Startups for the Rest of Us - The longest-running podcast for non-venture track startups

We're celebrating our 10 year anniversary this month! If you haven't listened before (or haven't in a while), we've revamped the podcast to include many different show formats you won't hear in other shows focused on building ambitious startups without raising venture capital. I hope you'll give it a listen.

Rob created more than a podcast. It’s an entry into a fantastic community of homebrew entrepreneurs.

Listening to @singlefounder and @robwalling on my daily commute (back in 2008) was what made me feel like bootstrapping my own company was possible. Since then I stair-stepped my way to building a SaaS, first with books and courses, until eventually (10 years later) launching Transistor.fm with Jon. I couldn't have done it without their advice!

A must-listen for anyone building a software company without venture capital 🏆

If you are looking for a solid crash course / intro into bootstrapped startups / side hustle / Indiehacking, this podcast is the one to get started with. With various episodes that feature guests, you'll get to meet other interesting founders in the space through their interviews and discover other podcasts they produce that might be relevant to your journey. I started with this a few years ago, and now I subscribe to 5-6 others. The level of raw honesty, transparency, emotions, advice is off the charts. For me personally, I felt like this Podcast was speaking directly to me during difficult and trying times over the past year heads down on my own bootstrapped startup. My co-founder and I often shared some episodes that "spoke" to us directly that week and then see how we can apply the advice/learnings to move our business forward Congrats @robwalling ! Here's to another decade!

I’ve been listening on and off for years and I prefer the new format, it’s a faster pace without loosing anything! It’s also good to check in with Mike from his technical progress and personal health. The new interview format (almost story mode) is very high quality - a great reboot.

My #1 recommended podcast to anybody who is running a business, especially entrepreneurs whether bootstrapped or looking for angel funding. You start out thinking you're building one type of business and things can go any number of directions—this podcast offers such expertise and experience from Rob, Mike, and others that you are sure to find inspiration and insight to help you along the way.

Startups for the Rest of Us is my list of the top 5 podcasts. Amazing content, I learn from each episode so much! Thank you Mike and Rob!

Congrats on the 10 year anniversary! Where do you see the next 10 years going with the podcast?

Wow, congrats on the anniversary. I’ve been listening since the beginning and it’s still one of my favorites. It’s in my podcast list, at the top each week. I’m also really enjoying the new format.

best startup podcast out there! looking forward to some more tiny seed tales!

Congratulations on the anniversary. This is the only podcast I listen to without fail each week - and you guys have never let me down - it's always there in my podcasts waiting every Tuesday. I recommend this podcast to anyone I meet who is running and kind of software or online business - content is incredible and I love the new formats. Keep up the great work Rob, Mike and team!

Congratulations on the 10 year anniversary! Many podcasts don't even make it to ten episodes, so this is a huge achievement. It's been one of the podcasts I listen to every week for years now. Highly recommended!

This landmark podcast changed the game for all of us non-venture track founders fighting the lonely fight out there. Now it's a movement! Congrats and thanks to Rob and Mike for all the incredible, free flowing advice. Essential listening!

This is an amazing podcast! It has helped me a TON with building my business. Thank you Rob and Mike for all of the years of hard work, consistency, and thoughtful information.

Congrats on (nearly) 500 episodes Rob!

Rob comes across as intelligent, with considered opinion and advice, a wide breadth of experience and knowledge having lived through so many years of bootstrapping a start-up gaining recognition, and also presents well with no pleonasm or using odd-ball words. All of that on top of the consistently high-quality content make his podcast the only one where I listen to every episode.

Great show. I've been listening to Rob and Mike since 2015. Really digging the new experimental formats, too.

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This podcast is a must watch for anyone surfing the bootstrapped business wave. Unique and very interesting insights every week.