Indie Hackers

Run With It: Courtland Allen Shares 3 Ideas for Indie Hackers to Build a Profitable Business

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I hopped on the Run With It podcast with Chris and Eathan to share 3 business ideas for indie hackers to run with in 2021. Two are brand new, and one ...

#187 – Building a $38k/Month SaaS Business as a Solo Founder with Jordan O'Connor of Closet Tools

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan O'Connor (@jdnoc) is one of the more impressive solo founders I've had on the podcast. Saddled with student loan debt and eager to take care of...

#186 – Indie Hacker Ideas for Bundling (and Unbundling!) with Tyler King of Less Annoying CRM

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tyler King (@TylerMKing) and I discuss how indie hackers can take advantage of the current cycle of bundling and unbundling. What is bundling, anyway?...

#185 – How Courtland Allen Built Indie Hackers, with Ben and David from Acquired

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I've been procrastinating sharing my own story on the Indie Hackers podcast for years now. But when Ben and David (the co-hosts of the Acquired podcas...

#184 – $60k in a Week, Plus Ideas for Building the Future of Work with Dan Pierson

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Pierson's (@DanPierson) first entrepreneurial experience was a walk in the park — he was making $10k/week as a 23-year-old college grad, thinkin...

#183 – How a Solo Founder Got to $1M in Revenue with Chris Oliver of GoRails

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Oliver (@excid3) is a solo founder who recently passed $1M in revenue from his suite of projects targeted at Rails developers. He's had a wild j...

#182 – Selling Shovels During the Podcasting Gold Rush with Mubashar Iqbal

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mubashar Iqbal (@mubashariqbal) is the most prolific indie hacker I know. He's got nearly 100 side projects under his belt, and more than a few of the...

#181 – Deciding to Go Big with David Hsu of Retool

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

David Hsu (@dvdhsu) was able to grow Retool to almost a million dollars a year in revenue before making a single hire. Rather than stopping there and ...

#180 – From $0 to $5M Without Writing Any Code with Tara Reed of Apps Without Code

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

At some point, Tara Reed (@TaraReed_) decided that she didn't want to build a funded, scale-at-all-costs, move-fast-and-break-things type of business....

#179 – Making $280k in Four Weeks with Traf

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Traf (@traf) is a designer and a serial indie hacker. Just over a month ago, he made over $100,000 in a week. No, not by selling a course or a book to...

#178 – Trends and Opportunities for Building a SaaS in 2020 with Rob Walling of TinySeed

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Walling (@robwalling) and I discuss the state of SaaS in October 2020. What are the newest trends? Who's getting ahead right now, what kinds of co...

Run With It: Inside the Business with Lindsay Gabbard and Alessandro Pepe

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BONUS EPISODE from the Run With It podcast: Restaurants have been hit hard during COVID-19. Listen to us brainstorm ways Lindsay and Alessandro can le...

#177 – Mastering the Lifestyle-First Approach to Indie Hacking with Daniel Vassallo

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Daniel Vassallo (@dvassallo) quit his job to become an indie hacker, he was making over $500,000 per year. It could have been a disastrous choice...

#176 – The Journey to Build a Large, Profitable Business with Aleem Mawani of Streak

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After raising money from VCs, Aleem Mawani (@aloo) chose a path that most VCs would consider a failure: to turn his company, Streak, into a large, pro...

Indie Bites: How VEED grew to $1.7m ARR in less than 2 years with Sabba Keynejad of Veed.io

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BONUS EPISODE from the Indie Bites podcast: "I first met Sabba at a pub in London when Veed was just an early beta product making $0. Fast forward a f...

#175 – Using A.I. to Become a Superpowered Indie Hacker with Przemek Chojecki of Contentyze

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Przemek Chojecki (@prz_chojecki) had had enough of startup failure, he decided to interview successful founders to see what he could learn from t...

#174 – From Millions in Revenue to Staring Bankruptcy in the Face with Aline Lerner of Interviewing.io

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What if you spent years growing your business to millions in revenue, then lost it all overnight? It's every founder's worst nightmare, but for Aline ...

#173 – Persisting Through Failures to Find a Winning Trend with Dru Riley of Trends.vc

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Dru Riley (@DruRly) quit his job, he was more than ready for his mini retirement. Little did he know that it would take him over three years to m...

#172 – How to Build a Media Company with Alex Wilhelm of TechCrunch

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"Build an audience first" might be the most common advice given to indie hackers. But how do you build an audience at the highest levels? In other wor...

