Today's Digest: People are learning how to build new businesses in lockdown

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People are learning how to build new businesses in lockdown

After the US declared the coronavirus a national emergency and the western world finally began taking the crisis seriously, it took about a week for founders to adjust their market...

by channingallen 13 comments

Daily Stand-up group

Hello Indie Hackers!

What a great place for tracking my progress and holding myself accountable! I have developed a process and framework for vetting my ideas, and I am in the brainstorming stage. Here...

by visionarymonkey 5 comments

Hello World :)

My name is Timothy Bryant. Please call me, T.D. I build web applications, customized computers for esports enthusiasts, and produce music. I am a Maker based in Houston, Texas. I a...

by tdbryant2 1 comments

Stand-Up #74 - April 21st, 2020

Stand-Up #74 - April 21st, 2020 Little late again but that's okay. As long as I get it done before going to bed, I consider it to be "same-day". Still didn't get the edit/create co...

by jrf 1 comments

Finished and posted site spawned from Collaborate meetup group in Brisbane to swap startup skills

-improved image shape appearance -fixed "profiles" bugs: default image, next button and linking from messages -improved layout that was covered by scroll bars -set up removal of it...

by Dreamifier leave a comment

2020/17/Tues

Yesterday: - Actually start working on the simulation button - Started building out mock service, generated mock data. - Start working on Filters - FilterViewAnon toggle button wor...

by AirwaveTechTony leave a comment

Growth group

Why mighty competition is good 💪

Customer messaging is a crowded marketplace. Userlist operates in a cosy SaaS niche, but our product idea is neither new nor revolutionary. Do we sleep well? Should we be scared of...

by uibreakfast 10 comments

Finding the best Quora questions to answer in 5 steps

Quora can be a good source of traffic but finding and answering questions can take a lot of your precious time. So how do you 80/20 and answer only the questions that are actually...

by kacper 9 comments

Holy Shit Balls

So we are totally not prepared for this but we have just been featured on the Chrome Web Store in a top banner section of the home page. Traffic is through the roof with 30 concurr...

by louisjblythe 8 comments

I'm shutting down Self Hosted Git. Here's what I learned.

This is the story of selfhostedgit.com. I built it, got my first customer, tried to market and scale it, and then I shut it down. This all happened over the course of four months....

by chr15m 6 comments

Needing help for online marketing/communication

Hello fellow Hackers, I am looking for some help to build up our online communication and boost our growth. Like many other small tech shops, we do not have in-house marketers. We...

by PierreAlex 2 comments

How did you get your first paid users for your SaaS

Hey IH community! Hope you guys are staying safe during these crazy times! I am building a SaaS, subscription model, and I want to validate my idea by getting sign-ups on my landin...

by Silverback23 2 comments

Ideas and Validation group

Indie Hacker? Then this is for you

Hi all, If you're here then **let me explain what I'm talking about. ** ### INTRO: Over the next days, **I'll be starting a paid Newsletter about Digital Strategy, Content Marketin...

by theparzival 38 comments

A big, fat, juicy startup problem

We all like to talk about looking for problems, but in my experience they’re quite elusive. Here’s one that desperately needs solving. It (literally) keeps me up at night. I have n...

by karj 6 comments

A newsletter to discover newsletters. Would you subscribe?

Hey there! I'm struggling a bit to grow my two side projects, which are newsletter-based, and I started thinking... I would perhaps pay to have an issue of my newsletter delivered...

by elies 5 comments

Future Goodbye - What do you think?

Hi everyone, my name is Ran. I'm a father of two. I built a simple site called Future Goodbye after I was shocked by the sudden death of Kobe Bryant. Kobe was a big inspiration for...

by ran 2 comments

Developer-entrepreneurs: Would you find this framework useful?

We are just finishing up building a new tool for easy & fast high-end application development built on MESG called Liteflow. It's a open-source framework that runs your app's busin...

by williamzmorgan 2 comments

Looking for a web app to buy--advice?

Hi, I'm a seasoned growth marketer out of work due to COVID19 and looking to make lemonade out of my circumstances by shifting gears towards growing something I own. Looking for so...

by Jcoop8 1 comments

Indie Parents group

A curated home activities for parents and kids?

