4: Deadlines, disagreements and launches

This Indie Life

This episode Dago talks about why he had to delay the launch of his course, we both discuss some of the disagreements we’ve had in the past few weeks and I think about how I can grow Indie Bites.

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What we covered in this episode:

• Dago updates:
  • Struggling to launch his course
  • Perfectionism and all-nighters
  • Why you can’t launch on the same day as going viral
  • Are deadlines pointless? “Deadlines are not absolute”
  • Meme of the week
  • Disagreeing with a co-founder
• James updates:
  • Sold his motorbike
  • Indie Bites with Michele Hansen published
  • Put a stop to the slippery slope
  • Pondering finding "bigger" guests for Indie Bites

Links

• Pieter Levels AI Tool
• Art of Product Adam Wathan episode
• Dense Discovery

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About Dagobert
Previously a money-chasing software engineer, but now building his own startup with his wife, Logology (that's the name of the startup, not his wife). It took them more than two years just to build a product and had to use most of our savings just to survive. They launched it and got almost no sales, pushing him to learn marketing. Last year, after some experiments, he found a marketing channel that worked by using Twitter. Now he has 45k followers and the business is finally going. As of the start of this pod, his business is on $3k p/m, with a goal to reach $5k p/m to avoid dwindling savings and to pay themselves a salary.

• Dagobert's Twitter
• Logology - high quality logos and brands
• Memelogy - the best startup memes

About James
James left his cushty full-time job marketing job in April 2021. Since then, he's been hacking together income from his other podcast, Indie Bites, and podcast editing service, Pod Panda. The podcast does around $1k p/m in sponsor revenue and Pod Panda makes $2k p/m. But with a $4-5k burn every month, he's digging a very deep hole. James' goal is to get to around $10k per month across his products, get myself out of that hole and have fun while doing it.

• James' Twitter
• Indie Bites - indie founder chats
• 2 Hour Podcast - podcasting course
• Whitstable Craft Co - handmade leather wallets
• PodPanda - podcast editing