Anybody willing to fill us in, give us some context? While this raises so many red flags in my mind, I have no idea who Rob Walling is or what his reputation is like, so I prefer to reserve judgment until I know more.
> He’s the host of Startups for the Rest of Us and has written two best-selling books about startups: Start Small, Stay Small, and The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping your Sh*t Together. Through his books, podcasts, conferences, and essays, he has helped tens of thousands of startup founders.
He's been running a great event for bootstrapped founders called MicroConf. It's legit.
If you look at the endorsements for the book (Peldi, Derek Sivers, Patrick Campbell, Courtland Allen...) you'll see that they're as real as it gets.
Jason Cohen wrote the foreword for the book. (He founded WPEngine, one of the largest Wordpress hosting companies, with more than 1,000 employees, and before that SmartBear which got acquired for around $2 billion.)
If you're curious, you can also check out Startups For The Rest of Us, where he's been releasing new episodes for more than 10 years. I think that's one of the best ways to get a feel for whether he's someone you'd want to learn from.
> Before The SaaS Playbook, I wrote two best-selling books about startups: Start Small, Stay Small, and The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping your Sh*t Together.
The author's credentials are there. I have personally used Drip and read Start Small, Stay Small