Explain what your startup/side-project is about, in under 10 words: Series

Hey IH! This is the 4th part of the discussion that I first started in February, 2018. Tell us what your startup/side-project does, in under 10 words an... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Explain your startup/side-project in under 10 words: Series

Hey Indie Hackers! This is the 5th part of the discussion that I first started in February, 2018. Tell us what your startup/side-project does, in under... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

PDFShift is one month old. Here are a few stats

We officially launched PDFShift a month ago, on May 22, and it has been an incredible ride since then. So today, for its monthversary, I want to share wit… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Show HN: What do you think about my first product?

Some weeks ago I started to work on http://immersejobs.com/ because I wanted to help companies promote their AR/VR open positions. I don't have a techni... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Product Hunt is the new TechCrunch

Product Hunt has become the de facto source for new and upcoming technology products. It is definitely a boon for those launching their products for the f… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

An intro to Filiosoft – a startup created by two teens

I just wrote an post about a startup that I founded with a friend of mine! I'd love feedback on both the article and our product. We build a conference... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Best CV Builder for Job Application – Free Curriculum Vitae App

Getting a job is not a easy task. An interviewer daily see many incapable candidates. It's your responsible to prove you are the best, talented and capabl… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Best CV Builder for Job Application – Free Curriculum Vitae App

Getting a job is not a easy task. An interviewer daily see many incapable candidates. It's your responsible to prove you are the best, talented and capabl… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Resume Builder 2018 – 30+ Resume Templates

Free Resume Builder with 30+ Resume templates suitable for various jobs. This is the first resume app with more resume formats. Very easy to use & you can… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

I built a Product, but I don't know how to monetize it

This is a story of how I built a product with 900+ users. In April I was frustrated with myself that I was not making any progress. One night I decided to… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

How You Can Improve UX with Microinteractions. Part I

Working in the design business taught me to pay attention to the organization, the system, the country — the “Big”. At the same time to have an ear for th… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Bootstrapping a $10K/Month Chatbot Startup in the Pursuit of Freedom

We all see, software shaping the new world. You build software one-time, and get its returns in multiple folds. That’s the remarkable benefit of making so… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Smashing LinkedIn Marketing Options

As businesses, we want to uncover marketing opportunities and reach the target audience with minimal resources as possible. Social media marketing opportu… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Overcoming My Insecurities to Make $600/mo in Truly Passive Income

I'm Michael Taylor, and I'm a technical marketer who has managed $30m+ in marketing budget across channels. My day job is at a growth marketing agency a... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

I just got my first ever $5 from a side project

Yesterday I launched a small side project called Gradient Joy (https://gradientjoy.com/) a website that gives you beautiful gradients to be used as plac... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

How did Evernote grow?

Evernote is a beast. With 150 million users and a $1 billion valuation, they can officially claim that they’re the top note-taking app in the world . Imag… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

From $0 to $9 MRR in 20 days

My project, PDFShift, received it's first payment today, after long weeks of hard work and thoughts about pulling marketing ideas after the other. And thi… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Web Design and UX Trends You Should Stick to in 2018

You should really know by now that design is not about how things look. It’s about how they work. This idea is applicable to various types of design, whet… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

DragApp.com: How I launched Drag with 9K users

About 6 months ago, we noticed people were wasting time in their inbox. So we had the idea of Drag and we decided it was a good idea. But an idea isn’t en… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

As a developer, what's the best way for me to get sales experience?

I studied business in undergrad, but worked as a dev for several years. Now I'm working my way towards starting my own indie company, and want to develo... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

How to consistently drive traffic to your product landing page

To get results from your landing pages, they need to be optimal. And to make your landing pages optimal, you need to constantly be refining and improving | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

There is no work-life balance, just life balance

Hearing the expression work-life balance has always made me cringe. I mean, it does sound like these are two opposites that exclude each other, or the onl… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

How did you get your first 10, 100 and 1,000 paying customers?

