Description
My name is Tiago and I am a full time Indie Maker.
I build startups without any external investment and my goal is to perfect my entrepreneurial craft and reach $100K ARR (Annual Recurrent Revenue)
Join me as I narrate my story and interview other entrepreneurs.
Episodes
- Episode#271 - How My MRR Went From $40 to $700 in 2022How did my MRR grow in 2022? In this episode, I will go through some of my podcast episodes of 2022 and tell you how they affected my journey and what I was able to learn from them.Watch My InterviewSupport...
- Episode#270 - Interviewing Marie About Founding TallyForms and Being a ParentCan you build a company while having a newborn? Together with her partner Filip, Marie Martens built a company to 30K MRR while raising their newborn daughter. In this interview, you will hear the story that...
- Episode#269 - My First Hire (I am going all in!)When should you make your first hire? For me was a combination of finding the right person for the job with filling in a very important role in the community (event organizer). I will also speak about the...
- Episode#268 - My One Ultimate Advice For Indie MakersMy ultimate indie hacking advice is... I guess you will have to hear this episode to find out ;) Besides that, I will also speak about other general philosophical topics... I will speak about how Cristiano...
- Episode#267 - I Fired My First Client (WBE Drama)Did you ever have to fire a paying client? I recently went through that unpleasant experience in the wbe community and will tell you all about it. Besides, I will also be speaking about ChatGPT and will share...
- Episode#266 - Interviewing Matt Gale About Freelancing, Indie Making and Nomad LifeWhat is the best path to financial independence? Matt and his wife decided to adopt a digital nomad lifestyle. They are both entrepreneurs and Matt is trying to navigate freelancing and his indie projects. We...
- Episode#265 - What can we learn from the Indie Astronauts?Are they just lucky or do they actually know what they are doing? One of the members of a youtube channel I follow actually got a fully paid trip to space! One thing he said in that video really got me...
- Episode#264 - My Part-Time Freelancing Is Paying The BillsCan you work part-time and still be an Indie Hacker? Well, yes! I have been focusing on finding short time projects that help me pay the bills while still having time to work on my projects. I will talk about...
- Episode#263 - Talking Anxieties With My Best Friend (No Filters)My good friend and I sat down and had an open-hearted conversation about our jobs, anxieties, and plans for the future. I am an Indie Hacker and he is a Project Manager working for a tech company. We both...
- Episode#262 - Interviewing Simon Høiberg about Lessons from His Journey to $400K ARRHow did Simon Høiberg reach $400K ARR? In this conversation, we will learn more about Simon's background (did you know that he started in sales??) and try to extract as much knowledge as possible from his...
- Episode#261 - How I Am Implementing The Viral LoopI start the episode with a review of the Websummit 2022. After I speak about the launch of the Indie Lottery and what went well and what we have to improve. And last but not least I will speak about the viral...
- Episode#260 - Building A Marketing Viral Loop With Tony DinhIn this episode, I interviewed Tony Dihn about how can Indie Makers build an integrated viral loop in their products. It's a short conversation where you will learn about what is a viral loop and how can you...
- Episode#259 - Gigantic Speaker Almost Fell On My Head!!Today I attended the first day of the Web Submit and I will share with you my first thoughts. I will also speak about the process of building and launching our new product: The Indie LotteryTony Dinh Speaking...
- Episode#258 - Interviewing Mariana Trigo About Shifting From Biology To TechAt 22 Mariana was living a life that certainly was making her parents proud, however, she was urging for something more. That's when she decided to quit everything and go travel. That ignited a big shift in...
- Episode#257 - The Secret Price of a Product That No One KnowsI had an eureka moment around the true price of products and I will tell you about it in this episode. I will also share how I was able to make money with the indielottery.com even before launching the...
- Episode#256 - I Just Reached 1600 Twitter FollowersToday I am speaking about the strategies I am applying to find a suitable job for me. At the same time, I will share some tips that I learn to great tweets with better engagement. And last but not least I...
