Open Office Hours w/Jason: scaling as a solo founder, reducing churn, pivoting to SaaS & more | E1017

In this episode, Jason Calacanis fields questions from startup leaders, discussing growth hacking strategies, managing churn in SaaS, fundraising in regulated fields, pivoting to subscription models, differentiating in the vaping market, and competing as a bootstrapped startup in the laundry sector.

Speakers

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 54%

Mehak Vohra

Guest • 5%

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Ketan Anjaria

Guest • 5%

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Benjamin Shaw

Guest • 6%

Tom Impallomeni

Guest • 6%

Corbin Brown

Guest • 7%

Chapters

0:00	Opening
0:46	Mehak from OnDelta (ISA School for Growth Hacking/Marketing) asks Jason best practices on scaling her business as a solo founder
10:18	Ketan from HireClub (Career coaching SaaS) asks Jason about transitioning his business to help with natural churn
20:59	Benjamin from Infection Control (Hardware infection control for sickest hospital patients) asks Jason how to raise for a medical device in a heavily regulated field
33:13	Tom from TribeXR (VR training for practical/creative skills) asks Jason how to pivot from a one-time payment to subscriptions
43:58	Corbin from LUU (Aromatherapy alternative to nicotine vapes) asks Jason how to separate his startup from JUUL and other vaping products
53:04	Thomas from Wash Day (On-demand laundry logistics app) asks Jason how to compete with large laundry incumbents as a bootstrapped startup

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