The Bootstrapped Founder

Arvid Kahl

Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.

Topics: Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

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  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Example Transcripts

439: The Increasing Risk of Building in Public April 3, 2026
435: How to Actually Use Claude Code to Build Serious Software February 6, 2026
180: Marissa Goldberg — Running a Remote-First Business January 11, 2023

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