The Indie Hackers Podcast: How Developers Are Bootstrapping, Marketing, And Growing Their Online Businesses

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Sinopsis

I'm Courtland Allen, and on IndieHackers.com I've interviewed hundreds of developers about how they've built, marketed, and grown their side projects into profitable online businesses. The Indie Hackers Podcast dives even deeper into the whys and hows of making money online. I'll be speaking with the founders of businesses both big and small, from people working a few hours a week on side projects that generate $500/month, to CEOs who've bootstrapped their startups to millions of dollars in annual revenue. Whether you're currently running your own business or you're an aspiring entrepreneur, you'll learn by example the fundamentals behind coming up with valuable ideas, testing the market to see if they'll work, finding your first customers, marketing and growing your business, and becoming a financially independent indie hacker (aka IndieHacker).

Episodios

  • #130 – Iterating Your Way to Founder-Product Fit with Zach Resnick of EasyPoint Concierge

    28/10/2019 Duración: 01h11min

    Zach Resnick (@TrumpetIsAwesom) began travel hacking as a broke college student looking for a way to see the world without spending thousands of dollars on flights. Today he's used his vast knowledge of the travel industry to create EasyPoint, a concierge service and that's generated almost $60K/month in revenue this year. In this episode, Zach emphasizes the criticality of product-founder fit, weighs in on the benefits of working with friends, and reflects on the winding path he's taken to build a business that customers both love and pay for.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/130-zach-resnick-of-easypoint-concierge

  • #129 – Quick Chat with Dominic Monn of MentorCruise

    25/10/2019 Duración: 29min

    Dominic Monn (@dqmonn) created a marketplace for mentors where none existed, and quickly grew it into a positive revenue stream. What's more, he did it while enduring a 3-hour commute and working a demanding internship. In this episode, we discuss how Dominic leaned heavily on cold outreach to populate his marketplace, the joy of reaching out to (and hearing back from!) satisfied users, and the importance of planning when most of your day is already booked with a full-time job.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/129-quick-chat-with-dominic-monn

  • #128 – Finding 22,000 Paying Customers Despite Stiff Competition with Tyler King of Less Annoying CRM

    21/10/2019 Duración: 01h10min

    When Tyler King (@tylermking) set out to build Less Annoying CRM, he knew he was entering a crowded market full of well-funded competitors focused on astronomical growth. So instead he took the slower, surer path to success, and bootstrapped his way to 22,000 paying customers and over $2.6MM in annual revenue. In this episode, Tyler and I discuss his insights for making it work in a crowded industry, why he went from avoiding customer service to prioritizing it over everything else, and how he makes the tough choices when facing dilemmas that don't have an obvious answer.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/128-tyler-king-of-less-annoying-crm

  • #127 – Quick Chat with Ghyslain Gaillard of Indie London

    18/10/2019 Duración: 27min

    Ghyslain Gaillard (@iamghyslain) of Indie London knew that he wanted to be at the heart of the indie startup scene in Europe, but when he couldn’t find his birds of a feather, he decided to start his own meetup from scratch. In this episode Ghyslain and I discussed the major benefits of getting energized with a group of like-minded indie hackers, why it's so worthwhile to ask others for help, and the practical value of cold outreach in growing your product.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/127-quick-chat-with-ghyslain-gaillard

  • #126 – Finding Success by Staying Optimistic with Ketan Anjaria of HireClub

    13/10/2019 Duración: 01h19min

    Ketan Anjaria's (@kidbombay) path to success was paved with hardship. He was flying high in the 90s dot-com boom, until he lost his job in the crash. His funded startup won awards at TechCrunch Disrupt and earned him interviews with Time magazine, until it ran out of money and he had to shut it down. But despite the setbacks, Ketan always managed to rediscover his optimism and try a new path forward. In this episode, we discuss the importance of not giving up in accomplishing your goals, why community is an underrated foundation for building a business on top of, and how Ketan has grown his business HireClub 20% month-over-month to reach $30,000 in monthly revenue.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/126-ketan-anjaria-of-hireclub

