337: Doing Things that Don’t Scale …Unintentionally

What happens when something that was good enough isn't good enough anymore? Unscalable hands-on experiments work great in the early stages of a business. But what if you run into the scale problem without wanting to? (And what do you do about it when everything explodes while you figure it out?) This episode is sponsored by Podscan.fm The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/doing-things-that-dont-scale-unintentionally/ The podcast episode: https://tbf.fm/episodes/337-doing-things-that-don-t-scale-unintentionally Check out Podscan to get alerts when you're mentioned on podcasts: https://podscan.fm Send me a voicemail on Podline: https://podline.fm/arvid 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 Here are a few tools I use. Using my affiliate links will support my work at no additional cost to you. - Notion (which I use to organize, write, coordinate, and archive my podcast + newsletter): https://affiliate.notion.so/465mv1536drx - Riverside.fm (that's what I recorded this episode with): https://riverside.fm/?via=arvid - TweetHunter (for speedy scheduling and writing Tweets): http://tweethunter.io/?via=arvid - HypeFury (for massive Twitter analytics and scheduling): https://hypefury.com/?via=arvid60 - AudioPen (for taking voice notes and getting amazing summaries): https://audiopen.ai/?aff=PXErZ - Descript (for word-based video editing, subtitles, and clips): https://www.descript.com/?lmref=3cf39Q - ConvertKit (for email lists, newsletters, even finding sponsors): https://convertkit.com?lmref=bN9CZw