Rob Walling
Co-Founder at Startups for the Rest of Us
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Walling is a serial software entrepreneur, investor, and educator based in Minneapolis who has started six companies, built three into multi-million-dollar ventures, and exited two. As co-founder of TinySeed, Drip, and MicroConf, he blends hands-on product building with founder-focused communities and mentorship. He has educated tens of thousands of entrepreneurs through five books, a 15-million-download podcast, and a large YouTube following, helping SaaS founders scale to seven or eight figures in ARR. Notably, his investments include GymDesk’s $32.5 million sale, and his accelerator boasts a 43% millionaire-rate among alumni. He also hosts Startups for the Rest of Us and is the author of Start Small, Stay Small, underscoring a practical, bootstrap-friendly approach to growth. A UC Davis engineering graduate, he brings a rare mix of technical depth, operational discipline, and founder-friendly storytelling to the SaaS ecosystem.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Double B.S. in Computer Eng/Elec Eng Engineering, Double B.S. in Computer Eng/Elec Eng Engineering at University of California, Davis
Github Skills (7)
wrapper10
api9
rest-api8
php8
csharp8
rest8
dotnet7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
DripEmail/drip-dot-net
Apr 2015 - Jul 2017
An object-oriented .NET wrapper for Drip's REST API v2.0
Contributions:12 commits, 8 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years 3 months
apidotnetapi-wrappercsharprest
DripEmail/drip-php
Aug 2014 - Apr 2015
An object-oriented PHP wrapper for Drip's API
Contributions:5 commits, 2 pushes in 7 months
apiapi-wrapperapi-sphpphp-wrapper
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