Tipping Over
These last weeks have been a bit much. What do they say? “Take a break before the break takes you?” Well, I got quite close to that this week. I’ve been quite active working on Podscan in many…
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Sincere, not Serious
Recently, I’ve been pondering the difference between being sincere and being serious, especially in the context of entrepreneurship. This reflection was sparked by an article I read about how the…
Read the essay →Kitze — Juggling Projects, ADHD, and the Indie Hacker Lifestyle
Reading Time: < 1 minute@Kitze, a Serial indie hacker and entrepreneur, shares his journey through a landscape filled with multiple projects like Sizzy, a browser for developers, Benji, a…
Read the essay →Beyond Small Bets — Embracing the Big Play
I’m at an interesting stage of my entrepreneurial journey, seeing several of my worlds colliding. The frameworks I’ve been using to get where I am are both working really well and starting to show…
Read the essay →Geoff Roberts — Playing the Long Game
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGeoff Roberts (@GeoffTRoberts) is the co-founder of Outseta, and he’s halfway there, 7 years in. Outseta —the SaaS starter kit and the business behind it— is built and…
Read the essay →50% New Users Overnight… and a Burning Server
This week was a duality of extremes for me. On one hand, I experienced an unprecedented growth spurt in my user numbers, while on the other hand, I stumbled into frustrating scarcity and…
Read the essay →“AI For The Rest of Us”
Earlier this week Apple announced that it will introduce artificial intelligence into their devices, their operating systems and all apps. As founders, we know the potential of AI and are realistic…
Read the essay →Negotiating Bootstrapper Funding with Tyler Tringas
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA few months ago, I raised a low 6-figure investment for Podscan. Here’s the conversation between me and my investor, @tylertringas, that happened just before I signed the…
Read the essay →Two (Surprisingly Scary) Tales of Platform Risk
This week, I ran into two very interesting instances of platform risk in my own software business. I will share what happened, what I did, and how I intend to combat them in the future. And before I…
Read the essay →Zeno Rocha — From Bootstrapping to YCombinator
Reading Time: < 1 minuteZeno Rocha (@zenorocha) went through YC to build Resend, yet he still acts and thinks like a bootstrapper. In a world of polarized opinions about venture funding and not…
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