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Ahrefs PodcastHow to indie-hack to $600K ARR | Jon Yongfook Cockle (Bannerbear)What does it take to build a successful company to $600K as an indie hacker? Jon Yongfook Cockle says successful founders need to have resiliance.
Jon Yongfook would know. In addition to attempting the well-known Indie Hackers challenge 12 Startups in 12 Months, he also went through 20-30 failed projects before striking the right product-market fit with Bannerbear, an image generation software.
In this episode of Ahrefs Podcast, Jon Yongfook lays out:
(0:00) Introduction
(01:33) The state of the Indie Hackers community
(03:19) Doing the 12 startups in 12 months challenge
(09:24) Coming up with the idea for Bannerbear
(14:06) Bannerbear design
(17:02) Marketing week/coding week
(19:44) Building in...2024-06-1859 min
BootstrFMBootstr 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 min
Indie BitesMaking $200k a year teaching Google Sheets - Andrew KampheyToday I’m joined by Andrew Kamphey, who is the founder of Better Sheets, a platform of tools and tutorials to get better at using Google Sheets, that has done well over $200k in revenue since he launched in 2020. He started out working as a tech on cruise ships, before moving to LA to work in the film industry, which is where he gained all of his Google Sheets prowess. From here he’s had a meandering life journey, working while travelling South East Asia, starting and selling an influencer newsletter, writing a book about charging and even launching a Sa...2023-09-2114 min
Startup to Something97: I built this for you MarcMatt is in the hotseat this week: he is trying to market the amazon product finder during a reddit blackout. He’s also breaking ground and making progress on his developer assistant. The guy's discuss how they'd monetize Jon Yongfook's engineering as marketing project onlinecertificategenerator.com.Mentions:PowerImporterMemberRowProductAIGet in touch!Marc’s Twitter and MastodonMatt’s Twitter and Mastodon2023-06-1543 min
Startups For the Rest of UsEpisode 628 | The 5 PM Pre-Validation FrameworkIn episode 628, join Rob Walling on a solo adventure where he dives into his newest framework. The 5 PM Pre-Validation Framework is a helpful way to evaluate different startup ideas through a set of criteria to gauge the size of the opportunity.
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Topics we cover:
3:37 - Why is it called The 5 P.M. Idea Validation Fr...2022-10-0429 minIndie BitesEnding the VC dream and pivoting to an indie company - David Kofoed Wind, EduflowDavid Kofoed Wind is the co-founder and CEO of Eduflow an education platform started in 2015 as Peergrade, which was a peer to peer feedback tool. David is the definition of technical, having studied for a degree in applied math and computer science, then a Ph.D in machine learning. This is where the idea for Peergrade was born, as he started teach a course in data science and solved his own problem.👉 Extended version of this episode.What we covered in this episode:How Peergrade started in 2015Scratching your own itchSelling to universitiesUsing your "unf...2022-08-3115 min
SaaS Connection#51 Thibault Louis-Lucas, cofondateur de TweetHunter. Tester de nombreux projets pour trouver le bon. Pour ce nouvel épisode de SaaS Connection, je reçois Thibault Louis-Lucas, le cofondateur de TweetHunter et Taplio.
Après avoir monté plusieurs startups (Pistache app, MagiCats Builder) et un passage chez MakeMeReach en tant que CTO, Thibault et son associé Thomas décident début 2021 de lancer 12 projets en 6 mois.
Inspiré par Peter Levels et d’autres “IndieHackers”, cette technique permet de tester de nombreux projets jusqu’à en trouver un qui a plus de traction.
Pour Thibault et Thomas, le bon projet sera le 8ème, TweetHunter.
