Bootstrapped #113: “The idea of public speaking fills me with unspeakable terror”

[SteveMcLeod]

Steve and Craig discuss how you can become a speaker at events, and whether this is a viable way to raise awareness of your product and services.

Topics include:

• Why speak at events and conferences
• Getting started as a speaker
• What event organisers look for in potential speakers
• Non-obvious benefits from speaking at events
• Steve’s champagne-spilling behaviour when speaking in public
• Craig’s experience speaking recently at MicroConf Europe
• TinySeed Tales: https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/tinyseed-tales/castos-1-a-non-technical-saas-founder
• Traction by Gabriel Weinberg: https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Customer/dp/1591848369

Listen to this episode.

[CraigHewitt]

Hi @SteveMcLeod thanks again for having me on the podcast. Sorry I’ve been a bit absent from the conversations here but will be remedying that here going forward.

Would love to hear if anyone has had success in using public speaking as a way to grow their business like Steve talked about during the episode? One of those Traction channels that Gabriel talks about in his book?