Sources

The channels we learn from.

Founder Casebook is evidence-based advice for people building AI-powered apps and SaaS, learned from respected builder channels on YouTube. We watch the videos, capture the key lessons in our own words, and always link back so you can hear the full story from the original creator.

  1. Starter Story

    Pat Walls

    Live

    Long-form founder interviews that go deep on revenue, tools, pricing, and the specific mistakes founders made along the way.

    BusinessMarketing
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  2. Rob Walling

    Rob Walling

    Live

    The most-cited bootstrapped-SaaS educator on the internet — founder of MicroConf and TinySeed, decades of hard-won lessons on building software businesses without funding.

    Business
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  3. MicroConf

    MicroConf

    Live

    A conference-talk archive of the bootstrapped SaaS world — hundreds of founders sharing what actually worked, on stage, in detail.

    Business
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  4. Alex Hormozi

    Alex Hormozi

    Live

    Offers, pricing, and sales frameworks pressure-tested on real, scaling businesses.

    BusinessMarketing
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  5. Marc Lou

    Marc Lou

    Live

    Indie hacker shipping in public — launch tactics, distribution experiments, and the unglamorous mechanics of a solo SaaS founder's week.

    MarketingTechnical
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  6. Breaking B2B

    Sam Dunning

    Live

    No-fluff SaaS SEO and B2B marketing — channel-specific tactics for founders who need pipeline, not vibes.

    Marketing
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  7. Nick Saraev

    Nick Saraev

    Live

    AI automation and building SaaS with modern AI tooling — practical, technical builds rather than theory.

    Technical
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We’re fans of every channel on this page, not affiliates of any of them. Their interviews, stories, and teaching are the foundation; our role is to organize the key lessons into practical, comparable guidance. Every citation links straight back to the original video.