Hey everyone!
I just joined Indiehackers yesterday and have already learned so much from others.
I would also like to contribute to the community by letting other founders know that it's awfully important to support yourself with like-minded individuals but ultimately, it comes down to "love what you do or do what you love".
If you don't have passion for it, you're most likely going to stop doing it.
Of course, even if you love what you do there are going to be crappy times as you may not get any traction/sales or a major catastrophic event happened to your business and you lost client/revenue.
So, I believe it's very important to have a support system in place so when things go bad you can go and talk to them, and they will lift you up or guide you on how to resolve the issues.
If you don't have a local support group I think the next best thing is joining startup communities like indiehacker, hackernews and saas facebook groups because we're going to go through very similar things.
Anyways, just wanted to put my 2 cents in. If anyone wants to have a quick chat about their product or mines, I'm available!
I definitively agree with you. Community always be like a motivation and a way to grow. It is basically why some social networks are running so good as Discord
I definitely agree with you. I have created a community for bootstrappers and we have solo founders, people working on side projects, freelancers, etc... It's really a great place to get inspiration, make friends and learn from each other. You can see more info in WBE Space
I find that indiehackers and hackernews are too big to know people on an individual level. I think personal relationships are vital—friends, family, and other small groups.
Yes, I agree. I also prefer having a local support group but there might be some founders who don't have entrepreneur friends. So, the next best thing they can do is just contribute to communities like this one.
Hey Bill, thanks for your insight. I've been working on building my support group lately. For me the impromptu style of stand-up meeting motivates me the best. I get so energized from reading about other peoples progress and sharing my own! I started a small Discord group that you or anybody else is free to join. https://discord.gg/mQG4yWsF
Hey @Hacker0x20, I also get energized by reading other peoples journeys and progress which is why I started to share my own.
BTW, I joined your discord