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#265 – From Full-Time Job to $30k/Month with Damon Chen of Testimonial

2022/11/23
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Damon Chen：分享了 Testimonial 项目的成功经验，从最初的月收入 3000 美元到现在的月度经常性收入 (MRR) 达 3 万美元，年度经常性收入接近 40 万美元。他详细描述了项目的发展历程，包括最初的限时优惠策略、转向订阅模式的决策过程，以及在用户增长和产品改进方面的经验。他还谈到了克服孤独感、处理竞争以及设定价格的策略。 Courtland Allen 和 Channing Allen：作为访谈主持人，他们引导 Damon Chen 分享了他的创业历程，并就产品理念、用户获取、市场竞争、定价策略等方面提出了问题，并对 Damon Chen 的经验进行了总结和评价。他们还分享了一些关于独立创业和产品开发的见解。 Courtland Allen 和 Channing Allen：引导访谈，提出问题，并对 Damon Chen 的经验和观点进行总结和评价，例如关于产品验证、增长策略、处理竞争以及独立创业的孤独感等方面。他们还分享了一些独立创业和产品开发的见解，例如快速发布产品的重要性、高价位策略的优势以及建立开发者社区的价值。

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Damon discusses his journey from being a software engineer to becoming an indie hacker, driven by the desire for a better life for his family and the inspiration from the indie hacker community.
  • Damon was a software engineer in Silicon Valley.
  • He applied to jobs at major tech companies but was rejected.
  • He found inspiration in the indie hacker community and decided to build internet projects to make a living.

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Damon Chen (@damengchen) talks failed side projects, validating your idea, charging higher prices than is comfortable, what makes for a good website testimonial, and growing a bootstrapped startup to $30k/mo with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).