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.
Today I attended the first day of the Web Submit and I will share with you my first thoughts. I will also speak about the process of building and launching our new product: The Indie Lottery Tony Dinh Speaking About Viral Loops Support The Podcast Join the WBE Space Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
At 22 Mariana was living a life that certainly was making her parents proud, however, she was urging for something more. That's when she decided to quit everything and go travel. That ignited a big shift in Mariana's life that end up taking her to a new career and starting her own business. About Mariana Linkedin Tekya Website Support The Podcast Join the WBE Space Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music City Life by Artificial.Music | https://soundcloud.com/art...
I had an eureka moment around the true price of products and I will tell you about it in this episode. I will also share how I was able to make money with the indielottery.com even before launching the website. And last but not least I will tell you about another cool bot that I have created. Support The Podcast Join the WBE Space Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Today I am speaking about the strategies I am applying to find a suitable job for me. At the same time, I will share some tips that I learn to great tweets with better engagement. And last but not least I will speak about the new hot stuff happening in my indie life. Open To Work Page Support The Podcast Join the WBE Space Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Julien Nahum is a successful bootstrapper that was able to grow his NoCode SaaS NotionForms to $160K MRR in just one year. Before that Julien has built many interesting businesses and worked at amazon. Get ready for a brilliant indie hacking story. About Julien Twitter Blog About Building NotionForms NotionForms Support The Podcast Join the WBE Space Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Meadows in the Sky by Artificial.Music | https://soundcloud.com/artificia...
I was invited to speak about indie hacking on a Future.Works conference and I will tell you all about how the talk went and what I have learned from the event. I will also share about a less positive incident that happened in the community and brainstorm a few ideas on how we can fix it. Overcome Fear of Flying Video Support The Podcast Join the WBE Space Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
In this episode, I will give you an update on what I was able to achieve in the past week despite being on holiday. I speak about how the community is growing, how I prepared my first talk about Indie Hacking, and my next steps around finding a new job. Overcome Fear of Flying Video Support The Podcast Join the WBE Space Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
We are reaching the end of September which means that my deadline is up and I have to find some kind of job that will help me pay the bills. Support The Podcast Join the WBE Space Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Sveta Bay is the co-founder of makerbox.club a product that was able to grow from 0 $11K in only 3 months. In this interview, you will learn about Sveta's background and how she and Dan , without a tech background, were able to build their product only using NoCode tools and distribute it throughout the Indie community. About Sveta Twitter: https://twitter.com/sveta_bay MakerBox: https://www.makerbox.club/ About this Pod: Twitter: https://twitter.com/wbepodcast Join the Community: https://wannab...
This episode starts with an unexpected adventure... I have been running around trying everything I can think of to boost my MRR. One of the projects has shown some potential (the Indie Lottery) and I found a great match to help me build this project further. Support The Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Anthony and I sat down together to speak about our journey in building our virtual communities for indie makers. We spoke about how it all started, how we were able to grow our communities, and what we have learned in the process. Listen to Part 2: https://indieworldwide.com/podcast/in-person-interview-with-rival-community-builder---wannabe-entrepreneur Watch the full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvpJgmx_zDQ&ab_channel=IndieWorldwide About Anthony Follow Anthony on Twitter: ...
I finally found a type of cold messaging that resulted in great engagement and I will share it with you in this episode. I will also address the post claiming that Indie Hackers are all feeding a Ponzi Scheme and what some of the IH members feel about me. And last but not least I will give you an update on my most recent ProductHunt launch and tell you about and exciting co-working event Anthony and I are organizing. Episode Links Indie Hacking is NOT a Ponzi Scheme Post Why I hate the indie hac...
In this episode, I try to answer the question: "If you could go back in time what would you change in your indie journey?". I will also give you updates on my week and speak about some of my experiments with new possible products. And last but not least I will speak about how gender unbalanced the indie hacker community is. Episode Links Twitter Thread About Female Founders Twitter Thread About Podcast Analytics Support The Podcast Support the pod with $2 month Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join t...
How getting punched in the face made me analyze my approach to entrepreneurism. I also share the current results of my experience uploading all my podcast episodes to youtube, my new exciting projects, and last but not least the invite I got to be a speaker at a conference about the future of work. Future Works Conference About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
I want to adopt a more passive marketing strategy that does not require as much of my daily time as my current want does (Twitter and indiehackers). Today I will share more about this new strategy that focus more on SEO, youtube, and automatic messages. About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter...
