My name is Tiago and I am a full time Indie Maker.
I build startups without any external investment and my goal is to perfect my entrepreneurial craft and reach $100K ARR (Annual Recurrent Revenue)
Join me as I narrate my story and interview other entrepreneurs.
Back from the holidays and I want to let you know how the community performed without me being present. Relevant Links Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Demo Day Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
This is a republished episode Listen to Pieter Levels speak about his upbringing and what motivated him to become an entrepreneur. In this interview, we also try to pin down certain personal characteristics that contributed to Pieter's success in his bootstrapped startups and cover more philosophical topics like life purpose and religion. About Pieter: Twitter Nomadlist Rebase About Wannabe Entrepreneur Join our WBE Space Buy WBE Merch Follow me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.cho...
After a conversation with an executive that worked in a big corporation for multiple years, I realized how backward this corporate world is, which motivates me to keep working on my business until it works. Relevant Links Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Demo Day Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Nuno Simaria has an incredible tech journey, having worked in multiple startups and scaling HelloFresh from 5 to 650 tech employees. In this interview, Nuno will share about his journey starting from his unconventional university studies. He will also share his experience as HelloFresh CTO and speak about some of his mistakes and how he was able to learn on the job. Relevant Episode Links Nuno's Linkedin CTO Master Class Accelerate Book Slow Growth About Wannabe Entrepreneur Join the WBE Space B...
I am sailing on the beautiful coast of Spain and this episode will be more focusing on the "Lifestyle of an Entrepreneur" section. Will reflect on my projects and tell you what's going on in my mind. Relevant Links Upvote on Producthunt Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Hivoe Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Wave: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
After giving a shot in the startup world Fed decided to give a shot in the indie making world and he has been loving the experience. In today's interview, you will learn more about Fed's journey and how he bootstrapped Gummy Search and The Hive Index while still enjoying the experience. About Fed Gummy Search The Hive Index Fed's Twitter About the Wannabe Entrepreneur Join the WBE Space WBE Store Twitter Background Music Departure by Ghostrifter Official | https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-offi...
My WBE Space ProductHunt launch was successful, having reached the 5th product of the day with more than 300 upvotes. In today's episode, I will tell you how I was able to accomplish this and share some valuable lessons that hopefully will help you with your own PH launch. In the lifestyle of an entrepreneur section, I will share how the impostor syndrome kicked in after my launch. Relevant Links Upvote on Producthunt Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Hivoe Background Music Music: ...
Shawn Fisher worked as an electric engineer for more than 10 years but one day, together with his wife Amy, decided that they could change the way people produce veggies. Since then they are bootstrapping a device that allows everyone to grow veggies and plants in their kitchen! Listen to the incredible story of Aera Relevant Links: About Aera Farms Aera Farms Website Aera Farms Twitter About This Podcast Join the WBE Space Send me a message on Twitter Buy WBE Merch Background Music Wild Strawbe...
In today's episode, I will speak about how being an entrepreneur can feel like living outside society's norms. I will also celebrate two important milestones that I have reached in the last week. After that, I will share my preparations for my big PH launch. Last but not least I will give you some Twitter tips to improve your engagement. Relevant Links Upvote on Producthunt Join the WBE Space DM me on Twitter WBE Stats Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Camille is an ambassador of the NoCode tool Notion and has created the Notion French and Portuguese Community. Camille grew up traveling around France and since then that it has been really hard for her to stay in one place or job for a long time. After experimenting with a few different jobs she finally accepted her entrepreneurial calling and decided to start freelancing. Camille eventually found Notion and became obsessed with the tool, spending multiple hours following tutorials and learning...
It's been ONE year since I started this podcast. Can you believe it? Today I will speak about how I felt reaching this milestone and what are some of the consequences of burning my savings... I will also share some nice project updates on the community! In the tips and tricks section, I will go through my analysis of Tony Dinh's Twitter success and brilliant marketing strategy. Relevant Links: Join WBE Community Buy WBE Merch Dm me on Twitter Tony Twitter Analysis Post Background Music Music: ht...
Tony Dinh is a developer turned indie maker that in a year was able to reach 7K MRR. Tony was born in Vietnam and always had a passion for coding, after graduating he worked as a Software Developer for 7 years until finally deciding to quit his job to focus 100% on his projects. Since then he has developed Black Magic (a Twitter analytics tool) and DevUtils (a toolbox for developers). About Tony Twitter Personal Website About Wannabe Entrepreneur Join our WBE Space Buy WBE Merch DM on Twitter Ba...
After being encouraged by my wbe members I finally decided to be courageous and increase the WBE Space monthly price and I will tell you about this process. I will also give you some updates on the new community features and on changeit . Relevant Links Join the WBE Space Buy WBE Merch Try Hivoe DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Luca left college to start his entrepreneurial career and has never looked back. Started building apps back when they entered the market and was able to make them extremely profitable. More recently Luca has founded Customerly, a SaaS that already employs a team of 9. About Luca Twitter Customerly Quiz Patente App About the Wannabe Entrepreneur Join our WBE Space Buy WBE Merch DM on Twitter Background Music Wild Strawberry by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/ Music promoted on https://www.ch...
I am not proud, but, some recent thoughts about this podcast made me realize that I might have some arrogant traces in myself and I will share this with you today. I will also give you an update on the wbe sales, pricing and some cool features I released. In the tips and tricks, I will share with you my process to be able to release two wbe podcast episodes per week. Honorable Mentions Lala's Twitter Sam's Twitter Support WBE Become a member Buy Merch DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: htt...
