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.
Why you need a single focus (and ditch your portfolio of projects) - Chris Frantz, Loops
Chris Frantz is the co-founder of Loops, YC backed email tool for startups. Chris is one of those people who just knows how to run a SaaS business, having founded and sold Snazzy AI, acquired by Unbounce last year. Chris has been living rent free in my brain after a conversation we had a few weeks ago about my multiple projects. A lot of you are going to have multiple projects too, and wondering why you’re not getting anywhere with them. In this episode, Chris is going to explain why.
What we cover in this episode
- Some of Chris previous bootstrapped projects
- How Chris started and sold Snazzy.ai
- Tackling email with Loops.so
- Making the chef’s knife of email
- Why you should have a single focus
- Why having a portfolio of small bets doesn’t work
- Doing the hard things
- Having hobby projects vs a business
Recommendations
- Book: Atomic Habits
- Podcast: The Vergecast
- Indie Hacker: Sahil Bloom
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