#171 – Winning People's Attention with Nathan Latka of Founderpath

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan Latka (@NathanLatka) believes we've entered a new world where the most scarce thing any founder can compete for is not funding, but people's at...

#170 – "I sold my SaaS business for millions… what now?" with Vincent Woo of CoderPad

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Vincent Woo (@fulligin) first started CoderPad, he was certain his idea was a good one. But he still needed to put in the work to prove it. Seven...

#169 – Thinking One Step Ahead to Grow Your Business through PR with Dmitry Dragilev of JustReachOut.io

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Just because you built it doesn't mean people will come. And just because you got press for it doesn't mean the people who came will stay. As the foun...

#168 – Grinding It Out to Build a Million-Dollar Poker Business with Jonathan Little

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Little (@JonathanLittle) got his start by making millions at the poker table, and then found a way to turn his favorite card game into an onl...

#167 – The Most Sensible Debate on Hustle Culture and Work-Life Balance with Natalie Nagele and DHH

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to build a successful business, you have to be ready to work 24/7/365 to have a shot at success… or do you? Both Natalie Nagele and DHH ...

#166 – Writing Code to Sell $200,000/Month of Cookies with Sam Eaton of Crave Cookie

18 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Sam Eaton hears a new idea, it's all he can do to contain his excitement and dive right into the code. So when his sister told him she wanted to ...

#165 – The Power of Unbundling Communities with Greg Isenberg

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg) has spent years practicing the art and and studying the science behind building hit viral products. Today he's using his...

#164 – Facing Down an Existential Threat to Your Business with Scott Keyes of Scotts Cheap Flights

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

From tourism to transit, the travel industry has taken a bigger hit than any other during the coronavirus pandemic. Despite this, Scott Keyes (@smkeye...

#163 – Bootstrapping from an Investor’s Point of View with Rob Walling of TinySeed

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Walling (@robwalling) spent years bootstrapping successful SaaS businesses, and today he's helping others do the same as the founder of TinySeed, ...

#162 – Building the House You Want to Live In with Steli Efti of Close

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We've heard a lot about what it's like to build a company from scratch, but what's life like after you've made it? In this episode, Steli Efti (@Steli...

#161 – How to Make Millions by Writing Online with Sam Parr of The Hustle

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) returns to the podcast for the second time. You may remember his journey as the midwesterner that went from running a hot dog s...

#160 – Validating and Building Your Ideas Without Code with Bram Kanstein of No-Code MVP

01 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bram Kanstein (@bramk) has more experience validating, building, and launching online products than almost anyone, and more success than most. One of ...

#159 – Storytelling, COVID-19, and Viral Startup Growth with Tomas Pueyo of Course Hero

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) is the author of the the mega-viral article "Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now," which was shared by over 40 million people ...

#158 – Communicating During Crisis with Rand Fishkin of SparkToro

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rand Fishkin (@randfish) has been doing something a lot of founders are afraid to do: He's blogging about the coronavirus pandemic directly from his c...

#157 – Listening to Users and Growing to $100,000 MRR with Baird Hall of Wavve

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Baird Hall's (@BairdHall) first attempt at starting up didn't go so well. When all was said and done, he'd burned through his savings without finding ...

#156 – Surviving a Recession as an Indie Hacker with Amy Hoy of Noko and 30x500

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Hoy (@amyhoy) didn't merely survive the 2008 recession: she built multiple profitable online businesses that grew to support her and, eventually, ...

#155 – Finding the Right Models for Growth with Brian Balfour of Reforge

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ever since I came across his blog years ago, Brian Balfour (@bbalfour) has been one of the most influential people for how I think about growing onlin...

#154 – The Right Way to Talk to People About Your Business with Rob Fitzpatrick, Author of The Mom Test

13 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Customers will lie to you. So will your friends and family. It's one of the most surprising things you discover when you talk to people about what you...

#153 – Quick Chat with William Candillon of Start React Native

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

William Candillon (@wcandillon) didn't plan to become an indie hacker when he first started making coding videos on YouTube. He just wanted to learn m...

#152 – Picking the Right Market to Get Started In with Justin Jackson and Tyler Tringas

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Transistor.fm founder Justin Jackson (@mijustin) goes head-to-head with Earnest Capital investor Tyler Tringas (@tylertringas) on the topic of picking...

#151 – Striking the Right Balance as an Indie Hacker with Sergio Mattei of Makerlog

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sergio Mattei (@matteing) might be the most energetic founder I've had on the podcast. After discovering the world of online maker communities, he bui...

