Andy Cloke is the founder of Data Fetcher, a platform for running API requests in Airtable, which is currently doing around $3k MRR. Andy has started many projects in the past, his most recent one, Influence Grid, was sold for $55k back in mid-2020, having only started it 7 months before. In this episode we talk about his framework for finding trending ideas, building a product and being successful with marketing as a developer. We also talk about the process of selling your product and how to make that go smoothly.

What we covered

• Andy's background
• Kabooshi
• Why Andy started Influence Grid
• How to leverage Exploding Topics to find trending ideas
• Getting validation for your idea
• Using cold outreach to grow a platform
  • Rocket Reach
• Doing SEO from the start
• How he grew Influence Grid to $3k MRR
• Why decide to sell Influence Grid?
• Should you go through a platform for an acquisition?
• How to best prepare for a small acquisition
• What Andy bought himself after selling for $55k
• What he did after the acquisition
• The process of finding a new idea
  • Software Ideas by Kevin Conti
  • Micro SaaS by Tyler Tringas
• Why Andy started Data Fetcher
• How Data Fetcher has grown to $3k MRR
• Andy's framework for finding a successful idea
• How to push through when things aren't going so well

Recommendations

• Book: Blue Ocean Strategy
• Podcast: Startup to Last
• Indie Hacker: Jon Yongfook

Follow Andy

• Twitter
• Data Fetcher

Follow Me

• Twitter
• Indie Bites Twitter
• Personal Website
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