I have a 3yr and a newborn at home and it's been a struggle trying to find simple activities to do with her. Is there a service where it provides a list of curated activities for t...

by visionarymonkey 1 comments

Landing Page Feedback group

Roast my Landing Page 👇👇

Hi all, Can you please give me some feedback on my Landing Page and tell me what should I change in order to improve it? www.thepopcornmedia.com Thank you in advance 💪

by theparzival 6 comments

Roast my landing page built entirely on Notion V2 🔥

About a month ago, I built this webpage all on Notion. It's for my agency. I thought it was such a clever and novel idea that I didn't realize how much it *sucked* as an actual web...

by optemization 5 comments

feedback on this loom alternative?

by sushantshek20 4 comments

Guess the Conversion Rate % of my Unconventional Landing Page 😝

Hey expert/semi-pro marketers, I'm new to landing pages/funnels and I NEED your guidance on this landing page I created that is probably considered unconventional... It's a premark...

by LouTromans 3 comments

Is my landing page too 'basic'?

I've recently launched my of MVP Saylient and am getting mixed feedback on my Landing Page. Some say it is clean and concise, whereas others say it's missing the appeal/solution la...

by markymark99 2 comments

Please give feedback about pricing page

Do you have 5 min? Would appreciate any feedback about the pricing page for SiteChecker https://sitechecker.pro/account/plans/ Do you understand the packages? Is there some crucial...

by prokimediat 2 comments

Looking to Partner Up group

CTO looking for new opportunities and partnership

Currently a CTO of a FinTech startup, but the other two founders are moving radically in a different direction. So I'm looking for new opportunities. I'm New York based with experi...

by LaptopWizard leave a comment

DEVELOPERS WHO WISHES TO BE "CTO" GET IN TOUCH

Help in bring my child(idea) to life and help in growing together.

by amkojemford leave a comment

Looking for early-stage SaaS/ Startup Founders to be guest on my Podcast!

Hello Community, I am looking to collaborate with early-stage SaaS/ Startup Founders as my guest for the business podcast - Startups101, we will be talking about your product and y...

by porushpuri1 leave a comment

Developers looking to team up

Hello! I run a developers cooperative (with profit sharing) and we provide back-end and front-end developers PLUS a startup-conscious project manager to take care of the technical...

by mjankowski leave a comment

Looking to team up to create programming courses

I am looking for native English speakers with a background in CS/Cloud/ML 3-5+ years to create a set of courses (Python, Golang, Distributed System Design, Algorithms, Interview Pr...

by AleksanderM leave a comment

Vuejs developer / co-founder for Loopcv

Hello guys! https://loopcv.pro is growing and we are looking a great vuejs developer to join our frontend team! At this stage we can share equity only. Due to the corona virus we h...

by avg leave a comment

Meetups group

Would you be interested in a blogger/content/non-dev meet-up?

Hey everyone, So, I run a blog/podcast/online community with a subscription-based model (via Substack). I very much feel like an indie, albeit not a developer/tech guy. I've seen o...

by jas_hothi 1 comments

Virtual Meets group

Anyone interested in a blogger/creator meet-up?

Hey everyone, So, I run a blog/podcast/online community with a subscription-based model (via Substack). I very much feel like an indie, albeit not a developer/tech guy. I've seen o...

by jas_hothi leave a comment

Corporation innovation event

https://innov8rs.co/connect-bcn/ I am doing round 1 of 16:30 – 17:30 || Ask Me Anything sessions Tackling Teamwork Challenges through Crisis Lens Covid-19 has thrown the global bus...

by laurellau leave a comment

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Growth Bite: Get subscribers by requiring an email address to access certain pieces of content

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Your articles can work harder for you without much effort on your part. If you're already giving away tons of free content, get more subscribers by locking *a few* posts and requiring an email

People are learning how to build new businesses in lockdown

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

People are learning how to build new businesses in lockdown After the US declared the coronavirus a [national emergency](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-13/trump-to-declare-national-

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