Indie Hackers: Work Together to Build Profitable Online Businesses

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

Messagroove

12 upvotes 59 comments

How I stopped doom scrolling in the morning

Zimboy

7 upvotes 19 comments

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

Buildfield

6 upvotes 12 comments

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

IndieJames

18 upvotes 2 comments

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

JoshBlythe

19 upvotes 83 comments

Betterlytics: Why most analytics dashboards are lying (even when the data is correct)

Betterlytics

19 upvotes 10 comments

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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

12 upvotes 3 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

40 upvotes 24 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

64 upvotes 59 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

68 upvotes 46 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

75 upvotes 66 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

66 upvotes 50 comments

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MediaFast! Market your SaaS on Reddit without being suspended 1

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

SaasOffers Unlock $500,000+ in SaaS Credits for Your Startup 2

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

FeedBok Turn scattered feedback into clear priorities 3

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

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

Link_784

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Launched yesterday. Here's what I learned.

JaimeMB

1 upvote 1 comment

Day 9 — Payments are live. It was a nightmare.

Jeffrin_dev

1 upvote 1 comment

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

AgileTaskAi

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

Moonch

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

apives_ecosystem

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

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

junetic

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toqn.dev: Dogfooded my own analytics tool for 31 days and here's what 2,277 Claude Code prompts looked like

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My students had a problem. I had a laptop. So I built Penguide.

MuratTurkoz

3 upvotes 8 comments

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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 2d Looking for a Growth Engineer 4d Looking to Partner Up - Founders to Enterprise Coaching Platform 5d Seeking a marketing partner to grow a live Automotive niche 6d Seeking 1 stalled async decision 8d Looking for long-term partner(s) for exciting startup projects! 9d 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? 18d Looking for Technical Cofounder for Heavy Civil SaaS 19d Looking for cofounder for AI + product growth 24d Looking to help find your first customers for free 24d 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

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Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online) Remote

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

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The Build Board 🪧

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MediaFast! Market your SaaS on Reddit without being suspended 1

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

SaasOffers Unlock $500,000+ in SaaS Credits for Your Startup 2

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

FeedBok Turn scattered feedback into clear priorities 3

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.

Messagroove

12 upvotes 59 comments

How I stopped doom scrolling in the morning

Zimboy

7 upvotes 19 comments

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

Buildfield

6 upvotes 12 comments

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

IndieJames

18 upvotes 2 comments

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

JoshBlythe

19 upvotes 83 comments

Betterlytics: Why most analytics dashboards are lying (even when the data is correct)

Betterlytics

19 upvotes 10 comments

Brivvy: Why AI writing sounds off-brand (and what I built to fix it)

cmicpace

27 upvotes 38 comments

Idea Magnify: Today, I’m excited to share something I’ve been working on.

ideamagnify

5 upvotes 7 comments

One thing I didn’t expect after people started using my product

vidifounder

30 upvotes 147 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

12 upvotes 3 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

40 upvotes 24 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

64 upvotes 59 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

68 upvotes 46 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

75 upvotes 66 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

66 upvotes 50 comments

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

How I stopped doom scrolling in the morning

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

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

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

Betterlytics: Why most analytics dashboards are lying (even when the data is correct)

Brivvy: Why AI writing sounds off-brand (and what I built to fix it)

Idea Magnify: Today, I’m excited to share something I’ve been working on.

One thing I didn’t expect after people started using my product

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

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

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

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

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

Launched yesterday. Here's what I learned.

Day 9 — Payments are live. It was a nightmare.

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

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

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

toqn.dev: Dogfooded my own analytics tool for 31 days and here's what 2,277 Claude Code prompts looked like

My students had a problem. I had a laptop. So I built Penguide.

Growing a fully-autonomus business to $500k/mo in 3 months IH+ Subscribers Only

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

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

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

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

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.

How I stopped doom scrolling in the morning

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

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

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

Betterlytics: Why most analytics dashboards are lying (even when the data is correct)

Brivvy: Why AI writing sounds off-brand (and what I built to fix it)

Idea Magnify: Today, I’m excited to share something I’ve been working on.

One thing I didn’t expect after people started using my product

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

Growing a fully-autonomus business to $500k/mo in 3 months

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

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