The Indie Worldwide Podcast

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With Chevy Cassar from Web3 Daily: https://twitter.com/chevycassar Web3Daily: https://www.web3daily.co/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide 00:00-00:16 Intro 00:00:16-00:02:36 Our secret mastermind 00:02:36-00:10:21 Growth and Monetization 00:10:21-00:11:49 TikTok advertising and tracking 00:12:38-00:14:23 Content creation on TikTok 00:18:34-00:21:00 Personal newsletters and experimental projects 00:21:02 How will I die 00:21:30 YouTube Channel 00:25:22 Starting Web3 Daily 00:31:19 Monetization Path for Newsletters 00:32:51 The Potential of Newsletter Businesses 00:34:24 Comparing Platforms 00:41:57 Taylor Swift 00:43:49 Content Growth Engine 00:50:09 Monetizing parasocial audiences 00:52:37 Billion dollar exits 00:53:25 3 million readers 00:54:32 Competition 01:03:16 Sponsorships 01:05:46 Creating Products for Newsletter Audiences 01:09:19 Word of Mouth and Social Proof 01:14:43 Sales business targeting newsletter owners 01:14:50 Selling ads 01:15:08 Outro

https://sharemint.xyz/ https://twitter.com/elie2222 https://indieworldwide.com/ https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio In this conversation, Anthony Castrio, founder of the Indie Worldwide Community, interviews Elie Steinbock, founder of Sharemint.xyz, CryptoFighters, and FrontWork. Elie shares his journey from running a front-end development agency to working on Sharemint, a Web3 referral platform for startup partnerships. He discusses how he met his cofounder, Aamir, and built a strong working relationship with him. Elie explains that launching a Web3 business is similar to launching other businesses but emphasizes the importance of finding users on platforms like Twitter, Telegram, and Discord. He believes that building a valuable business during a bear market is more sustainable than focusing on quick gains during a bull market. Sharemint currently has a handful of clients and is making between $5,000 and $10,000 a month. Elie shares the challenges of managing finances in cryptocurrency and advises those looking to build a Web3 business to focus on providing value to users rather than launching unnecessary tokens. Elie is optimistic about the potential of Web3 and NFTs as alternative authentication systems and voting rights within organizations. He plans to focus on growing Sharemint over the next few years and hopes to become more established in the crypto space. In terms of the Indie Worldwide community, Elie appreciates the monthly calls and small group chats, but suggests hosting these calls more frequently to deepen connections within the community. His parting wisdom for aspiring indie hackers is that there is no right way to do things and that it's important to be open-minded and adaptable.

https://typogram.co/ https://twitter.com/HuaTweets https://indieworldwide.com/ Anthony: Tell me more about Typogram! Hua: Typogram is a logo design tool for founders, entrepreneurs, and small business owners who do not have a professional design background. It aims to make logo design and branding easy for non-professionals. It is not a random logo generator, but rather a platform that allows users to feel creative and confident in making their own logos. Anthony: Who is your target audience? Hua: Our customers come from both individual creators and business owners, as well as people who offer logo design as part of their services, such as web developers or marketing consultants. Anthony: How did you and your co-founder meet and start working together? Hua: My co-founder and I met at a typeface design program at the Cooper Union in New York City. We collaborated on several projects before starting Typogram together. Anthony: How do you handle co-founder challenges? Hua: We have a clear division of work, with my co-founder handling product design and development, while I handle the marketing, content creation, and some backend work. This division of labor helps to prevent conflicts. Anthony: How has your background as a designer influenced Typogram? Hua: Both my co-founder and I are designers, and we wanted to make a tool that allows people to feel creative and enjoy the process of designing their own logos. We also aim to educate users on design concepts within the app, making it both a design tool and an educational platform. Anthony: What are the struggles of having two designers as startup founders? Hua: One downside is that we are both more introverted, which can make marketing and networking more challenging. However, we have complementary skills, such as my co-founder being a front-end developer and me being more focused on the big picture and deadlines. Anthony: Here's a big-brain question: What is a brand? Hua: A brand is how you want your customer to feel about the product and what they immediately think when they see it. Anthony: Can you have a brand without a logo? Hua: Yes, you can have a brand without a logo. An example would be Bernie Sanders' initial presidential campaign, which had a strong brand without a specific logo. Anthony: What are three things indie hackers should be aware of when creating a brand for their product? Hua: Thanks Hua for agreeing to this interview! Check out Typogram here: https://typogram.co/

