When to put your IH on LinkedIn?
I'm in the initial stages of my IH journey, and am still a few months of development away from launch. Is it too soon to put "Founder @ whatever" as my current position on LinkedIn? On the one hand, it allows me the chance to explain what I'm working on, etc. On the other, I'm afraid I'll look like a "wantrepreneur".
Ultimately, I should probably just care less what people think about me, but I'm curious to hear from other IndieHackers about how you broached your IH pursuits to you professional network.
I haven't put it on my linkedin because I'm not planning to use it for community building / distribution yet. Right now, I'm just posting articles and updates on linkedin just to test the water and because it's easy to post. Places like twitter, here, etc. where i'm more actively using them engage in the community, update and promote things - that's where i've put i'm working on @bellinislushie in my bio
Perhaps not make your job title 'Founder @ whatever'. Instead, try to describe what you're currently working on in your subtitle to trigger people's attention. In my opinion, there's no reason to call yourself founder now if you got nothing to show the people. Good luck!
What do you use LinkedIn for?
I don't use it for anything and see it as basically a recruiter spam platform. Others use LinkedIn for...
Which of the above do you care about? That will help answer your question.
A wantrepreneur is someone who has done literally nothing but talks about wanting to own a business. If you have skin in the game and take it seriously there's no reason you shouldn't.
If you feel confident that it will launch, I would put it on, it's always a good thing to warm people up to the things you are working on.
~500-1k in revenue/mo indicates enough legitimacy on a resume to not look like a "wantrepreneur".
A resume is intended to demonstrate accomplishments, not talk about what someone is working on.