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Trends and realistic business ideas for indie hackers, solopreneurs, and serial makers.


    • Mar 24, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 29 EPISODES


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    Flipping Wordpress and Shopify plugins for fun and profit with Vikas Singhal

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 31:36


    Vikas' Twitter profile Vika's business

    Brainstorming niche site ideas with Jake Lang

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 42:47


    Jake's website Jake's book

    Brainstorming remote work opportunities with Sagiv Ofek

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 51:48


    This episode is brought to you by Founder Flywheel. Sagiv's website Sagiv's Twitter profile Sagiv's summary of our conversation

    Brainstorming SaaS ideas with Tom Zaragoza

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 37:58


    Tom's Twitter account Tom's website

    Unbundling Fiverr and winning the Great Online Game with John Bardos

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 59:29


    John's Twitter account John's newsletter

    Brainstorming Business Ideas with David Kofoed Wind: Figma for X, Capterra automations, and travel adventures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 58:22


    Brainstorming Business Ideas with Andrew Lynch: The opposite of the metaverse, living in nature with friends, Zero to Wine, and Primal Weekends

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 44:29


    Andrew's Twitter account Andrew's website Andrew's thread on the opposite of the metaverse.

    Abandoned Assets, "be ready when they slip", and finance tracking with Tom Dekan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 61:01


    Tom's Twitter profile Tom's website Tom's newsletter Tom's SaaS Redstone HR

    Better outsourcing and professional matchmaking ideas with Tom Dekan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 52:20


    Tom's Twitter profile Tom's website Tom's newsletter Tom's SaaS Redstone HR

    Brainstorming indie maker ideas with Xavier Coiffard (job boards, form builders, ...)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 61:57


    Xavier's Twitter account. Xavier's community. Xavier's info product.

    Brainstorming Data Products, Jungle Scout for X, and Airtable Alternatives with Jordan Hansen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 75:14


    Jordan's Twitter Jordan's agency Cobalt Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 75:56


    Harish is a GPT-3 consultant, founder of MynaOne, and author of the "Definite Guide to building products with OpenAI".

    Mining idea gold on the Shopify App store with Daniel Sim

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 53:13


    Get access to Daniel's private Shopify app store database here. You can connect with Daniel on Twitter. Daniel's website He's currently running App Store Analytics ('Google Search Console for Shopify apps').

    Brainstorming Shopify for SaaS with Travis Fischer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 74:07


    This podcast is brought to you by Opportunities.so. Right now Travis is building Senpai, an asynchronous video platform that allows creators to monetize their expertise. Travis is pretty active on Twitter and you should also check out his amazing blog where he's sharing all the lessons from his ventures.

    Unearthing Opportunities with Alejandro Navia (Psilocybin, Microdosing, and Transformation)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 60:23


    Alejandro's personal website Alejandro's Twitter profile

    Opportunities in real estate with Peter Fabor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 65:22


    This podcast is brought to you by Opportunities.so. Summary of the episode. Peter's website. Peter's Twitter account. Peter's thread on travel niches are growing like crazy.

    Unearthing Opportunities with Matt Klein

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 55:27


    This podcast is brought to you by Opportunities.so. Matt's Twitter Account, Matt's Newsletter

    Brainstorming opportunities in the WordPress ecosystem with Iain Poulson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 61:06


    This podcast is brought to you by Opportunities.so. Resources mentioned in the episode: Iain's website Iain's Twitter account Plugin Rank (Iain's SaaS tool for plugin creators) Integrate (Iain's WordPress-Instagram plugin) WP Trends (Iain's Newsletter) WP User Manager (the plugin Iain acquired) WPContent.io (Iain's WordPress community) WP Rocket (the premium caching plugin that succeeded despite strong competition) Freemius (service that makes it simple to sell WordPress plugin subscriptions)

    Unearthing Opportunities with Keevin O'Rourke (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 46:32


    Keevin's Twitter account Keevin's Newsletter Brainstorms.io It's Under the Radar Newsletter by Rob Sullivan

    Unearthing Opportunities with Andrew Kim (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 58:26


