MicroConf US ’23 Recap — What Happens When 250 SaaS Founders Meet

This week, I got on my first post-COVID trip and headed to Denver, Colorado for MicroConf 2023. It. Was. Awesome. Unsurprisingly, being in the same room with 250 other bootstrapped SaaS founders is one of the nerdiest things you can do. And it was as enlightening as it was nerdy. I just arrived back home … Continue reading MicroConf US ’23 Recap — What Happens When 250 SaaS Founders Meet

Louis Nicholls — Growing Your Newsletter

When it comes to building an "owned audience," nothing beats an email list. Louis Nicholls is a newsletter expert, and he shared with me how to monetize a list, how to grow it reliably, and why cold emails are often done spectacularly wrong. Louis will show you how to do email right. https://youtu.be/FNolzZtXjLI https://share.transistor.fm/s/8e4bcbf9 What … Continue reading Louis Nicholls — Growing Your Newsletter

ChatGPT: Goldmine or Minefield for Indie Hackers?

Everybody in the indie founder community is talking about ChatGPT. Some founders discover how powerful it is as a writing tool, others have it build their products, and some entrepreneurs are even building businesses on top of OpenAI's conversational chat-based AI. Beyond that, it's a meme now: everyone is talking about how everyone is talking … Continue reading ChatGPT: Goldmine or Minefield for Indie Hackers?

Marie Poulin & Benjamin Borowski — Digital Permaculture

Marie and Ben are a power couple. Together, they run Notion Mastery, an intense workshop for people who want to use Notion professionally and productively. In our conversation, we'll dive into platform risk, building a sustainable educational business, how to work together as a couple, and why social media distribution matters a lot to educational … Continue reading Marie Poulin & Benjamin Borowski — Digital Permaculture

Artificial Scarcity Damages the Creator Economy

Artificial scarcity is a trendy marketing tactic. I see limited-time sales, contests, and first-come-first-serve discounts —only 5 copies left at $20!!— all over the place. And it bothers me — because what's being sold are digital products: eBooks, courses, and software subscriptions. In a world where marginal cost —how much it costs you to create … Continue reading Artificial Scarcity Damages the Creator Economy

Justin Jackson — Bootstrapping Transistor.fm on Open Standards

Justin Jackson has been successfully bootstrapping Transistor.fm with a small team throughout the ups and downs of a shifting economy. He even rejected massive clients to be able to keep running a calm and self-funded business. Find out just how important it is to stay independent, resilient, and nimble, and what building on open standards … Continue reading Justin Jackson — Bootstrapping Transistor.fm on Open Standards