Show #84 Rob Walling; Start Small, Stay Small

The Startup Success Podcast

This week Bob and Pat interview Rob Walling, serial startup founder, creator of the Micropreneur Academy and author of Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer’s Guide to Launching a Startup.

Rob explains how micropreneurs – self-funded software founders – can do and should do market research, concrete things your startup should focus on, why Digg is not your friend, and why email – yes, email! – may be your best friend.

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Bob Walsh is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.

Patrick Foley is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com

URLs mentioned/relevant to this show:

• Start Small, Stay Small (Podcast listener discount page!).
• Show #42: Rob Walling and Mike Taber, the Micropreneur Academy.
• Software by Rob blog.
• Micropreneur Academy.