  • #125 – Quick Chat with Danielle Johnson of Leave Me Alone

    11/10/2019 Duración: 38min

    Danielle Johnson (@dinkydani21) is no stranger to the challenge of building an online business. So when she hit on a new idea for a product that could solve a problem better than the competition, she made sure to learn from her past mistakes and do things differently this time around. In this episode, Danielle and I chat about how she went from an idea to an MVP with 50 beta testers in just two weeks, her strategies for successfully launching her product multiple times, and why she and her co-founder are committed to building their business transparently.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/125-quick-chat-with-danielle-johnson

  • #124 – Talking to Customers and Growing to $50,000 a Month with Sarah Hum of Canny

    07/10/2019 Duración: 56min

    Sarah Hum (@SarahHum) got a job working at a big tech company, in part because she wanted to learn how create a startup of her own. But it didn't take her long to realize the truth: the best way to learn is to dive in head first. In this episode, Sarah shares how she went from employee to founder, why she chose to bootstrap her company and travel the world rather than staying in SF and raising money, and how she's steadily grown her revenue to over $50k/month.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/124-sarah-hum-of-canny

  • #123 – Quick Chat with Louis Nicholls of Sales for Founders

    05/10/2019 Duración: 34min

    Louis Nicholls (@louisnicholls_) never intended to build the audience he server. He just wanted to help people, even if it meant doing it for free. Thousands of email subscribers later, he's been able to build a successful course teaching sales to founders, and he's made over $40,000 in its first three iterations. In this episode, Louis and I talk about SaaS vs info products, the importance on starting small and making incremental improvements, and why "be helpful on the Internet" is possibly the best advice for startup founders.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/123-quick-chat-with-louis-nicholls

  • #122 – Filling a Gap and Bootstrapping to $1M with Josh Wood of Honeybadger

    30/09/2019 Duración: 57min

    Josh Wood is living an indie hacker dream: from freelance developer to co-founder of Honeybadger, a monitoring tool for developers that generates over $1M a year in revenue. Even better, he only works 30 hours a week. Josh joined the show to talk about the reward of switching from selling his time to selling a product, how Honeybadger filled a gap left by declining incumbent players, and why building a customer-friendly low-churn business is a solid way to achieve long-term growth, even if sales and marketing aren't your strong suit.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/122-josh-wood-of-honeybadger

  • #121 – Quick Chat with Mubashar Iqbal of Pod Hunt

    28/09/2019 Duración: 34min

    Mubashar Iqbal (@mubashariqbal) has always been a maker first and an indie hacker second. That much is obvious from his track record of building 80+ side projects. But recently, he's taken his "work on things you love" mindset and applied it to a business of his own: Pod Hunt. In this episode, Mubs and I discuss strategies for crafting successful consumer-facing products and he shares his thoughts on why you should always prioritize product-founder fit.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/121-quick-chat-with-mubashar-iqbal

  • #120 – Seeking Truth as a Founder with Patrick Campbell of ProfitWell

    24/09/2019 Duración: 01h37min

    Patrick Campbell (@Patticus) grew up as farm boy from Wisconsin. But after getting tired of working in bureaucratic environments, he cashed out his 401k to bootstrap his own business in 2012. Patrick joined the show to discuss the importance of finding the root cause of problems in your startup, to talk about why pricing and churn are major levers of growth that shouldn't be ignored, and to share how he grew ProfitWell to over $10M/year in revenue.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/120-patrick-campbell-of-profitwell

  • #119 – Sales Tips Every Founder Should Know with Steli Efti of Close

    20/09/2019 Duración: 45min

    Steli Efti (@Steli) knows more about sales than anyone else I know. He's also the founder of Close.com, a profitable all-in-one CRM tool doing many millions in revenue, so he's the perfect person to answer the question: What should founders know about sales? So in this episode, my goal was to extract as many founder-specific sales tactics as I could from Steli. Whether you're growing a business now, or it's something you hope to do in the future, Steli's advice isn't something you can afford to miss.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/119-steli-efti-of-close

  • #118 – The Magic of Choosing a Great Market with Justin Jackson of Transistor

    16/09/2019 Duración: 01h06min

    Justin Jackson (@mijustin) has spent a lifetime as an entrepreneur, working on products, hosting podcasts, running communities, creating courses, and more. But it wasn't until he created his newest business, Transistor, that he fully realized the power that comes from choosing the right market as a founder. Justin joined me on the podcast to talk about the advantages of solving a straightforward problem, the importance of finding the truth in the early days, and why it might be worth it to wait for the right idea for the right market.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/118-justin-jackson-of-transistor

