He burned out only 3 months after starting his indie startup. But one year later found a deeper confidence and became unstoppable. My chat with @heymattia is out 💪

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Show notes
His twitter - twitter.com/heymattia
His newsletter - themakerjourney.com
His new product: blacktwist.app

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He hustled for years and only started relaxing when he reached $8K MRR. My chat with fellow indie hacker @sobedominik is out 🎙

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Show notes
His twitter - https://twitter.com/sobedominik
His main product - https://www.helpkit.so
His side project - https://www.filmtypes.com

This week's sponsor
https://microassets.co by @socodemaker - sell and buy indie products with low fees - special price with code INDIELIFE

Show links
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My interview with Marie Ng is out 🎙

After growing her app to more than 20,000 users in 3 years, she’s often stuck working on admin tasks that kill her energy. But she found ways to recharge and keep the burnout away 🧘‍♂️ 🔋

My favorite moment is at 33:52.

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Marie's links

• Her twitter
• Her product

This week's sponsor - Loop

• Loop - unify your inboxes from all apps - special price with code INDIELIFE
• Greg Fragin X account

Dago's links

• Dagobert's Twitter
• Dago's Twitter Course
• Dago's Newsletter

Show links

• Call the indie hotline
• Sponsor us

My interview with Dmytro Krasun is out 🎙

Even though he has a successful product, he doesn’t make enough money to escape the grind and feels trapped in his business. But he has a plan to eventually grow outside of it 💪

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Dmytro's links

• His twitter
• His product
• His website
• His newsletter
• Meditation app he recommends
• Jason Cohen
• April Dunford

This week's sponsor - BetterLegal

• BetterLegal - setup an LLC in the US in 5 minutes - exclusive special price for us by using this link! (appears at checkout)
• Chad Sakonchick X account

Dago's links

• Dagobert's Twitter
• Dago's Twitter Course
• Dago's Newsletter

Our links

• Call the indie hotline
• Sponsor us

I finally overcame my perfectionist tendencies and edited the podcast episode with Lukas Hermann 🥳

We talked about the dark stuff he’s been through as an entrepreneur: from getting betrayed by his first cofounder to a physical breakdown that will keep him scarred for life...

But we had fun the whole time 😁

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Lukas' links

• stagetimer 
• Lukas' twitter
• His custom lego set

Dago's links

• Dagobert's Twitter
• Dago's Twitter Course
• Dago's Newsletter

Our links

• Call the indie hotline
• Sponsor us

The first guest of This Indie Life is here!

Nico and I talked about the dark side of entrepreneurship: from getting his first gray hair at 26 to being on the verge of breaking up with his girlfriend... but we had some laughs too 😁

Nico's links

• Nico's Twitter
• Talknotes - his audio transcription + rewriting app
• Maker Ads Guide - course on running ads
• So you suck, now what? - post on his blog

This week's sponsor - BetterLegal

• Chad Sakonchick X account
• BetterLegal - Setup an LLC in the US in 5 minutes

Dago's links

• Dagobert's Twitter
• Dago's Twitter Course
• Dago's Newsletter

Our links

• Call the indie hotline
• Sponsor us

In this episode, Dago quits his job and comes back to the indie life. Meanwhile James is nowhere to be found and the podcast is headed towards a new direction.

Dagobert links

• Dagobert's Twitter
• Dago's Twitter Course
• Dago's Newsletter

James links

• James' Twitter
• Indie Bites - indie founder chats
• 2 Hour Podcast - podcasting course
• Whitstable Craft Co - handmade leather wallets
• PodPanda - podcast editing

In this episode, Dago has a big life event which is going to change the trajectory of his indie life. Meanwhile, I reflect on one of my best weeks in a while being on form after spending some time away relaxing.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:41 James updates
12:07 Dago updates

Dagobert links

• Dagobert's Twitter
• Dago's Twitter Course
• Logology - high quality logos and brands
• Memelogy - the best startup memes

James links

• James' Twitter
• Indie Bites - indie founder chats
• 2 Hour Podcast - podcasting course
• Whitstable Craft Co - handmade leather wallets
• PodPanda - podcast editing

In this episode, Dago talks about why he can’t do side projects anymore without going al in, but he does have a plan. Meanwhile, I’ve had a big week with my podcast Indie Bites, speaking to a bootstrapping legend, but having to overcome a metric shit ton of imposter syndrome.

About Dagobert (to be updated soon...)
Previously a money-chasing software engineer, but now building his own startup with his wife, Logology (that's the name of the startup, not his wife). It took them more than two years just to build a product and had to use most of our savings just to survive. They launched it and got almost no sales, pushing him to learn marketing. Last year, after some experiments, he found a marketing channel that worked by using Twitter. Now he has 45k followers and the business is finally going. As of the start of this pod, his business is on $3k p/m, with a goal to reach $5k p/m to avoid dwindling savings and to pay themselves a salary.

• Dagobert's Twitter
• Dago's Twitter Course
• Logology - high quality logos and brands
• Memelogy - the best startup memes

About James
James left his cushty full-time job marketing job in April 2021. Since then, he's been hacking together income from his other podcast, Indie Bites, and podcast editing service, Pod Panda. The podcast does around $1k p/m in sponsor revenue and Pod Panda makes $2k p/m. But with a $4-5k burn every month, he's digging a very deep hole. James' goal is to get to around $10k per month across his products, get myself out of that hole and have fun while doing it. 

• James' Twitter
• Indie Bites - indie founder chats
• 2 Hour Podcast - podcasting course
• Whitstable Craft Co - handmade leather wallets
• PodPanda - podcast editing

In this episode, Dago talks about how the honeymoon period for his job is over and how he’s going to address it with side projects. Is logology coming back? Meanwhile, I’ve been settling back into a new slightly too relaxed routine with my whale client and wonder what I need to do to make some progress with my side projects.

About Dagobert (to be updated soon...)
Previously a money-chasing software engineer, but now building his own startup with his wife, Logology (that's the name of the startup, not his wife). It took them more than two years just to build a product and had to use most of our savings just to survive. They launched it and got almost no sales, pushing him to learn marketing. Last year, after some experiments, he found a marketing channel that worked by using Twitter. Now he has 45k followers and the business is finally going. As of the start of this pod, his business is on $3k p/m, with a goal to reach $5k p/m to avoid dwindling savings and to pay themselves a salary.

• Dagobert's Twitter
• Dago's Twitter Course
• Logology - high quality logos and brands
• Memelogy - the best startup memes

About James
James left his cushty full-time job marketing job in April 2021. Since then, he's been hacking together income from his other podcast, Indie Bites, and podcast editing service, Pod Panda. The podcast does around $1k p/m in sponsor revenue and Pod Panda makes $2k p/m. But with a $4-5k burn every month, he's digging a very deep hole. James' goal is to get to around $10k per month across his products, get myself out of that hole and have fun while doing it. 

• James' Twitter
• Indie Bites - indie founder chats
• 2 Hour Podcast - podcasting course
• Whitstable Craft Co - handmade leather wallets
• PodPanda - podcast editing