#150 – Acquiring the Experience to Make It as a Solo Founder with Jen Yip of Lunch Money

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jen Yip (@lunchbag) is the founder of Lunch Money, a budgeting app that's going head-to-head with big names like Mint and YNAB. The catch? She's a sol...

#149 – Generating Passive Income by Teaching What You Know with Greg Rog of LearnUX

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Rog (@greg_rog) is one of the few indie hackers I know who's actually managed to build a passive income business. His website, LearnUX.io, makes ...

#148 – Quick Chat with Nathan Rosidi of Strata Scratch

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan Rosidi has bootstrapped his side project, Strata Scratch, to 2500 users and over $1,500 in monthly recurring revenue. In this episode we discus...

#147 – Having Fun on the Path to Independence with Cory Zue of Place Card Me

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cory Zue (@czue) made over $26,000 in profit from multiple side projects in 2019, including a printable place card business and a Django-powered SaaS ...

#146 – Refusing to Take No for an Answer with Alexandria Procter of DigsConnect

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alexandria Procter (@alexprocter101) is the last person you would ever describe as timid. When the bureaucracy at her college in South Africa failed t...

#145 – The Slow, Deliberate Process of Making a SaaS Business Work with Jane Portman of Userlist

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jane Portman (@uibreakfast) is no stranger to making money online. Not only has she run a successful consultancy for nearly a decade, but she's also p...

#144 – Putting People First as a Founder with Vlad Magdalin of Webflow

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Vlad Magdalin (@callmevlad) might just be the most principled founder I've had on the podcast. "When it came to making hard decisions, I've leaned mor...

#143 – Following Your Passion to Become an Indie Hacker with Pete Codes of No CS Degree

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pete Macleod (@petecodes) didn't have a cushy fallback plan when he set out to become an indie hacker. Eight months ago he was unemployed, and a few m...

#142 – Building the Ultimate Lifestyle Business with Dmitry Dragilev of JustReachOut.io

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Dmitry Dragilev (@dragilev) looked at the personal lives of his business heroes, he didn't like what he found. "Horrible family lives. Just horri...

#141 – Bootstrapping an App to Millions Through Sheer Persistence with Cesar Kuriyama of 1 Second Everyday

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Cesar Kuriyama (@cesarkuriyama) first got started, he had nothing but a dream of freedom, an app idea, and a rapidly declining bank account. When...

#140 – Vital Learnings from Bootstrapping and Selling a $55k a Month Business with Arvid Kahl of FeedbackPanda

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the span of two years, Arvid Kahl (@arvidkahl) and his partner Danielle Simpson (@SimpsonDaniK) went from new idea, to $55k a month in revenue, to ...

#139 – Pursuing a Mission While Bootstrapping to Millions with John O'Nolan of Ghost

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When John O'Nolan (@JohnONolan) set out to create Ghost, he made an unintuitive decision for a mission-driven founder: to use his skillset to tackle t...

#138 – Finding a Positive Feedback Loop to Profitability with Robert James Gabriel of Helperbird

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Robert James Gabriel (@RobertJGabriel) never had it easy growing up. Before he was finally diagnosed with dyslexia at age 17, he had teachers counsel ...

#137 – Creating an Ecosystem for Millions by Building for Yourself with Taylor Otwell of Laravel

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When Taylor Otwell (@taylorotwell) first sat down to create Laravel, he had no idea it would be the seed of an ecosystem that would revitalize an enti...

#136 – Happy Customers, Happy Wife (and Co-CEO), Happy Life with Dave Sims of Floify

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Sims (@floifydave) has bootstrapped two tech companies to millions of dollars in annual revenue, and with the help of his wife and co-CEO, he's r...

#135 – Quick Chat with Stefan Endress

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Despite running a successful design agency that caters to big-name clients like FKA Twigs, Stefan Endress (@stefanendress) has known for years that h...

#134 – Code vs No-Code with Ben Tossell of Makerpad and Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The no-code movement is picking up steam, with more people than ever building apps and businesses without knowing how to code themselves. Ben Tossell ...

#133 – Quick Chat with Anne-Laure Le Cunff

08 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Anne-Laure Le Cunff (@anthilemoon) is working at the intersection of neuroscience and entrepreneurship to produce content that inspires, educates, and...

#132 – Niching Down to Find Product-Market Fit with Ryan Born of Cloud Campaign

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When Ryan Born (@_RyanBorn) first emailed me about becoming one of Cloud Campaign's early customers, I replied with a long list of reasons why I wasn'...

#131 – Funding for Indie Hackers with Tyler Tringas of Earnest Capital

02 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tyler Tringas (@tylertringas) may not look like Tarzan, but that hasn't stopped him from expertly swinging from vine to vine. Since we last spoke in e...