- Episode#255 - Interviewing Julien Nahum About Bootstrapping NotionForms to 160K ARRJulien Nahum is a successful bootstrapper that was able to grow his NoCode SaaS NotionForms to $160K MRR in just one year. Before that Julien has built many interesting businesses and worked at amazon. Get...
- Episode#254 - My First Ever Indie Hacker TalkI was invited to speak about indie hacking on a Future.Works conference and I will tell you all about how the talk went and what I have learned from the event. I will also share about a less positive incident...
- Episode#253 - Paid Communities Are The Future Of Social MediaIn this episode, I will give you an update on what I was able to achieve in the past week despite being on holiday. I speak about how the community is growing, how I prepared my first talk about Indie...
- Episode#252 - No More Full Time Indie HackingWe are reaching the end of September which means that my deadline is up and I have to find some kind of job that will help me pay the bills.Support The PodcastJoin the WBE SpaceBuy The Bootstrappers...
- Episode#251 - Interviewing Sveta Bay About Building A Successful Info ProductSveta Bay is the co-founder of makerbox.club a product that was able to grow from 0 $11K in only 3 months. In this interview, you will learn about Sveta's background and how she and Dan, without a tech...
- Episode#250 - I Think I Just Found a Co-FounderThis episode starts with an unexpected adventure...I have been running around trying everything I can think of to boost my MRR. One of the projects has shown some potential (the Indie Lottery) and I found a...
- Episode#249 - Chatting with Anthony About Our Indie Communities [Part 1]Anthony and I sat down together to speak about our journey in building our virtual communities for indie makers. We spoke about how it all started, how we were able to grow our communities, and what we have...
- Episode#248 - A Cold Messaging Technique That Actually Works!I finally found a type of cold messaging that resulted in great engagement and I will share it with you in this episode.I will also address the post claiming that Indie Hackers are all feeding a Ponzi Scheme...
- Episode#247 - Why Is It So Hard To Answer This Question?In this episode, I try to answer the question: "If you could go back in time what would you change in your indie journey?". I will also give you updates on my week and speak about some of my experiments with...
- Episode#246 - I Got Punched in the FaceHow getting punched in the face made me analyze my approach to entrepreneurism. I also share the current results of my experience uploading all my podcast episodes to youtube, my new exciting projects, and...
- Episode#245 - I am trying a new Passive Marketing StrategyI want to adopt a more passive marketing strategy that does not require as much of my daily time as my current want does (Twitter and indiehackers). Today I will share more about this new strategy that focus...
- Episode#243 - I Always Feel Like I Have Not Worked EnoughAfter a week of downwards spiraling, I want to tell you what triggered it and what I have learned from it. I will also share some tips on how to get rid of those not-so-good thoughts and feelings.About this...
- Episode#242 - My Hybrid Hollidays BackfiredLast week I tried to split my time between holidays and work and that ended backfiring since I was not able to do either... I will also talk about the signs of being a creative person and being featured in...
- Episode#241 - Interviewing Kirill About Building an Indie Business during Covid-19 and the Ukrainian InvasionKirill quit his job to follow an Indie career and for the past 3 years, he and his business went through the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukrainian invasion, two tremendous challenges that he has been able to...
- Episode#240 - I Sent 50 Cold Linkedin MessagesI sent 50 LinkedIn cold messages to try to acquire new customers for my business and in this episode, you will learn what I was able to accomplish with that (spoiler alert: not much XD). I was also told off...
- Episode#239 - Interviewing Thomas Evans about building his successful indie businessThomas is the co-founder of EmailOctopus, a SaaS makings millions in revenue. But his career path started at 16 when he moved to India for three months to learn how to build cricket bats. Listen to his...
- Episode#238 - I Joined NomadListI joined NomadList, which is the biggest community out there for digital nomads and I will be giving you my honest review.I will also share about my product's conversion rate and how surprised I was when I...
