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This size of company and mindset seems pretty well served by MicroConf [0], which tends somewhat to the bootstrapping crowd but is very much not the "4 hour wor

This size of company and mindset seems pretty well served by MicroConf [0], which tends somewhat to the bootstrapping crowd but is very much not the "4 hour work week" crowd. ... Is that what you mean by "optimize for lifetyle"? "lifestyle business" is used as kind of epithet in some circles, as an "othering" term to identify people who don't work as hard as they do, but the MicroConf audience has a lot of people who want to grow their companies as much as is reasonably possible, but with non-negotiable ideas about family time, taking actual vacations instead of working vacations, etc. One of the creators of MicroConf also is one of the hosts of the podcast "Startups for the Rest of Us" [1], which I don't see talked about very much on HN but which is very much my jam. [0] https://microconf.com/ https://microconf.com/ [1] https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/

noodle 4y ago
Microconf is definitely more oriented towards smaller businesses than the previous commenter seems to be.
- rwalling 4y ago
  It depends on what you mean by "small." MicroConf focuses on SaaS founders who are, or aspire to run, 7- or 8-figure companies. We do also provide early stage education, but with the idea of folks building ambitious startups, though no in the traditional Silicon Valley Unicorn sense.
  - noodle 4y ago
    Yeah for sure. Going from 0 to 7-8 figures is the aspiration for people who attend, and what you've built is a great resource for that growth. But the person we're responding to has already achieved that aspiration. What's out there to serve the incremental growth of people who are looking to go from 7-8 to 9-10 figures? The feedback I've heard from people who've attended MicroConf multiple times tends to be that its invaluable content until you're above a certain size, and then the content becomes less impactful.
    - AlchemistCamp 4y ago
      Do you know of any alternatives that are similar but not so focused on SaaS?

noodle 4y ago

Microconf is definitely more oriented towards smaller businesses than the previous commenter seems to be.

rwalling 4y ago
It depends on what you mean by "small." MicroConf focuses on SaaS founders who are, or aspire to run, 7- or 8-figure companies. We do also provide early stage education, but with the idea of folks building ambitious startups, though no in the traditional Silicon Valley Unicorn sense.
- noodle 4y ago
  Yeah for sure. Going from 0 to 7-8 figures is the aspiration for people who attend, and what you've built is a great resource for that growth. But the person we're responding to has already achieved that aspiration. What's out there to serve the incremental growth of people who are looking to go from 7-8 to 9-10 figures? The feedback I've heard from people who've attended MicroConf multiple times tends to be that its invaluable content until you're above a certain size, and then the content becomes less impactful.
  - AlchemistCamp 4y ago
    Do you know of any alternatives that are similar but not so focused on SaaS?