Today's Digest: He was in bankruptcy court with a newborn. Now his business does $88k MRR.

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He was in bankruptcy court with a newborn. Now his business does $88k MRR.

Wes Burke felt like his life was crumbling. Instead of spending the afternoon with his newborn, he was sitting in a bankruptcy lawyer's office — three months behind on his mortgage...

by channingallen 1 comments

Digital Nomads group

Are you using the GoodNotes app? This article is for you.

by karolp 1 comments

Growth group

Tips to grow your Twitter following!

Hi everyone! In June this year I had less than 50 followers and I just crossed 5,000 a few days ago on Twitter. Here are some of the tips I have for you as you build in public on T...

by Janel 17 comments

Stock Photo Site Used by Millions Has Authority, Missing Revenue: Thoughts for 2021 Growth & Monetization?

In 2021, I'm reviving work on an idle side project and I'd love your input on monetization and growth. 🚀 Site: StartupStockPhotos.com Stats: ~20-40k/mo visits, mostly direct/refer...

by socialjosh 5 comments

Do you offer discount promotions on special occasions? (Christmas, Easter, New Year's Eve...)

I started the very first discount promotion for my app. I give 25% discount on the premium version until the end of January. I think this is a good time in my case. It is a calorie...

by OPunktSchmidt 4 comments

Tell us about your failed projects

Hey IndieHackers, Every day I see a post of the successful product, but I’m curious about your failed products. What are your failed products before the successful one? I will also...

by iOmkarBirje 4 comments

First Day of the 2021. 8 units worth of $480 LTD sold.

It was a great start for my product IndieHacks. Today morning I opened my laptop and found this. !Gumroad dashboard I have sold 8 units each of $60 on very first day of the year. I...

by aarvy 3 comments

I made a YouTube chapter generator - How can I promote it?

I spent the holiday season to make a Youtube chapter generator. It automatically generates Youtube chapters for viewers and creators to save their time. And it's free. Even it's ju...

by PassionDev 2 comments

Ideas and Validation group

Why is it so hard to find a co-founder?

I mean, outiside of your close network, if you are lucky enough to have one. I'm looking to build a product that helps people form a team (not hire devs and growth hackers) to shar...

by francetisci 13 comments

Is there still room in the market for yet another website builder?

Is there still room in the market for yet another website builder? If you think so; what should be it’s uniq offer?

by stephan85 9 comments

98% of Jobs are Pointless. Create Your Own. Here is Why.

I was 17. I didn't have any money. I wanted to go to the cinema with my girlfriend. So I asked my parents for $20. I told my girlfriend, and she took the money and left with it (to...

by jrleonr 4 comments

Yes, I'll Take $300

How much can you buy with $300? I'm running a contest to hit 100K followers by the end of the month. Follow me for AMAZING cloud and web dev tips + chance at $300 Amazon coupon cod...

by mattpitts_atech 1 comments

Would you use a community driven podcast exploration platform?

Yeah, it sounds very fancy for a hacker news clone dedicated to podcasts. The main problem with this is getting people onboarded that help with the content curation and with conten...

by LexPaval 1 comments

Looking for some indie hackers to talk to

Hey there, I'm looking to talk to a few of you out there about your work, to understand your workflow and your challenges etc. (nothing sensitive or confidential). Would you be int...

by sneub leave a comment

Landing Page Feedback group

Website feedback?

Hey all! Hope you're well. I started copywriting six months ago, and I'm documenting my journey writing, finding clients, and completing projects. I'm looking for some feedback. Ca...

by AA0754 2 comments

dōzo MVP is out

dozo.app is now looking for beta testers. What's dozo.app ? A dashboard that allows you to control the navigation of your students on their chrome browser. It's an easy and conveni...

by awame 1 comments

What's missing this time?

Hi everyone, I've recently updated the landing page for my side project after having worked on the product offering a bit. https://chisel.cloud It now features a (bit boring) YouTu...

by alediaferia 1 comments

SkyDNS - We make the internet safer

Hey community! I've just launched SkyDNS and I would love to get some web design feedback. https://www.skydns.ru What we do? SkyDNS is a fast-growing company that has already becom...

by skydns leave a comment

Homepage Feedback for Pixels - The world's largest print-on-demand company

Hey community, I'm Sean Broihier, the Founder & CEO at Pixels! Just refreshed our homepage and features page at Pixels, and It would be great to get some honest feedback. https://p...

by pixels leave a comment

Do you understand what this service does?

👋 I just made an update to my https://slick.events website. I’ve been meaning to update it for quite some time, it’s just that I haven’t had the time nor inspiration to do so 🤔 A...

by fredrik leave a comment

Looking to Partner Up group

Looking to start a side project but don't want to do it alone!

Yes. I want to collaborate & work on a side project which can be anything. My core skillset includes online marketing & I am the founder of growthpep.com Besides this, I love readi...

by Sj20 3 comments

I'm an experienced engineer, looking for a cofounder

Hi there! I'm an engineer with about 14 years experience in systems eng, devops, software engineering. I was a senior eng at Google for 5 years. I'm definitely "full stack", having...

by sneub 2 comments

B2B Legal Tech Project - Looking for tech co-founder

Hey all— I'm looking for a technical co-founder interested in tackling the sexy, mysterious and titillating world of enterprise legal technology! Currently, we're in the early stag...

by ruust 2 comments

Need user experience advice for iOS/Android or Web?

Hello everyone! I'm a product designer/ UX writer. If you'd like to chat about user experience design or need advice on how your product can be improved; e.g things like increase s...

by alinas leave a comment

[Long Post] The Definitive Guide to Getting a Technical Co-Founder if You Absolutely Don't Know Anyone

Hi guys! I hope anyone that is reading this is staying safe and healthy. My name is Jerome and I'm the Founder of ShopMe (www.getshopme.com), and we're a platform that helps retail...

by Temujin2795 leave a comment

Experienced founding team seeking marketing founder for Fintech startup

Founding team has multiple exits over $100m. We're seeking a marketing founding member to add. You must be a solid marketer with a good understanding of alternative investments (no...

by indie_zak leave a comment

Meetups group

🗓 Upcoming Events: Jan 4 - 10, 2021

Week 4 of the Founder Events newsletter! Please subscribe to receive a list of upcoming events straight to your inbox every Sunday. --- Greetings! Amy here. Hope you had a fun New...

by afkmango leave a comment

Self Care group

Have you built friendship online? and How?

I realize that I have a hard time building connections. I mean, is building an audience = building friendships? And I also wonder if friendships built are based on transactional (e...

by ricardosawir leave a comment

I have never been employed...How to live freely!

For my first post here I want to try to introduce myself in the most unapologetic and authentic manner possible. 🙃 Because the reaction I get from people when I tell them that I h...

by Walyd leave a comment

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Today's Digest: Success stories with creating for github marketplace?

Saturday, January 2, 2021

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🗞 What's New: Newsletter products were 2020's biggest startup trend

Friday, January 1, 2021

Indie Hackers December 31, 2020 View in browser 2020 was packed with new startup trends: - [No-code made a name](https://www.indiehackers.com/post/no-code-founders-are-on-the-rise-are-they-making-money

Growth Bite: Stay top-of-mind by "owning" an emoji

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Associating your brand with an emoji through repetitive use can have an impact that would make Pavlov proud. "Own" an emoji to stay top-of-mind with your audience. If you strategically [own a

Today's Digest: How I made $1,837 from one tweet without many followers or collecting emails (Thanks to IH)

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

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