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It's the hardest thing, but once you get over it, nothing can stop you.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-i-went-looking-for-inspiration-found-it-launched-successfully-879d6f0892"},{"byline":"Alexandra Persea of Burner Mail ($400/mo)","quote":"Our ultimate goal is to get to ramen profitability, and be able to live off of our profits.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-slow-and-steady-is-getting-us-to-our-goal-of-ramen-profitability-b836541931"},{"byline":"Hiram Nuñez of Tee Tweets ($1.2K/mo)","quote":"If you're waiting for the 'perfect time' to come along, it never will.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/taking-the-leap-despite-looming-debt-and-figuring-it-out-as-i-go-31c7348825"},{"byline":"Colin Gray of Alitu ($3.4K/mo)","quote":"Don’t listen to people who say you can’t make it work as a single founder.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-i-built-a-scalable-product-that-fuels-my-business-and-vice-versa-32ab051fb9"},{"byline":"Diony McPherson of Paperform ($26K/mo)","quote":"Don’t look to your competitors for inspiration. 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What you do next is more important.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/from-side-project-for-internal-use-to-viable-standalone-company-9535a1f40d"},{"byline":"Michal Ptacek of Officelovin' ($3K/mo)","quote":"Don't worry about the technology you use — just ship the product as soon as possible.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-i-followed-the-money-to-build-a-3k-mo-office-showcase-a504f2c172"},{"byline":"Wyatt Jozwowski of Demo ($43K/mo)","quote":"We offered personal demos to every single person that signed up, during which time we attracted more than 800 users.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/overcoming-feature-creep-and-growing-revenue-to-43-000-mo-5943e304b9"},{"byline":"Hamed of Al-Khabbaz Stay22 ($5K/mo)","quote":"I'm a firm believer that almost any skill can be taught. 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I'm still the only full-time employee.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/in-it-for-the-long-haul-growing-from-20-day-to-110-000-mo-c8a638ca1a"},{"byline":"Michael Hebenstreit of MH Themes ($30K/mo)","quote":"This business basically started as a one-man show, and even today it's still just the two of us.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/leaving-my-equity-trading-career-to-build-a-wordpress-business-cd10ed8057"},{"byline":"Gunhee Park of Populum ($70K/mo)","quote":"After a couple years working corporate, I really wanted to quit my job.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/growing-a-hemp-oil-business-to-70-000-mo-in-the-first-year-4f9c325878"},{"byline":"Santiago Basulto of rmotr ($17K/mo)","quote":"Get started with sales as soon as possible. We hackers never pay enough attention to how important sales are.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/waiting-until-our-idea-was-validated-to-write-a-line-of-code-149f0f7091"},{"byline":"Jon Sherman of Practical Golf ($3K/mo)","quote":"I had zero experience running a website, writing professionally, coaching, or building an online audience.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-my-self-published-book-solved-niche-problems-to-reach-1-on-amazon-6f809918c2"},{"byline":"Andrew Elliott of GoDesignerGo ($1.5K/mo)","quote":"I was a bit of a fanatical saver at the time. I think I still had some birthday money from my 8th birthday party in my savings account. 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Store up enough cash in reserve and give it a go before it's too late.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-a-previous-failure-helped-me-build-a-5k-mo-business-7cde911282"},{"byline":"Mehdi Kajbaf of Matboard and More ($170K/mo)","quote":"Start. That means develop your product and launch it. Don't wait for it to be perfect. ","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/divide-and-conquer-growing-to-170k-mo-by-delegating-tasks-f0b7b2b98d"},{"byline":"Ryan Frahm of Shoppe ($120K/mo)","quote":"Listen to your customers! This turns them into loyal customers. And loyal customers bring you new customers.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/passing-1m-yr-by-leveraging-the-power-of-word-of-mouth-referrals-33727a5fb4"},{"byline":"Om Suthar of SQRL ($1K/mo)","quote":"Reach out and ask questions. You’d be surprised how many responses you get if you are candid, have integrity, and aren’t a pushy asshole about it.