Indie Founder

This episode starts with an unexpected adventure... I have been running around trying everything I can think of to boost my MRR. One of the projects has shown some potential (the Indie Lottery) and I found a great match to help me build this project further. Support The Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music:  https://www.chosic.c...

Anthony and I sat down together to speak about our journey in building our virtual communities for indie makers. We spoke about how it all started, how we were able to grow our communities, and what we have learned in the process. Listen to Part 2: https://indieworldwide.com/podcast/in-person-interview-with-rival-community-builder---wannabe-entrepreneur Watch the full conversation: https://www.you...

I finally found a type of cold messaging that resulted in great engagement and I will share it with you in this episode. I will also address the post claiming that Indie Hackers are all feeding a Ponzi Scheme and what some of the IH members feel about me. And last but not least I will give you an update on my most recent ProductHunt launch and tell you about and exciting co-working event Anthony a...

In this episode, I try to answer the question: "If you could go back in time what would you change in your indie journey?". I will also give you updates on my week and speak about some of my experiments with new possible products. And last but not least I will speak about how gender unbalanced the indie hacker community is. Episode Links Twitter Thread About Female Founders Twitter Thread...

How getting punched in the face made me analyze my approach to entrepreneurism. I also share the current results of my experience uploading all my podcast episodes to youtube, my new exciting projects, and last but not least the invite I got to be a speaker at a conference about the future of work. Future Works Conference About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lott...

I want to adopt a more passive marketing strategy that does not require as much of my daily time as my current want does (Twitter and indiehackers). Today I will share more about this new strategy that focus more on SEO, youtube, and automatic messages. About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter

After a week of downwards spiraling, I want to tell you what triggered it and what I have learned from it. I will also share some tips on how to get rid of those not-so-good thoughts and feelings. About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter

Last week I tried to split my time between holidays and work and that ended backfiring since I was not able to do either... I will also talk about the signs of being a creative person and being featured in the Indie Hackers newsletter. Help Ukraine Donation Link About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter

Kirill quit his job to follow an Indie career and for the past 3 years, he and his business went through the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukrainian invasion, two tremendous challenges that he has been able to overcome and grow his business to $5K MRR. Help Ukraine About Kirill Twitter Impulse.dev About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twit...

I sent 50 LinkedIn cold messages to try to acquire new customers for my business and in this episode, you will learn what I was able to accomplish with that (spoiler alert: not much XD). I was also told off by an Indie Hacker's moderator and reached out my highest indie paycheck ever. -> Support This Podcast with $2 Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ 

Thomas is the co-founder of EmailOctopus, a SaaS makings millions in revenue. But his career path started at 16 when he moved to India for three months to learn how to build cricket bats. Listen to his fascinating life story that involves an alternative education and building an extremely successful company. About Thomas Twitter Email Octopus About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the...

I joined NomadList , which is the biggest community out there for digital nomads and I will be giving you my honest review. I will also share about my product's conversion rate and how surprised I was when I found out about Tony Dinh's conversion for Black Magic . Last but not least I will tell you about my indie lottery idea that is having a huge success :) Relevant Links Buy The Bootstra...

Today I am catching up with two previous guests of the wannabe entrepreneur podcast. It's been one year since I last spoke with Kavya and Luca, back then they were starting their Indie Hacking career. In this episode, you will discover what they were able to achieve since we last spoke. Relevant Links About the WBE Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space WBE Merch Store DM me on Twitter...

I have spent the past week exploring many new coffee places to work from and end up finding a great co-working space. I will also give you an update on my info product soft launch. Relevant Links IdeaSpace Co-Working Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music:  https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  

Re-Published I have been following Hugo's youtube channel from the beginning and it was a true pleasure to chat with him about his journey. Hugo will tell us about how he grew his youtube channel and how he was able to finance his most recent project as a competitor in the Mini Transat Race (which is a solo transatlantic race). Glossary: Mini Transat: A solo transatlantic yacht race that typic...

I have spent the last week compiling all the information I gathered in all my interviews into an easy-to-follow guide. It will be my first info product. Relevant Links Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music:  https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  

Kilian Poulin is a young entrepreneur that together with his co-founder decided to follow the indie hacking route immediately after college. Since then they have built 2 big projects. The first one did not work but the second was a success and after one year as reached $13K MRR. MarkCopy is an AI-based product that makes writing great SEO content 3 times faster, it's the closest one can get to...

I finally went to claim my one-month co-working space prize but it turned out not to match my expectations at all. I will also tell you about my new exciting projects and why the wbe space conversion is not convincing me too much. Relevant Links Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music:  https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  

Today I analyze four past WBE interviews with successful indie makers and I will share with you three hidden patterns that are common across all these for WBE guests. You can/should use this knowledge to level up your entrepreneurial game and increase your chances of success. Relevant Links WBE Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Buy me a Coffee Interviews Interview With Michelle Inter...

I might have overestimated how important my presence is to keep the WBE Space quality, I have been collecting feedback from the current members and re-thinking the value proposition of the community. I will also tell you about how was the first WBE Demo Day and meeting Dagobert in person! Relevant Links Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music:  https://www.chosic.com...

This is a republished episode Today I am chatting with Thibault (aka Tibo). He is a serial entrepreneur that has sold 2 startups and is currently building Tweethunter , a company that helps creators grow their audience on Twitter. Tibo gives great tips for any entrepreneur that is planning to bootstrap their company. Believe we don't want to miss this interview ;) Links Join The WBE Space DM m...

Back from the holidays and I want to let you know how the community performed without me being present. Relevant Links Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Demo Day Background Music Music:  https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  

This is a republished episode Listen to Pieter Levels speak about his upbringing and what motivated him to become an entrepreneur. In this interview, we also try to pin down certain personal characteristics that contributed to Pieter's success in his bootstrapped startups and cover more philosophical topics like life purpose and religion. About Pieter: Twitter Nomadlist Rebase About Wannabe En...

After a conversation with an executive that worked in a big corporation for multiple years, I realized how backward this corporate world is, which motivates me to keep working on my business until it works. Relevant Links Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Demo Day Background Music Music:  https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  

Nuno Simaria has an incredible tech journey, having worked in multiple startups and scaling HelloFresh from 5 to 650 tech employees. In this interview, Nuno will share about his journey starting from his unconventional university studies. He will also share his experience as HelloFresh CTO and speak about some of his mistakes and how he was able to learn on the job. Relevant Episode Links Nuno&#39...