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SaasOffers: I was tired of overpaying for SaaS tools as a founder so I built the solution

SaasOffers

35 upvotes 15 comments

Building an AI Newsletter Platform as a Solo Founder — Looking for Beta Testers (€0 Budget, Early Validation)

Link_784

5 upvotes 30 comments

MediaFast!: Everyone treats Reddit like a channel. It's actually a skill. That's why 90% fail

arthuryuxbashev

22 upvotes 10 comments

FeedBok: I've been running 3 MVPs this year and finally figured out how to stop building features nobody wants

tomhan245

13 upvotes 10 comments

The outbound problem isn't copy. It's timing. Here's the system I built around that.

Messagroove

14 upvotes 68 comments

Buildfield: I'm 7 weeks into building a SaaS for contractors. 0 paying users as of now. Here's the journey.

Buildfield

10 upvotes 18 comments

$142/month in AWS bills, 9 users, 0 revenue - I built the internet's first multimodal AI hacking game

JoshBlythe

22 upvotes 102 comments

Why users get close to signing up… and then don’t

junetic

4 upvotes 11 comments

Getting fired and using it as motivation to build a successful niche portfolio

IndieJames

21 upvotes 6 comments

Featured

Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business

After a succesful exit, Henry Poydar built a portfolio of apps. One gained traction, so he doubled down. Now, it's at a 7-figure ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

16 upvotes 7 comments

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Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio

Caleb Porzio is at a five-figure MRR from an open-source ecosystem. Here's how.

IndieJames

44 upvotes 28 comments

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Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

Brennan Dunn built a tool that flopped. Then, he bought his cofounder out, rebuilt it from scratch, and hit $30k MRR within a year. Here's the story.

IndieJames

66 upvotes 61 comments

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Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing

Andrew Alex grew a tool to an 8-figure ARR in three years. Here's how.

IndieJames

71 upvotes 47 comments

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Growing a GEO tool to a mid-five-figure MRR within a year

Daniel Peris saw a trend and built for it. Less than a year later, it's bringing in a mid-five-figure MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

79 upvotes 67 comments

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Des Traynor on building and growing Intercom to $400M ARR

Des Traynor and his team created a little company called Intercom — maybe you've heard of it. Then, they built Fin. The combined ARR is $500M. Here's how.

IndieJames

69 upvotes 51 comments

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redchecker a reddit based marketing co- pilot to help you in marketing 1

Am in a Saasathon (SaaS , hackathon ) and My Weapon Is Redchecker. Here Is Why You Should Pay to Use It Today.

SEO Web Analyst tool for SaaS Amplify Your Organic Growth 2

Before You Build Anything Else, Build This One Asset (Or Don’t Bother Launching)

NoPII Prevent AI from getting your PII 3

We Tested 109 AI Prompts With Real PII Scenarios. What the LLMs Leaked Will Make You Rethink Your Entire Stack.

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Stop Treating Prompts Like Throwaway Text

tahahacihasanoglu

1 upvote 3 comments

Lately I’ve been working on a simple invoicing product

MuhammadHabib

1 upvote 5 comments

3 products live, 0 paying customers — here's what I've learned about distribution in 30 days

agarridobuilds

1 upvote 11 comments

Launched yesterday. Here's what I learned.

JaimeMB

2 upvotes 6 comments

11h

I launched AgileTask 10 days ago. Zero followers, zero customers, zero social presence.

AgileTaskAi

4 upvotes 6 comments

14h

LeadSynth will kill your “waiting for traction” phase

DataMine007

6 upvotes 0 comments

16h

Oracleoddsai: How I Built a Sports Prediction Engine That Actually Learns From Its Own Mistakes

Moonch

2 upvotes 5 comments

19h

apives: Launched a small tool for API discovery — would love honest feedback

apives_ecosystem

4 upvotes 4 comments

20h

CentSense: AI-powered expense tracker built for freelancers, consultants, and small business owners

Centi

3 upvotes 4 comments

SupakonAIQuiz: You don’t really know AI until you test yourself

IndieHacker1008

6 upvotes 5 comments

Remote Jobs

Jobs for industrious indie hackers.

Full-stack Engineer

Tuco AI • $200 - $800/month • Part Time

Co-Founder — Growth & GTM

Aerostack • $0/month • Flexible Hours

Integration Experts

IntegrateStack • $19 - $49/hour • Part Time

Growth Marketing Partner

Bookscope • $0/month • Part Time

Video Creator & Editor for AI Product Content

MorphMind • $25 - $50/hour • Part Time

SaaS Operator / Builder (Equity + Rev Share)

BADCAFE • Up to $20/hour • Part Time

Founding Full Stack Engineer (Equity)

Tvrtle • $0/year • Flexible Hours

Remote AI Trainer

aitrainer.work • $20 - $200/hour • Part Time

Product Engineer

Featurebase • $40k - $100k/year • Full Time

Backend Engineer

MockReal • $3.5k - $5k/month • Full Time

Founders Associate (Devtools Startup)

ElectricSQL • $140k - $160k/year • Full Time

Founding Engineer

3DAPI • Up to $40/hour • Flexible Hours

Marketing Specialist

BigIdeasDB • $25 - $30/hour • Part Time

Founding Go-To-Market Lead

NForce • Starting at $30/hour • Part Time

Partner Up

Meet your co-founders, start something new, or lend a helping hand.

