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 339 Episodes
337: Doing Things that Don’t Scale …Unintentionally
What happens when something that was good enough isn't good enough anymore?Unscalable hands-on experiments work great in the early stages of a business. But what if yo...
336: The 7 Deadly Sins of Indie Hacking
`Indie Hackers have sinned. They allowed the seven deadly sins into their founder lives. And now we must cast them out.Well, let's be a little bit less dramatic. We al...
335: Tipping Over
These last weeks have been a bit much. What do they say? “Take a break before the break takes you?” Well, I got quite close to that this week.This episode is sponsored...
334: Sincere, not Serious
Do you want to win the game or keep on playing?Today, I'll dive into a mentality shift I experienced recently while building Podscan: how about I just get rid of all t...
333: Kitze — Juggling Projects, ADHD, and the Indie Hacker Lifestyle
@Kitze, a Serial indie hacker and entrepreneur, shares his journey through a landscape filled with multiple projects like Sizzy, a browser for developers, Benji, a pro...
332: Beyond Small Bets — Embracing the Big Play
What happens when the 'small bets' strategy leads to a big win, and you're not prepared for it? Well, you adapt! So that's what I'm working on this week: figuring out ...
331: Geoff Roberts — Playing the Long Game
Geoff Roberts (@GeoffTRoberts) is the co-founder of Outseta, and he's halfway there, 7 years in. Outseta —the SaaS starter kit and the business behind it— is built and...
330: 50% New Users Overnight… and a Burning Server
This week was a duality of extremes for me. On one hand, I experienced an unprecedented growth spurt in my user numbers, while on the other hand, I stumbled into frust...
329: "AI For The Rest of Us"
Generative AI used to be for early adopters. But now, Apple is bringing it to every iPhone. What does this mean for indie founders?This episode is sponsored by Acquire...
328: Negotiating Bootstrapper Funding with Tyler Tringas
A few months ago, I raised a low 6-figure investment for Podscan. Here's the conversation between me and my investor, @tylertringas, that happened just before I signed...
327: Two (Surprisingly Scary) Tales of Platform Risk
This week, I almost lost access to my database, including all its backups. Also, a full-text index brought down my product. Neither were intended —obviously—, but both...
326: Zeno Rocha — From Bootstrapping to YCombinator
Zeno Rocha (@zenorocha) went through YC to build Resend, yet he still acts and thinks like a bootstrapper. In a world of polarized opinions about venture funding and n...
325: Indie Hackers’ Myopic View of AI
"Everyone and their mother are talking about AI. Every founder releases their 500th GPT wrapper.""AI is all hype, no substance."Or is it? What if our collective perspe...
324: Tim Schumacher — The Bootstrapper's Mindset
Tim Schumacher (@TimSchu), the mastermind behind SEDO and Adblock Plus, now leads the SaaS Group to new heights. With $60 million ARR, 20 thriving businesses, and 300 ...
323: The Power of the Dream Customer List
Today, you get a glimpse into an ongoing marketing experiment for Podscan.fm. What if I can frontload value for my future customers even before they sign up?Here's why...
322: Noah Kagan — Early Stage Founder Hurdles & How to Jump Them
Noah Kagan (@noahkagan) has made AppSumo a massive success — and he's spilling the beans on how to launch, build, and grow a successful software business. Noah likes t...
321: Unexpected Downtime: Stress as Enhancement vs. Stress as Panic
It started as a normal day — but then things started going wrong. And my stress levels rose.But I recently learned how to use that to my advantage. Here's how I wrangl...
320: Dr. Jessica Gold — Emotional Resilience and Self-Care for Founders
Dr. Jessica Gold (@blissscience) helps founders live an intentional and passionate life — which ultimately impacts their entrepreneurial success. She wants to put inte...
319: My SaaS Server Exploded (& How I Salvaged It)
Earlier this week, I finally found time to work on a large code change. When I deployed it, things got worse quickly. Here's what happened, why it happened, and how th...
318: Louie Bacaj — Betting Small to Win Big
Louie Bacaj (@LBacaj), once a Walmart engineer, made a bold career shift into the unpredictable world of venture capitalism and entrepreneurship. Now a co-leader of a ...
317: Podscan, 2 months and $1k MRR in
It's been two months of running Podscan at full speed.Have I spent 6 figures of money yet? Well, you'll see in this week's update :)This episode is sponsored by Acquir...
316: Marybeth Alexander — Knowledgebase Secrets
Marybeth Alexander is the Chief Executive Owl at KnowledgeOwl, a SaaS that focuses on providing the most impactful knowledgebase you could possibly have. We talk about...
315: MicroConf Atlanta — My Biggest Learnings
I went to MicroConf 2024 in Atlanta — here is what I learned. Literally. My brain just absorbed this. I recorded this episode minutes after waking up the day after the...
314: Nicolai Klemke — Switching Lanes: Physics PhD to Indie Hacker
Nicolai Klemke (@nicolaiklemke) is an Indie Hacker with a PhD in Physics. Talk about a career change! Nicolai shares his founder journey from learning how to code to m...
313: Challenges of Offering an API
When you sell access to an API, what should you keep in mind? How would you protect your data but still make it easy to use? What product and legal repercussions does ...
312: Aaron Francis — You're FIRED!
Aaron Francis (@aarondfrancis) lost his job and gained a new outlook on life — or rather, he stepped into entrepreneurship for good. Aaron weighed his options, found o...
311: Finding my Ideal Customer Profile
This week, I share my journey to finding Ideal Customer Profile — live on air. In this episode, I share my framework for determining who I will build for, market to, a...
310: Jessica Malnik — How to Communicate as an Indie Hacker
Jessica Malnik (@jessicamalnik) deeply understands how remote work has changed the world of marketing and running a business. And fortunately, she's sharing her knowle...
309: Funded!
Big news! Podscan.fm, my B2B SaaS that alerts you when your keywords or topics are mentioned in any podcast anywhere, has received bootstrapper-aligned funding from Ca...
308: Michael Taylor — Prompt Engineering for Fun & Profit
Mike Taylor (@hammer_mt) literally wrote the book on Prompt Engineering. He paints a vivid picture of a future where generative AI could make our traditional databases...
