Episode 546 | Hiring Entrepreneurial People, Anonymity, Disruptive Innovation, and More Listener Questions
04/20/21 • 25 min
In Episode 546, Rob Walling flies solo for a Q&A episode. With a backlog of great listener questions, Rob discusses qualified small business stock (QSBS), hiring entrepreneurially-minded employees, indie hacking while working at a large company, and more.
The topics we cover
[01:51] Should I switch to a C Corp to take advantage of QSBS in five years?
[05:40] How to attract entrepreneurial employees
[14:19] Indie-hacking while working at a large Fortune 20 company
[19:12] Finding a niche using the Disruptive Innovation
Links from the show
- Episode 442 | Corporate Structures and How the Choice You Make Now Can Impact You Years Down the Line
- Episode 519 | Profit Sharing, Stock Options, and Equity (A Rob Solo Adventure)
- The Stair Step Approach to Bootstrapping | Rob Walling - Serial Entrepreneur
- Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS)
If you enjoyed this episode, let us know by clicking the link and sharing what you learned.
Click here to share your number one takeaway from the episode.
If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!
In Episode 546, Rob Walling flies solo for a Q&A episode. With a backlog of great listener questions, Rob discusses qualified small business stock (QSBS), hiring entrepreneurially-minded employees, indie hacking while working at a large company, and more.
The topics we cover
[01:51] Should I switch to a C Corp to take advantage of QSBS in five years?
[05:40] How to attract entrepreneurial employees
[14:19] Indie-hacking while working at a large Fortune 20 company
[19:12] Finding a niche using the Disruptive Innovation
Links from the show
- Episode 442 | Corporate Structures and How the Choice You Make Now Can Impact You Years Down the Line
- Episode 519 | Profit Sharing, Stock Options, and Equity (A Rob Solo Adventure)
- The Stair Step Approach to Bootstrapping | Rob Walling - Serial Entrepreneur
- Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS)
If you enjoyed this episode, let us know by clicking the link and sharing what you learned.
Click here to share your number one takeaway from the episode.
If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!
Previous Episode
Episode 545 | The Value of Learning 80/20 Design Fundamentals
In Episode 545, Rob Walling chats with Tracy Osborn about the importance of learning design fundamentals for startup founders. They also discuss her new book and the pros/cons of self-publishing vs working with a publisher.
The topics we cover
[00:52] Intros [02:00] Deciding to self publish vs going with a publisher [11:11] Design fundamentals for a startup founder [16:23] Training your design eye [18:57] The #1 thing to do to become a better designer [20:01] Prototypes: the process of sketching ideasLinks from the show
- Hello Web Design
- No Starch Press
- The 90-Minute Guide to Building Marketing Funnels That Convert (Data Beats Opinion)
- Hello Web App
- Sounds True
- Tracy's Savy Call breakdown
- Balsamiq
- Sketch
- UX Pin
- Tailwinds
- Tracy Osborn (@tracymakes) | Twitter
Next Episode
Episode 547 | Private Podcasting, Apple’s Announcement, and Accelerating Growth with Craig Hewitt
In Episode 547, Rob Walling chats with Craig Hewitt about private podcasting, Apple's announcement around their subscription podcast offering as well as the accelerating growth of Castos.
The topics we cover
[1:22] Focusing on private podcasting at Castos [15:50] Mobile app for private podcasting [20:21] Apple's big announcement [28:08] Castos MRR growthLinks from the show
If you enjoyed this episode, let us know by clicking the link and sharing what you learned.Click here to share your number one takeaway from the episode.If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify | StitcherTranscript
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