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.
Is indie hacking having an identity crisis? - Dominic Monn, MentorCruise
In this episode I’m bringing back a previous guest, Dom Monn, who is the founder of MentorCruise, which he’s now working full time on with a small team. I brought Dom back on to discuss something that has been on my mind, and has come up in twitter conversations recently which Dom has been involved in.
Is indie hacking having an identity crisis? Is the indie label and mentality limiting success and holding many founders back? I think it could be and so we discuss why this might be happening and what we can do about it.
Timestamps
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:56 Indie hacker identity crisis
- 03:42 How indie hacking has changed
- 06:32 Why the indie label can be a limiter
- 08:20 Accepting slow growth instead of fixing it
- 10:33 Should we set bigger goals?
- 12:10 We still love the indie hacker community
- 13:50 Recommendations
Recommendations
- Book - Sprint
- Podcast - This Indie Life
- Indie Hacker - Ramen Club
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