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/disrupting-the-healthcare-industry-while-balancing-a-9-to-5-5c0c707c09"},{"byline":"Josh Pigford of Baremetrics ($134K/mo)","quote":"I've been self-employed for basically all of my adult life, minus a 7-week lapse in judgment right out of college.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/growing-a-revenue-analytics-platform-to-83-000-mo-6647b9f67d"},{"byline":"Rob Caraway of GifShare ($10K/mo)","quote":"Ship stuff. Building a product and showing no one is the easiest thing in the world.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-i-built-a-suite-of-mobile-apps-that-made-over-240-000-a76544a004"},{"byline":"Ervin Kalemi of Publer ($3K/mo)","quote":"Believe in what you're building! If you don't, people's negativity will rip you apart more than anything else.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/marketing-across-many-channels-to-generate-3k-mo-in-revenue-f67617afea"},{"byline":"Kyle Davidson of Sourced Adventures ($125K/mo)","quote":"First think about how you're going to distribute your product, then work backwards from there.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/identifying-consumer-demand-before-building-my-travel-service-ed3190654c"},{"byline":"Chris Patton of Punchpass ($27K/mo)","quote":"Today, creating a website is easier, marketing is becoming easier, and accepting payments is much easier.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/building-a-solution-to-a-problem-i-found-at-a-local-fitness-club-7708857c1a"},{"byline":"Dominic Wells of Human Proof Designs ($108K/mo)","quote":"I kept building sites that ultimately failed, until I built sites that didn't fail. I just learned by trial and error.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/083-dominic-wells-of-human-proof-designs"},{"byline":"Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad ($350K/mo)","quote":"Spend a weekend being as idealistic as possible—you can always study and learn later, but you can’t do it the other way around.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-i-grew-gumroad-from-a-22-hour-project-to-a-350k-mo-business-4fc6cbc0e8"},{"byline":"Leo Bassam of Plutio ($8K/mo)","quote":"Getting Plutio off the ground was a challenge. While this series of failures demotivated me, they also fueled me to keep going.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-i-built-a-community-to-survive-the-hustle-and-grow-3ae5863ff7"},{"byline":"Ketan Anjaria of HireClub ($14K/mo)","quote":"Raise your prices. We have raised our prices three times and made more money.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-i-overcame-rejection-and-built-a-business-by-focusing-on-community-5ab4e4eeb0"},{"byline":"Luca Micheli of Customerly ($4K/mo)","quote":"If you fail, then start again, over and over, until you succeed.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-i-quit-school-and-learned-to-launch-a-successful-product-83ee0e0cbb"},{"byline":"Evan Marshall of Plain Jane ($70K/mo)","quote":"Don't overthink it. Figure out what makes your product special and copy the rest.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-we-reached-50k-mo-despite-some-big-mistakes-along-the-way-70e6ca57fc"},{"byline":"Ed Vinicombe of UXClub ($450/mo)","quote":"Your first goal should be to get something tangible out there that people can use.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/turning-my-old-skill-into-a-profitable-side-project-db794570a5"},{"byline":"Buster Benson of 750 Words ($20K/mo)","quote":"Always start by working your way back to your north star—what change do you want to bring to yourself and the world?","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/transforming-my-simple-daily-habit-into-20-000-per-month-063525ef84"},{"byline":"Adrian Spiac of TranslatePress ($10K/mo)","quote":"Getting some initial traction is the hardest. it didn't happen overnight. But we believed in the product, so we kept going.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/generating-10-000-per-month-from-a-freemium-business-model-16dd43e3ef"},{"byline":"Malte Scholz of airfocus.io ($14K/mo)","quote":"Launching a SaaS is relatively easy. Making it a success is not.