After a week of downwards spiraling, I want to tell you what triggered it and what I have learned from it. I will also share some tips on how to get rid of those not-so-good thoughts and feelings. About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter...
Last week I tried to split my time between holidays and work and that ended backfiring since I was not able to do either... I will also talk about the signs of being a creative person and being featured in the Indie Hackers newsletter. Help Ukraine Donation Link About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter...
Kirill quit his job to follow an Indie career and for the past 3 years, he and his business went through the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukrainian invasion, two tremendous challenges that he has been able to overcome and grow his business to $5K MRR. Help Ukraine About Kirill Twitter Impulse.dev About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Downtown Glow by Ghostrifter & Devyzed Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDer...
I sent 50 LinkedIn cold messages to try to acquire new customers for my business and in this episode, you will learn what I was able to accomplish with that (spoiler alert: not much XD). I was also told off by an Indie Hacker's moderator and reached out my highest indie paycheck ever. -> Support This Podcast with $2 Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Thomas is the co-founder of EmailOctopus, a SaaS makings millions in revenue. But his career path started at 16 when he moved to India for three months to learn how to build cricket bats. Listen to his fascinating life story that involves an alternative education and building an extremely successful company. About Thomas Twitter Email Octopus About this Podcast Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Downtown Glow by Ghostrifter ...
I joined NomadList , which is the biggest community out there for digital nomads and I will be giving you my honest review. I will also share about my product's conversion rate and how surprised I was when I found out about Tony Dinh's conversion for Black Magic . Last but not least I will tell you about my indie lottery idea that is having a huge success :) Relevant Links Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Indie Lottery Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://ww...
Today I am catching up with two previous guests of the wannabe entrepreneur podcast. It's been one year since I last spoke with Kavya and Luca, back then they were starting their Indie Hacking career. In this episode, you will discover what they were able to achieve since we last spoke. Relevant Links About the WBE Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space WBE Merch Store DM me on Twitter About Kavya Twitter Resumey First WBE Interview (episode 160) About Luca Twitter Hivoe First WBE Interv...
I have spent the past week exploring many new coffee places to work from and end up finding a great co-working space. I will also give you an update on my info product soft launch. Relevant Links IdeaSpace Co-Working Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Re-Published I have been following Hugo's youtube channel from the beginning and it was a true pleasure to chat with him about his journey. Hugo will tell us about how he grew his youtube channel and how he was able to finance his most recent project as a competitor in the Mini Transat Race (which is a solo transatlantic race). Glossary: Mini Transat: A solo transatlantic yacht race that typically starts in France and ends in the Caribbean. Vendée Globe: A single-handed non-stop round the world ...
I have spent the last week compiling all the information I gathered in all my interviews into an easy-to-follow guide. It will be my first info product. Relevant Links Buy The Bootstrappers Guide Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Kilian Poulin is a young entrepreneur that together with his co-founder decided to follow the indie hacking route immediately after college. Since then they have built 2 big projects. The first one did not work but the second was a success and after one year as reached $13K MRR. MarkCopy is an AI-based product that makes writing great SEO content 3 times faster, it's the closest one can get to a NoMarketing tool. Relevant Links Kilian Twitter Join our Community Buy Our Merch Follow Tiago on Twit...
I finally went to claim my one-month co-working space prize but it turned out not to match my expectations at all. I will also tell you about my new exciting projects and why the wbe space conversion is not convincing me too much. Relevant Links Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
Today I analyze four past WBE interviews with successful indie makers and I will share with you three hidden patterns that are common across all these for WBE guests. You can/should use this knowledge to level up your entrepreneurial game and increase your chances of success. Relevant Links WBE Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Buy me a Coffee Interviews Interview With Michelle Interview with Arvid Interview with Pieter Levels Interview with Marc LG Background Music Music: https://...
I might have overestimated how important my presence is to keep the WBE Space quality, I have been collecting feedback from the current members and re-thinking the value proposition of the community. I will also tell you about how was the first WBE Demo Day and meeting Dagobert in person! Relevant Links Join the WBE Space Merch Store DM me on Twitter Background Music Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/...
This is a republished episode Today I am chatting with Thibault (aka Tibo). He is a serial entrepreneur that has sold 2 startups and is currently building Tweethunter , a company that helps creators grow their audience on Twitter. Tibo gives great tips for any entrepreneur that is planning to bootstrap their company. Believe we don't want to miss this interview ;) Links Join The WBE Space DM me on Twitter Buy WBE Merch About Tibo: Twitter Tweethunter Music And So It Begins by Artificial.Music | ...
