Indie Bites
121 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsShort, bite-sized conversations with indie hackers that have started small, profitable and bootstrapped businesses. You'll learn how they come up with ideas, what they do to validate, find those first customers and make a sustainable income. Episodes every Tuesday.
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Making over $5k/month from a portfolio of side projects - Dan Rowden, ilo
January 15, 2021 16:23 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBDan, like many other indie hackers, runs a bunch of projects alongside a full-time job which all compound to him making over $5k a month. In 2012 he started Magpile, a free online resource about magazines, which was followed by Subsail, a platform to help indie publishers sell magazine subscriptions. Earlier this year Dan started using the publishing platform Ghost, which he then started to build a suite of products around, now including: Gloat; a productised service for hosting a...
Turning $100 into $52,000 selling handmade candles DTC - Dianna Allen, TERRA
January 11, 2021 18:02 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBDianna Allen is the founder of TERRA, a DTC candle brand, where she designs and hand pours a variety of candles. In October 2020, Dianna left her life as a freelancer behind to put her efforts into TERRA full-time, which as we all know, is a huge leap to make. What we covered: Should more indie hackers work on physical products? What happened with Budget Meal Planner? Should more indie hackers kill projects more often? Does turning a passion into a business take the enjoyment a...
How Pat Walls made $20k in 2 weeks from his SEO course - Pat Walls, Starter Story
December 16, 2020 19:17 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBPat Walls is the founder of Starter Story, a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. They interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started their business and how they grew it, including revenue figures for every business they interview. But in this episode, we’re going to be discussing the new SEO course that Pat launched this week, making over $20k in pre-sales. What we covered 20k in 2 weeks, how did you do it? How and why Pat started Starter ...
Choosing freedom over money - Rob Hope, One Page Love + Yo!
December 08, 2020 15:55 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBToday I’m joined by Rob Hope, who is a South African designer, developer and the host of one of my favorite podcasts out there for entrepreneurs Yo!. He's also the founder of One Page Love, Email Love, and has recently released an ebook with a hundred landing page tips. It's safe to say Rob knows his stuff. When it comes to building landing pages, having started One Page Love back in 2008. What we discussed in this episode: Have we lost the joy of simplicity? How to cut through t...
Why indie hackers should be podcasting - Mark Asquith, Rebel Base Media
December 01, 2020 09:45 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBMark Asquith (aka That British Podcast Guy) is the CEO of Rebel Base Media, the U.K. podcast tech company that makes Captivate.fm and so much more. What we discussed in this episode: What makes podcasting such a good medium Is the amount of investment in podcasting (from the likes of Spotify) a good thing? Is podcasting oversaturated? What does it take to grow a podcast? How to stay consistent with producing your show How Mark started out with his businesses Bootstrapping t...
Making a full-time income working just one day per week - Ramy Khuffash, Page Flows
November 18, 2020 09:48 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBRamy 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 R...
Paying off $250k in debt by starting a company making $1.5m ARR - Nick Fogle, Wavve
October 31, 2020 17:27 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBNick Fogle is the co-founder of Wavve and ChurnKey, but there is a lot more to Nick than just that. Wavve is an audio to video platform which has now hit $1.5m in ARR, but Nick has only left his full time job 3 years after starting the company and 9 months after it had eclipsed his salary. Why? Well, Nick had $250,000 student loans to pay off. What we covered in this episode: How Nick got into $250,000 of debt How he felt in Christmas 2016 when he was looking at the massive numbe...
Building the one of the most popular Slack apps of all time - Wilhelm Klopp, Simple Poll
October 24, 2020 22:40 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBWilhelm Klopp is the founder of Simple Poll, a super simple (but powerful) poll Slack app that has over 600k active users. Wil now works on Simple Poll full time having left his job at GitHub in September 2019 (1 year ago 🎉). What we discussed in this episode: Hows the year been after leaving GitHub What is Simple Poll How Wil came up with the idea How he grew the app to 600k users What he did to start charging for a free app The danger of building for another platform (Slack...
Building a SaaS with just one hour every day - Mubashar Iqbal (Mubs)
October 19, 2020 16:14 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBMubashar 'Mubs' Iqbal is a prolific maker who has started over 90 projects. Currently Mubs is building Founderpath with Nathan Latka, and on One Hour SaaS where he spends one hour every day working on SaaS businesses. In this episode we talked about: How Mubs got into starting side-projects How he comes up with ideas and decides what to work on Why some of his projects run on auto-pilot How much it costs to run those that are on auto-pilot How to sell side-projects How to bui...
What it takes to build a community - Rosie Sherry, Indie Hackers
October 15, 2020 18:08 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBRosie Sherry is a community builder, indie hacker and founder. She currently runs the Indie Hackers community and also a weekly newsletter where she talks about building communities. Previously, Rosie founded Ministry of Testing. In this episode we talked about: Rosie's background as an indie hacker Going full time on Ministry of Testing, growing that into a £1m+ business What it's like running the Indie Hackers community What makes a good Indie Hackers post How to make the mo...
