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Indie Bites

by James McKinven

Short, bite-sized conversations with indie hackers that have started small, profitable and bootstrapped businesses. You'll learn how they come up with ideas, what they do to validate, find those…

131 episodes

Podcast overview

About this podcast

Short, bite-sized conversations with indie hackers that have started small, profitable and bootstrapped businesses. You'll learn how they come up with ideas, what they do to validate, find those first customers and make a sustainable income. Episodes every Tuesday.

Episodes131total
Frequencyabout 2.1 episodes per monthCalculated from 131 episodes published between Sep 2020 and Oct 2025.
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How often does Indie Bites release episodes?

Indie Bites publishes about 2.1 episodes per month, based on episode dates available in the RSS feed.

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All older episodes of Indie Bites are available on this page, sorted from newest to oldest.

How many episodes of Indie Bites are available?

131 episodes of Indie Bites are listed on this page.

Episodes

Latest first
Ep. 50Apr 4, 202215 min
Bootstrapping a portfolio of SaaS products to $3k MRR - Jim Raptis, BrandBird

Jim Raptis, an indie hacker from Greece who is working full-time on his portfolio of projects, including BrandBird and Magic Pattern, which...

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Ep. 49Mar 27, 202215 min
Candle dealer builds $5k MRR software to solve own problem - Dianna Allen & Jeremy Blalock, Inventora

In 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...

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Ep. 48Mar 16, 202215 min
Gumroad founder's framework for a bootstrapped business - Sahil Lavingia, Gumroad

Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad, the platform that allows creators to sell products online. The beating heart of the creator...

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Ep. 47Mar 14, 202215 min
A solo $130k MRR productized design service - Brett Williams, Designjoy

Brett Williams is the founder of Designjoy, a one-man productised design service that is doing over $130k MRR, charging clients up to $5k a...

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Ep. 46Mar 7, 202214 min
Growing an online card tool to $23k a month - Valentin Hinov, Thankbox

Val Hinov is the founder of Thankbox an online group card tool that grew to $20k p/m throughout lockdown. Now Val is facing the challenges...

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Ep. 45Feb 25, 202215 min
Building a $15m GMV side-project at 15 years old - Che Sampat, SuperPay

Che Sampat is an 18 year old Indie Hacker who built SuperPay in 2019 when he was 15 years old, an app that lets you generate easy payment...

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Ep. 44Feb 8, 202215 min
Mental health as a founder and the importance of community - Tom Ross, Design Cuts

In this episode we’re joined by Tom Ross, who is the founder of Design Cuts, a marketplace and community for creatives which he’s grown to...

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Ep. 43Feb 3, 202214 min
Growing to $8.5k MRR in 1 year - Marie Martens, Tally.so

Marie Martens the co-founder of Tally, an easy way to create forms online. She left her stable marketing job to start Tally with her...

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Ep. 42Jan 29, 202216 min
Growing to $4m+ despite Apple cloning their product - Matt Ronge, Astropad

Matt Ronge is the co-founder and CEO at Astropad, a product that turns your iPad into a second screen both on Windows and Mac, started back...

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Ep. 41Jan 24, 202215 min
Bootstrapping a SaaS to millions in revenue - Ben Orenstein, Tuple

Ben Orenstein is the founder of Tuple, a tool for remote pair programmers that has been steadily growing for the past few years. Now, Ben...

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Ep. 40Jan 15, 202215 min
4 years of failed projects to full-time indie hacker - Kenneth Cassel, Pointer.gg

Today I’m joined by Kenneth Cassel the founder of Pointer.gg a product he pivoted from Slip.so, a course platform making it easy for...

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Ep. 39Nov 18, 202115 min
Nailing your marketing as a founder - Peter Suhm, Reform

Peter Suhm is the co-founder of Reform, a tool that lets you easily create simple, brandable forms. Peter is also part of the Tiny Seed 1st...

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Ep. 38Nov 13, 202115 min
From lifelong bootstrapper to raising calm funding - Brian Casel, ZipMessage

Brian Casel is a veteran of the bootstrapping game, having left his full-time job back in 2008. You might have heard him on the Boostrapped...

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Ep. 37Nov 8, 202116 min
Leaving a $500k job to build a portfolio of small bets - Daniel Vassallo

In 2019 Daniel Vassallo left his $500k salaried job at Amazon to go indie. In the 2 years since he left Daniel has placed many small bets,...

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Ep. 36Oct 31, 202116 min
From $500k to $1m in 6 months with a podcast agency - Harry Morton, Lowerstreet

Harry Morton is the founder of Lower Street Media, a podcast production agency that specialises in premium podcasts for ambitious...

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Ep. 35Oct 28, 202115 min
Taking on Google with Fathom Analytics and growing a course to $150k - Jack Ellis, Fathom

Jack Ellis is the co-founder of Fathom Analytics, started with Paul Jarvis in 2019. Jack handles the technical side of the business, but...

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Ep. 34Oct 20, 202116 min
Building a portfolio of projects to $6k in one month - Pete Codes, No CS Degree

Pete runs No CS Degree, among other things, sharing stories of people who have made it as a developer, without going down the traditional...

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Ep. 33Oct 13, 202115 min
Growing Upvoty to $17k MRR - Mike Slaats, Upvoty

Mike Slaats is the founder of Upvoty, an instant feedback software which has recently hit $17k MRR. Mike also runs the SaaS pirates...

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Ep. 32Sep 29, 202115 min
$250 to $3k MRR in 4 months with a Notion website builder - Noah Bragg, Potion

Noah Bragg is an indie hacker in its truest form. Building in public hacking away on his project, Potion, which is a a way to host your...

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Ep. 31Sep 22, 202116 min
Bootstrapping two $3k MRR projects, selling one for $55k - Andy Cloke, Data Fetcher

Andy Cloke is the founder of Data Fetcher, a platform for running API requests in Airtable, which is currently doing around $3k MRR. Andy...

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