Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We welcome Rob Walling and Ben Fisher to the podcast today. We are going to discuss the topic of co-founders. Rob is the original founder of Drip, but has found a co-founder named Derek. Ben is Jordan’s co-founder in Carthook. Brian however is the solo founder prospective in today’s conversation. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brian has had co-founders, but Audience Ops is all him. On today’s episode Jordan and Ben talk about how they began their partnership and Rob discusses his partnership with Derek. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In recent news Rob’s company Drip has been acquired by Leadpages. He tells us about that change and how it has affected his partnership.</span></p> <div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=In%20the%20early%20stage%20it%E2%80%99s%20easy%20to%20overlook%20how%20difficult%20will%20it%20be%20to%20make%20it%20%5BSAAS%5D%20a%20viable%20business.%20%E2%80%93%20Brian%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fcofounders-w-rob-walling-ben-fisher%2F" target="_blank">In the early stage it’s easy to overlook how difficult will it be to make it [SAAS] a viable business. – Brian</a></div> <div class="TT_footer"> <div class="TT_byline">Powered By the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-this/" target="_blank">Tweet This</a></em> Plugin</div> <div class="TT_tweet_link_wrapper"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=In%20the%20early%20stage%20it%E2%80%99s%20easy%20to%20overlook%20how%20difficult%20will%20it%20be%20to%20make%20it%20%5BSAAS%5D%20a%20viable%20business.%20%E2%80%93%20Brian%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fcofounders-w-rob-walling-ben-fisher%2F" target="_blank"><img src="http://bootstrappedweb.com/wp-content/plugins/tweetthis/assets/images/twitter-icons/bird1.png" alt="">Tweet This</a></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The topics we covered are:</span></p> <ul> <li>How Leadpages’ acquisition has changed Drip.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why you are always reinvesting into your business.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan’s original intentions for Carthook.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Jordan needed to work with Ben.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The issues for a solo founder.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Ben found Jordan.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Rob found his business partner.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 2 factors of finding the right business partner.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to divide up decision making.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pros and cons of partnerships.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to respect your partner.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Agreeing to a shared goal with your business partner.</span></li> </ul> <div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Is%20there%20a%20such%20thing%20as%20a%20final%20decision%20or%20is%20everything%20a%20collaboration%3F%20%E2%80%93%20Jordan%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fcofounders-w-rob-walling-ben-fisher%2F" target="_blank">Is there a such thing as a final decision or is everything a collaboration? – Jordan</a></div> <div class="TT_footer"> <div class="TT_byline">Powered By the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-this/" target="_blank">Tweet This</a></em> Plugin</div> <div class="TT_tweet_link_wrapper"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://tw"></a></div> </div> </div>
