Short, bite-sized conversations with indie hackers that have started small, profitable and bootstrapped businesses. You'll learn how they come up with ideas, what they do to validate, find those first customers and make a sustainable income.
Building a 6-figure creator business - Jay Clouse, Creator Science
Jay Clouse is the founder of Creator Science, which is a membership, community, newsletter and podcast helping you become build a creator business, which he bootstrapped to over $40k a month towards the end of last year. His podcast is one of the best produced shows out there and it’s on my very short list of shows that I can listen to every episode and know it’s going to be killer. I think the creator business angle is interesting for indie hackers who haven’t quite found a product yet and want to build something. Creating content and speaking to people in your niche, can help you find pain points and problems, while also building extra income for yourself.
Timestamps
- 01:55 The Creative Elements podcast (now Creator Science)
- 04:45 How to have a point of differentiation
- 06:11 Building a creator business
- 08:23 Making $40k in one month
- 11:03 Multiple projects and revenue streams
- 13:10 How Jay spends his time
- 14:02 How to start out as a creator
- 15:19 Recommendations
Recommendations
- Book - How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Podcast - Bandsplain
- Indie hacker / entrepreneur - Justin Moore
Follow Jay
My links
- Indie Bites Twitter
- Indie Bites YouTube
- Join the membership
- Personal Website
- 2 Hour Podcast Course
- PodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast)
- This Indie Life Podcast
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