I went to MicroConf in New Orleans — The Bootstrapped Founder 382


Dear founder,

I went to MicroConf in New Orleans and I have a few things to say.

Good things.

Very good things.

In one of my rare directly-from-the-hotel-room-to-you episodes, I'll dive right into the many wonderful experiences of this uniquely amazing conference, and I'll share my biggest learnings with you right here.

Enjoy! I certainly did!

🎧 Listen to this on my podcast.

(No article this week — you'll find everything I learned inside this podcast episode. If something particularly resonates, please reply to this email and tell me so I CAN make it a topic next week!)

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