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Software as a Service describes a solution that solves a specific problem for a specific user. And it does that repeatedly. The SaaS landscape overlaps with the B2B landscape as it is way easier to make money by writing software that solves the problems of a business than that of a direct user. Building Micro SaaS apps on top of existing large platforms is a great strategy for individual bootstrapped founders starting up on their own. Examples of great SaaS startups include Shopify and Gumroad.

🏹 How Tweet Hunter Became a Million Dollar Juggernaut

🏹 How Tweet Hunter Became a Million Dollar Juggernaut

“The Future belongs to Creators” That’s the quote on Tibo’s Twitter banner. Tibo and his friend Tom are founders of TweetHunter - A Twitter audience growth tool. Back in May 2021, they were just getting started, looking for their first users. They were analyzing and indexing viral tweets

🧑‍🏫 Learn from Arvid Kahl - The Embedded Entrepreneur

🧑‍🏫 Learn from Arvid Kahl - The Embedded Entrepreneur

A Quick update: Today’s post is about Arvid Kahl, he’s the founder of the Edtech SaaS startup Feedback Panda, and author of best selling books like Zero to Sold and The Embedded Entrepreneur. Tomorrow I will be hosting Arvid at a virtual event where he will share his

3 Examples of Founders who scratched their own itch and succeeded🏆

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3 Examples of Founders who scratched their own itch and succeeded🏆

Scratching your own itch can be a great way to generate business ideas. But only if you can find a critical mass of people who face the same problems as you face. And they are willing to pay money for the problem to be solved. When you’re starting out,

3 examples of How Founders leveraged their network to build profitable businesses 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦

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3 examples of How Founders leveraged their network to build profitable businesses 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦

A powerful network or an engaged audience is vital for success as an Indie Hacker. Otherwise, it can be hard to get eyeballs and feedback on your project. Especially in the early days. A network helps you understand the problems of the users and build the right product from the

How to capture the creator economy | Podia 🎨

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How to capture the creator economy | Podia 🎨

“Faster iterations coupled with perseverance is the best route to have a successful product -- not sleek designs or scalable code.” 👆 That’s Spencer Fry’s number 1 insight after running multiple successful startups over the last 19 years. Spencer [https://twitter.com/spencerfry] is the founder of Podia [https:

Key Lessons from Podia’s Success 🧑‍🏫

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Key Lessons from Podia’s Success 🧑‍🏫

Hello 👋 This is a “key lessons” report for Listen Up Pro subscribers. We are diving deep into how the course platform "Podia" has achieved success in the crowded space of the creator economy. To read the story of how founder Spencer Fry built Podia, you can read it here -

How to reach $4.2M ARR while pursuing a mission | Ghost👻

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How to reach $4.2M ARR while pursuing a mission | Ghost👻

“Ghost is being made for love, not for profit.” 👆That’s a line from John O’Nolan’s intro video for Ghost’s Kickstarter campaign from back in 2013. John is the founder of Ghost.org [http://Ghost.org] a publishing platform for independent writers and creators to make money

How a NoCode form builder reached $8500 MRR in a crowded market📃 | Tally

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How a NoCode form builder reached $8500 MRR in a crowded market📃 | Tally

“Be patient, don’t be afraid of doing the drudge work, and be ready to pivot when you need to.” 👆 That’s Marie Martens’ advice to aspiring Indie Hackers. Marie is the co-founder of Tally.so. Tally is a No-Code tool to build simple online forms to collect feedback, information

21 Key Lessons from 21 Indie Hackers (Listen Up IH Wrapped)📈

21 Key Lessons from 21 Indie Hackers (Listen Up IH Wrapped)📈

This newsletter has been running for almost 9 months now. I’ve researched and written about some of the most successful indie hackers throughout the year. As 2021 ends, this is a good time to look back on some of the best profiles I could do and what we can

How to reach $1M ARR with a 1-page site builder 📈| AJ of Carrd

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How to reach $1M ARR with a 1-page site builder 📈| AJ of Carrd

"Constraints are superpowers" 👆That's the number 1 lesson we can all learn from AJ, the founder of Carrd. AJ is a pseudonymous startup founder who bootstrapped the single-page site builder Carrd to more than $1M ARR in 5 years. Before Carrd, AJ had seen success with projects such as html5up

How to build an audience-driven business👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | Arvid Kahl - The Embedded Entrepreneur

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How to build an audience-driven business👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | Arvid Kahl - The Embedded Entrepreneur

"Just give and help and support." 👆 That's Arvid Kahl's message to fellow Indie Hackers. Arvid [https://twitter.com/arvidkahl] is the founder of the phenomenal bootstrapped founder blog [https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/] and podcast. And author of best-selling books like Zero to Sold and The Embedded Entrepreneur. Arvid also co-founded FeedbackPanda.

