Indie Hackers
Courtland and Channing Allen interview the ambitious indie hackers who are turning their ideas and side projects into profitable online businesses. Explore the latest strategies and tools founders are using to capitalize on new opportunities, escape the 9-to-5 grind, and create their own personal revenue-generating machines. The future is indie!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 290
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2023
#245 – Hiring a Team You Actually Like with Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer
Today I'm talking to Ben Orenstein of Tuple and Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal. I recently joined them on their podcast The Art of Product and we talked about things like long-term goal setting and hirin…
#244 – Building Gradually to Grow Suddenly with Shahed Khan of Hyper
Today I'm talking to Shahed Khan, the co-founder of Loom and investor at Hyper. In this episode we talk about his first business failure at 16 and the many iterations Loom went through before catchin…
#243 – Mental Health and Bootstrapping in 2022 with Rob Walling of TinySeed
In this episode I'm chat with Rob Walling about a wide range of topics including metal health, how to find a business idea and the relevance of bootstrapping today.
- Follow Rob on Twitter: https://twi…
#242 – Money, Happiness, and Productivity as a Solo Founder with Pieter Levels (Part 2 of 2)
Today I'm continuing my conversation with Pieter Levels (@levelsio). In this episode we dig into what habits make Pieter so prolific as well as his thoughts on investing, crypto, and money in general…
#241 – Money, Happiness, and Productivity as a Solo Founder with Pieter Levels (Part 1 of 2)
Today I'm catching up with Pieter Levels after 4 years. The world has changed dramatically since we last spoke. Attitudes toward remote work and global travel are all completely different now. We'll …
#240 – Capturing a Valuable Market from the Bottom Up with Amjad Masad of Replit
Today I'm talking to Amjad Masad (@amasad), the founder of Replit. I'm captivated by his strategy and how Replit is eating the market from the bottom up. We'll talk about that and how he's learned to…
#239 – A New Golden Age for Creatives and Founders with Li Jin of Variant
Today I'm talking to Li Jin (@ljin18). She's here to talk about the passion economy, DAOs, and why she's so optimistic about the future of tech.
- Follow Li on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ljin18
- Check …
#238 – From Adversity to Ambition with Niya Dragova of Candor
Today I'm talking to Niya Dragova (@mediumsizecats). Her story is pretty amazing. She grew up in Bulgaria during the fall of Communism where she experienced severe poverty. Today she is championing t…
#237 – The Minimalist Entrepreneur with Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad
Today I'm talking to Sahil Lavignia (@shl) about what indie hackers can learn from his new book, The Minimalist Entrepreneur.
- Get a copy of Sahil's new book: on Amazon
- Follow Sahil on Twitter: https:/…
#236 – Not Giving Up with Matt Wensing of Summit
Today I'm talking to Matt Wensing about the long journey he took to get to where he is today with his second company, Summit. I think Indie Hackers can get a lot out of Matt's experience and I have a…
#235 – An NFT Conversation for Indie Hackers with Hiten Shah and Mubashar Iqbal
I'm finally doing it. I'm doing an episode on cryptocurrencies--specifically, NFTs. I have been a huge skeptic of this space, but a few weeks ago I started looking deeper. I even bought my first NFT.…
Throwback: How to Build a Life You Love by Quitting Everything Else with Lynne Tye of Key Values
(Throwback episode!) After spending years pursuing a career in science, Lynne Tye (@lynnetye) shocked her family and colleagues by dropping out of grad school. Thus began a months-long journey of dis…
Brains: Talking Money with Anthony Pompliano and Sam Parr
How do you make a ton of money on the internet, and how do you manage it once you've got it? In this crossover episode from the Brains podcast, we have a fun discussion about money with Anthony Pompl…
#234 – Money, Kids, and Choosing Your Market with Justin Jackson of Transistor.fm
Today I'm talking to Justin Jackson (@mijustin). He's someone who started out in entrepreneurship by opening a brick and mortar snowboarding shop. I want to find out how he made the unlikely leap int…
#233 – Hard-Learned Lessons from Decades of Entrepreneurship with Spencer Fry of Podia
Today I'm talking to Spencer Fry (@spencerfry), the founder of Podia. His business is super relevant right now because it is basically a one-stop shop to support creators and entrepreneurs. In this e…
#232 – How to Punch Above Your Weight with Sonal Chokshi of a16z
Today I'm talking to Sonal Chokshi, one of the biggest experts on building a media business that I know. Currently she's the Editor-in-Chief at a16z. In this episode we'll talk about creating content…
#231 – Learning from Conversations with Andrew Warner of Mixergy
In this episode I'm talking with Andrew Warner (@AndrewWarner), the host of the Mixergy where he's interviewed over 2,000 founders in the tech and software space. His new book, Stop Asking Questions,…
#230 – Grit, Timing, and Building Businesses You Love with Andrew Gazdecki of MicroAcquire
Andrew Gazdeki (@agazdecki) has some contrarian viewpoints when it comes to the startup ecosystem today. I invited him here to find out about his beef with TechCrunch and how he is empowering founder…
#229 – Stealing Users Away From Incumbents Like Google with Marie Martens of Tally
Today I'm talking to an Indie Hacker Marie Martens (@mariemartens) who has gained over 10,000 users in less than a year for her software Tally. The best part of her story is that Tally isn't even a n…
#228 – Making $1M/yr Then Raising Money as a Solo Indie Hacker with AJ from Carrd
In this episode I'm talking to AJ from Carrd. I want to find how he grew from $30K MRR to over $1M ARR in just two years and what Kim Kardashian had to do with it. I'll also ask him how he thinks abo…