Leaving a full-time head of growth role to be a full-time indie hacker - Corey Haines, Swipe Files and more
October 07, 2020 17:09 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBCorey Haines is the founder of Swipe Files, he also runs refactoring growth, mental models for marketing, hey marketers and he was previously the head of growth at Baremetrics. I've been a follower of Corey for a while and impressed by the level and consistency of everything he produces. In this episode we talked about: What projects Corey is currently working on Why he left Baremetrics What it's like leaving a stable, full-time job to be an indie hacker How he manages his time...
How VEED grew to $1.7m ARR in less than 2 years - Sabba Keynejad, Veed.io
September 24, 2020 21:02 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBSabba Keynejad is the co-founder and CEO of VEED - an online video editing platform. VEED is a fully-fledged collaborative video editing product used by many influencers, coaches and businesses for adding subtitles, captions, text, merging videos, making meme videos, turning podcasts to videos and much more. What we covered in this episode: On Veed What is Veed? Where did you come up with the idea? What is your current revenue? Had you started and failed with anything before? ...
What's important for indie hackers in 2020 - Courtland Allen, Indie Hackers
September 21, 2020 07:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBCourtland Allen founded Indie Hackers in 2016, grew the business $8k MRR with sponsors, and then sold to Stripe 9 months later. An inspirational story that doesn't end there. Courtland has now been working from within Stripe for the past 4 years, where he continues to build on the platform and produce the excellent Indie Hackers podcast. He's a fountain of knowledge and I think you'll love this episode. What we covered in this episode: On Indie Hackers: Why did Courtland start IH...
Why mindful productivity is important as an indie hacker - Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Ness Labs
September 18, 2020 10:33 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBAnne-Laure inspired me with this conversation covering how she grew Ness Labs to over 600 paying members ($3k MRR), how to be mindfully productive (backed by her research as a Neuroscience masters student), and what we can do as a community to be more inclusive.
$3k MRR with 600 paying members writing about mindful productivity - Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Ness Labs
September 18, 2020 10:33 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBAnne-Laure Le Cunff is the founder of Ness Labs, a learning platform dedicated to mindful productivity while also studying neuroscience part-time at King's College with her masters. Previously Anne-Laure worked at Google leaving that job in 2017. As part of Ness Labs, she creates some truly exceptional content that I've had shared with me time and time again, which is evidenced by her 19,000 strong email lists for her newsletter, Maker Mind. Here's what we covered in this episode: ...
Starting over 40 side-projects in 10 years - Helen Ryles
September 16, 2020 21:15 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBHelen Ryles is a prolific indie hacker, having launched over 40 projects in the last 10 years, selling a few of them along the way. Helen is a proponent of the no code movement, advocating for the tools that allow non-technical folks, like me, create amazing projects. To tie in with this, she also runs the community at Makerpad, the no-code education and community platform. Thanks to Weekend Club for sponsoring Indie Bites. ‘I absolutely love being part of Weekend Club.’ ‘Huge fan ...
Building Marketing Examples to 30k email subscribers - Harry Dry, Marketing Examples
September 10, 2020 22:34 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBHarry Dry is the founder of Marketing Examples, a fast-growing showcase of successful startup marketing stories. When I first spoke to Harry on the Marketing Mashup about a year ago, he was on 5,000 subscribers and £1k revenue. Now, he has 6x that amount with 30,000 subscribers and 50,000 Twitter followers. An incredible growth story from a smart marketer. In 2022, Harry also created Copywriting Examples, the site for anyone writing new copy. Here's what we covered in this episod...
Growing a paid community to $800 MRR - Charlie Ward, Weekend Club (Ramen Club)
September 07, 2020 16:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode we discuss: On Weekend Club (now Ramen Club) How would you describe Weekend Club? Where did you come up with the idea for WC & IndieBeers? What was your initial plan for making revenue with WC? What's your revenue now? What have you done specifically to grow those first few users? On Community Building You've cultivated quite the community in London, why did you choose to build the community here? What does it take to build an active community? Is it as simp...
Growing a paid community to $800 MRR - Charlie Ward, Ramen Club (prev. Weekend Club)
September 07, 2020 16:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode we discuss: On Ramen Club (formerly Weekend Club) How would you describe Ramen Club? Where did you come up with the idea for Ramen Club & IndieBeers? What was your initial plan for making revenue with Ramen Club? What's your revenue now? What have you done specifically to grow those first few users? On Community Building You've cultivated quite the community in London, why did you choose to build the community here? What does it take to build an active commu...
Growing a paid community to $800 MRR - Charlie Ward, Weekend Club
September 07, 2020 16:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode we discuss: On Weekend Club How would you describe Weekend Club? Where did you come up with the idea for WC & IndieBeers? What was your initial plan for making revenue with WC? What's your revenue now? What have you done specifically to grow those first few users? On Community Building You've cultivated quite the community in London, why did you choose to build the community here? What does it take to build an active community? Is it as simple as just settin...
Indie Bites Trailer - what's it all about?
September 04, 2020 13:04 - 1 minute - 1.54 MBI'm your host James McKinven, I'm the founder of a podcasting company called Striqo and passionate indie hacker. Now I love long podcasts and what Courtland Allen has done with the Indie Hackers show, but this podcast will just supplement that. With less commuting, we now have less time to listen to podcasts and those long, albeit interesting, backstories. I'll aim to cut to the chase and find out what it really takes to build a sustainable, profitable business on the side. I'm Ja...