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

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?

Stair-Stepping with Plugins: Platforms to Build On

I was talking to Colleen Schnettler earlier this week, and she's a glowing example of stair-stepping your way into software entrepreneurship. She started out with consulting, saw evidence of a need with her clients, built a plugin for a popular platform, sold it back to them, and ended up creating a bigger SaaS business from there. Plugins, add-ons, and … Continue reading Stair-Stepping with Plugins: Platforms to Build On

Be The Kindest Person in the Room

In a world of hostility and cut-throat competition, most founders keep to themselves. They build their businesses in stealth mode, get defensive when people question their ambition, and rarely contribute to their communities, afraid to be called out or receive the wrong kind of attention. But is fear-based entrepreneurship truly the path you want to … Continue reading Be The Kindest Person in the Room