Indie Hackers
Courtland Allen and Channing Allen
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!
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Jun 28, 2017 • 57min
#020 – Building a Million Dollar Mailing List with Scott of Scott's Cheap Flights
Learn how Scott Keyes grew his mailing list from 300 to 600,000 subscribers and $4M in revenue in two years.
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Jun 21, 2017 • 52min
#019 – Solving Your Own Problem with Todd Garland of BuySellAds
Todd Garland went from being a blogger who published ads on his website to creating one of the leading advertising platforms on the web. Here's his story.
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Jun 14, 2017 • 52min
#018 – Finding Your First Paying Customers with Wade Foster of Zapier
How did a company that nobody'd ever heard of find hundreds of beta users, and even convince them to pay for access? Wade Foster tells the story behind user acquisition at Zapier.
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Jun 8, 2017 • 1h 37min
#017 – How to Grow Your Business with Julian Shapiro of Bell Curve
Growth consultant Julian Shapiro joins me for an extra long episode in which he shares a wealth of knowledge and stories about making numbers go up and to the right.
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May 31, 2017 • 53min
#016 – Building a $1 Million Business Solo with Mike Perham of Sidekiq
Mike Perham, creator of Sidekiq, discusses how he turned his open-source side project into a $1 million business without making any hires. They cover topics such as legal concerns when starting a business, pricing software products for developers, the success of Sidekiq without traditional sales efforts, the advantage of high-paying customers, and challenges faced by open-source developers and how to monetize their projects.
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May 24, 2017 • 56min
#015 – Data-Driven Marketing and Sales with Alex MacCaw of Clearbit
Alex MacCaw started Clearbit.com as a solo founder, and he's since grown it to millions of dollars in annual profit. Learn the marketing and sales techniques he's used to reach over 1000 customers.
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May 17, 2017 • 1h 2min
#014 – Delivering More Value and Charging More Money with Brennan Dunn of DoubleYourFreelancing.com
Experienced freelancer Brennan Dunn shares insights on pricing strategies, client acquisition, and transitioning from freelancer to successful entrepreneur. He discusses the importance of recurring revenue, understanding customer needs, and transitioning from contractor to product business.
May 10, 2017 • 1h 4min
#013 – How to overcome the biggest challenges to your online business with patio11
Patrick McKenzie divulges his wisdom around how to develop promising business ideas, find your first customers, convince smart people to work with you, generate more revenue, and stay happy while doing it.
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May 3, 2017 • 54min
#012 – Traveling, Learning to Code, and Bootstrapping to $25k/mo with Tyler Tringas of Storemapper
Tyler Tringas talks about the difference between good and bad ideas, launching new products in days not months, finding your first customers one at a time, hiring effectively, and more.
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Apr 26, 2017 • 53min
#011 – How Ryan Bednar Went from SEO Consulting to Building an SEO Product That Makes $80,000/mo
Turning your skillset into a product that solves customers' problems is one of the best ways to start a business. Learn how Ryan Bedndar came up with an idea, iterated on his product, and found his first customers.
