The Bootstrapped Founder

Marie and Ben are a power couple. Together, they run Notion Mastery, an intense workshop for people who want to use Notion professionally and productively. In our conversation, we'll dive into platform risk, building a sustainable educational business, how to work together as a couple, and why social media distribution matters a lot to educational founders. Enjoy!

00:00:00 What can we learn from permaculture?
00:04:55 How do you make it profitable?
00:10:57 Building an info product on top of a shifting platform?
00:13:28 How do you keep your courses relevant in the future?
00:19:14 Perfectionism is a huge problem
00:22:12 How do you speak to an audience that is so diverse?
00:27:33 Are you a user or are you a builder?
00:29:52 Channels that have worked the best.
00:33:55 Partnerships
00:37:16 How to build a business with yout partner.
00:43:08 What is needed to keep a long-term event like this running?
00:46:34 The breathing business

My new podcast project: Arvid & Tyler Catch Up / https://catchup.fm

The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/marie-poulin-benjamin-borowski-digital-permaculture/
The podcast episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/faf48b60
The video: https://youtu.be/Dr0Uty8heyo

You'll find my weekly article on my blog: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com
Podcast: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podcast
Newsletter: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/newsletter

My book Zero to Sold: https://zerotosold.com/
My book The Embedded Entrepreneur: https://embeddedentrepreneur.com/
My course Find Your Following: https://findyourfollowing.com

Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/

Creators & Guests

Host
Arvid Kahl
Empowering founders with kindness. Building in Public. Sold my SaaS FeedbackPanda for life-changing $ in 2019, now sharing my journey & what I learned.
Guest
Benjamin Borowski 👨‍🚒
🔮 @NotionHQ warlock @ https://t.co/QQZqUiR6Wb🔨 Founder @ https://t.co/wsm4zhNOSC 🚒 Firefighter💻 Hacker (rb/js/ios/php) 🎧 DJ https://t.co/CU5ZhdE0um🖤 @mariepoulin
Guest
Marie Poulin
Taming work/life chaos with @Notionhq • leading https://t.co/c8iSQuLHCP • Online Courses • ADHD • Tacos • Permaculture • 💕 @typeoneerror https://t.co/ABRc2jHQSa

What is The Bootstrapped Founder?

Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.