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-im-balancing-multiple-companies-my-family-and-a-passion-project-1eba4e8ab7"},{"byline":"Dave Ceddia of Pure React ($3K/mo)","quote":"Research your customers, understand their pain points, and build them something they already want.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/confronting-my-fears-in-the-hope-of-retiring-early-7b1fbc0821"},{"byline":"Bohumil Pokštefl of Kontentino ($51K/mo)","quote":"Do what you enjoy and what you are passionate about. Those are the things you’ll master.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/growing-a-spin-off-business-to-a-standalone-success-4d51087915"},{"byline":"Bohumil Pokštefl of Kontentino ($51K/mo)","quote":"Do not plan! Do the trial and error process instead.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/growing-a-spin-off-business-to-a-standalone-success-4d51087915"},{"byline":"Manuel Frigerio of Maître ($13K/mo)","quote":"Start charging early and don't wait until the product is ready.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/charging-from-the-beginning-to-grow-to-3-500-mo-in-year-one-b0e2b3fedb"},{"byline":"Dawson Whitfield of Logojoy ($70K/mo)","quote":"What really worked for me is building a small product. The big picture I have for Logojoy will take years.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/creating-an-ai-powered-logo-creator-and-earning-70k-mo-4ebecd547f"},{"byline":"Jan Schulz-Hofen of Planio ($110K/mo)","quote":"When you bootstrap your business, you keep a lot more options for a successful outcome on the table.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/maintaining-a-strong-product-vision-to-bootstrap-to-75-000-mo-bc634054db"},{"byline":"Dave Child of Readable.io ($16K/mo)","quote":"Don't have twins while trying to build a startup.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/turning-a-quest-for-financial-independence-into-a-5k-mo-site-ef487b3af7"},{"byline":"Harry Chen of Altcademy ($7K/mo)","quote":"Ideas are worth nothing unless you make it. Test your ideas quickly and keep improving.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/keeping-things-lean-and-growing-my-online-course-business-583b7d1f8b"},{"byline":"Moe Amaya of HTML Color Codes ($1.3K/mo)","quote":"Start small. When you're just getting started, make sure you get a few small wins under your belt.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/growing-to-1-300-mo-by-finding-solid-distribution-channels-85c0ec6141"},{"byline":"Jordan Gonen of Disrupt Cards ($1.5K/mo)","quote":"Invest in your customers. Learn about them. Empathize with them. This is the most important thing you can do.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/designing-and-shipping-the-cards-against-humanity-for-startups-977c6fb1e7"},{"byline":"Andrew Carpenter of Intrinio ($10K/mo)","quote":"If we were just trying to fix a problem, we would have quit 2 years ago. We're trying to right a wrong.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/growing-by-staying-scrappy-affordable-and-approachable-f9698c811a"},{"byline":"Daniella Mancini of Scribly ($14K/mo)","quote":"Find something you love, and then just take a leap of faith.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/pushing-past-imposter-syndrome-to-turn-my-passion-into-a-business-4b5e223662"},{"byline":"Ionut Neagu of ThemeIsle ($50K/mo)","quote":"I think your biggest asset is to know yourself, to know your strengths and weaknesses.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/learning-from-past-failures-to-create-a-50-000-month-site-d0f1937486"},{"byline":"Kai Brach of Offscreen Magazine ($10K/mo)","quote":"Being able to make a good living from this is our version of a unicorn.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/overcoming-publishing-hurdles-to-build-a-10k-mo-tech-magazine-afb2a36ec0 "},{"byline":"Christian Beck of UX Power Tools ($16K/mo)","quote":"Not every great idea has to be inspired by the mission that ultimately sustains it.","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/combining-passive-income-dreams-to-create-a-viable-business-2dc98be806"},{"byline":"Jon Brody of Ladder ($200K/mo)","quote":"Always start with the question of, 'What's the actual problem?'","url":"https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-my-professional-poker-skills-helped-me-grow-my-agency-077dab1bfe"},{"byline":"Joel Runyon of Paleo Meal Plans ($15K/mo)","quote":"A lot of people want to spend a lot of time building something crazy technical or complicated. 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