422: The Things Your Customers Don't Care About

The Bootstrapped Founder by Arvid Kahl

Nov 7, 202519:36Business

When you build a software business as a founder, you have a dream. Building. Features. APIs. UIs. But how much of that is JUST a dream, and what REALLY leads to paying customers? This episode of The Bootstraped Founder i...

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