by James McKinven
Short, bite-sized conversations with indie hackers that have started small, profitable and bootstrapped businesses. You'll learn how they come up with ideas, what they do to validate, find those first customers and make a sustainable income. Episodes every Tuesday.
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April 16, 2025
Host Jack Ellis discusses the acquisition of Fathom Analytics from his co-founder and the future of the company
March 5, 2025
<p><a href="https://x.com/samjshore"><strong>Sam Shore</strong></a> is the co-founder of <a href="https://typeshare.co"><strong>Typeshare</strong></a>, a writing platform made to create and publish text across the internet. Typeshare has made over $1m in revenue since it was started in 2021, with over 80,000 user, currently $34k MRR I’m speaking to Sam to find out how he started Typeshare as the first of 12 startups he was planning to build, and what made this stick.</p><ul><li>00:00 Intro</li><li>01:10 Sam's entrepreneurial background</li><li>02:03 Failed past projects</li><li>03:31 12 startups in 12 months</li><li>04:16 The idea for Typeshare</li><li>05:38 Getting traction with Typeshare</li><li>06:50 Getting to $15k MRR in 1 year with infuential partnerships</li><li>09:52 How is Sam making sure he has fun with the business</li><li>12:18 How to get better at writing online</li><li>14:09 Recommendations</li></ul><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><ul><li>Book - <a href="https://amzn.to/4ksOsmj"><strong>Poor Charlie’s Almanack</strong></a></li><li>Podcast - <a href="https://37signals.com/podcast/"><strong>Rework</strong></a></li><li>Indie Hacker - <a href="https://x.com/DmytroKrasun"><strong>Dmytro Krasun</strong></a></li></ul><p><strong>My links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jmckinven"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/indiebitespod"><strong>Indie Bites Twitter</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://youtube.com/@indiebites"><strong>Indie Bites YouTube</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://indiebites.com/membership"><strong>Join the membership</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://jamesmckinven.com/"><strong>Personal Website</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://2hourpodcast.com/"><strong>2 Hour Podcast Course</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://podpanda.co/"><strong>PodPanda</strong></a> (hire me to edit your podcast)</li><li><a href="https://indielife.fm/"><strong>This Indie Life Podcast</strong></a></li></ul><p><strong>Sponsor - </strong><a href="https://emailoctopus.com/"><strong>EmailOctopus</strong></a><strong> 🐙</strong></p><p>EmailOctopus is an independently owned email marketing platform, built to support other small growing businesses. With a focus on affordability and ease of use, EmailOctopus contains all of the features you need to reach and grow your audience. You can <a href="https://emailoctopus.com/"><strong>start today</strong></a>, with their industry leading free plan where you can contact up to 2,500 subscribers without paying a penny.</p>
February 7, 2025
<p>Justin Duke is the founder of Buttondown, a simple email tool he launched in 2017. Justin was last on the podcast 2 years ago when he’d hit $15k MRR and just left his role at Stripe to focus on Buttondown. I was struck by Justin’s well thought through approach to building. He makes calculated risks and shares a lot of his learnings on his blog, Applied Cartography (which is an essential read for any indie hackers).</p><p>This episode I catch up with Justin to hear how he’s grown the team to 8 people and his approach to building a company he loves. This is a cut down version of an hour long catch up I had with Justin available on the Indie Bites membership which is available at <a href="http://indiebites.com/membership">indiebites.com/membership</a>, where we discuss his personal blog, how he structures his time as a new parent and we go deeper into hiring high agency unicorns.</p><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><ul><li>00:00 - Intro</li><li>01:58 - Buttondown growth</li><li>03:40 - How to build a company you don't hate</li><li>07:16 - Marketing and positioning Buttondown</li><li>11:17 - Buttondown's unique home page approach</li><li>13:45 - Building a business you enjoy</li><li>15:32 - Recommendations</li></ul><p><strong>My links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jmckinven"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/indiebitespod"><strong>Indie Bites Twitter</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://youtube.com/@indiebites"><strong>Indie Bites YouTube</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://indiebites.com/membership"><strong>Join the membership</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://jamesmckinven.com/"><strong>Personal Website</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://2hourpodcast.com/"><strong>2 Hour Podcast Course</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://podpanda.co/"><strong>PodPanda</strong></a> (hire me to edit your podcast)</li><li><a href="https://indielife.fm/"><strong>This Indie Life Podcast</strong></a></li></ul><p><strong>Sponsor - </strong><a href="https://emailoctopus.com/"><strong>EmailOctopus</strong></a><strong> 🐙</strong></p><p>EmailOctopus is an independently owned email marketing platform, built to support other small growing businesses. With a focus on affordability and ease of use, EmailOctopus contains all of the features you need to reach and grow your audience. You can <a href="https://emailoctopus.com/"><strong>start today</strong></a>, with their industry leading free plan where you can contact up to 2,500 subscribers without paying a penny.</p>
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