Indie Bites

Quitting his job and taking a £20k loan to go full time indie - Harvey Carpenter, Growform


Listen Later

Harvey Carpenter is the founder of Growform, a form builder which is now around 7K MRR. It's a mixture of enterprise and some other clients, and he's tackling a product in a market that is extremely competitive and crowded, but he's trying to carve out his own little slice of that market.

Timestamps

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:21 Harvey's life before Growform
  • 01:35 Side projects as a 17 yr old
  • 04:10 Getting a law degree
  • 05:04 The idea for Growform
  • 06:42 Benefits of picking a niche
  • 09:12 Growth tactics
  • 10:06 Quitting his job and taking a loan
  • 13:16 Future goals
  • 13:48 Taking recreation seriously

Recommendations

  • Book: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together
  • Podcast: Diary of a CEO
  • Indie Hacker: Jack Bridger

My links

  • Twitter
  • Indie Bites Twitter
  • Indie Bites YouTube
  • Join the membership
  • Personal Website
  • 2 Hour Podcast Course
  • PodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast)
  • This Indie Life Podcast

Sponsor - EmailOctopus 🐙

EmailOctopus is an independently owned email marketing platform, built to support other small growing businesses. With a focus on affordability and ease of use, EmailOctopus contains all of the features you need to reach and grow your audience. You can start today, with their industry leading free plan where you can contact up to 2,500 subscribers without paying a penny.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Indie BitesBy James McKinven

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

12 ratings


More shows like Indie Bites

View all
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch by Harry Stebbings

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

537 Listeners

Startups For the Rest of Us by Rob Walling

Startups For the Rest of Us

703 Listeners

The a16z Show by Andreessen Horowitz

The a16z Show

1,084 Listeners

The SaaS Podcast: Build, Launch & Scale Your SaaS by Omer Khan

The SaaS Podcast: Build, Launch & Scale Your SaaS

186 Listeners

Built to Sell Radio by John Warrillow

Built to Sell Radio

211 Listeners

Y Combinator Startup Podcast by Y Combinator

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

226 Listeners

REWORK by 37signals

REWORK

210 Listeners

My First Million by Hubspot Media

My First Million

2,655 Listeners

The Stack Overflow Podcast by The Stack Overflow Podcast

The Stack Overflow Podcast

64 Listeners

The Bootstrapped Founder by Arvid Kahl

The Bootstrapped Founder

33 Listeners

The Startup Ideas Podcast by Greg Isenberg

The Startup Ideas Podcast

205 Listeners

Marketing Against The Grain by Hubspot Media

Marketing Against The Grain

357 Listeners

Moneywise by Hampton

Moneywise

659 Listeners

TBPN by John Coogan & Jordi Hays

TBPN

121 Listeners

Cheeky Pint by Stripe

Cheeky Pint

48 Listeners