Indie Hackers

Kyle Gawley (@kylegawley) was running a high-growth, venture-backed company when he ended up in the hospital partially due to all the pressure he was under. That experience led to some introspection, which I'll ask him about in this episode. We'll also talk about his new company, which he decided to build with a completely different approach to growth. 

• Follow Kyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylegawley
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In this episode I talk to Andrey Azimov (@andreyazimov) about moving to Bali with a $3K runway and launching his "Hardcore Year." I'll ask him about the projects he launched to reach $10K MRR.

• Follow Andrey's journey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andreyazimov
• Check out his personal site: https://www.andreyazimov.com/
• Create a website from a spreadsheet: https://www.sheet2site.com/

Today I'm talking to Dan Cederholm (@simplebits) about his somewhat reluctant journey into growing Dribbble. He's a self-described "accidental entrepreneur. So, in this interview, we'll talk about how someone who identifies as a creator and a designer can fill the role of a founder. 

• Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/simplebits
• Check out Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/

Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke) came on my radar when he posted an AMA on Indie Hackers after selling his $2M ARR SaaS for $50,000,000. Like a lot of people in the Indie Hackers community, I have a lot of questions. In this episode, I'll find out how Chris came up with the idea and why he intentionally chose a tiny market. 

• Follow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisJBakke
• Check out Chris's new startup: https://laskie.com/

Molly Wolchansky is the founder of The Agent Nest (@theagentnest), an application that manages social media posts and marketing materials for real estate agents. In this episode, we'll find out why she chose this niche and how seven years of manual agency work led to a breaking point. 

• Follow Molly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theagentnest
• Check out Molly's App: https://www.theagentnest.com/

Today's guest recently sold his company, FeedbackPanda, but instead of disappearing to an island, I've seen him all over Twitter, all over his blog, all over Indie Hackers helping people. In this episode, I talk to Arvid Kahl (@arvidkahl)  about how involuntary reciprocity built his audience and how Indie Hackers can do the same. We'll dig into his new book, The Embedded Entrepreneur, to break down how he co-developed and grew his businesses through audience engagement. 

• Check out The Bootstrapped Founder: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/
• Follow Arvid on Twitter: https://twitter.com/arvidkahl
• Arvid's new book: https://embeddedentrepreneur.com

Today I'm talking to two of the top creators on OnlyFans: Savannah Solo and Aella. Each of them is earning 5-figures a month on the platform, which sits at the intersection of the creator economy and porn. (NSFW… depending on where you work.) In this episode we talk about the stigma of making a living from porn, marketing strategies to get huge on social media, and the future of independent creators on the internet.

• Savannah's NSFW Twitter: https://twitter.com/savannah_solo
• Aella's NSFW Twitter: https://twitter.com/aellagirl
• Aella's safe-for-work Twitter: https://twitter.com/aella_girl
• Courtland's OnlyFans page: https://onlyfans.com/csallen

Derrick Reimer has been following a playbook that involves taking on big players in a market by drafting on their tailwind. It's gotten him to six-figure revenue with SavvyCal but it wasn't a strategy that always worked. In this episode, we'll talk about how he failed when trying to take on Slack and how he eventually bounced back with SavvyCal. 

• Follow Derrick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/derrickreimer
• Get your first month free with Promo Code "IndieHackers" at SavvyCal: https://savvycal.com/

Since John Doherty (@dohertyjf) was on the podcast three years ago, he's completely changed the business model of his company. In this interview, we'll talk about the moment his customers told him "his baby was ugly" and what happened next. 

• Follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dohertyjf
• Find an agency on Credo: https://www.getcredo.com/
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Joining me is an indie hacker whose broetry post about how he hit $10K MRR went viral. I invited him here to walk me through how he got to that milestone and what his new challenges are as he grows his company Bannerbear toward the $1M ARR mark. 

• Follow Jon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yongfook
• Check out Bannerbear: https://www.bannerbear.com/
• Subscribe to Jon's newsletter: https://www.bannerbear.com/open