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$4M/yr to Solve the Chicken-and-Egg Problem · Start a Fund Without $$$ · The Marketing Channel You've Ignored

_(from the latest issue of the Indie Hackers newsletter)_ Channing here. Happy November! 2020's got just two months of runway left before it goes out of business. But with election...

by channingallen • leave a comment

98 upvotes on HN, 200+ subs

So I submitted Growthunt to HackerNews over the weekend, picking Sunday morning (US Time) to unveil my 4 weeks old site. Here is the result: 97 upvotes 40 comments 5.24K in New Use...

by yunsn • 24 comments

Growth as spirals, not funnels or loops.

I was thinking about growth recently and wondering how to visualize it based on my experience, rather than follow the default of what people tend to talk about. I'm here to break t...

by rosiesherry • 5 comments

Using Product Hunt/Ship to validate content product ideas

Hello - we started using the Ship from Product Hunt's Pro plan a few months ago. We wanted to try out the promotion to the PH community and see what sort of traction we got from it...

by mattcrail • 3 comments

Indie Hackers, where do you advertise?

What has been your experience and which outlet do you recommend for other indiehackers that are just starting out. Did paid ads help you grow fast?

by start123 • 3 comments

Sites to announce your new app

I was wondering if there are any commonly known websites where you could drop a line about the app you made?

by Pickwick • 2 comments

6 Months Later. Time For A Review.

So this month marks about 6 months since I started my little newsletter project, The Slice and I think now is a good time to reflect on the past 6 or so months, my learnings, my pr...

by TheWonderingZall • 1 comments

Ran a Trial offer for 10 weeks. Here's what I found.

In August I launched a trial offer and my sales poofed out of existence. I held my breath for 10 weeks to give it a fair chance and to find out what would happen. Here's are my fin...

by rikschennink • 8 comments

Testing An Idea With Early Users

Most of the SaaS founders understand the value of user testing to validate an idea or MVP. Yet I've seen a lot of them (at least 70%) don't do it with the right set of tools and ju...

by InfluRocket • 3 comments

How do you find a name for your projects?

Naming is always a pain (even while coding). How do you proceed when you have a new product but can't find the right name? I've used Namelix but that doesn't really help… For most...

by xavier • 2 comments

What steps do you take to Validate your Idea?

i'm currently building a SaaS and needed to validate the idea before going further. i want to learn from those of you who have done it.

by itsraeyy • 2 comments

Website feedback - resources to help you beat procrastination

Hi, Would love some feedback on this site: https://procrastinators-toolkit.com During lockdown I started researching ways to combat procrastination. This site is a collection of th...

by Tadhg808 • 2 comments

I challenged myself to build a CAD file comparison webapp in 24 hours. Constrains fuel motivation. I shared a few thoughts on the process:

by serey • 2 comments

Am I articulating this well?

Site link: https://doneforyoulanding.netlify.app/ Ironic that a landing page service is asking for landing page feedback lol. But I've been struggling with the messaging of my serv...

by seattlehacker • 5 comments

Mean-bean landing page feedback

hola! updated the landing page with more details about the Alpha release of our hardware product- can you guys look over it and tell me if you understands what's up? https://mean-b...

by thepandrea • 1 comments

Roast My Landing Page! :)

by hershyb_ • 1 comments

I give LP feedback with my triangle feedback framework.

Hi, I came up with a simple feedback framework for Landing Page and overall website feedback. I want to use it to collect feedback from fellow indie hackers and propose my own as a...

by emredemirel • 1 comments

Mvp feedback

Hello, I've recently launched Toorit (https://toorit.io), a booking app for tours and experiences. I haven't done any marketing yet, but im building a list of clients and Will star...

by luigi0229 • 1 comments

Are feature pages are good idea? 🤔

Yesterday I shared my product's landing page here on IndieHackers for the first time. It was a really rewarding experience - over 180 people checked it out! 🥳 At the same time, th...

by Trunksome • leave a comment

Looking for marketer

I'm looking for a successful marketer to help me market my soon app to be made, Handyman. If you are great at marketing and want to take part in something revolutionary, then pleas...

by akhan786 • 5 comments

Looking for freelancing work

Hey, I have been trying to start freelancing work, but unable to find any. Can anyone suggest how one can get clients.

by Raj@Saurabh • leave a comment

Technical Partner (For Free)

*Well, the only free cheese is in the mousetrap. And if something is free, somebody is paying for it.* Here is the deal: I'm paying for it. My engineering team is under-utilized no...

by white • leave a comment

Update: How Co-founder Speed Dating Went

Halloween Co-Founder Speed Dating was on last Friday, and it actually went pretty well when accounting for the problems with Zoom. Link to the original event post: https://www.indi...

by raymondcarl • leave a comment

Recharging weekly ;-)

Hey there people! Taking a usual route, putting in my weekly to offer support and care for anyone who's stumbling. If you've lost the spark, having problems finding energy, or just...

by alourie • 2 comments

My story and a new men's mental health app

by tethr_matt • leave a comment

Stop telling me to exercise: dealing with a mild short-term depression

by rasulkireev • leave a comment

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