Indie Hacker Venture Studio
Hey guys - I've been talking to people like @Mubs about creating an indie hacker venture studio. I see a lot of talented builders build products but they're unable to get over that first inflection point.
The framework is about pooling resources and leveraging different skill-sets to continuously build products, businesses and value.
If #growth has been a challenge for you, would love to hear from you in the comments section.
Hey @flynn! Definitely relevant problem and I'm working on it with this project: https://growthgame.app. It is not exactly "venture studio", but more like community and peer/expert help to get you to "launch" point and support you through the early stages of growth. Definitely interesting in connecting and see where the synergy may be.
That sounds interesting. How do you imagine the venture studio to work? Is it a service-oriented organisation that indie hackers hire to help with certain areas of the business?
The goal is to help Indie Hackers build, launch and grow products. It could be in some form of team partnership where the partners work and collaborate together on different ideas. It could be in the form of accepting IH into the studio much like a traditional Venture Incubator. It could be in the form of hiring the help as you mentioned. It could be some combination of the above.
We're still trying to help solve the problem that it's very hard for a single IH/Maker to take a side product they've built and create a real 6, 7 or even 8 figure business out of it without the help of a team.
Great. Supportive and collaborative communities and partners - love to keep updated!
I always love it when people are supporting each other. :)
My friends and I are doing an on-site and in-person 1-month makethon. We all come from slightly different background and are all just getting started. We believe in the idea of creating a support structure (like the ones we get from college) and pushing each other.
It's currently called Tiny Factories and our first official camp starts in September in SF!
http://tinyfactories.space
That's awesome @weiwei - love this concept! Would love to see what comes of it. Will you be posting an update?
Thanks Kevin! I will be posting updates!
If you'd like to read a bit more about why we are starting Tiny Factories, I wrote a note to share the larger thinking behind it: http://weiweihsu.com/2019-07-12/pursuing-a-permission-less-career