Startup to Something

Marc LG and Matt Gale

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A weekly podcast by two indie hackers, Marc and Matt. They share their ups and downs of building their bootstrapped online businesses. They prefer to show instead of teach, so you get to see the real story about what it's like to “startup to something” - raw and unpolished.

JAN 25

110: Free and untethered

Marc's post-acquisition support of PowerImporter is over, and he's running wild and free. Matt is setting out to submit Email Wonderful this week to the monday.com marketplace. The guys discuss pricing and how to keep it simple, and technical issues around CSS in emails. Mentions: dashdashHARDemailwonderful.comJudoHacker.comMarc's TwitterMatt's Twitter

1h 4m
JAN 11

109: The right kind of rest

The guys are back!Matt is fighting with the HTML editor he's using for Email Wonderful, and is coming up with a go to market strategy. Marc is doing support according to his PowerImporter acquisition terms and they are coming to an end. Marc gives Matt his opinions on getting his app into the hands of his customers. Topics: Mentions: dashdashHARDemailwonderful.comJudoHacker.comMarc's TwitterMatt's Twitter

54 min
12/14/2023

108: Sometimes garbage is actually garbage

Marc's AI-powered domain buying bot is drawing to a close. Matt is gaining momentum with his product EmailWonderful and is onboarding beta users!The guys talk through Matt's go-to-market plan and tips and tricks for getting potential clients on the phone. Mentions: dashdashHARDemailwonderful.comJudoHacker.comMarc's TwitterMatt's Twitter

49 min
11/30/2023

107: Finding early traction

Matt has found early traction in the monday.com ecosystem and is building a quick MVP for a niche problem to solve. Marc is building an AI bot to buy expired domain names to feed his addiction. Topics: Finding business problems to solve on UpworkHow to win Upwork jobs with a brand new account... with this one trick Using LLMs and GPT as an intelligent filterThe benefits of expired domains vs new domainsThe gotchas of sending emails on behalf of your users (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)Mentions: dashdashHARDJudoHacker.comMarc's TwitterMatt's Twitter

55 min
11/16/2023

106: A purely creative act

Marc is hacking on new technology, but building in public is killing his creativity. Matt is having a lot of fun playing in the monday.com marketplace and learning about Zapier and make.com.The guys discuss creativity and how to just enjoy hacking and how to think through problems we see in the world. Mentions: dashdashHARDJudoHacker.comMarc's TwitterMatt's Twitter

1 hr
11/09/2023

105: Where commerce happens

Matt has hit a wall with his render blog and talks it out with Marc. What is the next bet he should make? Mentions: MemberRowdashdashHARDMarc's TwitterMatt's Twitter

35 min
11/02/2023

104: PowerImporter ACQUIRED

It's all about Marc this week because he has sold PowerImporter! This is the story and some highlights Mentions: (One more backlink!) PowerImporterMemberRowdashdashHARDMarc's TwitterMatt's Twitter

47 min
10/19/2023

103: Matt gets users, Marc goes serverless

Matt's momentum journey continues- he has published his free tool and has users! Matt has goal related questions for Marc about how to get stuff done outside of work.Marc is doing a deep dive into serverless and he and Matt have a long conversation about it. Mentions: PowerImporterMemberRowdashdashHARDMarc's TwitterMatt's Twitter

1h 5m

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Good insightful conversations about building an indie business

03/16/2021

A software dev from Boston

It's interesting hearing Marc and Matt discuss the challenges they face week-to-week, and how they each tackle the issues in their own way. Whether it's about the technology, marketing strategies, budgeting, or personal discipline and habits, there's always something to talk about. It provides great insight into the process of building an independent business and finding your customers. Well worth a listen!

A weekly podcast by two indie hackers, Marc and Matt. They share their ups and downs of building their bootstrapped online businesses. They prefer to show instead of teach, so you get to see the real story about what it's like to “startup to something” - raw and unpolished.

Creator

Marc LG and Matt Gale
Years Active

2021 - 2024
Episodes

110
Rating

Clean
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Startup to Something

Startup to Something

110: Free and untethered

109: The right kind of rest

108: Sometimes garbage is actually garbage

107: Finding early traction

106: A purely creative act

105: Where commerce happens

104: PowerImporter ACQUIRED

103: Matt gets users, Marc goes serverless

Ratings & Reviews

Good insightful conversations about building an indie business

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Startup to Something

Episodes

110: Free and untethered

109: The right kind of rest

108: Sometimes garbage is actually garbage

107: Finding early traction

106: A purely creative act

105: Where commerce happens

104: PowerImporter ACQUIRED

103: Matt gets users, Marc goes serverless

Ratings & Reviews

Good insightful conversations about building an indie business

About

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