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How a Gourmet Marshmallow Business Makes $300K/Month
Lindzi Shanks started XO Marshmallow with $200 and a Pinterest recipe. Ten years later, she's selling 3 million marshmallows a year. Here's exactly how she did it.
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A space where I retell the indie-hacker and tech stories I find on YouTube — in my own voice. From tech news to building solo, everything here is watched and written up firsthand.
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StoryHow to Build an AI Company: Lessons from Opus Clip's CEO
Young Zhao grew Opus Clip to 50 million users and a $215M valuation in under 3 years. Here's the exact playbook he used — from failed pivot to product-market fit.
#AIstartup#productmarketfit#OpusClip#founderadvice
Tech NewsThe Old Indie Hacking Playbook Is Broken
AI, market saturation, and VC-backed freemium products have killed the 'build first, market later' model. Here's what actually works now.
#indieHacking#audienceBuilding#solopreneurship#nicheMarketing
StoryMy Failed Startup Journey and the Truth About Indie Hacking
I tried to build a startup after watching The Social Network. Here's what actually happened — and why I'd do it all over again.
#indiehacking#startups#SaaS#entrepreneurship
StoryHow He Built 45 Apps and Hit $30K/Month
Benji built over 45 apps before finally committing to one — and that focus took Snag from $0 to $30K MRR in under four months.
#mobileapps#appdevelopment#entrepreneurship#UGCmarketing
StoryHow He Makes $120K/Month From His Hobbies
Kyle Fowler didn't chase trends. He built apps for his own hobbies — and now pulls in over $120,000 a month from two card-scanning apps.
#appdev#indiedev#hobbybusiness#mobiledevelopment
StoryWhy 99% of Software Engineers Fail at Indie Hacking
Technical skill is the smallest part of the equation. Here's what the data actually says about indie hacking success — and what the winners do differently.
#IndieHacking#SoftwareEngineering#Entrepreneurship#PersonalBrand
StoryHow They Cloned a $1B Company and Hit $50K/Month
David and his brother Daniel bootstrapped Shipper, an AI app builder, to $50K/month — with no VC money, no technical background, and no original idea.
#SaaS#bootstrapped#AIappbuilder#nocode