Indie Hackers #102 – Quick Chat with Pat Walls of Starter Story
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Jul 19, 2019 Pat Walls, founder of Starter Story, shares insights on quitting his job to focus on bootstrapped businesses, finding first 10 paying customers under a month, juggling multiple projects, monetization strategies, competition in entrepreneurship, and the importance of focusing on impact.
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Building Pigeon From Need
- Pat Walls built Pigeon, an automation tool for Gmail, to save time managing emails for his site Starter Story.
- He launched Pigeon a month and a half ago and quickly got 10 paying customers mainly through pre-launch efforts.
Failed Invoicing Startup Story
- Pat's initial startup was a business invoicing tool aimed at small e-commerce companies.
- Despite interest, customers never fully adopted it, leading to its failure and YC rejection.
Starting Starter Story Journey
- After his first startup failed, Pat started Starter Story, an interview site inspired by Indie Hackers.
- He focused on e-commerce entrepreneurs and posted interviews regularly to grow content.