The Bootstrapped Founder

333: Kitze — Juggling Projects, ADHD, and the Indie Hacker Lifestyle


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@Kitze, a Serial indie hacker and entrepreneur, shares his journey through a landscape filled with multiple projects like Sizzy, a browser for developers, Benji, a productivity app, and a comprehensive full-stack video course.

Kitze opens up about how his ADHD diagnosis has shaped his work ethic and productivity, revealing the personal motivations behind creating tools like Benji. True indie hacker fashion: he built a tool that he needed for himself. And that kickstarted a lot of other things.

His candid anecdotes offer a rare glimpse into the life of a busy founder who constantly balances feature development, user experience design, and the demands of a growing user base.

00:00:00 Building Benji
00:03:42 Juggling Multiple Projects and Responsibilities
00:11:15 Founder's Dilemma
00:20:02 Navigating Founder-Investor Alignment
00:27:57 Marketing Strategies for Aspirational Products
00:33:41 Balancing Work-Life Priorities and Responsibilities

This episode is sponsored by Acquire.com

The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/kitze-juggling-projects-adhd-and-the-indie-hacker-lifestyle/

The podcast episode: https://tbf.fm/episodes/333-kitze-juggling-projects-adhd-and-the-indie-hacker-lifestyle


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