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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!

#283 – Making $8k/mo Targeting $100M/yr with Lukas and Liz Hermann of StageTimer.io

49 mins; June 15, 2023

#282 – Media vs Tech, Twitter Monsters, and Making Millions From Content with Steph Smith of a16z

64 hours 8 mins; June 03, 2023

#281 – Seth Godin on Indie Hacking, Doing Hard Things, and Finding Significance in a Changing World

49 mins; May 25, 2023

#280 – Replacing Yourself as CEO, Living on a Boat, and Crowdfunding to Survive with Alex MacCaw of Reflect

52 mins; May 19, 2023

#279 – Staying Indie vs Raising VC, Getting an MBA, and Disrupting the App Store with Emma Lawler of Velvet

60 hours 56 mins; May 11, 2023

#278 – Growing a Portfolio of AI Products Past $300k After a 7-Figure Exit with Danny Postma

53 mins; May 05, 2023

#277 – Addictive Products, Embracing A.I., and Crossing $26k/mo with Lane Wagner of Boot.dev

58 mins; April 27, 2023

#276 – SaaS Trends, Crowdfunding a Book, and Life After Success with Rob Walling of TinySeed

62 hours 24 mins; April 20, 2023

#275 – Love, Cohort-Based Courses, and Monetization Frameworks with Wes Kao of Maven

58 mins; April 13, 2023

#274 – Indie Hackers is indie again!

60 hours 11 mins; April 06, 2023

#273 – The Threat of A.I., Building in Public vs Transparency, and Code vs No-Code with KP

64 hours 33 mins; March 29, 2023

#272 – Escape Rooms, Side Project Marketing, and Getting to Ramen Profitable with Marc Lou of Habits Garden

52 mins; March 22, 2023

#271 – Gamification, Digital Nomading, and Growing Sales to $41k/mo with Stas Kulesh of Karma

49 mins; March 15, 2023

#270 – Exiting for Millions in Under a Year with Shaan Puri and Ben Levy of The Milk Road

67 hours 14 mins; March 01, 2023

#269 – Bouncing Back from Failure to Bootstrap Past $2M/Year with Josh Ho of Referral Rock

61 hours 0 mins; February 22, 2023

#268 – Trading Stocks, Quitting Amazon, and Making $20k/Month with Yahia Bakour of Stock Alarm

47 mins; February 15, 2023

#267 – The Path to $3M in 3 Years as a Solopreneur with Justin Welsh

54 mins; February 08, 2023

#266 – Lessons Learned Building a $37k/mo Business in 2.5 Years with Mat De Sousa of WideBundle

38 mins; January 25, 2023

#265 – From Full-Time Job to $30k/Month with Damon Chen of Testimonial

40 mins; November 23, 2022

#264 – Growing a 2-Person Business to $80k/Month with Eric Turner of Japan Dev

56 mins; October 31, 2022

#263 – Starting a Profitable Business After a Life-Changing Exit with Laura Roeder of Paperbell

57 mins; October 19, 2022

#262 – Bootstrapping to $100,000/mo in a Crowded Market with Marko Saric of Plausible

63 hours 46 mins; October 12, 2022

#261 – Self-Funding, Pivoting to a Better Idea, and Growing Beyond $10M with Kapil Kale of Tremendous

59 mins; September 28, 2022

#260 – Growing Multiple Products to $18k/mo Revenue with Tony Dinh

67 hours 23 mins; September 21, 2022

#259 – Dating, Hollow Abstractions, and Making Millions of Dollars with Liron Shapira of Relationship Hero

52 mins; September 14, 2022

#258 – From $0 to $36k/Month in a Year with Dashiell Bark-Huss of WishTender

46 mins; September 07, 2022

#257 – From Indie Hacker to $200M+ with Patrick Campbell of ProfitWell

48 mins; June 22, 2022

#256 – Debate: Elon Musk, Billionaires, Ethics, and Role Models with Sahil Lavingia and Justin Jackson

67 hours 13 mins; June 15, 2022

#255 – The Drive to Make Money, Defining Life Principles, and Courtland Wins $10k from Vincent Woo of Coderpad

55 mins; May 27, 2022

#254 – Getting Rich, Designing Your Life Afterwards, and Risk Management with Arvid Kahl and Daniel Vassallo