#130 – Iterating Your Way to Founder-Product Fit with Zach Resnick of EasyPoint Concierge

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Resnick (@TrumpetIsAwesom) began travel hacking as a broke college student looking for a way to see the world without spending thousands of dolla...

#129 – Quick Chat with Dominic Monn of MentorCruise

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dominic Monn (@dqmonn) created a marketplace for mentors where none existed, and quickly grew it into a positive revenue stream. What's more, he did i...

#128 – Finding 22,000 Paying Customers Despite Stiff Competition with Tyler King of Less Annoying CRM

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When Tyler King (@tylermking) set out to build Less Annoying CRM, he knew he was entering a crowded market full of well-funded competitors focused on ...

#127 – Quick Chat with Ghyslain Gaillard of Indie London

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ghyslain Gaillard (@iamghyslain) of Indie London knew that he wanted to be at the heart of the indie startup scene in Europe, but when he couldn’t f...

#126 – Finding Success by Staying Optimistic with Ketan Anjaria of HireClub

13 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ketan Anjaria's (@kidbombay) path to success was paved with hardship. He was flying high in the 90s dot-com boom, until he lost his job in the crash. ...

#125 – Quick Chat with Danielle Johnson of Leave Me Alone

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Danielle Johnson (@dinkydani21) is no stranger to the challenge of building an online business. So when she hit on a new idea for a product that could...

#124 – Talking to Customers and Growing to $50,000 a Month with Sarah Hum of Canny

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Hum (@SarahHum) got a job working at a big tech company, in part because she wanted to learn how create a startup of her own. But it didn't take...

#123 – Quick Chat with Louis Nicholls of Sales for Founders

05 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Louis Nicholls (@louisnicholls_) never intended to build the audience he server. He just wanted to help people, even if it meant doing it for free. Th...

#122 – Filling a Gap and Bootstrapping to $1M with Josh Wood of Honeybadger

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Wood is living an indie hacker dream: from freelance developer to co-founder of Honeybadger, a monitoring tool for developers that generates over...

#121 – Quick Chat with Mubashar Iqbal of Pod Hunt

28 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mubashar Iqbal (@mubashariqbal) has always been a maker first and an indie hacker second. That much is obvious from his track record of building 80+ s...

#120 – Seeking Truth as a Founder with Patrick Campbell of ProfitWell

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Campbell (@Patticus) grew up as farm boy from Wisconsin. But after getting tired of working in bureaucratic environments, he cashed out his 40...

#119 – Sales Tips Every Founder Should Know with Steli Efti of Close

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Steli Efti (@Steli) knows more about sales than anyone else I know. He's also the founder of Close.com, a profitable all-in-one CRM tool doing many mi...

#118 – The Magic of Choosing a Great Market with Justin Jackson of Transistor

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Jackson (@mijustin) has spent a lifetime as an entrepreneur, working on products, hosting podcasts, running communities, creating courses, and ...

#117 – Becoming Indistractable as a Founder with Nir Eyal, Author of Hooked

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Being an indie hacker is the ultimate responsibility: If you don't get things done, nobody else will. It's up to you consistently execute well, day af...

#116 – Exploring Ideas and Exploiting the Good Ones with Justin Mares of Kettle and Fire

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Mares (@jwmares) is the founder of not one but two companies in the health food space, each of which he's simultaneously bootstrapped to over $...

#115 – Quick Chat with Harry Dry of Marketing Examples

06 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Harry Dry (@harrydry) is the founder of Marketing Examples, a fast-growing showcase of successful startup marketing stories. Since launching the site ...

#114 – The Business of Podcasting with Jeff Meyerson of Software Engineering Daily

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Meyerson (@the_prion) is the host of Software Engineering Daily, a popular podcast that averages 20,000 downloads a day. It's also a successful b...

#113 – Quick Chat with Ben Orenstein of Tuple

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Orenstein (@r00k) is the founder of Tuple, a remote pair programming app for the Mac that fills the void left by ScreenHero's disappearance. Ben j...

#112 – From Side Project to Full-Time Founder with Tommy Griffith of ClickMinded

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when the money you're making from your side project eclipses your salary from your full-time job? Tommy Griffith (@TommyGriffith) found o...

#111 – Quick Chat with Jessica Chan of Coder Coder

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Chan (@thecodercoder) is the founder of Coder Coder, a collection of resources that help self-taught web developers learn to code the same way...

