What makers or founders do you regularly follow?
I've always felt that founders have some of the most interesting content to share, between their journeys, lessons, and mistakes. But more often than not, a lot of this content is on their personal websites or blogs and doesn't get as much visibility as their other work.
Over the past couple of years, I've gathered a list of some that I regularly follow, and lately have been compiling them into a list (postmake.io/makers) for one of my projects. Thought I'd share some and maybe get some ideas from you guys! Here's some you might not have heard about:
- Josh Pigford – The founder of Baremetrics. Josh writes a lot both on Baremetrics blog (baremetrics.com/blog) and on his personal website (joshpigford.com). He's also been interviewed on the IH podcast!
- Paul Jarvis – I ran into some of Paul Jarvis' writing a while back, and his weekly newsletter is one of few I regularly follow. He has a lot of great articles on running a business as a solo founder or a freelancer: pjrvs.com/articles
- Patrick McKenzie – probably one of the more well-known people in the indie scene, but his personal website, kalzumeus.com, is still by far one of the best I have ever stumbled upon, and a required read if you're just getting started with your career
- Justin Jackson – Perhaps a little less known, but Justin has been writing on his blog (justinjackson.ca) for a while. He also runs megamaker.co, an exclusive community for bootstrappers.
- Joel Gascoigne – Joel is well known as one of the founders of Buffer, but his personal website has a ton of his writing, even though it hasn't been very active lately: joel.is/lessons
I'd add Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom, to your list. I find myself recommending his blog posts often, especially this one: https://www.intercom.com/blog/good-products-bad-businesses/
Yup, this is the kind of stuff I find really useful. Thanks for sharing!