Episode 715 | Best Uses of the Internet, a Book about Selling Your Company, and a Circus Show

Startups For the Rest of Us

In episode 715, Rob Walling is joined by Dr. Sherry Walling to discuss a variety of topics. They chat about two recent and meaningful interactions made possible by the Internet, the motivations behind organizing and performing a circus show, and they chat about upcoming launches on the horizon – new books and courses for SaaS founders.

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Topics we cover:

• 4:00 – Examples of thoughtful, nuanced Internet interactions
• 8:12 – Impacting people you otherwise couldn’t online
• 15:12 – Dr. Sherry Walling’s circus show motivation
• 21:53 – The psychology of business exits
• 25:27 – Commonalities across founders considering exits
• 31:11 – Speaking to the whole lifecycle of a SaaS business

Links from the Show:

• Apply for MicroConf Masterminds before June 12th 2024
• Sherry Walling (@sherrywalling) | X
• Sherry Walling (@dr.sherrywalling) | Instagram
• TinySeed
• Discretion Capital
• Before The Exit by Dan Andrews
• Episode 532 | The Art of Selling Your Business with John Warrillow
• The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together by Sherry Walling, PhD and Rob Walling
• Enter your email at Robwalling.com
• Sign up for the Zen Founder newsletter

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