I'm doing an AMA on @IndieHackers.

Drop
some questions in there! Happy to answer anything, esp around building side projects with a full-time job :)

https://t.co/da4Ael9TnE

@IndieHackers My high level plans for Starter Story.
@IndieHackers On almost quitting

cc: @daviswbaer
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer How I find so many businesses to interview
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer On balancing different projects
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer Why I'm working on Pigeon when it would be more rational to put all my time into Starter Story.
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer On the lifestyle change going from full time to free time overnight.
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer Some thoughts about automation.
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer Will a better boss (at your full time job) help you with your side project?
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer Do you ever feel that the journey will be too long and painful, will it ever end?
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer Starter Story revenue breakdown, and my thoughts on sponsors.
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer Is having a newsletter a big deal in reaching/growing your audience?
@IndieHackers @daviswbaer That's it! There are some more responses in there that I didn't screenshot.

https://t.co/da4Ael9TnE

Super fun and rewarding to write all these answers. What I love about this AMA is that it basically outlines a ton of blog posts and YouTube video ideas!

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And here they are...

THE WINNERS OF THE 24 HOUR STARTUP CHALLENGE

Remember, this money is just fun. If you launched a product (or even attempted a launch) - you did something worth MUCH more than $1,000.

#24hrstartup

The winners 👇

#10

Lattes For Change - Skip a latte and save a life.

https://t.co/M75RAirZzs

@frantzfries built a platform where you can see how skipping your morning latte could do for the world.

A great product for a great cause.

Congrats Chris on winning $250!


#9

Instaland - Create amazing landing pages for your followers.

https://t.co/5KkveJTAsy

A team project! @bpmct and @BaileyPumfleet built a tool for social media influencers to create simple "swipe up" landing pages for followers.

Really impressive for 24 hours. Congrats!


#8

SayHenlo - Chat without distractions

https://t.co/og0B7gmkW6

Built by @DaltonEdwards, it's a platform for combatting conversation overload. This product was also coded exclusively from an iPad 😲

Dalton is a beast. I'm so excited he placed in the top 10.


#7

CoderStory - Learn to code from developers across the globe!

https://t.co/86Ay6nF4AY

Built by @jesswallaceuk, the project is focused on highlighting the experience of developers and people learning to code.

I wish this existed when I learned to code! Congrats on $250!!
1/ Starter Story September Results

💵 Revenue: $1,737.84
📈 Uniques: 20,205 (Sept)
✉️ Email Subscribers: 2,956

#openstartup

Read more 👇

2/ For all my new followers (will get to that in a sec) I do a revenue & traffic #openstartup report every month for my main side project
https://t.co/nkcmLxsSra

I've been working on this project for nearly a full year.

3/ Biggest thing that happened this month was obviously the 24 hour startup!

I won't talk about it too much in this thread, but after that happened everything just blew up. I'm still trying to catch up on everything and keep my head above water.

4/ All of this craziness sparked a big decision for me.

I QUIT MY JOB! 😁😅

I know it sounds kind of crazy to quit your job over that, but as I was heading into my 1:1 with my manager it just felt like I had to do it. It felt like the right thing to do.

5/ I had planned to grow SS for 6 more months and then quit, but then the 24 hour startup happened and it felt like it was the right moment to quit.

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