François Delporte's activity on Indie Hackers

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I went from 32 signups/week to 0. One headline change.

400 signups from Product Hunt, 1 paying customer. What 4 days taught me about launch vs traction.

Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR

Hitting $25k+ MRR by making his goals less ambitious

The moment I realized building wasn’t the hard part

Stop Building Features: Why 80% of Your Roadmap is a Waste of Time

Hitting $10k+/mo by using an agency as both testing ground and distribution

Bootstrapping a $20k/mo AI portfolio after his VC-backed company failed

I built the feedback tool I wanted as a user, and needed as a founder

Hitting a $5M+ ARR and selling for $35M

I realized ignoring feedback was quietly killing growth

Why Indie Founders Fail: The Uncomfortable Truths Beyond "Build in Public"

The most useful UX test you’re not doing

My exact distribution strategy I used to go from $0 to $600 MRR

I sent 212 cold emails to lawn care businesses. Here's what actually worked.

My exact distribution strategy I used to go from $0 to $600 MRR

Bootstrapping an investment bank to $100M+ deal volume

The “Open → Do → Close” rule changed how I build tools

My Landing Page obsession killed my SaaS product.

I built a tool to search all my messages (Slack, LinkedIn, Gmail, etc.) in one place because I was losing my mind.