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Typeshare's $34k MRR bootstrapped journey - Sam Shore


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Sam Shore is the co-founder of Typeshare, a writing platform made to create and publish text across the internet. Typeshare has made over $1m in revenue since it was started in 2021, with over 80,000 user, currently $34k MRR I’m speaking to Sam to find out how he started Typeshare as the first of 12 startups he was planning to build, and what made this stick.

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:10 Sam's entrepreneurial background
  • 02:03 Failed past projects
  • 03:31 12 startups in 12 months
  • 04:16 The idea for Typeshare
  • 05:38 Getting traction with Typeshare
  • 06:50 Getting to $15k MRR in 1 year with infuential partnerships
  • 09:52 How is Sam making sure he has fun with the business
  • 12:18 How to get better at writing online
  • 14:09 Recommendations

Recommendations

  • Book - Poor Charlie’s Almanack
  • Podcast - Rework
  • Indie Hacker - Dmytro Krasun

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

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