Making a full-time income working just one day per week - Ramy Khuffash, Page Flows
Nov 18, 2020
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Ramy Khuffash, founder of Page Flows, talks about the full-time indie hacker dream, his journey working for a VC backed startup, and the trend of content/directory businesses. He discusses the perks and challenges of being a solo founder and compares bootstrapping to venture capital. Ramy also shares insights on pricing options, exploring new projects, and why he stopped sharing revenue numbers.
Indie hackers should prioritize launching products and gaining feedback to drive growth and avoid giving up prematurely.
Continuous addition of content to a product or website can increase traction and attract more users through improved search results.
Deep dives
Building without putting products out in the wild
The podcast episode highlights the common mistake made by indie hackers of spending too much time building products without actually releasing them and gaining user feedback. This approach often leads to loss of hope in the product and eventually giving up. The speaker shares personal experience and emphasizes the importance of putting products in the market and receiving feedback to drive growth.
Focus on adding content to drive growth
The discussion centers around the growth strategy of adding content to a product or website. The speaker shares the example of Page Flows, a directory of user flow examples, and explains that by continuously updating and adding more content, the website gains more traction and attracts more users. The more content that is added, the more opportunities there are for people to find the website through search results.
Balancing self-doubt with the benefits of being a solo founder
The episode delves into the emotional challenges faced by solo founders, such as self-doubt and comparing oneself to others in the industry. The speaker acknowledges the downsides of constantly comparing success with others, but also highlights the benefits of being a solo founder, including the freedom to travel, flexibility in time management, and the ability to live life on one's own terms.
Ramy Khuffash is the founder of Page Flows, a library of inspiration videos for product designers. Ramy started Page Flows after building a UI newsletter to thousands of subscribers, trying to improve his own skills as a developer who cares about design. Ramy is now a full-time indie hacker, with Page Flows making enough revenue to sustain him, alongside a few other side projects.
What we discussed in this episode:
Is the full-time indie hacker dream all it's made out to be
Why Ramy tried six startups in six months, was it a success?
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