Arvid Kahl
Empowering founders with kindness. Building in Public. Sold my SaaS FeedbackPanda for life-changing $ in 2019, now sharing my journey & what I learned.
Appears in 398 Episodes
396: Jack Friks — Building Tools That Empower Without Overwhelming
Jack Friks (@jackfriks) is the founder of PostBridge, a social media scheduling tool that grew from his own frustration with spending hours posting across platforms to...
395: From Code Writer to Code Editor: My AI-Assisted Development Workflow
My day-to-day coding looks very different from what it was a few years ago. Today, you'll learn about my voice-to-code workflow and how I leverage smart tools to have ...
394: Taylor Otwell — The (Quite Entrepreneurial) Creator of Laravel
Taylor Otwell (@taylorotwell) didn't just create the popular open-source framework Laravel. He turned it into a highly profitable business that helps developers build ...
393: AI is a Threat to SaaS Multiples
Software-as-a-service business acquisitions are in trouble. What is responsible for a downward trend in multiples and acquisition dollar amounts? It has a lot to do wi...
392: Building AI Businesses Without Breaking the Internet
Ever heard of model collapse? It occurs when AI models are trained on the outputs of previous AI models. And it's not pretty.I recently recorded an in-depth session fo...
391: AI is Flipping Our Relationship with Technology
Second brains were all the rage a year ago. Now, it feels like we're not just externalizing our thoughts; we're training a much bigger, much less personal brain. A fir...
390: When to Choose Local LLMs vs APIs
When I started Podscan, I wanted to go full local AI. Self-hosted, self-managed, self-serving. But that tune has changed. Here's what to think about when contemplating...
389: The Founder's First Hire: When to Let Go of Your Weaknesses
It's time. Solopreneurship works for a while, but it can't last forever. Not for me, not for Podscan. We need help.The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/th...
388: The Job To Be Done: Understanding Customer Value Communication
PMF is MIA without JTBD. Make sense? :DThe "job to be done" sits at the core of my customer's use of my product. I need to understand it to understand them. To fathom ...
387: Your API Documentation is Not For Developers Anymore
API docs used to be by and for developers. Now, non-technical people use AI tools to build integrations into our SaaS products. We need to rethink how we communicate w...
386: One Year of Podscan: Reflecting on Tech & Business Decisions
This week, I'm sharing behind-the-scenes choices that allowed Podscan's growth from a small experiment to a thriving business. I'll delve into the choices I've made an...
385: The Balancing Act: Free Trials, Value Demonstration, and Business Sustainability
Just how much of your service should a trial user be allowed to "try"? When it costs you real money to supply your product, when and how do you apply limits so that pe...
384: Podscan's Profitability Milestone: What's Next?
Podscan is profitable. Wild. A great success, a year after starting the business, and a fun opportunity to look at the options that lay before me. What will be my next...
383: Repositioning Podscan: From Monitoring to Data Platform
Last week, in my hotel room just after MicroConf, I got excited about repositioning. I have had some time to think about the steps forward since then, and here's what ...
382: I went to MicroConf in New Orleans
And I have a few things to say.In one of my rare directly-from-the-hotel-room-to-you episodes, I'll dive right into the many wonderful experiences of this uniquely ama...
381: How AI Changes Famous Laws in Software and Entrepreneurship
The rise of AI is fundamentally changing and challenging the classic laws and principles of software development and entrepreneurship. Drawing from my experience build...
380: Experiment Report: Trying New Things
When I talked to Anne-Laure Le Cunff earlier this week, we get into experiments and how to run them effectively. That made me think that I've been running quite a few ...
379: Anne-Laure Le Cunff — Tiny Experiments
Anne-Laure Le Cunff (@neuranne) is a neuroscientist and author of the book Tiny Experiments, where she shines a scientific light on how we set goals, what experiments ...
378: Think with AI, Do with People
I'm not usually trying to create FOMO in other founders — I know all too well that we're busy enough with what we're building.But if you're not using chat-based AI to ...
377: Virality is Poisonous
The most insidious consequence of chasing virality isn't that it makes you look foolish; it's that you're actively poisoning your precious audience.Here's what "playin...
376: Justin Moore — Becoming a Sponsor Magnet
Justin Moore (@justinmooretfam) knows a thing or two about sponsors. He's responsible for dozens of episodes of this very podcast to be sponsored! And what he taught m...
375: Mute those “Dings”
When notifications prevent you from focusing on your actual work, you know you're in trouble. Here's how I approach the balance between keeping an eye on the critical ...
374: Indie Hacking Databases at Scale
Databases are hard. Making the right choices early and keeping things running smoothly even when budget pressures and customer requests start piling on — that's the ha...
373: Delete Your Backlog
Sometimes, less is more. Here's how I pruned my feature backlog from 120 to 15 items.I'll share my decision-making framework; every single rule comes with examples. Ti...
372: Indie Hacking & the Singularity
One day, we'll all meld our minds into one, sharing our thoughts like the Borg on Star Trek.But before that, we have a few things to get done. And for us founders, tha...
371: Brian Sierakowski — Mastering Product Communication
Brian Sierakowski (@bsierakowski) has been busy over the last year: he started working on ChangeBot and TRMNL, and both projects are taking off.If you ever wondered wh...
370: Building Systems That Work While You Don't
This week, I was super sick — to the point where all I could do was rest in bed.The businesses needed to keep running, though. And fortunately, I set them up to do jus...
369: Expect-AI-tions
Expectations around AI tooling are changing, and software founders will be the first to either provide what people want — or perish.This episode is sponsored by Paddle...
368: Johannes Jäschke — From Hypnosis Innovation to Business Exit
Johannes Jäschke is a pioneer in the intersection of technology and mental health. From a college seminar to the forefront of digital well-being, Johannes developed Hy...
367: The Biggest Opportunity of 2025
Now that we're starting a new year, let's look ahead at the opportunities and challenges facing the software business world in 2025.This episode is sponsored by Paddle...