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The Tech Founder Podcast with Fexingo: First-Time Software Entrepreneurs and Their Journeys
The Tech Founder Podcast with Fexingo charts the messy, uneven journey of first-time software entrepreneurs from idea to first paying customer. Each episode, Lucas and Luna trace a single founder's trajectory: the moment they decided to build, the first line of code they wrote, the week they almost quit, and the number that made it real. Lucas brings the journalist's instinct for deadlines, demographics, and unit economics — how many users did you need to break even, what was your burn rate the month before launch, when did you know the product was working. Luna pushes into the emotional ledge...
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Episodes
How Open Source Founders Turn Free Into Revenue 22.05.2026 9:27
In this episode of The Tech Founder Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the art of monetizing open-source software—without selling out. They dig into the story of GitLab, which went from a free alternative to GitHub to a public company worth billions, and contrast it with the challenges faced by smaller open-source projects like Ghost. Lucas explains the three common open-source business models: open...
Why the 50 Percent Rule Saves Bootstrapped SaaS Founders 22.05.2026 9:26
Lucas and Luna dive into the 50 percent rule for bootstrapped SaaS founders: never let your biggest customer account for more than half your revenue. They trace the concept through the story of a small B2B analytics tool called Mosaic, which hit $2 million in annual recurring revenue with a single-client concentration risk at 48 percent. When that client—a mid-size logistics firm—got acquired, Mos...
How Indie Hackers Trade Equity for Revenue Without VC 21.05.2026 12:11
In episode 3 of The Tech Founder Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the 'indie VC' model—how first-time software entrepreneurs are selling small equity stakes to revenue-sharing investors instead of traditional venture capital. The conversation centers on TinySeed, the accelerator founded by Rob Walling and Einar Vollset, which provides $120,000 in funding in exchange for 10% of revenue for up to 20...
Solo to Seven Figures How One Founder Built a SaaS Without VC 21.05.2026 9:00
In this episode of The Tech Founder Podcast, Lucas and Luna sit down with the story of Mike, a solo developer who grew a productivity tool called TaskFlow from zero to $1.2 million in annual recurring revenue without taking a dime of venture capital. They break down the exact tactics Mike used: pricing his product at $29 per month from day one, targeting a specific niche of freelance graphic desig...
How Basecamp Bootstrapped a Billion-Dollar Philosophy 19.05.2026 10:51
In the show's debut episode, Lucas and Luna break down the improbable story of Basecamp — a project management software that grew to $50 million in annual revenue without a single venture capital dollar. They explore how founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson built a counter-cultural company that refused to scale the Silicon Valley way, prioritized profitability over growth, and wrote t...
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