Helping SaaS founders for 16 years via @startupspod. Educating and investing in startups through @microconf and @tinyseedfund. Wrote https://xitter.cf/t.co/I5PVb459LT.
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Joined October 2009
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Rob Walling retweeted
Introducing Inbox Zero Mail.
The open-source Superhuman alternative.
- Fast and keyboard-first
- Unified inbox across Gmail and Outlook
- Split inboxes
- AI categorization and drafts
- Bulk unsubscribe
- Team collaboration
Runs on web, desktop, and native iOS.
Free to use. AI is $20/mo, half Superhuman’s price. Open source, so you can self-host for free too.
This isn't an overnight vibe-coded project. I've been running Inbox Zero for 3 years: 12k GitHub stars, 25k+ sign-ups, and enterprise customers.
Until today, Inbox Zero was an AI assistant for Gmail and Outlook. It still is. But now we have our own email app too.
We're SOC 2 compliant, and have undergone multiple pentests, including recent ones from OpenAI and Snyk using unreleased cyber models.
Try it: getinboxzero.com
Rob Walling retweeted
Why would I pay $15/month for your software when I can plan, build, review, improve, host, launch, scale, secure, patch, monitor and debug it myself?
Rob Walling retweeted
MicroConf Europe 2026 in Reykjavík, in 81 seconds.
Talks hit YouTube next Monday!
First up: @robwalling and @einarvollset on SaaS moats, and how to protect what you've built from AI and position your company to come out ahead.
Then SEO, Claude skills for marketing, and more.
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MicroConf US Austin, Apr 18-20.
Positioning, copy, onboarding and scaling from:
- @asmartbear (WP Engine)
- Nick Francis (Help Scout)
- @copyhackers
- @apierriPMM (FletchPMM)
- @RamliJohn (Delight Path)
- @robwalling (@tinyseedfund)
Prices go up Friday! microconf.com/us-flagship
Rob Walling retweeted
First time @MicroConf has been the number one trending topic in a whole country!
Rob Walling retweeted
How the f*ck to survive as a software company in the age of AI?
Day 2 at @MicroConf in Reykjavik with @robwalling
Rob Walling retweeted
If you have a SaaS above $2M ARR, I can make a market for you.
Email me: [email protected]
Rob Walling retweeted
Thoughts on plateaus:
1. It’s really a game of managing momentum
2. Use math (like @asmartbear’s max mrr calc) + gut to see them coming
3. The longer you’re in them the harder they are to break out of
4. Doing the same things in the same ways won’t break you out
5. Examine the basics objectively (volume, retention, positioning, pm-fit, high/low value customer segments, etc)
6. If you keep hitting them then it’s probably a core fundamental issue
7. You can’t optimize your way out (not long term at least)
8. Chasing what was is less effective than where you’re going (mindset and energy needed to break you out)
9. Early plateaus are different than later ones…early = it’s not working yet
10. Very slow growth is basically a plateau with same challenges
Rob Walling retweeted
Strap in folks! @asmartbear and @robwalling take me for a ride in EP 2 of A Smart Bear Live.
SaaS ain’t dead babyyyyyyy!
Thanks for taking off the gloves with me boys!
PS. EP 1 with @DmytroKrasun it’s also jam packed with value.. check it!
youtu.be/o3oN1g8xpXY
Rob Walling retweeted
I've been to about 7 Europe MicroConf conferences since 2018, with around 100 successful SaaS founders each year. Tactics have changed, but one thing hasn't: most successful businesses market to ordinary people and solve a painful problem. Not to Indie Hackers who now vibe code their own solutions.
Nothing has changed really, just tactics (SEO in this case)
Rob Walling retweeted
To all of you losing your minds on this site: behold.
Now go listen to ep. 841 of @startupspod . You’re welcome.
Rob Walling retweeted
Why Reykjavik for MicroConf Europe?
KEF is a major hub between North America and Europe, so it's easier to reach than you'd think.
The city's compact and walkable, the food is great, and the geothermal hot springs are world-class.
Join us Sept 21-23: microconf.com/europe
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@earthlingworks runs two SaaS products. He added friction to both trial funnels and one doubled its conversion rate, the other cratered.
He breaks down the factors that make friction help rather than hurt in episode 837 with @robwalling.👇
startupsfortherestofus.com/e…
Rob Walling retweeted
Huh - TinySeed Fund 1 is top 3% of all 2019 vintage funds on Carta (we have > 1x DPI).
Kinda insane that less than half of funds in that vintage has returned even a single dollar.
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Rob Walling retweeted
Is AI actually making your work better or just average?
@robwalling and @ericries dig into Lean Startup 15 years on, his new book Incorruptible, and what it takes to build a company that lasts in episode 834👇
startupsfortherestofus.com/e…
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"I wish I could take a business vacation with 200 of my closest #SaaS founder friends," you say. "And I wish there could be a thermal lagoon involved." Wish granted: microconf.com/europe
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A founder's VA dove into Claude Code, eager to learn. Within two days, she'd deleted all his leads.
She wasn't careless — she was smart, motivated, and taught herself the tool. The tool just had full access to dangerous operations with no guardrails.
I hosted a roundtable at @MicroConf on "Managing Cybernetic Organisms" — hiring and managing teams that are part human, part AI agent. The takeaway: job descriptions, onboarding, guardrails, feedback loops — same discipline whether the worker is carbon or silicon.
The founders who treat agent management as an organizational design problem will build the most effective teams. The ones who treat it as an engineering problem will keep deleting their own leads.
movingavg.com/essays/managin…
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