Walling: First-Time Non-Technical Founders Should Build Plugins Before Full SaaS
Rob Walling · Saas Companies that Anyone Can Start with Rob Walling · Jan 12, 2022 · at 1:16:09
Rob Walling, startup investor and MicroConf co-founder, outlines his stair-step bootstrapping framework for first-time entrepreneurs.
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“If you're, if you are non-technical and you've never started a startup before, I would say don't build a SaaS app. It's too hard. Like go, I have this thing called the stair-step approach to bootstrapping, which is like start small with like a WordPress plugin, a HubSpot add-on, a Salesforce add-on, a Heroku add-on, and go build that, cut your teeth out.”
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