
Indie Founder
My name is Tiago and I am a full time Indie Maker.I build startups without any external investment and my goal is to perfect my entrepreneurial craft and reach $100K ARR (Annual Recurrent Revenue)Join me as I narrate my story and interview other entrepreneurs.Join our community
Latest episodes

Oct 19, 2022 • 27min
#256 - I Just Reached 1600 Twitter Followers
Today I am speaking about the strategies I am applying to find a suitable job for me. At the same time, I will share some tips that I learn to great tweets with better engagement. And last but not least I will speak about the new hot stuff happening in my indie life.Open To Work PageSupport The PodcastJoin the WBE SpaceBuy The Bootstrappers GuideMerch StoreDM me on TwitterBackground MusicMusic: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Oct 13, 2022 • 1h 6min
#255 - Interviewing Julien Nahum About Bootstrapping NotionForms to 160K ARR
Julien Nahum is a successful bootstrapper that was able to grow his NoCode SaaS NotionForms to $160K MRR in just one year. Before that Julien has built many interesting businesses and worked at amazon. Get ready for a brilliant indie hacking story.About JulienTwitter Blog About Building NotionFormsNotionFormsSupport The PodcastJoin the WBE SpaceBuy The Bootstrappers GuideMerch StoreDM me on TwitterBackground MusicMeadows in the Sky by Artificial.Music | https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Oct 11, 2022 • 30min
#254 - My First Ever Indie Hacker Talk
I was invited to speak about indie hacking on a Future.Works conference and I will tell you all about how the talk went and what I have learned from the event. I will also share about a less positive incident that happened in the community and brainstorm a few ideas on how we can fix it.Overcome Fear of Flying VideoSupport The PodcastJoin the WBE SpaceBuy The Bootstrappers GuideMerch StoreDM me on TwitterBackground MusicMusic: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Oct 7, 2022 • 25min
#253 - Paid Communities Are The Future Of Social Media
In this episode, I will give you an update on what I was able to achieve in the past week despite being on holiday. I speak about how the community is growing, how I prepared my first talk about Indie Hacking, and my next steps around finding a new job.Overcome Fear of Flying VideoSupport The PodcastJoin the WBE SpaceBuy The Bootstrappers GuideMerch StoreDM me on TwitterBackground MusicMusic: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Sep 28, 2022 • 25min
#252 - No More Full Time Indie Hacking
We are reaching the end of September which means that my deadline is up and I have to find some kind of job that will help me pay the bills.Support The PodcastJoin the WBE SpaceBuy The Bootstrappers GuideMerch StoreDM me on TwitterBackground MusicMusic: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Sep 26, 2022 • 1h 2min
#251 - Interviewing Sveta Bay About Building A Successful Info Product
Sveta Bay is the co-founder of makerbox.club a product that was able to grow from 0 $11K in only 3 months. In this interview, you will learn about Sveta's background and how she and Dan, without a tech background, were able to build their product only using NoCode tools and distribute it throughout the Indie community.About SvetaTwitter: https://twitter.com/sveta_bayMakerBox: https://www.makerbox.club/About this Pod:Twitter: https://twitter.com/wbepodcastJoin the Community: https://wannabe-entrepreneur.com/communityMerch: http://store.wannabe-entrepreneur.comBackground Music:Morning Routine by Ghostrifter Official | https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-officialMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Sep 20, 2022 • 33min
#250 - I Think I Just Found a Co-Founder
This episode starts with an unexpected adventure...I have been running around trying everything I can think of to boost my MRR. One of the projects has shown some potential (the Indie Lottery) and I found a great match to help me build this project further.Support The PodcastBuy The Bootstrappers GuideJoin the WBE SpaceMerch StoreDM me on TwitterBackground MusicMusic: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Sep 19, 2022 • 39min
#249 - Chatting with Anthony About Our Indie Communities [Part 1]
Anthony and I sat down together to speak about our journey in building our virtual communities for indie makers. We spoke about how it all started, how we were able to grow our communities, and what we have learned in the process.Listen to Part 2: https://indieworldwide.com/podcast/in-person-interview-with-rival-community-builder---wannabe-entrepreneurWatch the full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvpJgmx_zDQ&ab_channel=IndieWorldwideAbout AnthonyFollow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideAbout TiagoWannabe Entrepreneur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3dmPmL3G52CKUEv_sFEeBgFollow Tiago on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wbepodcastJoin the WBE Space: https://wannabe-entrepreneur.com/community

Sep 14, 2022 • 45min
#248 - A Cold Messaging Technique That Actually Works!
I finally found a type of cold messaging that resulted in great engagement and I will share it with you in this episode.I will also address the post claiming that Indie Hackers are all feeding a Ponzi Scheme and what some of the IH members feel about me. And last but not least I will give you an update on my most recent ProductHunt launch and tell you about and exciting co-working event Anthony and I are organizing.Episode LinksIndie Hacking is NOT a Ponzi Scheme PostWhy I hate the indie hackers community on TwitterCo-working Event in LisbonIndie LotteryHivoeSupport The PodcastSupport the pod with $2 monthBuy The Bootstrappers GuideJoin the WBE SpaceMerch StoreDM me on TwitterBackground MusicMusic: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Sep 6, 2022 • 33min
#247 - Why Is It So Hard To Answer This Question?
In this episode, I try to answer the question: "If you could go back in time what would you change in your indie journey?". I will also give you updates on my week and speak about some of my experiments with new possible products. And last but not least I will speak about how gender unbalanced the indie hacker community is.Episode LinksTwitter Thread About Female FoundersTwitter Thread About Podcast AnalyticsSupport The PodcastSupport the pod with $2 monthBuy The Bootstrappers GuideJoin the WBE SpaceMerch StoreDM me on TwitterBackground MusicMusic: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/