the charge on the expansion of the MicroConf brand, community, and digital presence ever since.
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Aug 4, 2021 • 43min
MicroConf Refresh Episode 33: Lessons From the Field 5 Proven Strategies for Faster Growth Rob Walling MicroConf Europe 2019
In this talk at MicroConf Europe 2019, Rob Walling (TinySeed, previously founder at Drip) covers five specific marketing tactics that are working for SaaS companies today.
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Jul 22, 2021 • 37min
MicroConf Refresh Episode 32: Victories & Tragedies The 3 Year Journey Building Balsamiq Cloud Peldi Guilizzoni MicroConf Europe 2019
Build a SaaS app!" they said... "It'll be great!" they said...it turns out, running an online service Is a big pain in the SaaS. In this talk I will tell you all about designing, building, selling, scaling, maintaining and supporting balsamiq.cloud, the online version of Balsamiq Wireframes. I'll focus on 'the things they don't tell you' and even give you the dirt about a massive data-loss incident from May 2018. Fasten your seatbelts, there will be turbulence!
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Giacomo 'Peldi' Guilizzoni is a programmer turned entrepreneur, who founded Balsamiq in 2008 and has been learning how to run and grow the company ever since. He has spoken at Microconf a few times along the way, to share his learnings and, mostly, his mistakes. He still loves to code, when he's allowed to by his team. :)
Check out Peldi’s MicroConf speakers page for more talks → https://microconf.com/speakers/peldi-...
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