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Startups For the Rest of Us is a startups podcast hosted by Rob Walling with 329 episodes. Your strongest route into Startups For the Rest of Us starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.
Startups For the Rest of Us is not affiliated with Let's Make A Podcast. We cannot book its guests.
What Startups For the Rest of Us is about
The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you’ll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.
In the show’s own words, from its public feed.
- Publishes
- weekly
- Latest episode
- Jul 14, 2026
- Catalogue
- 329 episodes
Recent episodes
Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.
- Episode 841 | One-time Payments, Growing a Step 2 Business, Positioning, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
- Episode 840 | 5 PM Revisited, Starting Over After Failure, Never Shipping, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
- Episode 839 | The Journey Growing Help Scout to $35M ARR
- Episode 838 | 6 Key Takeaways From a TinySeed Batch Kick-Off
- Episode 837 | How Do You Learn Product? and Optimizing Your Trial Funnel (with Ruben Gamez)
Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-07-16.
3 show-specific steps to pitch Startups For the Rest of Us
- 1
Listen before you pitch
Start with the latest episode of Startups For the Rest of Us, which publishes weekly, currently “Episode 841 | One-time Payments, Growing a Step 2 Business, Positioning, and…”. Listen for how Rob frames the conversation, then make your angle fit Startups For the Rest of Us.
- 2
Send it to the address Startups For the Rest of Us publishes
Startups For the Rest of Us's feed publishes a contact address. We do not print Startups For the Rest of Us's address on public pages. A free account opens a pre-addressed draft for Startups For the Rest of Us in your mail app; we never send it. Get the address for Startups For the Rest of Us.
- 3
Lead with a specific, relevant angle
Hosts want early-stage specifics: fundraising, product bets, and go-to-market experiments others can learn from. Open with one sentence on why you fit Startups For the Rest of Us and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for Startups For the Rest of Us, then grade the draft against Startups For the Rest of Us.
Pitch basics: read the complete guide. Startups For the Rest of Us is listed from Apple Podcasts (iTunes Search API), public directory data; its host can manage it below.
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