Episode 744 | Bluesky, TinySeed is Raising, YC Backs Competitors, and More Hot Take Tuesday Topics

Startups For the Rest of Us

Rob Walling

Management, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.8 • 792 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In episode 744, Rob Walling is joined by Tracy Osborn and Einar Vollset to give their hot takes on some recent news. They cover the recent rise of Bluesky, kicking off a 4-figure bet between Tracy and Einar. Then they discuss TinySeed’s third fund, YC Combinator backing competitors, dealing with imposter syndrome, and finally government involvement in banning social media. Topics we cover: (1:49) – Will Bluesky survive and thrive? (9:07) – The bet on Bluesky growth (13:46) – TinySeed is raising a third fund (17:25) – Y Combinator backs duplicates (22:18) – Dealing with Imposter Syndrome (27:46) – Australia's social media ban Links from the Show: The SaaS Launchpad – Start Free with “The DNA of a Great SaaS Idea” Invest in TinySeed Rob Walling (@robwalling.com) | Bluesky TinySeed (@tinyseed.com) | Bluesky Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) (@tracyosborn.com) | Bluesky Einar Vollset (@einarvollset) | X Y Combinator often backs startups that duplicate other YC companies, data shows Procrastination and the Fear of Not Being 'Good Enough' by Swapnil Chauhan Startup Founders, Do THIS to Beat Imposter Syndrome Australia proposes 'world-leading' ban on social media for children under 16 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 back to start up to the rest of us. I'm Rob Walling. This is Hot Take Tuesday.
0:08.0	In this episode, we talk about the rise of Blue Sky and Anar and Tracy wind up making a four-figure cash bet about where they think Blue Sky's going to be three years from now.
0:21.1	Talk a little bit about tiny seed and how we are raising our next fund,
0:25.4	how Y Combinator backs competitors, and more Hot Take Tuesday topics.
0:30.2	Before we dive into that, the SaaS Launchpad course,
0:33.0	this is the most comprehensive and best course I've ever released on early stages, the very early
0:39.2	stages of just getting started, idea validation, launching, building a launch list, getting
0:43.7	to your first revenue. That course is live and we now have a free sample module called the
0:49.8	DNA of a great SaaS idea. It's a 28 minute video. This is 28 minutes of about, I think we have
0:56.5	nine and a half, maybe 10 hours total of instructional material, as well as dozens of
1:02.1	worksheets, checklists, forum where people are discussing the ideas and throwing it back and forth.
1:07.1	It's at SaaSlaunchpad.co, if you want to check it out, this is the first and only trial that we've offered for this course
1:14.6	to give you an idea of the level and the quality of the content, because the quality
1:17.9	of the content is far, far superior than stuff I'm putting out on YouTube.
1:22.1	It is far more in depth, and it is a book-level depth in a video course with full transcripts, summaries, and all that.
1:29.8	So SaaSlaunchpad.co, click the start free button to download the free sample, the DNA of a
1:36.4	great SaaS idea. And with that, let's dive into Hot Take Tuesday. day. This week, I'm joined once again by Tracy Makes on Twitter.
1:55.0	Well, I'm there, but... Or Tracy Osborne.com on Blue Sky.
2:01.6	Ooh, Blue Sky.
2:02.8	We're going to get into that in just a moment.
2:05.2	And Mr. Anar Volset on Twitter.
2:07.9	Absolutely.
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