Episode 707 | Once.com, Open Source to FT Income, and More (Hot Take Tuesday)

Startups For the Rest of Us

In episode 707, Rob Walling, alongside guests Tracy Osborn and Einar Vollset, give their hot takes on some recent news in the world of SaaS. They discuss Once.com’s launch, liquidation preference nuances in startup buyouts, with moving from open source to full time income and more.

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Topics we cover:

• 2:18 - Once.com and the Implications of One-Time Software Sales
• 10:39 - Liquidation Preferences in Startup Acquisitions
• 21:59 - Turning an open source project into a business
• 24:32 - Book recommendations
• 30:30 - Is building a startup actually hard?
• 32:46 - Startups vs. lifestyle businesses

Links from the Show:

• Register for MicroConf US in Atlanta, April 2024
• Once.com
• Campfire
• Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist by Brad Feld
• Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
• The Anomaly by Herv Le Tellier
• The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
• The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
• TinySeed
• Einar Vollset (@EinarVollset) | X
• Tracy Osborn (@itsTracyMakes) | TikTok

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!

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