How are you getting your first 10, 100 and (for those that have!) 1,000 customers. I know the way of acquiring customers, as you grow, is very different... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

When in Doubt, Start

Blogging has been my full-time job for more than ten years, but what, today, looks like a successful, well-established business, actually started out as n… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Upvote if you want to help me build 2 iOS apps in 6 months

You are reading this and have the ability to help me create the apps that are in my head. I am creating apps and need the advice of other makers. How sh... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Building a Platform to Scratch My Own Itch

Are you an indie hacker? Then you probably LOVE the agility of being able to make your own decisions without having to get approval from investors or a co… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

What tools/apps/processes do you use to stay productive? Pros and cons of each?

Or alternatively, what do you wish could exist in the world of productivity right now? | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Show HN: 24 Hour iOS and Android MVP – $500

Hey Indie Hackers! I'm a mobile app developer trying to test out an idea I have. I recently put together this bundle of 105 app screens: https://shroude... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

How Did You Find Your Earliest Users

Not sure how to get that first trickle of customers to your business? Learn from dozens of entrepreneurs who share how they built up their audiences, leveraged existing platforms, scrapped and hustled, and drove initial traffic to their websites. | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

My Side Hustle Gives Me Confidence at Work

A side hustle doesn't just have to be for the money, or for Github whuffie that hopefully helps with the next job search. It can also help you at the your… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

I needed a tool for myself so I've learned to code

Hey Indiehackers ✌️! My name is Marcin, and I’m designer and graduated architect. I specialize in Branding and UI/UX design and I would call myself Visual… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

A Short Story about a Long Run

Hi Indie Hackers, my name is Ian. I'm the co-founder of sixa.ch, an online marketing agency with a focus on SEO and based in Zurich, Switzerland. First of… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

I'm a builder, not a seller. How do I grow my startup?

I've long believed that if I make a great product, it will sell itself. People will find it, fall in love with it and tell their friends about it. As long… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

What I expect to gain from IH?

Hi everyone, I am a software engineer by passion and by job too. I have been working as software engineer since almost 8 years now. I am not a quick lea... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

5 lean growth hacks to get from 0 to 1,000 users

Getting your first 1,000 users is a lot different from growing your customer base up to 100,000 or even just 10,000. In your startup’s early stages, you d… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

More Customers with the Free Facebook Chat Widget – Similar Drift and Intercom

In this post I will show you how to add the Facebook chat messenger widget to your website. You can see the final result at the bottom of the post or go t… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Any Makers Building in the open?

Would love to see who else is building products in the open on twitter, facebook, medium, etc. It's amazing to see makers dump their negative mindsets o... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

500 signups later: What we've learned about marketing on Reddit

Launching a new product on Reddit is notoriously tricky. The community is often resistant to advertising. Many subreddits even have an explicit policy aga… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Ask IH: Which Tool Do You Use for Time Tracking, Expenses and Invoices?

http://www.hyperlogs.com | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Any good tips on marketing our SAAS?

http://www.hyperlogs.com/ | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Russia’s government blocked us so we focus on English market. What do you think?

https://mkdev.me | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Why Traditional Messaging Is Broken, and How Blockchain Startups Can Fix It

Instant messaging (IM) is a great example of an industry fully owned by big corporations that views users as an asset to buy and sell. Nobody cares about | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

5 things I've learned from my first profitable side project

I made my first $1 from a side project this year. I’ve pursued this milestone for the last 4 years. It should have been an incredible accomplishment. It w… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

My Job Became My Addiction

A Story Of Me In Likely Relation To You My Job Feeds My Internet Addiction When I was younger, I was addicted to video games, Nintendo, N64, Sega, Xbox. (… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Show Indie Hackers: Promote your business everywhere with a single click

https://www.instaaa.com | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Building Levels.fyi in Coffee Shops and Growing to Profitability

Hi! My name is Zuhayeer Musa, and together Zaheer Mohiuddin and I are building Levels.fyi, a website that allows people to compare career ladders across... | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

10 examples of productized services you can start today

Five months ago, I launched my productized service. I completely bootstrapped from the start and made the MVP of the site in 5 hours. Since then, it grew | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago

Three Steps to Building a Startup for Disrupting Billion-Dollar Industry

Creating a startup is not a piece of cake, as any entrepreneur can attest to. Although it’s not so unusual to come up with a good idea with significant po… | Continue reading


@indiehackers.com | 5 years ago