Solos

🚀 Discover how Philipp Keller, a 46-year-old side project builder, turned his SEO knowledge into a thriving indie hacker success story! In this episode, we dive deep into Philipp's journey with SEO Kickstarter, a Notion-based guide that helps indie makers boost their SEO. Learn how he: • Started with a shared flat platform and discovered the power of backlinks • Launched SEO Kickstarter and made $3,500 in just 24 hours • Balance...

🚀 Discover how Thomas Sanlis turned a simple directory for front-end developers into a thriving indie business! In this episode, we dive deep into Thomas' journey with Uneed, a platform that helps developers launch and showcases their products. Learn about: ✅ The origins of Uneed as a side project to test Nuxt.js ✅ How Thomas grew Uneed to generate $1,500-$2,000 per month ✅ The power of programmatic SEO in driving traffic an...

Join us for an inspiring chat with Andrei, an indie hacker extraordinaire! 🎉 🔍 Discover Andrei's entrepreneurial path: Building websites as a high school teen 👨‍💻 Learning from failures (hello, web dev agency!) 📚 Exploring side hustles in affiliate marketing and e-commerce 💼 Creating a million-dollar homepage for crypto 💰 🤖 Dive into Andrei's latest venture: Taft, an AI aggregator! Challenges of scaling a busines...

In this episode, we dive deep into Alexander Isora's fascinating journey as a maker! 💡 🔍 Discover how Alexander went from selling newspapers as a kid to creating successful SaaS products 🎯 Learn why niche-down tools are the secret sauce to building a thriving business 🌟 Explore the power of building in public and leveraging communities like IndieHackers We also chat about: 📊 The magic of side projects and free tools for ...

John Rush shares his journey from bootstrapping startups to entering the VC world and eventually discovering the joy of bootstrapping again. He discusses the challenges and drawbacks of the VC world, such as the pressure to have a large team and the need to constantly raise money. He also reflects on his experiences as an angel investor and the lessons he learned from his investments. John emphasizes the importance of being passion...

Summary Dan Kulkov shares his journey as an entrepreneur, from building indie products with his wife to focusing on AI wrappers around marketing. He discusses the challenges and lessons learned, emphasizing the importance of customer support and the value of niche-focused products. The conversation also delves into the dynamics of working as a couple and the mindset of growth in startups. The conversation covers various topics rela...

Summary Elston shares his journey from being a software engineer to becoming a successful solo entrepreneur. He discusses his early projects, the challenges he faced, and the strategies he employed to achieve success. The conversation also delves into the importance of marketing, the role of SEO, and the value of releasing features in beta. Elston emphasizes the need for iterative development and the significance of user feedback ...

Nico Jinen shares his entrepreneurial journey, starting from selling Steam keys in middle school to running a successful Minecraft server and eventually becoming an app developer. He emphasizes the importance of creating something useful and valuable to customers, rather than focusing solely on making money. Nico also discusses his decision to drop out of college and pursue entrepreneurship, despite initial resistance from his pare...

OMG, you guys won't believe what I just recorded on this podcast episode! 😍 I was totally geeking out as I interviewed tech entrepreneur Peter about his journey in entrepreneurship, his experiences with startups, and his current project, Pineapple Builder. 🤖 It's an AI website builder for busy business owners - how cool is that?! 🤯

And get this, we even talked about money and how our upbringing can influence our mind...

Hey there! So, in this awesome podcast episode, I got to interview Matt, who is an amazing Indie maker.

He shared his journey as a developer and his experience building Shopify apps.

It was so cool to hear about how he started coding at a young age and pursued a classic French path to become an engineer.

Matt was super honest about his failures and successes in building Shopify apps and even gave some great advice to aspiring ent...

Hey there! So, in this awesome podcast episode, I got to interview Lillian, a super cool 21-year-old computer science student and part-time developer at a startup. We talked about her background, experiences working in a startup, and her journey as a solo project creator. It was so interesting to hear about the challenges of working in a corporate environment and the benefits of being a solo creator. Lillian even shared some tips ...

In this podcast episode, I discuss various topics related to my product, Capgo, and my experiences with open source and the Ionic community. I talk about my struggles with monetization and my decision to switch from Ionic to Capacitor and Konsa UI. I also share my strategy for growing Capgo and my belief in open source.I discuss my recent experiences with my projects, including my experimentation with GPT-4 and my struggles with t...

Hey there, I am so excited to share with you this podcast episode where I had the pleasure of interviewing Giancarlo, a software engineer who shared his inspiring journey with us.

As a fellow software engineer, I was thrilled to hear about his transition from working for big companies to becoming an independent contractor and building his own solo product.

Giancarlo also shared his experience with learning English as a non-n...

I'm so excited to share with you this amazing podcast episode where I had the chance to chat with Julian, a French entrepreneur, about his journey in entrepreneurship and the lessons he has learned along the way. Julian is such an inspiring person, and we talked about his past projects, including a train ticket marketplace and a food delivery app, as well as his current project, Notion Forms. We also touched on some interest...

Last week, I was supposed to do a solo episode, but I didn't because I was on vacation in Bangkok and India!  

The trip was full of adventure, and I ended up spending way more money than I planned, so now I need to focus on making some cash.  

I've published my prices to help people build the capacitor app, and I'm hoping to get some clients on the side to live more abundantly.  

I also did some marketing, including ...

This week, I welcome Luca. He got recommended in a twitter post, I discovered his twitter tool and started using it soon after. It was interesting to chat with him about the different strategy to start and how you can potentially quit your 9 to5 at one point.   YouTube version : https://youtu.be/603R6QIxLO0Important links: His twitter:   https://twitter.com/ikoichi Hivoe — Twitter Leads Generation Platform http:...

This week, I welcome Marc. I meet him by twitter and his good marketing strategy.
so, the evidence was to ask him his secret about it, the first part of the podcast is linked to his path as a maker, who shaped who he is now.

YouTube version :

https://youtu.be/rcmAnomI1rI

Important links:

His twitter:  https://twitter.com/marc_louvion

https://HabitsGarden.com
https://GamifyList.com  
https://decisiong...

This week I share my personal experience on bug and downtime and how I handle it.

I also shared the vision for the future of my project, Capgo and the strategy to growth.

YouTube version : 

https://youtu.be/e82Y0q1qGDI

 Important links:

My twitter:  https://twitter.com/martindonadieu

Capgo: https://capgo.app

Status page: https://status.capgo.app/

Thanks for listening 🧞‍♂️

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For this second episode in duo, I welcome the most productive solo maker of all time!

Shayan is a solopreneur, bootstrapping Logsnag his own startup while sharing his mistakes and learnings on Twitter. 
I had chance to talk multiple time with him on Discord, since we are both user to our own SaaS. 

We had many conversions about design and marketing, so I asked him to come in the podcast to shared it ...