Arvid & Tyler Catch Up

Jun 14 2023 12 ep. 58 mins 10

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Tyler Tringas and Arvid Kahl build the Calm MBA in public. And they'll catch up.

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The Final Deadline... Or: A Deadline, Finally.

Jun 14 2023 64 mins

Arvid and Tyler finally find a date for the very first Calm MBA milestone. They also find out that they have quite different perspectives on how much structure their week needs. Things like deadlines.Mark it down. July 7th. And they found that date in just 12 1-hour podcast episodes.

Diversifying Your SaaS When Money Dries Up

May 31 2023 59 mins

Arvid & Tyler are on fire: not only do they talk about what founders can do when their main source of revenue isn't enough, but they also FINALLY come up with how they will launch the Calm MBA. Brainstormed it live on air. They sure love Building in Public!Feel free to support our show here: https://ratethispodcast.com/catchup

Prioritizing What to Work On

May 18 2023 63 mins

Arvid and Tyler share how they tackle prioritization issues — and if you should have many small bets as a calm founder.It turns out, these questions can't be answered by reflection alone. What matters is doing the right experiments. Feel free to support our show here: https://ratethispodcast.com/catchup

Should You Embellish Your Success?

May 10 2023 58 mins

Tyler's all healthy again, and Arvid is writing another book. Together, they wonder if they have some sort of "expert-level imposter syndrome." So many influential advice-givers out there have no shame and happily embellish their own stories, yet Tyler and Arvid hesitate to promise even realistic outcomes. You'll find they have a very good reason for that hesitation, and it's a sur

Books, Antibiotics, and Dealing With Social Isolation

May 03 2023 60 mins

Arvid and Tyler discuss Arvid's recent interest in writing and publishing books, including his potential book on building in public — and how it should be published. Tyler also shares his recent struggles with illness and the outpouring of support he has received after announcing staff reductions at the Calm Company Fund. They both reflect on the value of building in public and t

When Running a Calm Company Means Tough Choices

Apr 28 2023 59 mins

Arvid has returned from MicroConf in Denver, and Tyler has made a few important changes at the Calm Company fund. Beyond catching up, Arvid & Tyler chat about how hard it is to stay a contributing member of your business as a founder when you start hiring people.

Calm Market Analysis

Apr 13 2023 29 mins

Arvid & Tyler missed their catchup this week, but they won't let you down: here's an episode from Arvid's Bootstrapped Founder podcast on market analysis for calm SaaS businesses.Feel free to support the show here: https://ratethispodcast.com/catchup

Platform Risk and What to Do About It

Apr 05 2023 63 mins

Is building a business on a platform like Twitter a good idea? How can calm founders prevent platform risk while also benefiting from the many advantages platforms have?This last week has been brutal for indie hackers. Tyler and Arvid talk about how platform risk can threaten your business and what to do about it. And, for some reason, they talk about Harry Potter and the Methods o

Calm Under (Legislative) Pressure with Michele Hansen

Mar 29 2023 67 mins

Today, we have a special guest on the show: Michele Hansen, co-founder of Geocodio, a SaaS business that provides hassle-free geocoding, author of the very practical book Deploy Empathy, and now an entrepreneurial activist. There is something extremely urgent going on. Michele shares how she is staying calm while facing massively disruptive legislation changes. We chat about what i

What AI Can Do for Bootstrappers

Mar 22 2023 73 mins

Arvid and Tyler talk about what bootstrappers can do with AI, if it's smart to build a business around AI, and how to do that. They look at indie hackers who are currently benefiting from the gold rush and what we can learn from that. Tune in at https://catchup.fm/3