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Ayush

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    Rock Bottom to Rocket Ship🚀 | How Veed grew to $5M+ ARR
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    Rock Bottom to Rocket Ship🚀 | How Veed grew to $5M+ ARR

    Listen Up! IH – Episode 24 “Keep pushing, and make something people search for” 👆 That’s Sabba Keynejad’s message to Indie Hackers. Sabba is the Co-founder of Veed.io – a browser-based video editing tool. Sabba and his co-founder Tim grew the company from 0 to 50,000 users in just 6 months. And with no marketing budget. Their growth 


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    Kindness and Community | Rosie SherryđŸ‘Œ
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    Kindness and Community | Rosie SherryđŸ‘Œ

    Community Wisdom from Rosie Sherry – how she started Ministry of Testing, why she doesn’t do customer research, her advice for other community builders.

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    What is Hanlon’s Razor and how can you use it (With Examples!)
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    What is Hanlon’s Razor and how can you use it (With Examples!)

    Do you feel angered, disturbed, or annoyed by some recent event? Personal or Global? Who do you assign the blame for such an event? And do you think that person did it out of malice? Are they evil? If you take 100 such events, how many would you attribute to intentional malice? Not sure? That’s 


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    Ideas you can run withđŸƒâ€â™‚ïž
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    Ideas you can run withđŸƒâ€â™‚ïž

    “The most exciting business Ideas fit on the back of an airplane napkin” – Carmine Gallo 👆 That is the spirit with which every successful Indie Hacker business starts. Chris Justin and Eathan Janney understand this. They are the hosts of the “Run With It” podcast. On the weekly show, they discuss interesting business ideas 


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    21 Lessons from 21 Indie Hackers
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    21 Lessons from 21 Indie Hackers

    Listen Up! IH – Episode 21 Hey folks👋 This newsletter has been running for the last 20 weeks. I have gone down some interesting rabbit holes when doing these profiles. Learnt a lot in the process. Many of you have joined recently or midway and might not have read the initial posts. So I thought 


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    Digital Nomad to Prolific Indie Hacker | Pieter Levels 🧳
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    Digital Nomad to Prolific Indie Hacker | Pieter Levels 🧳

    Lessons from legendary Indie Hacker Pieter Levels, founder of Nomad List ,RemoteOk.io and many more profitable internet businesses.

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    Living the Indie Hacker Dream | Jon Yongfook
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    Living the Indie Hacker Dream | Jon Yongfook

    Lessons from Jon Yongfook of Bannerbear. How he made more than $10K monthly recurring revenue from his bootstrapped SaaS company

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    The Power of Writing Online | David Perell
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    The Power of Writing Online | David Perell

    How David Perell Went from a 2.9 GPA to making more than $2 million annual revenue from his course – Write of Passage | The power of writing online

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    0 to 28M ARR While Building In Public📈 | Nathan Barry
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    0 to 28M ARR While Building In Public📈 | Nathan Barry

    Lessons from Nathan Barry of ConvertKit. Why he builds in public, and what other solopreneurs can learn from him. Advice on compounding growth.

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    How to figure out the 20% effort that will give you 80% results | Applying Pareto’s Principle
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    How to figure out the 20% effort that will give you 80% results | Applying Pareto’s Principle

    Most things in life come from outsized results. The relationship between inputs and outputs is non-linear. In our minds, we think it’s linear, but the data suggests otherwise. The relationship is a power law, better defined as Pareto’s principle or sometimes also called the 80/20 rule. Let’s see a few examples of where Pareto’s principle 


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    A Community around Products| Lessons from Ryan Hoover of Product HuntđŸ€—
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    A Community around Products| Lessons from Ryan Hoover of Product HuntđŸ€—

    Lessons on community building and product development from Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt. From Indie Hackers podcast episode.

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    Ask questions even your mom can’t lie to đŸ‘”| Rob Fitzpatrick
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    Ask questions even your mom can’t lie to đŸ‘”| Rob Fitzpatrick

    Questions that pass the mom test. Why you ask bad questions, and what good questions can you ask.

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    What Are Mental Models & Why Are They Important (With A Simple Example)
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    What Are Mental Models & Why Are They Important (With A Simple Example)

    This is an introduction to mental models and how they can be used in decision making. A simple example of the Goldilocks rule is provided along with 3 applications and 1 case where it doesn’t apply. Keywords to include: Mental Model

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    How To Validate Startup Ideas Without Code | Lessons From Bram Kanstein
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    How To Validate Startup Ideas Without Code | Lessons From Bram Kanstein

    Bram Kanstein got 21000 upvotes on Product Hunt, launched a NoCode course. It helps founders validate their ideas without writing code.

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    The Hustle Of Building A Million-Dollar Content Business | Sam Parr
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    The Hustle Of Building A Million-Dollar Content Business | Sam Parr

    Sam Parr on his unique skill set, the importance of copywriting to make money, and how to start a media business today. Notes from Sam’s Indie Hackers podcast.

