EP35: The Value of Founder Communities and Where DemandMaven is Going

In Demand: How to Grow Your SaaS and Stay In Demand

Apr 28 2025 | 00:50:34

00:00 / 00:50:34

Show Notes

Welcome to the new season of In Demand! For this season, Asia is joined by her new co-host Kim Talarczyk the Client Services Manager at DemandMaven!

In this first episode of the season, Asia and Kim discuss recent conferences like MicroConf and Indie Founders, highlighting the value of founder communities and the insights from conversations with founders. They cover how DemandMaven is changing and new projects, like Asia’s work as a fractional CMO, and how the changing tech paradigm is changing businesses in 2025.

Chapters

(00:02:07) - Meet the New Co-Host: Kim Talarczyk
(00:08:39) - What Asia learned from her experience at Indie Founders
(00:14:00) - Reflections from initial experiences as a fractional CMO
(00:16:00) - The tension that often exists within founder CEOs
(00:19:00) - What makes a good CEO (and why founders often aren't best at CEO work)
(00:27:00) - Planning in unpredictable times
(00:30:00) - Why acquisitions are an important signal of industry changes
(00:34:25) - Delta's 100 year anniversary and decade long trends
(00:41:15) - The power of podcasts and the challenge of creating when it can feel like you're talking into a vacuum
(00:48:30) - Future plans for In Demand

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