The Bootstrapped Founder · 2026-03-13 · 16 min
Building software is getting dramatically easier - so what exactly are we building our businesses on? In this episode, I dig into why real-world data is the only reliable moat left for software founders. I share what I'm seeing at Podscan, where fifty million transcribed podcast episodes matter far more than any algorithm, why purely transformative software is dangerously vulnerable to agents, and how making your business API-first with full platform parity is the move that turns a data advantage into a defensible one. Having data is half the moat. Availing data is the other half. This episode of The Bootstraped Founder is sponsored by Podscan.fm The blog post: The podcast episode: Check out Podscan, the Podcast database that transcribes every podcast episode out there minutes after it gets released: Send me a voicemail on Podline: You'll find my weekly article on my blog: Podcast: Newsletter: My book Zero to Sold: My book The Embedded Entrepreneur: My course Find Your Following: Here are a few tools I use. Using my affiliate links will support my work at no additional cost to you.
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