  • #117 – Becoming Indistractable as a Founder with Nir Eyal, Author of Hooked

    13/09/2019 Duración: 38min

    Being an indie hacker is the ultimate responsibility: If you don't get things done, nobody else will. It's up to you consistently execute well, day after day. But how exactly you do that? Nir Eyal (@nireyal) joined me on the podcast to answer that exact question. After years of research into what separates those of us who execute on what we commit to doing vs those of us who get distracted or lose motivation, he's broken down his findings into a process any founder can use to become "indistractable."Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/117-nir-eyal-of-indistractable

  • #116 – Exploring Ideas and Exploiting the Good Ones with Justin Mares of Kettle and Fire

    09/09/2019 Duración: 01h07min

    Justin Mares (@jwmares) is the founder of not one but two companies in the health food space, each of which he's simultaneously bootstrapped to over $10,000,000 in annual revenue. In this episode we covered why you should avoid having a scarcity mentality when coming up with an idea to work on, how to alleviate market risk by running a smoke test, and how Justin was able to rapidly grow his businesses by bringing growth know-how from tech to the industry of consumer packaged goods.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/116-justin-mares-of-kettle-and-fire

  • #115 – Quick Chat with Harry Dry of Marketing Examples

    06/09/2019 Duración: 28min

    Harry Dry (@harrydry) is the founder of Marketing Examples, a fast-growing showcase of successful startup marketing stories. Since launching the site a few months ago, he's grown his email list to 5000 subscribers, won product of the week on Product Hunt, and is approaching $1,000 in monthly recurring revenue. Harry joined the show to talk about reducing the risks of being a founder, how to grow your Twitter following, and the importance of building the product that only you can build.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/115-quick-chat-with-harry-dry

  • #114 – The Business of Podcasting with Jeff Meyerson of Software Engineering Daily

    02/09/2019 Duración: 59min

    Jeff Meyerson (@the_prion) is the host of Software Engineering Daily, a popular podcast that averages 20,000 downloads a day. It's also a successful business that generates close to $60,000/month in advertising revenue. Jeff joined the show to talk about the business of podcasting: What goes into producing an episode? How do you ask great questions? What's the best way to grow your listenership and land lucrative advertising deals? And what lessons from podcasting apply more broadly to all indie hackers?Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/114-jeff-meyerson-of-software-engineering-daily

  • #113 – Quick Chat with Ben Orenstein of Tuple

    30/08/2019 Duración: 31min

    Ben Orenstein (@r00k) is the founder of Tuple, a remote pair programming app for the Mac that fills the void left by ScreenHero's disappearance. Ben joined the show for a second time to catch us up on Tuple's progress as a profitable pre-launch business. We talked about the benefits of creating a public roadmap that you can share with customers, the importance of learning by selling, Ben's gameplan for Tuple's public launch, and why it's important to focus on growth long before launch day.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/113-quick-chat-with-ben-orenstein

  • #112 – From Side Project to Full-Time Founder with Tommy Griffith of ClickMinded

    26/08/2019 Duración: 01h05min

    What happens when the money you're making from your side project eclipses your salary from your full-time job? Tommy Griffith (@TommyGriffith) found out in the best way possible when he began generating six figures in revenue just a few years after he started teaching people everything he knew about SEO. Today his business, ClickMinded, generates over $40,000/month. In this episode we discuss the best ways to bootstrap an email list, why it takes 1000 days for a side project to replace your salary, and how a taste of freedom can make you unemployable.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/112-tommy-griffith-of-clickminded

  • #111 – Quick Chat with Jessica Chan of Coder Coder

    23/08/2019 Duración: 29min

    Jessica Chan (@thecodercoder) is the founder of Coder Coder, a collection of resources that help self-taught web developers learn to code the same way that she did. Jessica joined the show to share how she came up with her idea and got her first users, how she grew her Instagram account to 30k followers and her website to over 60k visits per month, and how she plans to make a living from her business as an indie hacker.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/111-quick-chat-with-jessica-chan

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