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.
Quitting his job and taking a £20k loan to go full time indie - Harvey Carpenter, Growform
Harvey Carpenter is the founder of Growform, a form builder which is now around 7K MRR. It's a mixture of enterprise and some other clients, and he's tackling a product in a market that is extremely competitive and crowded, but he's trying to carve out his own little slice of that market.
Timestamps
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:21 Harvey's life before Growform
- 01:35 Side projects as a 17 yr old
- 04:10 Getting a law degree
- 05:04 The idea for Growform
- 06:42 Benefits of picking a niche
- 09:12 Growth tactics
- 10:06 Quitting his job and taking a loan
- 13:16 Future goals
- 13:48 Taking recreation seriously
Recommendations
- Book: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together
- Podcast: Diary of a CEO
- Indie Hacker: Jack Bridger
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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