#110 – How to Prepare for Success From the Beginning With Chris Savage of Wistia

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When Chris Savage (@csavage) and his co-founder started their business, they were convinced that they'd be able to sell it within six months. They nev...

#109 – Quick Chat with Reilly Chase of HostiFi

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the early days of his business HostiFi, it seemed liked the deck was stacked against founder Reilly Chase (@_rchase_). From encountering frustratin...

#108 – Keeping It Simple to Build a Multimillion-Dollar Business with Sam Parr of The Hustle

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) describes himself as a midwestern small business owner who discovered the Internet, and his journey from running a hot dog stan...

#107 – Quick Chat with Joe Howard of WP Buffs

09 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Howard (@josephhhoward) is the founder of WP Buffs, a productized service business in the WordPress space that he bootstrapped from $0 to over $70...

#106 – Creating a $200k Side Project Without Writing a Line of Code with Ben Tossell of Makerpad

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As the community manager for Product Hunt, Ben Tossell (@bentossell) saw over 80,000 new product launches and met hundreds of inspirational makers. So...

#105 – Charting Your Own Course as a Founder with Jason Fried of Basecamp

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Fried (@jasonfried) doesn't intend to be controversial or to change people's minds, but he seems to end up doing both of these regardless. Since...

#104 – Quick Chat with Dianna Allen of Budget Meal Planner

26 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dianna Allen (@diannamallen) is the creator of Budget Meal Planner. In just two months, she's gone from having an idea to getting thousands of signups...

#103 – Finding Success by Working on Things That Matter with Hiten Shah of FYI

23 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rather than pursue a traditional career, Hiten Shah (@hnshah) decided to follow the choose-your-own-adventure life of being a founder. Since then he's...

#102 – Quick Chat with Pat Walls of Starter Story

19 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pat Walls (@thepatwalls) joined the podcast to talk about quitting his job and going full-time on his bootstrapped business (Starter Story), how he la...

#101 – How to Execute Well and Beat the Competition with Eric Zhang of Scalable Press

12 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Zhang dropped out of school to pursue his startup, got accepted to Y Combinator, and found traction in the open source community. But when he fou...

#100 – From Aspiring Billionaire to Indie Hacker with Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad

05 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After leaving his post as employee #2 at Pinterest, a teenage Sahil Lavingia (@shl) raised millions in funding from high-profile Silicon Valley to bui...

#099 – Overcoming Fear and Paralysis to Build an Industry-Changing Business with Aline Lerner of Interviewing.io

28 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Although Aline Lerner (@alinelernerllc) graduated from MIT and worked as a software engineer for years, some of her most impactful learnings came from...

#098 – How to Make $2.5MM as a Solo Founder by Teaching What You Love with Adam Wathan

21 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Although Adam Wathan (@adamwathan) dropped out of college (twice!), he's one of the most voracious learners to ever appear on the podcast, and he's bu...

#097 – Paying It Forward with Kindness to Build a $1.2MM Community with Rosie Sherry of Ministry of Testing

14 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Despite being an introvert, Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) knew that she needed to build a community that software testers deserve: the Ministry of Testi...

#096 – How Three Founders Created a Profitable Business That They Haven't Even Launched Yet with Ben Orenstein of Tuple

07 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When Ben Orenstein (@r00k) decided he wanted to start a company, the biggest risk in his mind was a hurdle he'd already cleared: not deciding to start...

#095 – Reaching $20MM/year Building Hundreds of Products with Chad Pytel of thoughtbot

31 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Through his consultancy, thoughtbot, Chad Pytel (@cpytel) might be the only first-time founder who's turned hundreds of ideas into actual SaaS product...

#094 – How to Build a Better (Funnier!) Brand for Your Business with Allie LeFevere of Obedient

24 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If it isn't fun, Allie LeFevere (@AllieLeFevere) doesn't want anything to do with it. It just so happens that, in a world full of undifferentiated pro...

#093 – Things You Learn from Starting 23 Businesses with "Parallel Founder" Danielle Baskin

17 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Danielle Baskin (@djbaskin) gets really excited about new ideas. So excited, in fact, that she can't resist bringing them to life by making them into ...

#092 – The Business of Bringing People Together with Derek Andersen and David Spinks of Bevy

03 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek Andersen (@DerekjAndersen) and David Spinks (@DavidSpinks) have a lot in common. Each of them felt alone in what they were striving for, brought...

#091 – Making It Happen as an Early-Stage Founder with Mark Fershteyn of Recapped

26 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Fershteyn (@markfersh) always knew he wanted to start a business, but there was just one problem: He didn't know what that business would be. Of ...