31 min

Episode 714 | TRM not TAM, Acquiring a Competitor, and Finding a Developer Co-founder (A Rob Solo Adventure‪)‬ Startups For the Rest of Us

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In episode 714, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He talks about what to expect when acquiring a competitor and how he might integrate their business. Rob also covers navigating HIPAA compliance as a bootstrapper, how to find a developer co-founder, and he explores the concept of Total Reachable Market (TRM).



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Topics we cover: 




3:45 – How to navigate acquiring a competitor



6:34 – How to transition the newly acquired customers into your product



9:58 – HIPAA compliance for a bootstrapped MVP



13:07 – Total Addressable Market (TAM) vs. Total Reachable Market (TRM)



19:01 – How do I find a developer co-founder?



28:03 – Can I find data on SaaS app store spending?




Links from the Show: 




MicroConf Mastermind Program



TinySeed



MicroConf Connect



The SaaS Playbook by Rob Walling



Start Small Stay Small by Rob Walling




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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In episode 714, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He talks about what to expect when acquiring a competitor and how he might integrate their business. Rob also covers navigating HIPAA compliance as a bootstrapper, how to find a developer co-founder, and he explores the concept of Total Reachable Market (TRM).



Episode Sponsor:





Is your outsourced development team dropping the ball?



Maybe you’ve worked with a team that just couldn't grasp your vision and needed constant oversight because they weren’t thinking strategically. Or maybe you ended up wasting hours micromanaging, often needing to jump on late-night calls across massive time zone differences to get alignment. And in the end, they delivered a sluggish app with a frustrating UI that didn’t come close to the solution you had envisioned. If any of that sounds familiar, you need to reach out to our sponsor - DevSquad.



DevSquad provides an entire development team packed with top talent from Latin America. 



Your elite squad will include between 2 to 6 Full Stack Developers, a technical product manager, plus experts in product strategy, UI/UX design, DevOps, and QA - all working together to make your SaaS Product a success.



You can ramp up an entire product team fast, in your timezone, and at rates 75% cheaper than a comparable US-based team. And with DevSquad, you pay month to month with no long-term contracts. 



Get the committed, responsive development team that your business deserves.  



Visit DevSquad.com/startups and get 10% off the first three months of your engagement.



Topics we cover: 




3:45 – How to navigate acquiring a competitor



6:34 – How to transition the newly acquired customers into your product



9:58 – HIPAA compliance for a bootstrapped MVP



13:07 – Total Addressable Market (TAM) vs. Total Reachable Market (TRM)



19:01 – How do I find a developer co-founder?



28:03 – Can I find data on SaaS app store spending?




Links from the Show: 




MicroConf Mastermind Program



TinySeed



MicroConf Connect



The SaaS Playbook by Rob Walling



Start Small Stay Small by Rob Walling




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 | Google

31 min