
Indie Hackers
Courtland and Channing Allen interview the ambitious indie hackers who are turning their ideas and side projects into profitable online businesses. Explore the latest strategies and tools founders are using to capitalize on new opportunities, escape the 9-to-5 grind, and create their own personal revenue-generating machines. The future is indie!
Latest episodes

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Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 5min
#273 – The Threat of A.I., Building in Public vs Transparency, and Code vs No-Code with KP
KP (@thisiskp_) talks about why building in public beats mere transparency, whether AI will be the end of no-code, why he's made more money from organizing community than anything else, and how he went from a 9-to-5 job to being a founder with multiple exits with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

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Mar 22, 2023 • 52min
#272 – Escape Rooms, Side Project Marketing, and Getting to Ramen Profitable with Marc Lou of Habits Garden
Marc Lou (@marc_louvion) talks living in Bali with a private chef, monetizing habit trackers, first date ideas, growing on Twitter, and building over 10 products in a year to finally reach ramen profitability with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

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Mar 15, 2023 • 50min
#271 – Gamification, Digital Nomading, and Growing Sales to $41k/mo with Stas Kulesh of Karma
Stas Kulesh (@stas_kulesh) talks about building internal tools as a great hack, why it takes 10 years to understand a new country, the challenging secret of enterprise sales, and slowly growing a SaaS business to $40k/month with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

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Mar 1, 2023 • 1h 7min
#270 – Exiting for Millions in Under a Year with Shaan Puri and Ben Levy of The Milk Road
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Ben Levy (@benmlevy) talk making it big as a content creator, choosing the right business idea, creative ways to monetize, big boy vs small boy stuff, making friends as an adult, growing a newsletter brand, and exiting for millions in under a year with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

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Feb 22, 2023 • 1h 1min
#269 – Bouncing Back from Failure to Bootstrap Past $2M/Year with Josh Ho of Referral Rock
Josh Ho (@jlogic) talks raising kids, automating word-of-mouth growth, bouncing back from a previous failed business, and bootstrapping beyond $2M in annual revenue with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

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Feb 15, 2023 • 48min
#268 – Trading Stocks, Quitting Amazon, and Making $20k/Month with Yahia Bakour of Stock Alarm
Yahia Bakour (@mynameisyahia) talks trading stocks, quitting a $250k/year job at Amazon to become an indie hacker, how to join an existing project as a late cofounder, marketing via SEO, being a night owl vs an early bird, and bootstrapping his revenue to $20k/month with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

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Feb 8, 2023 • 55min
#267 – The Path to $3M in 3 Years as a Solopreneur with Justin Welsh
Justin Welsh, a successful solopreneur, shares how he scaled his businesses to $3M in just three years. He discusses the importance of setting ambitious goals while maintaining work-life balance. Justin dives into leveraging social media, especially LinkedIn, for engagement and trust-building without aggressive sales tactics. He reflects on his journey from corporate burnout to thriving in autonomy, emphasizing the need for consistent brand storytelling and crafting memorable content to foster customer loyalty in a digital landscape.

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Jan 25, 2023 • 38min
#266 – Lessons Learned Building a $37k/mo Business in 2.5 Years with Mat De Sousa of WideBundle
Mat De Sousa (@DsMatie) talks having million-dollar ambitions as a child, learning from numerous failed startups, why Shopify apps are great for indie hackers, the proper way to find a business idea, and growing from $0 to $37k/mo in 2.5 years with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

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Nov 23, 2022 • 41min
#265 – From Full-Time Job to $30k/Month with Damon Chen of Testimonial
Damon Chen (@damengchen) talks failed side projects, validating your idea, charging higher prices than is comfortable, what makes for a good website testimonial, and growing a bootstrapped startup to $30k/mo with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

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Oct 31, 2022 • 56min
#264 – Growing a 2-Person Business to $80k/Month with Eric Turner of Japan Dev
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.