Looking for a long-term technical partner (Client-facing role) 1d Looking for partner to relaunch $130K+ Shopify store (bedding niche) 1d Looking for a long term Collaborator 3d Looking for a Growth Engineer 5d Looking to Partner Up - Founders to Enterprise Coaching Platform 5d Seeking a marketing partner to grow a live Automotive niche 7d Seeking 1 stalled async decision 9d Looking for long-term partner(s) for exciting startup projects! 10d Looking for mech-e cofounder in SoCal - innovative appliance startup 10d I am looking for a freelancing partner. 11d Looking for collaborator 11d Looking for a Technical Co-Founder to build Tyle 15d Need a Dev to Move Your Startup Forward? 19d Looking for Technical Cofounder for Heavy Civil SaaS 20d Looking for cofounder for AI + product growth 25d Looking to help find your first customers for free 25d Looking for technical co founder 25d Combo Fantasy Sports - Solo founder looking for a founding engineer 1m Looking for: SaaS founders launching for the first time 1m Looking for SaaS founders running a single VPS 1m Looking for a UI/UX Designer Co-Founder 1m Seeking Technical Cofounder for B2B SaaS Project 1m Seeking Technical Co-Founder/Partner for B2C Mobile Project 1m Looking for a Video Subscription Platform to Launch? 1m Looking for a Customizable Uber Clone App with Advanced Features? 2m Looking for someone in need of UX/UI Product Design 2m Looking for co-founder in Ottawa/Gatineau 2m A Synthetic Data Engine for VLM/OCR Cases – Seeking Partners 2m Looking for partner for milliondollar day project 2m Looking for a fintech expert for partnering 2m Looking to Partner Up on an OnlyFans Clone (Creator Economy SaaS) 2m

Meetups

Local events hosted by your peers.

Apr 14

Vegas Bootstrappers Breakfast Roundtable (In Person) The Cof Las Vegas, USA

Apr 16

Chicago Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online) Remote

Apr 17

Mtn View Bootstrappers Breakfast at Red Rock Coffee (In Pers Mountain View, USA

Apr 21

Accelerating Hardware Design with Kipo AI (Online) Remote

Apr 21

Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online) Remote

Apr 24

Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online) Remote

May 10

De Connectie Code - AI Hackathon for moms & kids Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jan 1

Any Hartford area hackers around here? Hartford, USA

SaasOffers: I was tired of overpaying for SaaS tools as a founder so I built the solution

SaasOffers

35 upvotes 15 comments

Building an AI Newsletter Platform as a Solo Founder — Looking for Beta Testers (€0 Budget, Early Validation)

Link_784

5 upvotes 30 comments

MediaFast!: Everyone treats Reddit like a channel. It's actually a skill. That's why 90% fail

arthuryuxbashev

22 upvotes 10 comments

FeedBok: I've been running 3 MVPs this year and finally figured out how to stop building features nobody wants

tomhan245

13 upvotes 10 comments

The outbound problem isn't copy. It's timing. Here's the system I built around that.

Messagroove

14 upvotes 68 comments

Buildfield: I'm 7 weeks into building a SaaS for contractors. 0 paying users as of now. Here's the journey.

Buildfield

10 upvotes 18 comments

$142/month in AWS bills, 9 users, 0 revenue - I built the internet's first multimodal AI hacking game

JoshBlythe

22 upvotes 102 comments

Why users get close to signing up… and then don’t

junetic

4 upvotes 11 comments

Getting fired and using it as motivation to build a successful niche portfolio

IndieJames

21 upvotes 6 comments

The Build Board 🪧

A daily leaderboard of build-in-public posts.

redchecker a reddit based marketing co- pilot to help you in marketing 1

Am in a Saasathon (SaaS , hackathon ) and My Weapon Is Redchecker. Here Is Why You Should Pay to Use It Today.

SEO Web Analyst tool for SaaS Amplify Your Organic Growth 2

Before You Build Anything Else, Build This One Asset (Or Don’t Bother Launching)

NoPII Prevent AI from getting your PII 3

We Tested 109 AI Prompts With Real PII Scenarios. What the LLMs Leaked Will Make You Rethink Your Entire Stack.

Featured

Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business

After a succesful exit, Henry Poydar built a portfolio of apps. One gained traction, so he doubled down. Now, it's at a 7-figure ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

16 upvotes 7 comments

Featured

Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio

Caleb Porzio is at a five-figure MRR from an open-source ecosystem. Here's how.

