Code and Bootstrapping
Code up some cash, bootstrap, indiehack and be a solopreneur.
5 years ago

S1E1 - An experiment

The beginning

Episode Notes

Alchemist.Camp has been running for a year and it's time for a new experiment.

In this episode, Mark gives a brief introduction and shares his motivations and plans for this podcast.

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5 years ago

S1E2 - Frugality

a super power

Episode Notes

In this episode, Mark talks about the single largest reason Alchemist Camp has worked—frugality.

Leaving the San Francisco / Silicon Valley area to be a digital nomad and drastically cut rent, using open source and very inexpensive equipment and spending under $10/month total for a revenue-generating site... it was about as lean an operation as it gets.

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5 years ago

S1E7 - Julien of EatTheBlocks

Moving into tech mid-career and mastering new technologies

Episode Notes

I sat down for a chat with my friend, Julien and asked him about his story of moving from the finance industry into tech, why he did it and how he goes about jumping into a new tech stack.

Recorded for the Code and Bootstrapping podcast:

Find Julien at EatTheBlocks

Related: Engines vs Power-ups: learning skills with a shelf life

Full transcript: https://alchemist.camp/code-bootstrapping/julien-eat-the-blocks

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5 years ago

S1E8 - Tactics of a prolific builder with Mubs

Multi-time PH maker of the year and too many products to list

Episode Notes

Mubashar Iqbal is a multi-time Product Hunt maker of the year. At the time of this recording, he's released 67 products and most have 100+ upvotes! I asked him about he ships so quickly.

Mubs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mubashariqbal His latest project: https://podhunt.app

Recorded for the Code and Bootstrapping podcast

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5 years ago

S1E9 - Bootstrapping and selling Feedback Panda with Arvid Kahl

Scaling an Elixir/Vue SaaS to $55k MRR in under 2 years

Arvid and his partner Danielle just sold their company, Feedback Panda, after scaling it to a $55k MRR in just under two years. The product is aimed at online English teachers serving the Chinese market, but they were working from Germany.

We talked a bit about how he evaluated the market opportunity in online English teacher pains Danielle identified. I also asked Arvid how he thought about how much and where to invest engineering efforts, the pros and cons of open metrics for startups, book recommendations and more.

I was definitely in this conversation to learn as much as possible to apply to my own bootstrapping efforts!

Arvid on Twitter: https://twitter.com/arvidkahl

Feedback Panda's acquisition announcement on IH: https://www.indiehackers.com/product/feedbackpanda

Also mentioned: - Microconf

Books: - The Membership Economy - Built to Sell - The 4-Hour Workweek

Transcripts posted at Alchemist.Camp/podcasts

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