$8,000 in revenue without even a product 💸| Tuple

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$8,000 in revenue without even a product 💸| Tuple

"Be useful on the internet" 👆 That's Ben Orenstein's advice for aspiring indie hackers. Ben is the founder of Tuple - a remote pair programming app for macOS. Ben, Joel and Spencer co-founded Tuple back in 2018 as a replacement for a popular app called Screenhero. Screenhero was beloved by the

Freelancer's path to building a SaaS with $10K MRR 🏡| Agent Nest

Freelancer's path to building a SaaS with $10K MRR 🏡| Agent Nest

"Tell yourself - I can do this and I WILL do this. Just focus on your business, focus on what you care about." 👆 That's Molly Wolchansky's advice to Indie Hackers who want to get to $10K MRR with their business. Molly [https://www.indiehackers.com/Theagentnest] is the founder of

Indie Hacker on the Unicorn Track🦄 | Riverside

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Indie Hacker on the Unicorn Track🦄 | Riverside

Listen Up IH - Episode 28 "I want to build a billion dollar company" That's Nadav Keyson's [https://twitter.com/nadavkeyson] audacious vision for his startup Riverside.fm [http://Riverside.fm] Riverside [https://riverside.fm/] is a tool to record studio-quality podcasts/interviews from anywhere with up to 4K Video

Flying past $23K MRR in 2 years🦅 | Hypefury

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Flying past $23K MRR in 2 years🦅 | Hypefury

Listen Up! IH - Episode 27 "Keep your ears and eyes open, because there are opportunities everywhere." 👆 That's Samy Dindane's advice for aspiring Indie Hackers. Samy is the co-founder of Hypefury. Hypefury is a Twitter growth tool that lets you schedule Tweets, Threads, Retweet your best content, and a lot

Escaping Death to find his Destiny 🌟| Kyle Gawley of Gravity

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Escaping Death to find his Destiny 🌟| Kyle Gawley of Gravity

Listen Up IH - Episode 26 I have no employees, no investors, no funding, no fixed location. Just me and my laptop, building what I love while traveling the world 👆 That's a quote from one of Kyle Gawley's blogs. Kyle [https://twitter.com/kylegawley] is the founder of Gravity [https:

Rock Bottom To Rocket Ship🚀 | How Veed Grew To $5M+ ARR

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Rock Bottom To Rocket Ship🚀 | How Veed Grew To $5M+ ARR

Listen Up! IH – Episode 24 “Keep pushing, and make something people search for” That’s Sabba Keynejad’s message to Indie Hackers. Sabba [https://twitter.com/sab8a] is the Co-founder of Veed.io [http://veed.io/] – a browser-based video editing tool. Sabba and his co-founder Tim grew the company from

21 Lessons From 21 Indie Hackers

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21 Lessons From 21 Indie Hackers

Listen Up! IH – Episode 21 Hey folks👋 This newsletter has been running for the last 20 weeks. I have gone down some interesting rabbit holes when doing these profiles. Learnt a lot in the process. Many of you have joined recently or midway and might not have read the initial

Digital Nomad To Prolific Indie Hacker | Pieter Levels 🧳

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Digital Nomad To Prolific Indie Hacker | Pieter Levels 🧳

Listen Up! IH – Episode 20 “Be less scared and just do more things!” That’s Pieter Levels [https://twitter.com/levelsio] advice for aspiring Indie Hackers. Pieter is the founder of a number of different solo companies, the most notable being nomadlist.com [http://nomadlist.com/] and remoteok.io [http:

Living The Indie Hacker Dream | Jon Yongfook

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Living The Indie Hacker Dream | Jon Yongfook

Listen Up! IH – Episode 19 “If you want to go from 0 to $10K MRR you should divide your time 50:50 between coding and marketing” That’s Jon Yongfook’s advice for Indie Hackers. Jon [https://twitter.com/yongfook] is the founder of Bannerbear [https://www.bannerbear.com/]. Bannerbear

0 To 28M ARR While Building In Public📈 | Nathan Barry

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0 To 28M ARR While Building In Public📈 | Nathan Barry

Listen Up! IH – Episode 17 “It takes way longer than you think, and it’s worth it if you keep going.” That’s Nathan Barry’s advice for aspiring IndieHackers. Nathan [https://twitter.com/nathanbarry] is the founder of ConvertKit [https://convertkit.com/] – an email marketing solution for indie creators.

Idea To Exit In 2 Years | Lessons From Selling A SaaS At $55K MRR | Arvid Kahl

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Idea To Exit In 2 Years | Lessons From Selling A SaaS At $55K MRR | Arvid Kahl

Listen Up, IH! — Episode 9 > “Audience research to me is the most important thing in a business” 👆That’s Arvid Kahl’s most important insight after building and selling a SaaS company that changed his life. Arvid Kahl [https://twitter.com/arvidkahl] is the co-founder of FeedbackPanda.com [http://feedbackpanda.

How “The Winner” Of Indie Hackers Built A $38K/Month SaaS Business With A ‘Dollar A Day’ Product | Jordan O'Connor

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How “The Winner” Of Indie Hackers Built A $38K/Month SaaS Business With A ‘Dollar A Day’ Product | Jordan O'Connor

Listen Up! IH – Episode 3 > “I Won Indie Hackers” Back in August 2020, Jordan O’Connor [https://twitter.com/jdnoc], founder of Closet Tools [https://closet.tools/], became the self proclaimed “winner” of Indie Hackers. He Tweeted this👇 Today his company Closet Tools, which is a Poshmark Automation tool, is

Daniel Vassallo’s Lifestyle-First Approach To Indie Hacking

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Daniel Vassallo’s Lifestyle-First Approach To Indie Hacking

Listen Up, IH! — Episode 1 > “I want to work on my own terms, doing the things that intrinsically motivate me.” This was Daniel Vassallo’s first-ever comment on IndieHackers [https://www.indiehackers.com/post/4b943c52c8?commentId=-LZlzwZXBzHbfPYSm4X9] back in February 2019. It was a top response to the question — “What’