IndieJames

44 upvotes 28 comments

Featured

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

Brennan Dunn built a tool that flopped. Then, he bought his cofounder out, rebuilt it from scratch, and hit $30k MRR within a year. Here's the story.

IndieJames

66 upvotes 61 comments

Featured

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing

Andrew Alex grew a tool to an 8-figure ARR in three years. Here's how.

IndieJames

71 upvotes 47 comments

Featured

Growing a GEO tool to a mid-five-figure MRR within a year

Daniel Peris saw a trend and built for it. Less than a year later, it's bringing in a mid-five-figure MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

79 upvotes 67 comments

Featured

Des Traynor on building and growing Intercom to $400M ARR

Des Traynor and his team created a little company called Intercom — maybe you've heard of it. Then, they built Fin. The combined ARR is $500M. Here's how.

IndieJames

69 upvotes 51 comments

SaasOffers: I was tired of overpaying for SaaS tools as a founder so I built the solution

Building an AI Newsletter Platform as a Solo Founder — Looking for Beta Testers (€0 Budget, Early Validation)

MediaFast!: Everyone treats Reddit like a channel. It's actually a skill. That's why 90% fail

FeedBok: I've been running 3 MVPs this year and finally figured out how to stop building features nobody wants

The outbound problem isn't copy. It's timing. Here's the system I built around that.

Buildfield: I'm 7 weeks into building a SaaS for contractors. 0 paying users as of now. Here's the journey.

$142/month in AWS bills, 9 users, 0 revenue - I built the internet's first multimodal AI hacking game

Why users get close to signing up… and then don’t

Getting fired and using it as motivation to build a successful niche portfolio

Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business

Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year IH+ Subscribers Only

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing IH+ Subscribers Only

Growing a GEO tool to a mid-five-figure MRR within a year IH+ Subscribers Only

Des Traynor on building and growing Intercom to $400M ARR IH+ Subscribers Only

Am in a Saasathon (SaaS , hackathon ) and My Weapon Is Redchecker. Here Is Why You Should Pay to Use It Today.

Before You Build Anything Else, Build This One Asset (Or Don’t Bother Launching)

We Tested 109 AI Prompts With Real PII Scenarios. What the LLMs Leaked Will Make You Rethink Your Entire Stack.

Stop Treating Prompts Like Throwaway Text

Lately I’ve been working on a simple invoicing product

3 products live, 0 paying customers — here's what I've learned about distribution in 30 days

Launched yesterday. Here's what I learned.

I launched AgileTask 10 days ago. Zero followers, zero customers, zero social presence.

LeadSynth will kill your “waiting for traction” phase

Oracleoddsai: How I Built a Sports Prediction Engine That Actually Learns From Its Own Mistakes

apives: Launched a small tool for API discovery — would love honest feedback

CentSense: AI-powered expense tracker built for freelancers, consultants, and small business owners

SupakonAIQuiz: You don’t really know AI until you test yourself

Competing on price to carve out an $18k MRR foothold IH+ Subscribers Only

Des Traynor on building and growing Intercom to $400M ARR IH+ Subscribers Only

SaasOffers: I was tired of overpaying for SaaS tools as a founder so I built the solution

Building an AI Newsletter Platform as a Solo Founder — Looking for Beta Testers (€0 Budget, Early Validation)

MediaFast!: Everyone treats Reddit like a channel. It's actually a skill. That's why 90% fail

FeedBok: I've been running 3 MVPs this year and finally figured out how to stop building features nobody wants

The outbound problem isn't copy. It's timing. Here's the system I built around that.

Buildfield: I'm 7 weeks into building a SaaS for contractors. 0 paying users as of now. Here's the journey.

$142/month in AWS bills, 9 users, 0 revenue - I built the internet's first multimodal AI hacking game

Why users get close to signing up… and then don’t

Getting fired and using it as motivation to build a successful niche portfolio

Am in a Saasathon (SaaS , hackathon ) and My Weapon Is Redchecker. Here Is Why You Should Pay to Use It Today.

Before You Build Anything Else, Build This One Asset (Or Don’t Bother Launching)

We Tested 109 AI Prompts With Real PII Scenarios. What the LLMs Leaked Will Make You Rethink Your Entire Stack.

Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business

Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year IH+ Subscribers Only

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing IH+ Subscribers Only

Growing a GEO tool to a mid-five-figure MRR within a year IH+ Subscribers Only

Des Traynor on building and growing Intercom to $400M ARR IH+ Subscribers Only

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing

Growing a GEO tool to a mid-five-figure MRR within a year

Des Traynor on building and growing Intercom to $400M ARR

Competing on price to carve out an $18k MRR foothold

Des Traynor on building and growing Intercom to $400M ARR

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing

Growing a GEO tool to a mid-five-figure MRR within a year

Des Traynor on building and growing Intercom to $400M ARR