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Indie Hackers
#264 – Growing a 2-Person Business to $80k/Month with Eric Turner of Japan Dev
Oct 31, 2022
56:01
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Eric Turner, living in Japan as a foreigner and visiting Japan as a tourist, shares insights on starting as an indie hacker and picking a lucrative market. They discuss growing a job board, challenges finding a programming job in Japan, and the importance of sales for indie hackers.
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- The speaker shares their journey of building and growing a curated job board for English-speaking developers interested in tech jobs in Japan, highlighting the challenges of gaining customers and applicants and their approach of offering free job postings to companies with payment only upon successful hires.
- The summary highlights a three-step process commonly used by successful indie hackers, involving researching and becoming knowledgeable about a specific topic important to them, organizing the research into a presentable format, and distributing the website to make it discoverable to the target audience.
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Challenges of a VR Enthusiast
The speaker discusses their excitement for a new VR headset, the MetaQuest Pro, but shares the frustration of their purchase being declined. They reflect on a previous experience with their bank declining a charge from Meta, highlighting the skepticism around spending large amounts on Facebook-related purchases. Despite not knowing the specific features of the Quest Pro, the speaker is eager to try it, especially for the improved virtual meeting capabilities and resolution. They express their belief that virtual reality has more potential than augmented reality in creating immersive experiences.
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