- Episode#237 - It's been one year. Where are they now?Today I am catching up with two previous guests of the wannabe entrepreneur podcast. It's been one year since I last spoke with Kavya and Luca, back then they were starting their Indie Hacking career. In this...
- Episode#236 - I Found an Amazing Co-Working SpaceI have spent the past week exploring many new coffee places to work from and end up finding a great co-working space. I will also give you an update on my info product soft launch.Relevant LinksIdeaSpace...
- Episode#235 - Interview with The Sailing Frenchman [Re-Published]Re-PublishedI have been following Hugo's youtube channel from the beginning and it was a true pleasure to chat with him about his journey. Hugo will tell us about how he grew his youtube channel and how he...
- Episode#234 - My First Info Product Is OutI have spent the last week compiling all the information I gathered in all my interviews into an easy-to-follow guide. It will be my first info product.Relevant LinksBuy The Bootstrappers GuideJoin the WBE...
- Episode#233 - Interviewing Kilian About Building a Profitable NoMarketing ToolKilian Poulin is a young entrepreneur that together with his co-founder decided to follow the indie hacking route immediately after college. Since then they have built 2 big projects. The first one did not...
- Episode#232 - Low Conversions and Bad Co-Working SpacesI finally went to claim my one-month co-working space prize but it turned out not to match my expectations at all. I will also tell you about my new exciting projects and why the wbe space conversion is not...
- Episode#231 - The Secret Patterns of Successful EntrepreneursToday I analyze four past WBE interviews with successful indie makers and I will share with you three hidden patterns that are common across all these for WBE guests. You can/should use this knowledge to...
- Episode#230 - Dagobert Sat On My CouchI might have overestimated how important my presence is to keep the WBE Space quality, I have been collecting feedback from the current members and re-thinking the value proposition of the community. I will...
- Episode#229 - Interview With Tibo [Re-Published]This is a republished episodeToday I am chatting with Thibault (aka Tibo). He is a serial entrepreneur that has sold 2 startups and is currently building Tweethunter, a company that helps creators grow their...
- Episode#228 - Back from holidays... Is my business still there?Back from the holidays and I want to let you know how the community performed without me being present.Relevant LinksJoin the WBE SpaceMerch StoreDM me on TwitterDemo DayBackground...
- Episode#227 - Interview With Pieter Levels [Re-Published]This is a republished episodeListen to Pieter Levels speak about his upbringing and what motivated him to become an entrepreneur. In this interview, we also try to pin down certain personal characteristics...
- Episode#226 - No Corporate World For Me PleaseAfter a conversation with an executive that worked in a big corporation for multiple years, I realized how backward this corporate world is, which motivates me to keep working on my business until it...
- Episode#225 - Interviewing Nuno Simaria About His Journey Becoming a Top CTONuno Simaria has an incredible tech journey, having worked in multiple startups and scaling HelloFresh from 5 to 650 tech employees. In this interview, Nuno will share about his journey starting from his...
- Episode#224 - I Really Needed This BreakI am sailing on the beautiful coast of Spain and this episode will be more focusing on the "Lifestyle of an Entrepreneur" section. Will reflect on my projects and tell you what's going on in my mind.Relevant...
- Episode#223 - Interviewing Fed About How to Be a Relaxed BootstrapperAfter giving a shot in the startup world Fed decided to give a shot in the indie making world and he has been loving the experience. In today's interview, you will learn more about Fed's journey and how he...
- Episode#222 - How I got 300 Upvotes On My ProductHunt LaunchMy WBE Space ProductHunt launch was successful, having reached the 5th product of the day with more than 300 upvotes. In today's episode, I will tell you how I was able to accomplish this and share some...
- Episode#272 - My Ultimate Indie Plan For 2023How will 2023 differ from 2022? In this episode, we will define together goals for the new year and reflect a little bit on 2022. I will also speak about another FeedHive great featureSponsor...