@csallen Courtland Allen

When I started Indie Hackers back in 2016, I chose the term "indie" to represent our independence from jobs and 9-to-5 schedules, from bosses, from capped salar…

> "I know people who do it. I've done it. You can make $10M year, $50M a year, with four writers and an email list." —Sam Parr Most indie hackers are developers…

An acquaintance of mine texted me last week, "It's the end of the world." He invests in retail businesses. I've had lots of tough conversations recently, but if…

I've compiled a few basic tips below. If you have any questions or suggestions, leave them in the comments. I'll try to keep this post updated regularly. ❶ Shar…

Founders, this is just a friendly reminder to do fewer things. When I started Indie Hackers. I was doing one thing and one thing only: interviews. The scope was…

It's been said that ideas don't matter, and that only execution does. I wholeheartedly disagree. You need both to succeed, but you can only get so good at execu…

The biggest tragedy for any founder isn't failure. It's becoming trapped inside a business that you don't actually like. If you could build any type of business…

I gave a talk at Hustle Con yesterday on idea validation. Here are my slides: https://www.indiehackers.com/hustlecon. They might be a little meaningless without…

If people are tweeting about your website or posting it to Facebook, you want those posts to look great so people will click them. But what if your website is f…

Some of my favorite business (and life) advice of all time comes from Warren Buffett's business partner, Charlie Munger: > Do what works and keep doing it. That…