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πŸ’¬ Tell Us: Why did you join Indie Hackers?

Hey IHers! πŸ‘‹

I week ago I did a post asking: "What has IndieHackers done for you?"

I got tons of comments filled with inspirational stories and awesome goals. Now I would love to hear why you joined the IndieHackers Community.

Why I did 😎

For me, it was my friend, @joshternyak, who brought me to this wonderful community. I was showing him some of my HTML themes that I was planning to sell on buildfaster.co and he told me to share them on IndieHackers.com

I would never have known that doing that would bring my first customers! Since then, I've reached $210 NET sales in the first two months of my launch. That would've never happened without you guys. 😊

Your turn! πŸ˜„

Say in the comments below ⬇ why you joined IndieHackers.

We πŸ’— your stories!

on July 29, 2020
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    For me it was two reasons but they are just opposite sides to the same coin...

    I joined to learn and get help from people that know more than I do about creating and running an online business. There are so many different aspects to being an indie hacker and it's amazing to be able to learn from people that have already been in your position.

    I also joined to give help to people when I can and when I feel I have enough knowledge to do so. Before I signed up I would sometimes read posts and think "I know an answer to this" so decided then to jump on in. I hope I can do this more as I learn different skills.

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      Awesome! πŸ‘

      I love giving back to the community too whether it is by giving feedback or other tips.

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    Great idea! I joined because I wanted to get quality feedback from other developers on my designs. I plan to release some in a month and wanted to warm up to this community first. So far, I've been loving it! πŸ˜„

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      Glad to hear :)

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    Hi!
    The enthusiasm!
    Cool design, the advice, the resources... I should be here more ofter actually.

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      Same here ;)

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    Because i wanted to post my project and expected some feedback or something but got nothing lol.
    Mission failed I guess. 😁

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    I joined for the support and learning from community

    And the occasional lurking πŸ˜‚

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      Same here πŸ˜‚

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    For me, it’s the optimism. Few communities out there are as optimistic as IH is.

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      Nice! I remember seeing your product before. Looks great!

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        Thank you @BraydenTW, love what you’re building with buildfaster.co! 🀟🏻

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          Thanks :)

          If you don't mind me asking, is there a theme you πŸ’–?

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            Dang. That’s a hard one. I like all of them, but i do like the classic paper a lot.

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              Thanks :) I like it too.

              Are you in need of a newsletter for RedGoose or another website?

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    Joined the old version, focused on interviews. As a way to have some new ideas to build.

    Was basically a lurkers until earlier this year, when I decided to help others, giving back to the community.

    I start writing about pre-internet companies, great feedback from friendly people out there. Then, I felt confident to share my story. The best decision ever

    Resonated with another founders, made friends and been sharing more stories since then.

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      Very cool! Hey, just a question. I sent you an email a couple days ago about your site, leonagano.com. Did you get it? I might've sent it to the wrong address. Let me know if you did.

      Thanks :)

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    Because I liked the design... πŸ€ͺ

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    I saw lots of conversations with lots of insight, advice, experience, and resources were taking place.

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      Same here. So many new things I learn everyday :

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