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MicroConf's seven new initiatives for 2024
Executive overview
MicroConf has grown from a 100-person Las Vegas event to a network reaching over 100,000 bootstrap founders. After four years without a major roadmap announcement, Rob Walling outlines seven concrete initiatives launching across 2024. The offerings span community, education, co-founder matching, team retreats, and high-end founder experiences.
The core bet: expanding beyond conferences into a full-stack support system for bootstrap SaaS founders.
MicroConf Connect 2.0 and community updates
- Connect reopens to new members after a pause for platform improvements
- Waitlist already at 1,500 before doors open
- Three new membership tiers with weekly co-working, exclusive discounts, and a searchable content library
State of independent SaaS report returns
- Survey skipped in 2021–2022 due to low signal change; relaunched now because AI, no-code, and remote work have reshaped the landscape
- Partnering with Demand Maven to produce go-to benchmarks for bootstrap SaaS
- Over 2,000 founders have already completed the survey
MicroConf Local city selection goes community-driven
- Previously, locations were chosen by the MicroConf team; in 2024 the community votes
- Founders must rally local entrepreneurs to win the most votes for their city
New course: starting up from idea to traction
- Video course targeting founders stuck between idea and first customers
- Covers idea generation, validation, and early traction
- Aimed at first-timers, pivoters, and serial entrepreneurs
Co-founder matching service
- Data-driven matching based on skills, goals, and personality
- Addresses a persistent gap: founders regularly ask the community for co-founder introductions
- Built on observed patterns from co-founder hits and misses within the community
Team Sync by MicroConf
- In-person retreat combining remote-team management training with dedicated team working sessions
- MicroConf handles logistics; teams focus on strategy and connection
- Designed for remote SaaS teams of five or more
MicroConf Platinum Events
- Small, curated experiences (around 15 founders) in unique settings
- Examples: M&A strategy poolside with seven- and eight-figure founders; enterprise conversion tactics on a Grand Canyon trek
- Laser-focused on a single business goal per event
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