Episode 769 | Key Insights from MicroConf 2025 in New Orleans

Startups For the Rest of Us

Rob Walling

Management, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.8 • 792 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Did you miss out on MicroConf US in New Orleans? In episode 769, Rob Walling welcomes Derrick Reimer back to share highlights from MicroConf New Orleans. They dive into the event's vibrant atmosphere, standout founder talks, and the energizing mix of new and familiar faces that made this gathering in the Big Easy truly special. Topics we cover: (1:40) – MicroConf New Orleans audience breakdown (5:50) – Upcoming MicroConf events (9:05) – 5 Lessons That Exits Teach Us About Running Our Business (12:35) – Anthony Pierri’s talk about homepage positioning (15:16) – 4 New Orleans excursions (17:17) – Talks on copywriting, pricing, and LinkedIn outreach (25:57) – Reviewing attendee feedback Links from the Show: MicroConf Connect Applications Open Until April 9th MicroConf Growth Retreat MicroConf Europe 2025 MicroConf Remote Exit Strategy by Sherry Walling, PhD & Rob Walling Derrick Reimer (@derrickreimer) | X Derrick Reimer(@derrickreimer.com) | Bluesky SavvyCal Episode 737 | Key Takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2024 (With Derrick Reimer) Anthony Pierri (@apierriPMM) | X Lianna Patch (@punchlinecopy.com) | Bluesky Street Pricing by Marcos Rivera Episode 765 | TinySeed Tales s4e9: Making the hardest decision 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 Startups for the Rest of Us. I'm Rob Walling. And in this episode, I welcome Derek Reimer back to the show. And we talk through our takeaways from MicroConf in New Orleans, what's happened, well, just last week as we're recording this, but it's a couple weeks ago as this episode is released. Before we dive into our takeaways, applications are open for MicroConf Connect,
0:21.8	and they're open until tomorrow, April 9th.
0:24.4	MicroConf Connect is our online community of hundreds of B2B SaaS founders
0:30.2	who are sharing the journey, helping each other out, asking for advice.
0:35.0	If you want to extend the MicroConf hallway track to a year-round online community
0:40.3	that's microconf connect and if you are accepted we have an application process but if you are
0:45.8	accepted you will have access to a microcomf connect live session with west bush author of product
0:51.5	led growth and you can also join me for another Ask Me Anything that I'm doing, I believe, in April.
0:59.3	You can learn more and apply at microconnect.com. In addition, we have an in-person event coming up in
1:05.7	London, May 14th through 16th, 2025. This is our microcomf growth retreat. It's a smaller, more intimate event
1:12.8	designed to inspire deeper conversations. Between 40 and 60 founders will be in attendance. We will sell
1:20.0	this event out. It's going to have morning, work sessions, and afternoon excursions. Head to
1:24.3	microcom.com slash retreat if you're interested in attending that in London.
1:29.6	And with that,
1:30.4	let's dive into my conversation with Derek.
1:39.5	Derek Grimer, welcome back to startups
1:41.6	for the rest of us.
1:42.8	Thanks for having me.
1:44.1	Yeah, I'm so excited to talk about microconf in New Orleans took place just last week.
1:49.7	This is your 13th.
1:52.1	Like, we just lost count.
1:53.3	I'm losing count.
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