Indie Hackers

Courtland and Channing Allen interview the ambitious indie hackers who are turning their ideas and s

Episodes

Total: 290

#227 – Constraints, Longevity, and Avoiding Competition with John O'Nolan from Ghost
2021/9/22
11 chapters Transcript

In this episode I'm talking to John O'Nolan (@JohnONolan), the founder of Ghost. For the last year,

#226 – How to Be Your Own VC with James Layfield of Clearfind
2021/9/15
6 chapters Transcript

Today I'm talking to James Layfield (@layfield) a founder who put $3M of his own money into his comp

#225 – Growth Tactics, Audience Building, and Brains with Julian Shapiro of Demand Curve
2021/9/8
9 chapters Transcript

In this episode I talk to my buddy Julian Shapiro about proven growth tactics for a SaaS he's seen w

#224 – Deploying Empathy to Build Better Businesses with Michele Hansen of Geocod.io
2021/9/1
1 chapters Transcript

My guest today is Michele Hansen (@mjwhansen) and she is here to challenge the stereotype that devel

#223 – How to Master Passive Growth with Rob Fitzpatrick of Write Useful Books
2021/8/25
11 chapters Transcript

In this episode I catch up with Rob Fitzpatrick (@robfitz) about his new book, Write Useful Books. W

#222 – A Model with Built-in Virality with Valentin Hinov of Thankbox
2021/8/18
7 chapters Transcript

In this episode I talk to Indie Hacker Valentin Hinov (@ValCanBuild). He is someone caught the pande

#221 – How an Indie Hacker is Competing with Buffer with Samy Dindane of Hypefury
2021/8/11
10 chapters Transcript

In this episode I catch up with Samy Dindane (@SamyDindane), the creator of Twitter growth tool Hype

#220 – Be Brave, Not Cool, with Michael Seibel of Y Combinator
2021/8/4
1 chapters Transcript

Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) and I discuss the secret sauce of what goes on inside Y Combinator and ho

#219 – How to Make Your Business Model a Win-Win-Win - with Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez of Every
2021/7/28
13 chapters Transcript

My guests today have a really exciting business model and strategy that I want to dig into. Dan Ship

#218 – Making Money and Being Happy with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri of My First Million
2021/7/21
12 chapters Transcript

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) have both sold their businesses and are currently h

#217 – How a Near-Death Experience Turned a VC-Backed Founder into a Bootstrapper with Kyle Gawley of Gravity
2021/7/14
12 chapters Transcript

Kyle Gawley (@kylegawley) was running a high-growth, venture-backed company when he ended up in the

#216 – The "Hardcore Year" Approach to $10k/Month in Revenue with Andrey Azimov of Sheet2Site
2021/7/7
9 chapters Transcript

In this episode I talk to Andrey Azimov (@andreyazimov) about moving to Bali with a $3K runway and l

#215 – Why You Don't Have To Be "A Business Person" To Succeed - with Dan Cederholm of Dribbble
2021/6/30
12 chapters Transcript

Today I'm talking to Dan Cederholm (@simplebits) about his somewhat reluctant journey into growing D

#214 – Getting A Big Exit By Being A Small Player In A Small Pond with Chris Bakke of Interviewed
2021/6/23
14 chapters Transcript

Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke) came on my radar when he posted an AMA on Indie Hackers after selling his

#213 – An Indie Hacker's Process to Reach $10K MRR
2021/6/18
9 chapters Transcript

Molly Wolchansky is the founder of The Agent Nest (@theagentnest), an application that manages socia

#212 – Actionable Steps for Building the Right Business with Arvid Kahl
2021/6/15
4 chapters Transcript

Today's guest recently sold his company, FeedbackPanda, but instead of disappearing to an island, I'

#211 – Making 5-figures a Month as an OnlyFans Creator with Aella and Savannah Solo
2021/6/10
11 chapters Transcript

Today I'm talking to two of the top creators on OnlyFans: Savannah Solo and Aella. Each of them is e

#210 – How to Take On Huge Incumbents as a Solo Founder with Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal
2021/6/2
1 chapters Transcript

Derrick Reimer has been following a playbook that involves taking on big players in a market by draf

#209 – Business Books, Coaches, and "Getting Rich" with John Doherty of Credo
2021/5/28
7 chapters Transcript

Since John Doherty (@dohertyjf) was on the podcast three years ago, he's completely changed the busi

#208 – How this Indie Hacker Blew Past $10K MRR with Jon Yongfook of Bannerbear
2021/5/25
10 chapters Transcript

Joining me is an indie hacker whose broetry post about how he hit $10K MRR went viral. I invited him