Podcast · episodes run 45 to 75 minutes

Indie Hackers Podcast

Courtland Allen · Apple Podcasts Free Beginner

Instead of theory, this is hundreds of interviews with real solo founders who started a profitable business on the side of a job, usually by serving a niche they already belonged to. Courtland Allen digs into the boring specifics: how they found the first ten customers, what they charged, and how they used a job and small budget as a feature not a limit. Sort by the bootstrapped and side project episodes and you get concrete beachhead stories to copy.

• Most guests started narrow, in a community they were already part of, before expanding.
• You hear the real early numbers: first customers, pricing, and how long it took part-time.
• A steady day job is treated as an advantage that buys patience, not something to be ashamed of.