Startups For the Rest of Us Podcast Transcripts
Rob Walling · 328 episodes with transcripts
The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder.
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Episode 855 | The Eight SaaS Moats that Still Work in the Age of AI
October 20, 2026
Rob Walling (0:00)
You're listening to Startups for the Rest of Us. I'm Rob Walling. In this episode, I welcome Einar Vollset back on the show, and we record what I think might be the most important episode of the year, maybe of the past couple years. You'll notice that the runtime on this episode is longer than usual, because I just…
And this episode is a collaboration between Einar and I, where we talk through the eight SaaS motes that we believe still work in the age of AI.
Einar Vollset (4:00)
Thanks for having me.
Rob Walling (4:01)
We are having maybe the most serious conversation on this show of the past year or two. There's a lot of episodes. Show up, answer a few listener questions. But just so folks are prepared, it's going to be obviously a longer episode. But it's really our take on the state of SaaS in the age of AI.
- Episode 855 | The Eight SaaS Moats that Still Work in the Age of AI
- Episode 854 | How to Find Startup Ideas (Sneak Peek Chapter from My New Book)
- Episode 853 | How to Become the SaaS That AI Recommends
- Episode 852 | Getting Big Name Customer Case Studies and More Listener Questions (with Ruben Gamez)
- Episode 851 | The Messy Middle of a SaaS Pivot
- Episode 850 | How Not to Screw Up When Hiring Your first Developer and More Listener Questions (with Derrick Reimer)
- Episode 849 | Legal Threats, AI as Platform Risk, Building Confidence, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
- Episode 843 | Success Patterns of $1M+ SaaS Founders
- Episode 842 | What is the Future of SaaS in an AI World? (Rob Solo)
- Episode 841 | One-time Payments, Growing a Step 2 Business, Positioning, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
- Episode 840 | 5 PM Revisited, Starting Over After Failure, Never Shipping, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
- Episode 839 | The Journey Growing Help Scout to $35M ARR
- Episode 838 | 6 Key Takeaways From a TinySeed Batch Kick-Off
- Episode 837 | How Do You Learn Product? and Optimizing Your Trial Funnel (with Ruben Gamez)
- Episode 836 | The 5 A.I. Moats Acquirers Value Most
- Episode 833 | Success Patterns of Nobel Laureates, Developing Expertise, and From Zero to $10k (A Rob Solo Adventure)
- Episode 832 | Going Full-time, When to Pivot, Building With Young Kids, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
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