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This is the second episode of our Featured Founder Friday series where we put the spotlight on Bootstrapped founders from the Indie Worldwide community and beyond. Our second feature is Suzy Choi, an Indie Worldwide member and founder of GoodPeople, a pre-launch startup that aims to drive cultural change by creating job descriptions that attract diverse talent quickly and easily. Earlier this week I interviewed Suzy to find out how she does it. What we talked about:

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I met up with the founder of the Wannabe Entrepreneur Community in Lisbon for an in-person brainstorm on community businesses. What makes a community centered business work? How can you start your own? Just how tasty is pastel de nata? Find out here on the Indie Worldwide Podcast x Wannabe Entrepreneur Podcast crossover episode. Follow Tiago on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wbepodcast Check out his community: https://wannabe-entrepreneur.com/comm... Wannabe Entrepreneur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma7wt... Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvpJgmx_zDQ

Dan has made a name for himself for quitting his job at Amazon where he made $500k+ per year to become an Indie Hacker and build a portfolio of small bets. Now he works part-time for Gumroad, builds a SaaS called Userbase, has 100k+ Twitter followers, and runs the Tiny Bets Community. Anthony Castrio Daniel Vassallo Twitter Indie Worldwide

Watch part 2 here: https://youtu.be/wTNB-BkQSa4 https://100in100.co/ https://microacquire.com/ This is Part 1 of the 100 users 100 days demo day where we had a live Q&A session with Andrew Gazdecki the founder of MicroAcquire. Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide

• Husband and wife indie hacker team. • 2k MRR + another 2k non-recurring on average per month • Ramen profitable but still freelancing • Going nomadic soon for a year • Other ventures like a notebook company and a fun online candy shopping experience https://stagetimer.io/ https://ohcandyworld.com/ Follow Liz Herman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizmhermann Follow Lukas Herman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_lhermann Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide 00:00 Introduction 00:28 What came first marriage or product 00:40 What is Stagetimer.io 02:53 How many paying customers do they have 03:41 How is stage timer monetised(An amazing payment plan idea) 05:30 How large is the team 05:30 What is the differentiating factor 07:28 What is the limit of the free plan 08:55 When did it go from project to startup 10:08 Where did the first customers come from 12:06 Opinion on paid ads 14:50 How does being married help the business 17:20 Is stage timer running itself? 18:38 What’s the new side project 19:20 What is OhCandyworld.com 22:22 How to do MVP of a idea 23:52 Fulfilling orders 24:26 Working in different industries 26:30 The Indiehacker Spirit 29:06 The Ultimatum Story 30:22 Profitability 33:32 Ads for Bootstrappers 34:26 Paid Ads Workshop 35:00 Outro

Read Wizen Guides: https://wizenguides.com/ Follow Ana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotechAna Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide 00:00 Introduction 01:20 How Anthony met Ana for Wizen Guides 02:23 How Introversion effects a founder 05:08 The problems of writing a book 08:14 What advantages do introverts have as startup founders 12:20 The history of Ana 15:40 How the Web influenced Ana’s career 17:05 How Ana entered retail 21:11 Ana’s burnout 25:30 Ana’s temporary retirement 26:20 Ana’s teaching experience 31:50 Why wizen guides was born 33:10 Why is Ana NotechAna 35:30 Advice for someone just getting started 41:10 Outro

Bhanu is a 24 year old Indie Hacker quickly approaching $1,000 MRR just a couple months after launching his blog-on-top-of-Notion platform Feather. I first met Bhanu through the Indie Worldwide community and quickly fell in love with the product he was building. Now I use Feather for just about everything! Anywhere I want to lower the barrier between thought and blog post I reach for Feather. In this interview we discuss how Bhanu quit his job, became a startup founder, tried, failed, and pivoted his way to his current product which is now growing like crazy. Try Feather: https://feather.so/ Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Bhanu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pbteja1998 Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide 00:00 Introduction 01:40 Life before Indie Hacking 03:33 Building in public on Twitter 03:52 The failure of MDX.one 06:57 What is UseNotionCMS 08:29 How did Bhanu market feather 10:22 Why Bhanu pivoted to Twitter 11:11 How did feather grow so fast 11:44 Future distribution Plans 12:22 Learning SEO 13:39 How did Anthony find Bhanu 14:14 Motivating other Indie Hackers 14:56 The feedback process 15:43 The 100 in 100 Challenge 17:51 Plans for the next month 18:07 Advice for someone new to Indie Hacking 18:47 Outro

