Startups For the Rest of Us · 2026-06-23 · 26 min
What do 15 brand-new TinySeed founders have in common? In this solo episode, Rob Walling shares six key takeaways from the most recent TinySeed batch kickoff in New York City. He covers why asking "why" is the most underrated founder habit, why pricing is still the biggest lever in SaaS and positioning might be the second biggest, why AI SEO is already a real channel and more. He also makes the case for why being around other founders doing what you're doing is one of the most underrated advantages in bootstrapping. Episode Sponsors: What if you could go from idea to your first real user in 30 days? Not a prototype, not a promise, but an actual working app. Designli will put that in writing. Their TractionLab is a 90-day plan that takes you from idea to first paying customers. By Day 30, v1 of your app is in your users' hands, guaranteed. Miss that deadline and your next month is free. It starts with a free 30-minute call where you share your idea and they tell you exactly what they'll build and what it costs. No surprises. You get a full senior team: product owner, engineering lead, full-stack developer, senior UX designer, and solutions architect.
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