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Lukas and Liz Hermann of StageTimer.io describe making $8k/month from a simple on-stage timer product and map out an ambition to reach…
Steph Smith of a16z discusses making millions from content subscriptions, her work at a16z, AI's cultural impact, 'thread boys' on Twitter,…
Seth Godin talks about indie hacking, finding new business ideas, meaningful vs. mechanized jobs, dealing with internet trolls,…
Alex MacCaw of Reflect describes quitting his own 7-figure company to start over as a lifestyle business, living on a boat, and…
Emma Lawler of Velvet covers indie vs. VC, doing an MBA after exiting, why she moved from SF to NYC, trading sleep for output, and her plan…
Danny Postma discusses his portfolio of AI products (rivalry with Pieter Levels, his earlier AI exit), using SEO as a moat, being an AI…
Lane Wagner of Boot.dev (coding education site) describes crossing $26k/month in revenue after a first year with no traction. He argues…
Rob Walling of TinySeed shares his new SaaS playbook, explains why he launched it on Kickstarter instead of self-publishing, and discusses…
Wes Kao of Maven discusses disrupting traditional education, her recent $25M raise, what motivates founders, and why cohort-based courses…
Courtland Allen and Channing Allen announce that Indie Hackers has been spun out of Stripe and is once again independent. They discuss…
KP discusses why building in public beats transparency, whether AI will kill no-code, making more money from organizing communities than…
Marc Lou of Habits Garden talks about living in Bali, monetizing habit-tracker products, growing on Twitter, and shipping 10+ products in a…
Stas Kulesh of Karma covers building internal tools as a smart hack, the long ramp to understanding a new country, the realities of…
Shaan Puri and Ben Levy of The Milk Road talk about content creation, picking the right business idea, creative monetization, growing a…
Josh Ho of Referral Rock talks about parenting, automating referral and word-of-mouth programs, bouncing back from a prior failed business,…
Yahia Bakour of Stock Alarm discusses trading stocks, quitting a $250k/year Amazon job to go indie, joining an existing project as a late…
Justin Welsh talks about setting high goals, launching products without coding, building on LinkedIn, selling courses, avoiding burnout,…
Mat De Sousa of WideBundle talks about ambitious goals, learning from failed startups, why Shopify apps are a great indie-hacker market,…
Damon Chen of Testimonial covers failed side projects, idea validation, the qualities of a good website testimonial, charging premium…
Eric Turner of Japan Dev talks about living in Japan as a foreigner and visiting as a tourist, picking a lucrative niche, and growing a…
Laura Roeder covers life coaching, starting and exiting multiple businesses (one sold for millions), early SEO growth, and designing a…
Marko Saric of Plausible talks about joining an existing project as a late co-founder, succeeding on Hacker News, competing against Google…
Kapil Kale of Tremendous covers AI-generated art, the YC experience, buying out early investors for full ownership, pivoting from a…
Tony Dinh discusses leaving a corporate job in Vietnam, lessons from failed and successful side projects, growing an audience on Twitter,…
