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Slack wanted to stay independent, but was unable to compete with tech giants

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Oracle ($39B annual revenue) is the latest tech giant leaving Silicon Valley

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🎄Launch a Product Before Christmas - Day 8🎄

**Plan for December 10** ☑️ Finish writing the first chapter 🔲 Share on Twitter another image from the first Chapter Yesterday was good. The first chapter doesn't look bad at all....

by tropianhs • 1 comments

Synchronous Daily Standup

Hey everyone! I am a GMT-5 based software engineer who will be going indie January 1st. I'd love to participate in a synchronous daily standup sometime around 9am my time via video...

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What do you need help with?

I love helping others. I firmly believe it's better to give than to receive. What are you struggling with? What are you frustrated about? If I can't help, hopefully I can find some...

by dkh • 15 comments

Chat about launching?

I'm getting ready to launch a new product in January and looking to chat with other Indie Hackers for advice. Thinking through Product Hunt, growing a waitlist, making a video, how...

by mirayaberke • 10 comments

When is the right time to start charging users?

Hi, I have a roommate finder platform. I launched it one year ago for my local market and now it has around 150 visitors/day. I charge them when they want to access messages, phone...

by rarestoma • 7 comments

Surprising User Acquisition Strategy: A domain name

I've analyzed all 491 Indie Hackers interviews and identified over 30 acquisition channels and strategies that work consistently for founders (see Zero to Users for more details)....

by zerotousers • 6 comments

How I've made over $2k from a free product

Hello Folks, Today I am going to share an interesting experience, How I made over $2k from a free product. It was a good experience. Learnt a lot from this experience. Lets hop on...

by saleheen • 2 comments

Looking for UX ideas/ Advice

Hi everyone, I am currently running a platform available via mobile app. I am in the works of migrating to a faster framework in order to start launching in different cities by nex...

by Jujuglomez • 2 comments

What are common contracts/documents I'll have to deal with when starting a company?

What are common contracts/documents I'll have to deal with when starting a company?

by Izaya08 • 5 comments

How long before launching the web app should the coming soon page be up?

Hi All, I am in the process of building a simple web app (my first time as an indie hacker). I would like to know, how long before I launch my app should the "coming soon" page be...

by rjem7 • 3 comments

Building an SMS marketing platform

Hello Indie Hackers, Looking for feedback on building a platform for sending SMS. it's one-way communication like a broadcaster. So users can import all customers and want to send...

by webone • 3 comments

This is so cool! First user results :)

I've decided I'll build an MVP to validate my idea. The decision to have the MVP instead of a waitlist or other pre-coding validations was because the product I'm building is a sol...

by idogrady • 2 comments

You don't need to validate your ideas!

Jason Fried, the founder of Basecamp, says "You can't validate anything by asking about ideas... You validate something by believing in it, you build it, you put it out there, and...

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How a simple survey doubled my revenue

Having run a non-tech side hustle for three years now, there was one low-effort defining moment that helped me progress. A simple survey. Context: We're talking a low revenue side...

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Roast my pre-launch page and app concept

https://capisave.com Looking to see what you all think of my prelaunch page, as well as if this idea is one to pursue. Also, what is a good way to get this landing page in front of...

by bobbyfrazier15 • 3 comments

I launched Roast my SaaS - 5 free slots for IH users

Hello, Indie Hackers! I just wanted to share with you that I launched Roast my SaaS in less than 24 hours and now I'm giving away 5 free slots for IH users. What is Roast my SaaS?...

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Excel to web

Hi - I signed up on this site to find technical collaborators. Looking to move an excel sheet to Web. Once that’s accomplished want to move a combined excel+Word+outlook workflow t...

by srs_houston • 4 comments

Hello I am looking someone to partner up

Hello guys . I am developer. I did some projects this year. But I realized I am so bad for selling. This is my weakness . I would love to have a team with a good balance strenghts....

by m121 • 1 comments

Excel web saas offer

Hi - I signed up on this site to find technical collaborators. Looking to move an excel sheet to Web. Once that’s accomplished want to move a combined excel+Word+outlook workflow t...

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NEED A PRODUCT TO MARKET.

Hey Indiehackers, After successfully selling my company this year. My partner and I are looking for a ready to market product for Indian + South Asian Countries. Skill Sets: Market...

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Looking for meetup organisers

Are you a meetup organiser? I've got a personal goal to host 5 meetups on orbital.chat in the month of January. Our platform can host unlimited guests with multiple stages and brea...

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Hi, you're not alone if you're in the phase of acquiring users

Hi friends, just want to let you know you're not alone if you're in the phase of acquiring users. I don't take for granted any cold email in my inbox, because I, too, want people t...

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