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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Apr 12, 2017 • 1h 4min
#010 – Growing Your Social Media Presence and Building an Audience with Laura Roeder of MeetEdgar
The point of marketing is to draw new people in to your business every day, but how exactly do you go about doing that? Laura Roeder, who bootstrapped her business to $4M/year, explains how to build an audience.
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Apr 5, 2017 • 54min
#009 – Breaking Into Bootstrapping Your Own SaaS Business with Clifford Oravec of Tamboo
Thinking about becoming an indie hacker? Learn how to start, what skills you need, and the biggest pitfalls to avoid in this discussion I had with Clifford Oravec, author of The Epic Guide to Bootstrapping a SaaS Startup.
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Mar 22, 2017 • 1h
#008 – Growing a $600,000/mo Business by Starting with Direct Sales with Nathan Barry of ConvertKit
Learn how Nathan Barry grew his business by teaching what he knew, taking advantage of big competitors, showing up every day for two years, and treating direct sales as the answer to everything. Brought to you by Vettery.
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Mar 16, 2017 • 58min
#007 – Building an Open-Source Publishing Platform That Makes $63,000/mo with John O'Nolan of Ghost
John O'Nolan explains how he used his industry experience to come up with a simple idea, built a landing page that converted 30,000 email subscribers, and raised $300,000 on Kickstarter. Brought to you by SparkPost.
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Mar 8, 2017 • 45min
#006 – Launching Your Product and Finding Customers Immediately with Josh Pigford of Baremetrics
Josh Pigford went from having an idea to having paying customers in eight days. Less than six months later he was making $14,000/month. In this episode, you'll learn exactly how he did it. Brought to you by SparkPost.
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Feb 28, 2017 • 49min
#005 – How the VC Business Model Co-Opts Entrepreneurs' Visions with Bryce Roberts of Indie.vc
Why is the VC narrative so dominant? Bryce Roberts, partner at Indie.vc, talks about why it's important to focus on generating revenue from the beginning. Brought to you by DixonAndMoe.com.
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Feb 22, 2017 • 58min
#004 – Succeeding in a Crowded Market by Building a Niche Business with Garrett Dimon of Sifter
How do you cut through the noise and stand out among the competition so you can start landing your first customers? Garrett Dimon, the creator of Sifter, explains how he did it. Brought to you by SparkPost.
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Feb 13, 2017 • 53min
#003 – Bootstrapping a SaaS Business to $30,000,000/year with David Hauser of Grasshopper
David Hauser explains how prioritizing selling early on, talking to customers, and rigorously testing marketing channels helped him bootstrap to $30M/year. Brought to you by DixonAndMoe.com.
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Feb 10, 2017 • 59min
#002 – Fueling Growth with SEO and Content Marketing with Chris Chen of Instapainting
Learn how Instapainting founder Chris Chen used a combination of SEO and content marketing to grow his business to $32k/month in sales. Brought to you by ProductManagerHQ.com.
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Feb 9, 2017 • 1h 4min
#001 – Building an Audience and Being Scrappy with Jason Grishkoff of SubmitHub
Jason Grishkoff, the founder of SubmitHub, proves that being scrappy and doing things that don't scale (like sending 1000 emails) can lead to explosive growth. Brought to you by SparkPost.
