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.
Making $200k a year teaching Google Sheets - Andrew Kamphey
Today I’m joined by Andrew Kamphey, who is the founder of Better Sheets, a platform of tools and tutorials to get better at using Google Sheets, that has done well over $200k in revenue since he launched in 2020. He started out working as a tech on cruise ships, before moving to LA to work in the film industry, which is where he gained all of his Google Sheets prowess. From here he’s had a meandering life journey, working while travelling South East Asia, starting and selling an influencer newsletter, writing a book about charging and even launching a SaaS. Andrew has had his finger in piece of the indie hacking pie and has now settled on being the Google Sheets guy. At least for now.
Timestamps
- 00:00 - Intro
- 02:08 - Failing to go full time
- 04:13 - Selling Influence Weekly
- 06:26 - Starting BetterSheets
- 09:32 - Turning Better Sheets into a full time income
- 11:53 - Reluctancy to become the "Google Sheets Guy"
- 13:37 - Recommendations
Recommendations
- Book: Lying for Money
- Podcast: The Deep Life
- Indie Hacker: Jon Yongfook, Danny Postma, James & Danielle
Follow Andrew
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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