40 mins; May 22, 2022

#253 – Mother’s Day, Unscrupulous Cofounders, and Why You Should Never Retire

36 mins; May 11, 2022

#252 – A New Co-Host and a New Direction for the Pod

26 mins; May 04, 2022

#251 – The Best Ways to Make Money in Tech with Julian Shapiro of Julian.capital

57 mins; April 27, 2022

#250 – Italy, COVID, Indie Creators, and our A.I. Future with Channing Allen of Indie Hackers

24 mins; April 22, 2022

Throwback: Writing Code to Sell $200,000/Month of Cookies with Sam Eaton of Crave Cookie

62 hours 5 mins; April 13, 2022

Throwback: Building a Business Meant to Last with Peldi Guilizzoni of Balsamiq

46 mins; March 30, 2022

#249 – The Keys to Making $1M/Year as a Solo Founder with Brett Williams of DesignJoy

55 mins; March 16, 2022

#248 – Crypto Literacy, Daily Habits, and New Business Ideas with Dru Riley and Greg Isenberg

47 mins; March 09, 2022

#247 – Scaling Up a 1-to-1 Service with Ravi Mehta and Victoria Young of Scale Higher

48 mins; March 02, 2022

#246 – Doing Content Right with Steph Smith of Trends.co

54 mins; February 23, 2022

#245 – Hiring a Team You Actually Like with Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer

46 mins; February 17, 2022

#244 – Building Gradually to Grow Suddenly with Shahed Khan of Hyper

35 mins; February 09, 2022

#243 – Mental Health and Bootstrapping in 2022 with Rob Walling of TinySeed

63 hours 37 mins; February 02, 2022

#242 – Money, Happiness, and Productivity as a Solo Founder with Pieter Levels (Part 2 of 2)

51 mins; January 26, 2022

#241 – Money, Happiness, and Productivity as a Solo Founder with Pieter Levels (Part 1 of 2)

52 mins; January 20, 2022

#240 – Capturing a Valuable Market from the Bottom Up with Amjad Masad of Replit

36 mins; January 12, 2022

#239 – A New Golden Age for Creatives and Founders with Li Jin of Variant

52 mins; January 05, 2022

#238 – From Adversity to Ambition with Niya Dragova of Candor

63 hours 2 mins; December 29, 2021

#237 – The Minimalist Entrepreneur with Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad

41 mins; December 22, 2021

#236 – Not Giving Up with Matt Wensing of Summit

84 hours 37 mins; December 15, 2021

#235 – An NFT Conversation for Indie Hackers with Hiten Shah and Mubashar Iqbal

74 hours 15 mins; December 08, 2021

Throwback: How to Build a Life You Love by Quitting Everything Else with Lynne Tye of Key Values

101 hours 1 min; November 25, 2021

Brains: Talking Money with Anthony Pompliano and Sam Parr

37 mins; November 17, 2021

#234 – Money, Kids, and Choosing Your Market with Justin Jackson of Transistor.fm

75 hours 53 mins; November 10, 2021

#233 – Hard-Learned Lessons from Decades of Entrepreneurship with Spencer Fry of Podia

49 mins; November 03, 2021

#232 – How to Punch Above Your Weight with Sonal Chokshi of a16z

63 hours 54 mins; October 27, 2021

#231 – Learning from Conversations with Andrew Warner of Mixergy

51 mins; October 20, 2021

#230 – Grit, Timing, and Building Businesses You Love with Andrew Gazdecki of MicroAcquire

41 mins; October 13, 2021

#229 – Stealing Users Away From Incumbents Like Google with Marie Martens of Tally

43 mins; October 06, 2021

#228 – Making $1M/yr Then Raising Money as a Solo Indie Hacker with AJ from Carrd

33 mins; September 29, 2021

#227 – Constraints, Longevity, and Avoiding Competition with John O'Nolan from Ghost

54 mins; September 22, 2021

#226 – How to Be Your Own VC with James Layfield of Clearfind

57 mins; September 15, 2021

#225 – Growth Tactics, Audience Building, and Brains with Julian Shapiro of Demand Curve

46 mins; September 08, 2021

#224 – Deploying Empathy to Build Better Businesses with Michele Hansen of Geocod.io

47 mins; September 01, 2021

#223 – How to Master Passive Growth with Rob Fitzpatrick of Write Useful Books

52 mins; August 25, 2021

#222 – A Model with Built-in Virality with Valentin Hinov of Thankbox

51 mins; August 18, 2021

#221 – How an Indie Hacker is Competing with Buffer with Samy Dindane of Hypefury

