82: Idea to Validation to Launch: MicroConf 2019
Derrick and Ben have descended upon Las Vegas for MicroConf and an audience hungry for valuable tips on how to successfully start and grow a business.
\n\nBen will have two Starter Edition sessions: Q & A with Rob Walling and Idea to Validation to Launch: The First 365 Days of Tuple.
\n\nToday\u2019s Topics Include:
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- MicroConf Goals: Connect with people, spend quality time with friends; don\u2019t feel guilty or FOMO about not going to all talks \n
- Ben\u2019s seeking a designer to replace super-successful Steve Schoger \n
- Optimism to Realism: Derrick\u2019s shift in mindset about Level at 2018 vs. 2019 MicroConf \n
- Sharing wisdom and giving advice - all of the fun, and none of the hard work \n
- Not knowing what makes someone a good fit for Level; let people vote with their dollars \n
- Getting more founders into therapy to help their mental health \n
- Derrick\u2019s mentor role for TinySeed: The Startup Accelerator Designed for Bootstrappers \n
- Tuple\u2019s theme of recurring and expansion charges, but also one churn so far \n
Links and resources:
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\n\nDerrick Reimer on Twitter
\n\nBen Orenstein Website
\n\nBen Orenstein on Twitter
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