    Andrew's Twitter profile. Andrew's idea list 3. Design Assessment Platform (enterprise Coderbyte but for UX/UI Designers) 4. Speed Runs of Non-Games (GamesDoneQuick but for other digital activities) 1. Homeschooling Extracurricular activities (have homeschooled kids socialize more) 5. Piggyback Distribution. Micro influencer marketing. (get slack/discord/subreddit active community members to 'hunt' your product) 2. Be my guest. Play at exclusive member only places (primarily golf clubs to begin) Summary Jakob and Andrew discuss the idea for design assessment platform, like CoderByte, but for UX/UI designers (1:28) Jakob and Andrew moves on to the next idea – speed runs of non-games (12:04) Jakob and Andrew discuss plans on how to monetize the project / idea (20:09) Jakob and Andrew move on to homeschooling extra-curricular activities (22:28) Jakob and Andrew discusses the next idea – micro influencer marketing (32:17) Jakob asks what the missing link is in the current ecosystem (34:50) Jakob and Andrew discusses their experiences in private / public communities (36:17) Jakob mentions that there's room for improvement for communities in general (44:41) Jakob and Andrew talk about their experience using Circle (46:46) Jakob and Andrew then move to the last idea: find a way to play at exclusive member only places like golf clubs (49:53) Andrew tells what originally prompted this idea (52:57) Jakob mentions how the two last ideas are connected (55:25) Andrew decides what idea he want to execute (57:13)

    Unearthing Opportunities with Keevin O'Rourke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 50:32


    Keevin's Twitter account Keevin's Newsletter Brainstorms.io Sidemail.com

    Unearthing Opportunities with Max Mirho

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 36:46


    Jakob explains how and why he reached out to Max (01:20) Max describes and enumerates what they do on a live show and in business (02:13) Jakob and Max discusses more about the latter's business model and its sustainability (04:51) Max talks about the tools he uses as his primary sponsorship source and eventually scaling it up (05:04) Max tells Jakob the story behind his unnamed agency (07:12) Max mentions how he discovered that speaking at universities, especially private schools, are profitable (11:50) Max talks about how and why he got into the LinkedIn platform (17:27) Max discuss about the project's focus being on the tech side (20:26) Jakob talks about product ideation (22:12) Max says that a lot of stuff they build is more product focused and that he plans to build these into real scalable things (23:38) Max mentions Superstack and explains how he wants to build it (29:48) Jakob talks about his project that collects Substack data and Max expresses his interested (32:40) Max tells more about his plan to launch an online course about LinkedIn automations, SEO, building websites, etc. (34:56) Jakob and Max talk about the benefits of using Twitter (40:35)

    Unearthing Opportunities with Andrew Kim

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 72:31


    Andrew's Twitter profile. Andrew's ideas: 1. Productize my ProductHunt profile as a "Good Luck Charm" because I have the lucky of being user #777777 2. Negotiation Practice or interviewing.io for negotiations (not just salary) 3. Start with a "Why So Expensive" product, and build something around that 4. Collabs GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) 5. Dynamic Price Widget

    Unearthing Opportunities with Luke Cannon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 38:48


    Luke's Twitter Profile Luke's Newsletter David Perell Bot Birdy Bots Hypefury Colony.io Urbit APIs all the way down

    Unearthing Opportunities with Aswin John

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 75:33


    Aswin's website Learn then Apply Aswin's Twitter profile.

    Unearthing Opportunities with Andrew Kamphey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 83:12


    Andrew's Twitter profile Resources we talked about: List of 100 business ideas by Andrew 7 Newsletter Product Ideas for Indie Hackers by Andrew 9 Podcast Product Ideas for Indie Hackers by Andrew Better Sheets Twitter templates by Andrew A tool I built based on the ideation framework shared by Andrew

    Unearthing Opportunities with Menajem Benchimol

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 45:07


    Resources we talked about Product Byte Trends.co Trends.vc Keevin O'Rouke's profile and Product Byte updates on Indiehackers Software Ideas by Kevin Conti Rappi app

    Unearthing Opportunities with Brian Burrous

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 46:09


    Resources we talked about: Capiche.FM My First Million podcast Agency Course How I built this podcast Dickie Bush's Ship 30 for 30 challenge David Perell's Write of Passage Course https://twitter.com/brandonthezhang (his first essay was indeed shared by David Perell) The Day You Became A Better Writer by Scott Adams Writing Guide by Julian Shapiro Fast, Slow Notes by Andy Matuschak The Krystal Theme for Tiddly Wiki

    Unearthing Opportunities with Daniel K. Hunter

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 55:22


    We talk about: Launching on Product Hunt Deals for indie makers why private communities don't really solve the problems that public communities have. Painpoints.io Indie Hackers Trends.vc IndieDrops.com Product Explorer Gum Spy IndieThinkers.org Nesslabs https://jakobgreenfeld.com/gut Trends.co Kaggle Peter Askew RanchWork.com https://www.deepsouthventures.com/i-sell-onions-on-the-internet/

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