30 mins; August 11, 2021

#220 – Be Brave, Not Cool, with Michael Seibel of Y Combinator

51 mins; August 04, 2021

#219 – How to Make Your Business Model a Win-Win-Win - with Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez of Every

62 hours 1 min; July 28, 2021

#218 – Making Money and Being Happy with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri of My First Million

66 hours 15 mins; July 21, 2021

#217 – How a Near-Death Experience Turned a VC-Backed Founder into a Bootstrapper with Kyle Gawley of Gravity

35 mins; July 14, 2021

#216 – The "Hardcore Year" Approach to $10k/Month in Revenue with Andrey Azimov of Sheet2Site

56 mins; July 07, 2021

#215 – Why You Don't Have To Be "A Business Person" To Succeed - with Dan Cederholm of Dribbble

30 mins; June 30, 2021

#214 – Getting A Big Exit By Being A Small Player In A Small Pond with Chris Bakke of Interviewed

64 hours 13 mins; June 23, 2021

#213 – An Indie Hacker's Process to Reach $10K MRR

41 mins; June 18, 2021

#212 – Actionable Steps for Building the Right Business with Arvid Kahl

57 mins; June 15, 2021

#211 – Making 5-figures a Month as an OnlyFans Creator with Aella and Savannah Solo

56 mins; June 10, 2021

#210 – How to Take On Huge Incumbents as a Solo Founder with Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal

57 mins; June 02, 2021

#209 – Business Books, Coaches, and "Getting Rich" with John Doherty of Credo

38 mins; May 28, 2021

#208 – How this Indie Hacker Blew Past $10K MRR with Jon Yongfook of Bannerbear

45 mins; May 25, 2021

#207 – The Art of Podcasting, the Future of Angel Investing, and Startup Ideas for Indie Hackers with Rob Walling of Tinyseed

44 mins; May 19, 2021

#206 – How Small Actions Lead to Compound Gains with Nathan Barry of ConvertKit

53 mins; May 12, 2021

#205 – New Business Ideas for 2021

37 mins; May 05, 2021

#204 – The Simplest $250K ARR Startup You've Ever Heard Of with Collin Waldoch

39 mins; April 28, 2021

#203 – What You Need to Know About Bitclout with Mubashar Iqbal

47 mins; April 23, 2021

#202 – How to Build a Rabid Fan Base with Austin Rief of Morning Brew

38 mins; April 20, 2021

#201 – 3x Growth, Dating, and Hiring a Coach for Everything with Ben Orenstein of Tuple

43 mins; April 16, 2021

#200 – Every Indie Hacker Has an Online Course in Them with Andrew Barry, Marie Poulin, and Ali Abdaal

47 mins; April 13, 2021

#199 – The Future of Teaching with Darrell Silver of Thinkful and Quincy Larson of freeCodeCamp

40 mins; April 07, 2021

#198 – How an Indie Hacker Landed Enterprise Customers in Year One with Nadav Keyson of Riverside.fm

43 mins; March 31, 2021

#197 – Inside Zapier's First Acquisition with Ben Tossell of Makerpad

47 mins; March 24, 2021

#196 – Turning a Weak Skill into Your Best Asset with David Perell of Write of Passage

47 mins; March 17, 2021

#195 – Bootstrapping to $3.3M/Year in a Competitive Space with Sabba Keynejad of VEED

51 mins; March 10, 2021

#194 – Entering a Market with No Domain Expertise with Kevin Lee of immi

53 mins; March 04, 2021

#193 – How to Earn 100 True Fans and Your Financial Independence with Jay Clouse of Unreal Collective

46 mins; March 01, 2021

#192 – Quitting It All to Follow Your Passion with Dave Geddes of Mastery Games

54 mins; February 23, 2021

#191 – Making a Living From the Paid Newsletter Ecosystem with Yaroslaw Bagriy of Newsletter Crew

48 mins; February 15, 2021

#190 – Indie Hacking in the Passion Economy with Li Jin of Atelier

67 hours 16 mins; February 08, 2021

#189 – Making $1.5M/Year Reimagining Local News with Chris and Bruce of WhereBy.Us

59 mins; January 26, 2021

#188 – Fame, Focus, and Billions of Pageviews with Evan Britton of Famous Birthdays

73 hours 58 mins; January 14, 2021

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