# The Bootstrapped Founder

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder.md
RSS feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/bootstrapped-founder
Official site: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/
Author: Arvid Kahl
Episodes: 442

## Resource

Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.

## Machine-readable

JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bootstrapped-founder
Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder.md

## Episodes
- [439: The Increasing Risk of Building in Public](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/439-the-increasing-risk-of-building-in-public) — 2026-04-03T10:00:00+00:00
- [438: AI Liability: The Landmines Under Your SaaS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/438-ai-liability-the-landmines-under-your-saas) — 2026-03-20T10:00:00+00:00
- [437: Data Is the Only Moat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/437-data-is-the-only-moat) — 2026-03-13T10:00:00+00:00
- [436: When Long-Term Investments Finally Pay Off](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/436-when-long-term-investments-finally-pay-off) — 2026-02-13T11:00:00+00:00
- [435: How to Actually Use Claude Code to Build Serious Software](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/435-how-to-actually-use-claude-code-to-build-serious-software) — 2026-02-06T11:00:00+00:00
- [434: Follow Your Passion (But Not Like That)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/434-follow-your-passion-but-not-like-that) — 2026-01-30T11:00:00+00:00
- [433: The 1% Improvement Myth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/433-the-1-improvement-myth) — 2026-01-23T11:00:00+00:00
- [432: Don't Give Up... Your Assumptions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/432-don-t-give-up-your-assumptions) — 2026-01-16T11:00:00+00:00
- [431: Many Heads, Not Many Hats: The Founder's Identity Crisis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/431-many-heads-not-many-hats-the-founder-s-identity-crisis) — 2026-01-09T14:00:00+00:00
- [430: The Case Against Vendor Lock-In: Why Easy Exit Means Better Retention](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/430-the-case-against-vendor-lock-in-why-easy-exit-means-better-retention) — 2026-01-02T11:00:00+00:00
- [429: The Dead Internet Theory: Are We Building Machines That Only Talk to Other Machines?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/429-the-dead-internet-theory-are-we-building-machines-that-only-talk-to-other-machines) — 2025-12-26T11:00:00+00:00
- [428: Marketing for Founders Who Hate Marketing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/428-marketing-for-founders-who-hate-marketing) — 2025-12-19T11:00:00+00:00
- [427: Vibe Coding Won't Kill SaaS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/427-vibe-coding-won-t-kill-saas) — 2025-12-12T11:00:00+00:00
- [426: How Your Data Model Shapes Your Product](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/426-how-your-data-model-shapes-your-product) — 2025-12-05T11:00:00+00:00
- [425: AI Best Practices for Bootstrappers (That Actually Save You Money)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/425-ai-best-practices-for-bootstrappers-that-actually-save-you-money) — 2025-11-28T11:00:00+00:00
- [424: I Never Really Loved Coding (And Only AI Made Me Realize It)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/424-i-never-really-loved-coding-and-only-ai-made-me-realize-it) — 2025-11-21T11:00:00+00:00
- [423: The Marketer's Hierarchy of Needs: A Framework for Understanding Customer Intelligence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/423-the-marketer-s-hierarchy-of-needs-a-framework-for-understanding-customer-intelligence) — 2025-11-14T11:00:00+00:00
- [422: The Things Your Customers Don't Care About](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/422-the-things-your-customers-don-t-care-about) — 2025-11-07T11:00:00+00:00
- [421: Why You Should Never Start a Software Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/421-why-you-should-never-start-a-software-business) — 2025-10-31T10:00:00+00:00
- [420: AI for the Code-Writing Purist: How to Use AI Without Surrendering Your Keyboard](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/420-ai-for-the-code-writing-purist-how-to-use-ai-without-surrendering-your-keyboard) — 2025-10-24T10:00:00+00:00
- [419: The Missing Piece in Your Validation Strategy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/419-the-missing-piece-in-your-validation-strategy) — 2025-10-17T10:00:00+00:00
- [418: Why AI-Generated Code Hurts Your Exit](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/418-why-ai-generated-code-hurts-your-exit) — 2025-10-10T10:00:00+00:00
- [417: The Best Tech Stack in the Age of AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/417-the-best-tech-stack-in-the-age-of-ai) — 2025-10-03T10:00:00+00:00
- [416: The Ownership Paradox: What Do You Really Control in Your Software Business?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/416-the-ownership-paradox-what-do-you-really-control-in-your-software-business) — 2025-09-26T10:00:00+00:00
- [415: Handling Multiple ICPs as a Solo Founder](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/415-handling-multiple-icps-as-a-solo-founder) — 2025-09-19T10:00:00+00:00
- [397: When Profitability Disappears — A Podscan Reality Check](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/397-when-profitability-disappears-a-podscan-reality-check) — 2025-06-20T10:00:00+00:00
- [386: One Year of Podscan: Reflecting on Tech & Business Decisions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/386-one-year-of-podscan-reflecting-on-tech-business-decisions) — 2025-04-18T10:00:00+00:00
- [301: Podscan, One Month In (MRR, Expenses, Marketing Tactics)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bootstrapped-founder/301-podscan-one-month-in-mrr-expenses-marketing-tactics) — 2024-03-08T14:00:00+00:00

## Actions

Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.