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Niche Pursuits Podcast: Find Your Next "Niche" Business Idea!How Dominik Sobe Built a $10k/month SaaSIn this episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, Dominik Sobe shares how he built HelpKit, a SaaS platform that turns Notion into a powerful help center. Dominik dives into his journey from a self-taught developer to scaling his business to over 400 customers and $10K in monthly recurring revenue. He shares invaluable marketing strategies, pricing insights, and lessons learned along the way, offering practical advice for anyone looking to launch or grow their own SaaS product. Don't miss this interview that goes into the world of SaaS entrepreneurship! ** Podcast Sponsor - Ahrefs Ready to j...2025-07-021h 03
Code and Conquer - The Indie Hacker Podcast#021 Digital Nomading with Dominik SobeIn this episode of Code & Conquer, Dominik Sobe, a full-time digital nomad and indie hacker, discusses his journey as a solopreneur and the development of his product, HelpKit. He shares his experience of overcoming burnout and the importance of having a supportive community. Dominik also talks about the power of building in public and how it helped him gain traction for his product. He shares the creative idea of creating a fake customer support shop as an April Fools' joke and the positive response it received. Overall, Dominik emphasizes the importance of finding the right market fit and leveraging...2024-05-031h 28
SaaS Growth Podcast - SaaS Startups, Marketing & Growth Tips from Successful EntrepreneursUnlocking Success: Navigating the World of Knowledge Bases with Indie Hacker Dominik Sobe, Founder of HelpKit.soJoin host Carl on the SaaS Growth Podcast as he chats with Dominik Sobe, the founder of HelpKit.so.Explore Dominik's journey from aspiring management consultant to successful indie hacker and digital nomad. Discover the story behind HelpKit and its mission to simplify knowledge base management.Learn about the importance of knowledge bases in improving customer support and experience. Gain practical tips for crafting effective knowledge bases and enhancing user engagement.Explore Dominik's innovative customer acquisition strategies and the role of free utility tools as lead magnets.Uncover insights into balancing product...2024-02-1126 min
BootstrFMBootstr Episode 6 with DagobertIn this sixth episode of BootstrFM, we have Dagobert as our main guest. He shares all about his journey, why he decided to stop working on his startup, when we can expect the next startup memes and most importantly, what he will be up to in the future.2023-11-291h 01BootstrFMBootstr Episode 5 with Nico from TalknotesIn the fifth episode of BootstrFM, we have Nico Jeannen as our main guest. Nico is the founder of TalkNotes. In this episode he shares all about his bootstrapping journey, from his background in advertisement and how he learnt how to code in just a few months, to his success with TalkNotes and other acquired startups.2023-11-221h 10BootstrFMBootstr Episode 4 with Pieter Levels from PhotoAI, NomadList and RemoteOKIn this fourth episode of BootstrFM, we welcome the one and only Levelsio (aka Pieter) as guest. Pieter has founded many startups, including NomadList, RemoteOK and PhotoAI. In this episode we ask Pieter how he started out, why he's so successful, what harsh truths and advices he can give us and what's next for him.2023-11-151h 17BootstrFMBootstr Episode 3 with Adriaan from Simple AnalyticsIn our third episode of BootstrFM, we have Adriaan as guest. Adriaan is the founder of Simple Analytics and will share about his bootstrapping journey. We also have other drop-in guests chime in and talk about the pros and cons of having a co-founder.2023-11-081h 05BootstrFMBootstr Episode 2 with Jon Yongfook from BannerbearIn our second episode of BootstrFM, we have Jon Yongfook bootstrapped indie hacker founder of Bannerbear, sharing about his bootstrapping journey. We also have a few other drop-in guests chime in and talk about marketing strategies and experimenting with what kind of products are good to build.2023-11-0152 minBootstrFMBootstr Episode 1 with Dominik from HelpkitThis very first episode of BootstrFM starts off with an interview with Dominik, an indie hacker that built HelpKit. Afterwards, others in the community chime in and talk about copycats and defining the line between inspiration and copying as well as getting the first customers and going from zero to one when starting out building a SaaS2023-10-2548 min
On my Way#21 Dominik SobeDominik is a successful solo-preneur and indie-hacker. He develops apps like HelpKit and Casetools.app. Check out his company page https://sevendegrees.io/ for more. Dominik's first appearance on OmW can be found here.
Listen to a conversation fully loaded with talk about performance, routines, and Dominik's account on his first three years as a digital nomad. Starting minute 01:18:00 Dominik shares how to get started with bootstrapped (aka self-financed) entrepreneurship and why trying out solo-preneurship is a valuable experience for every founder.
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Happy Bootstrapping - Der Podcast für Gründer:innen und BootstrapperHB #21 mit Dominik Sobe von HelpKit.sovom Hackathon Wochenende in Portugal zu 10.000 $ MRR
Mein Name ist Andreas Lehr und in diesem Podcast interviewe ich wöchentlich wechselnde Unternehmer:innen zu Ihrer Geschichte.
In Folge 21 habe ich mit Dominik Sobe von HelpKit.so gesprochen.
HelpKit ist ein Software-as-a-Service Helpcenter, welches auf der populären Dokument- und Projektmanagement Software Notion basiert.
HelpKit entstand an einem Hackathon Wochenende in Portugal und Dominik ist damit kurz davor, 10.000 $ MRR (Monthly Recuring Revenue) zu erreichen.
Bereits zum Studium verlagerte Dominik seine Home-Base von Österreich nach Portugal und reist seitdem um die Welt. Fokus neben Portugal ist...2023-05-021h 18
On my Way#1 - Dominik Sobe[Legacy Episode: Recorded on November 19th 2021]
Dominik Sobe is a self taught indie-hacker, Web3 enthusiast and product designer. He solo developed successful apps like Getnutri.app, Casetools.app and Storepreviewer.com.
Originally from Austria, he now enjoys the global-nomad life (currently in Indonesia) and grows his company Seven Degrees Labs.
Tune in to listen to our conversation about Indie Hacking, Token-Economies, Grad-School and Entrepreneurship.
Note: Being the first one, the audio has its shortcomings and improves gradually over the next episodes. 2022-12-311h 46
Indie BitesBootstrapping Helpkit to $4.5k MRR - Dominik Sobe, HelpkitToday I’m joined by Dominik Sobe, the founder of Helpkit, a product he started last year that turns Notion pages into a professional help center, doing $4.5k MRR. In this episode we talk about Dom’s many failed projects, how he finally found something that worked with Helpkit and how he went from wanting to be a management consultant to being an indie hacker.What we covered in this episode:Dom’s previous projectsWanting to become a management consultantManagement consultant to indie hackerMaking his first internet moneyBeing embarrassed about your first productOverengineering your first productBuilding an MVP...2022-09-2615 min