Who are some solopreneurs who've built a sustainable business without a co-founder?
I'm interesting in connecting with people who've built a lifestyle business as a solo founder. Does this describe you or someone you know?
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👋🏼I'm a solo founder and Page Flows (pageflows.com) has been funding my lifestyle for over a year now
Thanks for bringing Pageflows to my attention, I agree with the other guys!
Yeah, Page Flows is the shit 👊
That's a super useful product. Thanks for building it 🔥
Oh. Would you mind sharing how much that income base is on averege per month? and also how many customers you got?
I know this is very personal, but i am just trying to get a better grasp of such human behaviour in B2B.
Also for how long have you had the business open, and what is your core marketing strategy?
You can delete the answer if you want after i have read it.
About 550 customers. Answers to pretty much everything else you asked are answered here https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-i-gained-traction-and-became-profitable-after-almost-quitting-18dc0bc62d
nice
👋I'm a solo founder at careermove.io. I have been living off the revenue from careermove.io since August 2019.
Interesting! Is most of your revenue from advertising or have you monetized in other ways that I'm missing?
Advertising for now. Currently working on monthly & annual subscription with some cool premium features
👋 Solopreneur here! Been about 4 months since launch & going full-time, 1 year since writing that first line of code. Sustainability is the north star. Always looking to connect and support other solopreneurs :) Feel free to hit me up on Twitter or email (jen at lunchmoney.app)
This is great! I love that you bring such a distinct personality to what might otherwise be just another budgeting app. How did you decide on your pricing model?
You mean the subscription model? My last start-up was on a freemium model and honestly it was awful working so many hours and answering so many support tickets from non-paying users. I feel that the validation I need comes from paying users, not just active users.
Thanks for the kind words!
Totally understand the validation from paying users. I was curious how you decided to price at $8(or $6.40) per month. Choosing the right price seems like something people often struggle with.
True! It was all experimentation. I started at $3/month and got feedback that it was way too low. Then I went up to $5/month, and then $6/month, and finally $8/month when I saw a noticeable drop in sign ups, so I dialed it back with a 20% discount for early adopters but still keeping the $8 as "regular price". Seems to be converting well so I think I'll be at that price tier for a while!
Amazing! I recall reading your Journey some weeks ago on the site, very inspirational!
Hi Jen, cool product. FYI - your page-header div margin is pushing your landing div down so far that everything below the h1 is cutoff my screen. 14" Windows laptop with Chrome. Cheers from a fellow Canadian.
Thanks for the heads up! Cheers!
Lunch money looks awesome! Did you build all of that on your own?
Thanks Christian! Yes, I did all the engineering + design on my own :) It's such a fun challenge and I am loving every minute of it!
Incredible and very inspiring!
Came here to say that LunchMoney does indeed look awesome! Excellent work!
Thank you all! 🙏🙏
I was a solo founder for Indie Hackers for the first 8 months before joining Stripe.
👋 I'm making a living for >2 years now from several products I've built alone:
https://productdesigninterview.com — book helping UX designers to prepare for job interviews.
https://openstanding.com — custom-branded laptop stands used as swag.
https://sketchkeys.com — keyboard stickers teaching shortcuts for Sketch, Figma, Photoshop, Adobe Xd.
You can connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hvost
Hey Artiom - I see you say on Twitter that you've found success without paid marketing, publisher, Amazon SEO or Amazon Ads. What are your primary acquisition channels?
The acquisition channels for the book:
vast numbers but off the top of my head:
Pieter Levels,
Pat Walls,
Lynne Tye,
Marc Kohlbrugge,
Andrey Azimov,
Harry Dry
Most people on IH are solo I'd guess.
True, but I'm guessing most people here don't have a sustainable business yet (as in, being their main source of income).
I started off as a solo founder for Ministry of Testing, brought my husband then someone else on board later on. Now it generally runs without me.
Impressive 🤘
Off the top of my head: Gabriel Weinberg (DuckDuckGo) and Sahil Lavignia (Gumroad).
I'm not saying they didn't get help here and there throughout their journeys.
But they're essentially one-man shows who're wildly successful.
Sahil's Gumroad story is so much more interesting than solofounder though, it was a whole different road all together.
Sahil has such a nice website: www.sahillavingia.com
Mike Carson - park.io
https://www.failory.com/interview/park-io
This thread is so inspirational!! Glad to know that me and thegoodstartup.com can make it too one day as a solopreneurship endeavor. Y'all's companies are badass!
On this topic the Paul Jarvis' book : Company of One. This book gives a lot of example of founder with a solo founder mindset.
Solo founders inspiring me : Josh Pigford and Ryan Kulp
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