TweetHunter c’est une solution qui aide les...2022-05-1050 minIndie BitesCandle dealer builds $5k MRR software to solve own problem - Dianna Allen & Jeremy Blalock, InventoraIn this episode I’ve got my first ever returning guest with Dianna Allen and first ever double act as we’re joined by her fiance Jeremy Blalock. I spoke to Dianna about a year ago after growing her handmade candle business from $100 to $50k in that year. Since then Dianna is still running TERRA and doubled the revenue in 2021, but has also co-founded Inventora which has just hit $5k MRR. Inventora is inventory tracking system for handmade businesses, solving Dianna’s own problem with TERRA.👉 Join the Indie Feast membership here.What we covered in this e...2022-03-2715 min
Default Alive55 | Someone should create a SaaS marketing courseCorey feels the pressure to create new course content and pitch premium sponsorships before the holidays. Chris launches a new search feature and Webflow template along with it. They also talk about YNAB's pricing update snafu, emailing Seth Godin, and a tweet by Jon Yongfook about SaaS marketing.Ask us a question →Notable mentions:Jetboost Search HighlightingNew FAQ cloneableJetboost's new changelogJon Yongfook's tweetMore podcasts for bootstrappersLearn more about their businesses:Swipe FilesJetboostFollow them on Twitter:@coreyhainesco@c_spags2021-11-091h 00Indie BitesBootstrapping two $3k MRR projects, selling one for $55k - Andy Cloke, Data FetcherAndy Cloke is the founder of Data Fetcher, a platform for running API requests in Airtable, which is currently doing around $3k MRR. Andy has started many projects in the past, his most recent one, Influence Grid, was sold for $55k back in mid-2020, having only started it 7 months before. In this episode we talk about his framework for finding trending ideas, building a product and being successful with marketing as a developer. We also talk about the process of selling your product and how to make that go smoothly.What we coveredAndy's backgroundKabooshiWhy Andy...2021-09-2216 min
The Farmspot Podcast#30 - Le crypto-fellowship (annonce!), Comment @yongfook fait $18k/m avec Bannerbear en solopreneur, la mouvance du live-shoppingFrançois Majean (@Franmjn) & Jeddi Mees (@antinertia) présentent le 30ième épisode The Farmspot Podcast dans lequel ils discutent des business & opportunités intéressantes qu'ils découvrent.
Dans cet épisode, on parle :
1. Le crypto-fellowship de FabricVC & Frst avec Jeddi https://www.lecryptofellowship.com/
2. L'histoire de Jon Yongfook, le solopreneur digital-nomad qui a créé BannerBear ($18k/m) https://twitter.com/yongfook https://www.bannerbear.com/
3. Le live-shopping avec https://bambuser.com & https://usehero.com
4. Digression, on parle de tout et de rien
00:00 - 12:23 : Jeddi lance une crypto fellowship !
12:23 - 24:02: BannerBear...2021-06-0749 min
Indie Hackers#208 – How this Indie Hacker Blew Past $10K MRR with Jon Yongfook of BannerbearJoining me is an indie hacker whose broetry post about how he hit $10K MRR went viral. I invited him here to walk me through how he got to that milestone and what his new challenges are as he grows his company Bannerbear toward the $1M ARR mark. Follow Jon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yongfookCheck out Bannerbear: https://www.bannerbear.com/Subscribe to Jon's newsletter: https://www.bannerbear.com/open2021-05-2545 min
The Bootstrap MBAEpisode 1: Introducing the Bootstrap MBAThis is the first episode of the Bootstrap MBA, a podcast by Jakob Greenfeld. In this introductory episode, I summarize what my plan for the next 12 month is, what the bootstrap MBA is all about, how I came up with the idea, my motivation, and how I decided what exactly I want to learn
My focus will be:
Ideation: Humble business ideas that have the potential to make $XXX per month and can be validated quickly by a solo-developer.
Software Development: Web apps using Ruby on Rails.
Marketing: Effective product launches and personal brand building via...2020-08-1247 min
Build Your SaaSIs it a good idea to be a transparent startup?Jon and Justin discuss:Good mics for podcasters. Justin recommends the Samson Q2U and the ATR2100. Make sure you get a pop filter!Starting our 6-week cycle (based on Basecamp's Shape Up)Working through unknowns for software projects: "Where do we start?"What's it been like being a transparent startup? Is it still a good idea?"It feels less and less comfortable, and I don't know why." – Jon"All people see is the revenue numbers; they don't understand what's happening underneath those numbers." – Justin"Wait a second. Bootstrapped startups are different: the goal isn't to change the way...2019-09-1745 min