Are you repeating any of these mistakes in your business? In this episode, Rob Walling walks through his ‘founder regret list’, detailing 12 key mistakes from his 20-year entrepreneurial journey. In this very personal episode, he tells some stories he’s never shared publicly before. Topics we cover: - (4:17) – Thinking venture capital was the only path - (6:12) – Launching without validating the idea - (9:26) – Choosing ideas that couldn’t be bootstrapped - (12:48) – Relying too much on books - (16:36) – Trying to do everything solo - (21:10) – The arrival fallacy - (23:19) – Delaying email list growth - (25:51) – Taking random advice too seriously - (28:43) – Overestimating skills after early wins - (30:29) – Letting anxiety steal the joy from success - (32:34) – Not letting wins build confidence - (33:50) – Holding onto a scarcity mindset Links from the Show: - [TinySeed Institute](https://tinyseed.com) - [Sponsor the Podcast or MicroConf](mailto:sponsors@microconf.com) - [Start Small, Stay Small](https://saasplaybook.com/order/p/startsmall-ebook) - [The SaaS Playbook](https://saasplaybook.com) - [Zero to Sold by Arvid Kahl](https://zerotosold.com/) If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please [submit your question](https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/contact) for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you! Subscribe & Review: [iTunes](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startups-for-the-rest-of-us/id366931951) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ww2e4JNO2cfxWC2ImR7DJ)