Episode 551 | Task-level vs. Project-level Thinkers, No Such Thing as an Autopilot Business, and More (A Rob Solo Adventure)

In episode 551 of Startups For the Rest of Us, Rob does another solo adventure to talk about hiring owner-level thinkers, the fallacy of an autopilot passive income software business, and more.

The topics we cover

[1:25] Hiring task-level thinkers, project-level thinkers, and owner-level thinkers

[07:43] The fallacy of an autopilot passive income software business

[15:21] Our bootstrap community

[20:45] Questions you should ask yourself when building/growing a company

Links from the show

• FE International: Professional M&A Advisor
• Quiet Light Brokerage
• MicroAcquire - Startup acquisition marketplace. Free. Private. No middlemen.
• Empire Flippers - Website Brokers
• Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
• Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson

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