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Bootstrapping
“It explains the myth of technical skills being sufficient to build a business... if you're a good developer you can build a software business well it turns out that's not enough and Gerber has many intriguing stories that provide you with processes processes which we implemented in our SAS on our way to $55,000 Mr”
Build processes, not just technical skill
Being a great developer doesn't make you a business owner — it makes you a technician doing a job inside a business that doesn't exist yet. Build documented processes for support, onboarding, marketing, and billing so the company runs without you. Arvid credits exactly this shift for getting his SaaS to $55K MRR. (Michael E. Gerber, The E-Myth Revisited.)
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Arvid Kahl
The Bootstrapped FounderArvid's top 15 books for indie founders — entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing, customer interaction. Deliberately skips the VC canon.
The Bootstrapped Founder
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