James McKinven started his full-time indie hacking career in 2021, since then he was able to grow his podcast, Indie Bites , to a must-listen show in the indie makers community. He also supports other podcasters with his company PodPanda and more recently has started another show called No More Mondays . In this episode, James will share more about his indie maker journey and will give helpful tips for all the podcasters out there. About the Wannabe Entrepreneur Join Our Indie Makers Community B...
I crossed the $200 MRR after 10 months of bootstrapping! In this episode, I will speak about reaching this milestone, the success I had after a week of WBE sales on Twitter and in the end I will share some tips on how to build a product as an Indie Maker. About This Episode: Join the WBE Space Buy WBE Merch IH Post about Sales DM me on Twitter Email: tiagorbf9@gmail.com Xoan's Twitter...
Rosie Sherry is an expert community builder with several years of experience. She bootstrapped Ministry of Testing to 7 figures and also worked on Indie Hackers as a community manager. In this interview, you will understand why Rosie is so attracted to building communities and she will give you great tips on how to start your own community. About Rosie Twitter RosieLand About Wannabe Entrepreneur Join our Community Buy our Cool Merch Buy me a Coffee Background Music Morning Routine by Ghostrifte...
As April continues to deliver terrible results for me I see myself desperate to try new things and an eye-opening conversation with the CEO of a digital company pointed me towards trying out sales. In today's episode I will also share with you how the process of building my merch and logo came to be. In the end of the episode, I will share with you 3 great tools to help you with your bootstrapping journey. Support Join the WBE Space Merch Store Buy me a Coffee Dm on Twitter Tools Syften Podkite ...
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Lydia Melvin was unhappy with her job as a project manager in a big agency. She decided to leave her job to take some time off and figure out what she wanted to do next. Lydia started meeting many Indie Hackers and identified that there was a need for virtual assistants (VAs) in this niche. In this interview, Lydia will speak about how she was able to kickstart her new career as a VA and what the job entails. About the Episode Follow Lydia on Twitter Become a WBE Space Member Follow me on Twitte...
After a not-so-good week, I called the Twitter legend, Dagobert for some bootstrapper advice and to get an update on his projects. We spoke about many topics that affect all bootstrappers and the lessons that we both have learned along our journey. In the end, I might have convinced him to launch his own Twitter course. About the Episode: Become a WBE Member Claim your Demo Day Ticket Moonlight CRM Twitter Luise's Twitter About Dagobert: Twitter Logology Background Music Wild Strawberry by Purrp...
Hillary Black started her career as a social media manager, having worked in multiple companies including Vine. After that Hillary started her entrepreneurial career mainly focusing on conversational design (aka chatbots). She runs multiple communities around the topic and together with her husband developed Hiremav , which is a digital sales assistant. Learn how Hillary was able to build all these incredible projects in our chat. About Hillary Twitter Conversational Design Job Board Careerclubh...
I dig deep into how sometimes it might be hard for the people in your life to fully understand what it is like to be a starting entrepreneur. In the project updates, I speak about being told off by an IH moderator and I will also give you updates on the most recent projects in the WBE Space. In the end, I will speak about Syften , a tool that will help you find relevant forums to plug your products. About Today's Episode Join the WBE Space Buy Me a Coffee Try Syften Episode About Feeling Jealous...
Ana Bibikova was born in Russia but spent her teenage years in India where she started to explore her first entrepreneurial projects. After that, together with a couple of older partners, founded a marketing agency that become a profitable business. After that Ana moved back to Russia to start her most challenging business to date, she wanted to bring Asian food to Russia. After 3 years she finally succeeded but that end up affecting her mental health. Ana end up burning out and decided to leave...
This is the last month of my unemployment money and from now on I am living entirely from my savings. I will also give you an update on my projects and speak about how it seems that my marketing strategy is paying off. In the end, I will share what I have learned in the past week about NFTs and what you have to do to gain access to the best deals! I might also speak a little about Will Smith... XD About this Episode DM me on Twitter Join the WBE Space Buy me a coffee Background Music Music: http...
In 2016, Clo quit her job and built her freelancing career in a new field: UX Research! She will tell us about the process of learning something new and setting up her own company. Clo is also passionate about Digital Wellbeing is now also helping companies bridge the gap between tech & wellbeing. About Clo Twitter Clo's Company About Wannabe Entrepreneur Twitter Buy Me a Coffee Join the Community Background Music Wild Strawberry by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/ Music promoted on htt...
In today's episode, I will tell you what I have learned recently about NFTs and how they might be a good alternative to ads monetization. I will also give you an update on our ongoing WBE Lab ( CollabClub ) and what might become the biggest problem of running the WBE Space. As "tips and tricks" I will share with you what I have learned with Pieter Levels this past week on Twitter. About the Episode Join the WBE Space Startup to Something Podcast DM me on Twitter Interview with Arvid (#164) Inter...
Jakob Greenfeld is a full-time bootstrapper that after finishing his PhD and working in academia for a couple of years decided to change things around in his career and learn how to be an entrepreneur. In our chat we speak about the problems of the academic world and how Jakob was able to use his academic mindset to learn how to build a profitable business. Follow Jakob on Twitter Join the WBE Space Going Viral Emotions...
Being a solopreneur doesn't mean you are alone. There are people who learn from you, admire you, give you advice and follow your example. In this special episode, Wolfy and Luise, two early members of the Wannabe Entrepreneur Space, give Tiago a break and share what they like about the community, how they leverage it for their own projects, and why they are true fans of the podcast. Join the WBE Space : https://wannabe-entrepreneur.com/coworking About Luise Luise's WBE member page: https://wanna...
