Indie Hackers

#261 – Self-Funding, Pivoting to a Better Idea, and Growing Beyond $10M with Kapil Kale of Tremendous

Sep 29, 2022

59:33

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Kapil Kale

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Episode notes

The power of open registration and product led growth

01:09

Starting a new company and exploring other possibilities

00:56

How Angel Investing Changed My Life

01:22

The Power of Ownership

01:18

Introduction

2min

Do You Not Feel Replaced?

2min

How AI Can Generate Anime Shows

2min

Copple, Welcome to the Show.

2min

Gift Rocket - A Cool Business in Its Own Right

3min

How Did You Decide to Start a Company?

2min

Why You Shouldn't Start a Gift Rocket

2min

The Global Gift Card Market Size Is Valuable at 620 Billion Dollars by 2027

4min

YC in 2010 Is It the Center of the Tech Universe?

2min

10.

Is It Possible to Get Into a YC?

2min

11.

YC and the Status Game 2

2min

12.

YC's Success Status Game

2min

13.

How Much Did You Rake?

2min

14.

How to Grow a Gifting Product Idea

2min

15.

How Much Are You Making Per Customer When You're Sending a 100 Dollar Gift Rocket?

2min

16.

Is That a Good Idea for Investors?

3min

17.

How Did You Transition to B2C in 2014?

3min

18.

YC - The Pivotal

2min

19.

B2C Gift Cards

2min

20.

GitHub Is a Great Example of a Hyper Growth Startup

6min

21.

B2B Payouts

3min

22.

The Sales Led Strategy Worked Well for Us

2min

23.

Fintech Startup Ideas You Don't Have Time to Work On

2min

24.

How Do You Feel as a Founder When You've Got 50 Employees?

2min

25.

Are You a Successful ND Hacker?

3min

Kapil Kale (@kapil) talks AI-generated art, going through YC, buying out his investors to own 100% of the company, pivoting from an okay idea to a great idea, and growing a profitable business to 8-figures in annual revenue with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

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