Episode 598 | Diversity, Mission & Values, How to Start, and More Listener Questions

Startups For the Rest of Us

Rob Walling

Management, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.8 • 792 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In episode 598, join Rob Walling as he answers listener emails. Topics range from diversity in the startup ecosystem and when’s the right time to write your company’s mission, philosophy, and values to how to find good business ideas and the different approaches for developing features for a new app. Episode Sponsor: Microsoft for Startups Founder Hub Microsoft for Startups is on a mission to help all founders innovate and grow no matter their background, location, or progress. Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub is a platform that provides founders with free resources to help solve startup challenges, including access to Azure credits, development tools like Github, mentorship resources, Microsoft collaboration and productivity software like Teams and Outlook and more. The program is open to all and takes 5 minutes to sign up, with no funding required. Learn more aka.ms/startupsfortherestofus Topics we cover: [1:21] MicroConf Remote 4.0 [1:59] Improving diversity in the startup ecosystem [8:11] Is bootstrapping the great equalizer in business? [8:51] The right time to work on company values, mission statements, and philosophy [14:02] Developing features for a new app [15:18] How to figure out your minimum lovable product [21:18] How to find business ideas Links from the Show: State of Independent SaaS The Updated Survival Guide for Bootstrapping SaaS I MicroConf On Air Episode 589 I Finding a SaaS idea through 70 cold calls My First Million Tropical MBA If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you. Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher

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0:00.0	I think a lot of us left and started our own companies because we didn't want to deal with
0:03.9	BS, like company mission, philosophy, and values, because we've all worked at large companies
0:08.6	who use these buzzwords, right, philosophy values, mission, and then don't live up to them.
0:13.7	And they're kind of made up in some boardroom and they're fiction.
0:16.7	I was against introducing these into my companies that I was starting.
0:20.0	But about the point that you hit, I'd say it's between seven to ten people.
0:24.7	You start to realize that if you don't set some type of agenda, you know, for the company or mission and values, then it will happen on its own.
0:51.0	You're in the right place. It's another episode of startups for the rest of us.
0:53.3	I'm your host, Rob Walling.
0:54.6	And every week, since 2010, we've been shipping content for ambitious startups, founders
0:59.2	who want to maybe not change the whole world, but just change their little corner of it.
1:04.0	Thanks for joining me today.
1:05.1	I'm excited to dive in to listener questions.
1:07.6	This is Rob Solo Adventure.
1:09.9	And today I'm going to be talking about things ranging
1:11.5	from diversity and startups to timing for mission philosophy and values, how to develop
1:16.7	features for a new app, whether to go wide or go deep, and several others. But before we dive in,
1:22.0	I want to let you know that tickets to MicroConf Remote 4.0 are now on sale. For this event,
1:29.2	we'll be talking all things finance for Bootstrap Founders. We're going to cover topics like pricing, budgeting, accounting, financing,
1:34.7	and investing. The event is virtual. It takes place May 3rd through the 5th from 11 a.m. to 1230 p.m.
1:43.2	daily. I believe that is central time, but I will need to check on that.
1:47.1	Register now at microcomfremote.com and use promo code MCMoney, like microcomf money.
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