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    Why compounding works and how can we use it in our life? 📈(The Mental Model from Compound Interest)
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    Why compounding works and how can we use it in our life? 📈(The Mental Model from Compound Interest)

    How the mental model of compounding works. Why we need to understand it, and how can we apply it in our daily life. Applications and nuances.

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    Making $100K In 6 Days | Story Of Traf’s “Overnight Success”
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    Making $100K In 6 Days | Story Of Traf’s “Overnight Success”

    Lessons from James Traf’s overnight success. How he made more than $100K in 6 days. And how you can make your own luck in life.

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    Aspiring Billionaire To Profitable Indie Hacker | Lessons From Sahil Lavingia Of Gumroad
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    Aspiring Billionaire To Profitable Indie Hacker | Lessons From Sahil Lavingia Of Gumroad

    Notes and lessons from Sahil Lavingia’s interview on the Indie Hackers podcast. They talk about the story of Gumroad and talking openly about failure

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    Why Twitter matters and how to make the best use of it?
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    Why Twitter matters and how to make the best use of it?

    Twitter is the pulse of the planet. Why Twitter matters and how people have been using it effectively. How Creators, consumers and networkers can use it best.

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    Idea To Exit In 2 Years | Lessons From Selling A SaaS At $55K MRR | Arvid Kahl
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    Idea To Exit In 2 Years | Lessons From Selling A SaaS At $55K MRR | Arvid Kahl

    Notes from Arvid Kahl’s appearance on the Indie Hackers podcast. He talked about building and selling his SaaS in 2 years

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    Growing From 0 To $20K MRR With Winning Trends | Dru Riley | Podcast Notes
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    Growing From 0 To $20K MRR With Winning Trends | Dru Riley | Podcast Notes

    Podcast Notes from Dru Riley’s interview on the Indie Hackers podcast. They talked about Dru’s journey, growth of trends.vc and the latest trends in new markets

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    Building, Scaling & Selling A Thriving Community | Jay Clouse | Podcast Notes
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    Building, Scaling & Selling A Thriving Community | Jay Clouse | Podcast Notes

    Lessons on Building, Scaling and selling an online community from Jay Clouse.

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    2.3 Billion Pageviews & 9 Years Of Customer Focus – Evan Britton | Famous Birthdays
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    2.3 Billion Pageviews & 9 Years Of Customer Focus – Evan Britton | Famous Birthdays

    👆 That’s Evan Britton, founder of FamousBirthdays.com – an American website based dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them. Famous Birthdays, has 30 million users who perform 900,000 searches a day on their platform. That’s more than 600 searches every minute. Insane! The power of focus on a niche. Evan Britton appeared on the 


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    The 5 Most Important Cognitive Biases Holding You Back
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    The 5 Most Important Cognitive Biases Holding You Back

    We need to actively overcome our cognitive biases to think clearly.We discuss the 5 Most Important biases holding you back.

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    Lessons From Li Jin – The Patron Saint Of The Passion Economy | Podcast Notes
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    Lessons From Li Jin – The Patron Saint Of The Passion Economy | Podcast Notes

    Notes from Li Jin’s interview on the Indie Hacker’s podcast.

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    Making 1.5M/Year By Re-Imagining Local News With WhereByUs
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    Making 1.5M/Year By Re-Imagining Local News With WhereByUs

    Listen Up! IH – Episode 4 “We get it. We’re creators too.” ☝That’s a quote from the landing page of WhereByUs — an organization that has built local media brands in Miami, Seattle, Portland, Orlando, and Pittsburgh. The company was founded by Rebekah Monson, Chris Sopher, and Bruce Pinchbeck and together their newsletters are netting more than 1.5M ARR. They are also 


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    How “The Winner” of Indie Hackers built a $38K/Month SaaS business with a ‘dollar a day’ Product
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    How “The Winner” of Indie Hackers built a $38K/Month SaaS business with a ‘dollar a day’ Product

    Podcast Notes from Jordon O’Connor’s interview on the Indie Hackers Podcast. How he made the Poshmark automation tool Closet Tools.

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    The Great Unbundling – Power Of Vertical Networks With Greg Isenberg | Podcast Notes
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    The Great Unbundling – Power Of Vertical Networks With Greg Isenberg | Podcast Notes

    Notes from Greg Isenberg’s interview on the Indie Hacker’s podcast. He talked about the power of unbundling communities and vertical networks.

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    Only 2 Ways To Make Money – Bundling & Unbundling
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    Only 2 Ways To Make Money – Bundling & Unbundling

    There are only 2 ways to make money in business – bundling and unbundling. Ideas for Indie Hackers to bundle and unbundle

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    3 Lessons on Giving Feedback
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    3 Lessons on Giving Feedback

    Over the years I have given & received a fair share of feedback to creators offline as well as online. Some lessons on how to give constructive feedback.

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    Daniel Vassallo’s Lifestyle-First Approach To Indie Hacking | Podcast Notes
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    Daniel Vassallo’s Lifestyle-First Approach To Indie Hacking | Podcast Notes

    Podcast Notes from Daniel Vassallo’s Indie Hackers Podcast hosted by Courtland Allen. He spoke about lifestyle design & his portfolio of small bets.

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