Episode 668 | 9 Key Takeaways from MicroConf U.S. 2023 in Denver

Startups For the Rest of Us

Rob Walling

Management, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.8 • 792 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In episode 668, Rob Walling and Arvid Kahl share nine key takeaways from MicroConf US 2023 in Denver. They cover topics ranging from founder mental health, shared motivations for bootstrapping, the value of in-person conferences, and the MicroConf experimentation that led to the “Chaos Lunch”. Topics we cover: 2:04 – MicroConf 2023 in Denver, building back after COVID 9:09 – Founders are sharing an experience of struggles and pivots 11:21 – Why nothing beats being in a room together 14:07 – Discussing mental health in a welcoming environment 17:07 – How experimentation on the MicroConf format led to “Chaos Lunch” 21:03 – Sharing strategies and tactics, Dev Basu’s talk on product marketing 24:28 – What motivations do founders have for running their SaaS businesses 27:27 – Arvid’s workshop encourages discussion of founder mental health 30:22 – MicroConf’s powerful Hallway track 32:45 – Patrick Campbell’s talk on mental frameworks and founder paths 36:47 – Upcoming MicroConf events 40:05 – The not-so-hidden track: Arvid’s Twitter growth and strategy Links from the Show: MicroConf US 2024 | Atlanta, GA | April 21 - 23, 2024 MicroConf US Recordings Arvid Kahl (@arvidkahl) I Twitter Episode 492 | From Zero to $55k MRR to Exit (in 2 Years) with Feedback Panda thebootstrappedfounder.com Lianna Patch (@punchlinecopy) | Twitter Claire Suellentrop (@ClaireSuellen) | Twitter Dev Basu (@devbasu) | Twitter Patrick Campbell (@Patticus) Twitter John Ndege (@johnndege) | Twitter Comte Anthony Eden (@aeden) | Twitter Quiet Light (@quietlightinc) | Twitter Sherry Walling (@sherrywalling) | Twitter 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 |

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0:00.0	Welcome to Startups for the rest of us. I'm your host, Rob Walling. Today I sit down with
0:04.1	Arvid Call, and we talk through nine key takeaways from MicroConf US 2023 in Denver that
0:10.9	happened just a couple months ago. It was great to get Arvid back on the show. He was on here
0:16.1	about two years ago talking about his exit with feedback panda. And today we talk through microconf in Denver.
0:24.2	As mentioned in the episode, our next microconf is in October, in Lisbon, Portugal. And then we have
0:30.1	one in Atlanta next April. You can head to microconf.com if you want to find out more and to buy tickets.
0:36.8	We try pretty carefully in today's show to offer takeaways that have meaning even if you
0:41.9	weren't at the event.
0:43.1	I think a lot of event podcasts are great if you were at the event.
0:46.7	And then if you weren't, they don't have much meaning.
0:48.9	So hopefully this is a helpful walkthrough things that we took away from the event.
0:53.1	And if you're not familiar with
0:54.5	Arvid, he and his wife bootstrapped Feedback Panda to an exit. What about, I'm trying to think.
1:01.0	It was like four or five years ago now. And since then, he's been writing and building in public.
1:06.2	He has about 114,000 Twitter followers, and that becomes important if you make it to the,
1:11.2	there's an after-credit scene. It's a hidden track at the end of the podcast. That's actually why
1:15.9	this is long. We end the episode, and then we talked through some Twitter strategy, because I really
1:19.7	wanted to hear how he built such a large following so quickly. But Arvid is a maker, he's a developer,
1:26.0	he's a writer, And he's a teacher.
1:28.8	And he's written multiple books.
1:30.1	You can find out more about him at the bootstrapped founder.com.
1:33.0	And with that, let's dive into our conversation.
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