Episode 713 | Our Top 5 Takeaways from MicroConf US 2024 (with Arvid Kahl)

Startups For the Rest of Us

Rob Walling

Entrepreneurship, Management, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In episode 713, Rob Walling is joined by Arvid Kahl to share their experience from MicroConf US 2024 in Atlanta. They each discuss their top 5 moments, ranging from Dr. Sherry Walling’s talk on motivation to Ben Chestnut’s chat with Rob onstage. They agree that there’s nothing quite like being in the room with everyone and soaking in all the interactions outside of the official talks. If you missed the event and had some MicroConf FOMO, make sure to sign up for our email list to be notified when the tickets for our next event go on sale.! Click here to watch Rob’s Fireside Chat with Ben Chestnut! Episode Sponsor: We have been partnering with Lemon.io for several years, and they’ve proven to be a great choice when it comes to hiring for a highly skilled developer to work on your project. Here are five reasons why you should consider working with Lemon.io. The time from your request to getting a candidate is just 48 hours. Developers have previously worked with tech giants such as Apple, Google, Netflix, Airbnb, Intel, and LEGO. They only provide senior devs, with an average of 7 years' experience. Their talent pool covers more than 300 dev languages & frameworks. Your hire comes with a zero-risk, replacement guarantee. Customers of Lemon.io typically stick around for at least a year, proving they know how to gain your trust by delivering consistent results. Quit wasting time searching for a solid developer at a great price. Get in touch with Lemon.io. As a bonus for our podcast listeners, you’ll get a 15% discount on your first four weeks of working with a developer at lemon.io/startups. That’s lemon.io/startups Topics we cover: 1:05 – Key takeaways from MicroConf 2024 3:45 – Dr. Sherry Walling’s talk on motivation 7:02 – Stephen Steer’s sales scripts talk 9:25 – Live valuation of a business by Quiet Light Brokerage 12:23 – Micro excursions that allow founders to connect with one another 14:09 – The hallway track outside of the venue 15:53 – ”Nothing beats being in a room” 19:22 – Lack of hierarchy among founders 22:38 – Lianna Patch’s copywriting swipe file 23:50 – Ben Chestnut is just like one of us 29:50 – Don’t get stuck with MicroConf FOMO Links from the Show: MicroConf Europe | Dubrovnik - October 6 - 8, 2024 MicroConf US 2025 Waiting List Arvid Kahl (@arvidkahl) | X The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together by Sherry Walling, PhD and Rob Walling Sherry Walling (@sherrywalling) | X

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0:00.0	Can you believe it's time for another episode of startups or the rest of us?
0:03.6	As always, I'm your host Rob Walling, and in this episode, Arvid Call joins me to talk about
0:09.5	our five key takeaways from MicroConf US 2024 that happened just a couple days ago as of this
0:16.7	recording in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a great event, and I don't just say that as someone who ran
0:23.5	and organized it, the feedback, the positivity, the energy. I tell you, it brought me back,
0:29.3	raring to go, ready to get stuff done. My guess is as you listen to this conversation between
0:34.5	Arvid and I, that you will feel some serious fomo. And you probably should
0:37.9	because the event was, it was that good. If you know me, you know that I have a tough time
0:41.7	talking up the things that I do too much. But this really, really was a special event. So you
0:48.6	don't want to miss future events. Head to microcomf.com. Sign up for the email list.
0:52.3	We have another flagship event happening in Dubrovnik here in October of 24.
0:59.0	And then next spring, probably April, we will have another U.S. event and you won't want to miss it.
1:05.0	And with that, let's dive into our key takeaways from MicroConf 2024.
1:21.1	Thank you. to our key takeaways from MicroConf 2024. Arvid, thanks for coming back
1:22.8	on startup for the rest of us.
1:24.2	An absolute pleasure now that I'm awake.
1:26.9	I am trucked. Punch drunk was the expression I use. An absolute pleasure now that I'm awake. I am trucked.
1:28.7	Punch drunk was the expression I use.
1:30.9	So we are two over-caffeinated, very tired geeks, home from MicroConf, Atlanta.
1:36.7	That's right.
1:37.9	And I believe this was our, I was trying to figure out, I think this actually was our
1:42.4	10th U.S. event because we started
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