The Non-Tech Founders' Podcast

By: Nathan Powell & Laura Elizabeth
  • Summary

  • Fortnightly conversations about running a business as a non-technical founder. Join Laura and Nathan as they navigate the developer-dominated world of entrepreneurship, bootstrapping and beyond.
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Episodes
  • 17. Our top tips for Becoming a Non-Tech Founder (and the Future of this Podcast)
    Jun 20 2023

    Today's episode​ is a summary of our top advice on becoming a non-tech founder in this developer-dominated world.

    We also cover an update on Laura's WordCamp EU experience and share some news about the future of this podcast.


    We cover:

    • Laura's first WordCamp EU experience and overcoming fears about public speaking
    • Why Laura thinks non-tech founders should go audience first when launching a product
    • Nathan's tips on the importance of finding product-market fit and testing EARLY
    • Our views on bringing on a technical co-founder vs. going it alone
    • The question of building a product based on an existing company (e.g. an extension) and whether it's worth it
    • Some news about the future of this podcast
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    40 mins
  • 16. Catching Up, Time Boxing, and Leveling Up with A New Hire!
    May 30 2023

    This episode is an off-the-cuff one where we decided to do an update on both Nathan and Laura's current state of affairs. We ended up talking about a couple of really interesting topics ranging from managing your time to making your first full-time hire.

    We cover:

    • How Nathan's doing after his move into a new apartment
    • The challenges that come with managing your time when you're in different seasons of life (spoiler: every season has its own issues!)
    • What time-boxing is and how Nathan is going to experiment with it to see if he can balance client work with growing his business
    • Laura's big update: how she hired her first full-time employee (!)
    • Musings about why in-person everything seems to work better – even for introverts

    I (Laura) mentioned a couple of episodes of the Diary of a CEO podcast. If anyone wants to give them a listen, here they are:

    • No.1 Habit & Procrastination Expert: We've Got ADHD Wrong! Break Any Habit And Never Be Distracted
    • 10 Life-changing Lessons From The Longest Study Ever On Human Happiness
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    35 mins
  • 15. Finding product market fit and 12 months to failure for Nathan's SaaS
    May 16 2023

    In this episode we delve into finding product market fit as a solo, non-tech founder – preferably as early and with as little up-front investment as possible.

    We cover:

    • What exactly product market fit is – and how we define it
    • The three stages to determining product market fit (market research, creating an MVP, and looking for signs of traction)
    • How we think about product market fit for Client Portal and Feature Flux
    • Subtle signs that might indicate that you don't have product market fit (even if everyone is saying that you do)
    • Key considerations that every solo founder should keep in mind when determining product market fit
    • The least risky (but not necessarily fastest) way to build a SaaS with product market fit
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    42 mins

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