Zach Burau runs a dev shop, he develops software to run airport time bulletin boards, he bought a website off the founder of Kayak, and now he's building a niche-gaming empire. Get 50% off Bigin by Zoho CRM: https://zoho.to/INDIEWORLDWIDE https://axe.studio/ Play Gomoku! https://gomoku.com/ Follow Zach on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegameboyy Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide 00:00 Introduction 01:39 Hidden niches 03:19 Selling to airports 04:52 Airport tech 05:43 When to pivot 06:20 How Flyline solved the airline data problem 07:21 Selecting the right business 09:19 Does cold calling work every time? 10:49 Contract size for Flyline 12:08 When to raise prices 14:45 How gomoku.com started 18:04 How much traffic is Gomoku getting 20:10 What is Pente and how it matters to Gomoku 23:43 How monetization works for game sites 25:26 How to figure out development for multiple businesses 27:09 Subsidize your business ideas with contracting 29:12 How to find problems to solve 31:24 How Zach allocates his time 32:00 Expanding the gaming empire 34:14 How to build in public 36:13 Advice for new Indie Hackers 37:35 Recap 38:33 Outro

Dana is the founder and CEO of Balodana, a curated marketplace of bespoke tailors. When you sign up for Balodana they take your measurements so that you can shop for clothes that fit you perfectly, every time. Their collection is curated from around the world and they work directly with the makers of your clothing to get each piece tailored to fit your exact dimensions. In this interview we talked about the clothing industry, artificial intelligence, pivoting during the pandemic, sustainable fashion and a whole lot more. https://www.balodana.com/ Dana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danatodd I met Dana through the Indie Worldwide community. If you're interested in meeting founders from around the world working on game-changing startups, you should consider joining too. Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:33 Where does the name balodana come from 01:58 what is balodana 4:04 Fast Fashion vs Slow Fashion 6:24 What is the the order process 08:43 how does balodana make money 11:20 how does sizing work 12:39 balodana’s technology approach 16:03 Web3 Integration in Beladana 18:11 How many vendors are on balodana 20:53 What is balodana sales volume 22:16 How to tackle the pandemic 23:16 Is it a solo founded business 24:08 Is it profitable yet? 24:15 Have there been any formal investment rounds 26:35 The 1000 bars story 28:45 How are people finding out about balodana 29:50 How to find vendors 31:40 Marketing ideas for balodana and other clothing businesses 35:18 The future for balodana 36:38 Fashion as a engineering discipline 37:11 The futuristic smart mirror tech 37:43 Advice for fashion entrepreneurs 39:50 Outro

Follow Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlierward Check out Ramen Club: https://www.ramenclub.so/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:28 Why did Weekend Club change to Ramen Club 02:53 Why should one join Ramen Club 05:06 Behind the scenes of Content Creation 07:00 Secrets of the Youtube Game 08:08 how do people find out about Ramen Club 09:02 Is Ramen Club ramen profitable 09:28 What does the growth graph look like 10:38 Is it full-time right now? 11:25 What’s the growth plan now 13:00 The grind of content creation 16:01 The unfair advantage leading to ranking on google 16:43 What are Ramen Club goals for rest of 2022 17:45 Studio Ramen : The community builders hub 20:00 How to find out if a community is valuable 21:43 How can a community create stuff in the best way possible 26:53 Advise for Indie community builders 29:04 Timeline of Weekend Club and Ramen Club 30:52 Outro

This is the Q&A follow up from https://youtu.be/VnUa20D0BAA Trevor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrevorLongino CrowdTamers: https://crowdtamers.com/ Big thanks to Mash and Sparrow's startup advisors for connecting us to Trevor to make this event possible. Sparrow Startup Advisors: https://sparrowstartup.com/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide 00:00 Introduction 00:28 How to pitch honestly 02:00 What stops a business from growing faster 04:22 How to cold start a business 08:06 Two most common misdates of founders 09:50 Opinion about social media presence 11:04 Owning a community vs being a part of one 12:46 How to market a new product properly 16:02 Is the first client the ideal client 19:04 How to validate a idea 20:30 Conclusion