Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, Anne-Laure Le Cunff (@neuranne) is a neuroscientist and author of the book Tiny Experiments, where she shines a scientific light on how we set goals, what experiments we should think about, and how we can deal with uncertainty in a high-stress world.We chat about goals, reprogramming your own subconscious, and how learning in public can benefit anyone on any journey. Enjoy! THE BOOTSTRAPPED FOUNDER • EPISODE 379 379: Anne-Laure Le Cunff — Tiny Experiments...
6 days ago • 1 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, Earlier this week, I read a blog post by Bethany Crystal about how ChatGPT saved her life. She had developed some symptoms she couldn’t place and had blood work done, and the results were available to her but her physician hadn’t looked into them, so she brainstormed with ChatGPT about what the outstanding and non-regular values might mean. She took photos of the bruises that had developed out of nowhere, and the AI diagnosed her to the point where it...
11 days ago • 11 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, I recently had a consulting call with a founder who asked me the question I've heard countless times before: "How can I write posts that go viral?" THE BOOTSTRAPPED FOUNDER • EPISODE 377 377 — Virality is Poisonous 11:16 MORE INFO Now, here are 59 rules for how to write that viral hook! Yeah, no. Just kidding. Many founders chase virality because they believe it will increase their number of customers, prospects, or collaborators. They dream of creating...
18 days ago • 4 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, Justin Moore (@justinmooretfam) knows a thing or two about sponsors. He's responsible for dozens of episodes of this very podcast to be sponsored! And what he taught me, he'll teach you. THE BOOTSTRAPPED FOUNDER • EPISODE 376 376: Justin Moore — Becoming a Sponsor Magnet 37:46 MORE INFO I was VERY hesitant when I started looking at sponsors. I thought that would dilute my brand. Make me a sellout. But that's a self-limiting belief — and Justin will give...
20 days ago • 1 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, When I was running FeedbackPanda between 2017 and 2019, I developed what I can only describe as a Pavlovian anxiety reflex to error notifications. Every ping could mean disaster. As the only technical person in the business, I was responsible for maintaining our integration with a third-party platform. 🎧 Listen to this on my podcast. We had no formal agreement with them, so they wouldn’t warn us about changes to their system. It was a constant...
25 days ago • 4 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, As indie hackers, we often start our journey with simple dreams and manageable datasets. But what happens when success hits and your modest database transforms into a data behemoth? Let me share my experience scaling Podscan from a simple podcast database to a system handling millions of podcasts, dozens of millions of episodes, and over a million new tracking rows daily. 🎧 Listen to this on my podcast. The Calm Before the Storm When you’re dealing with a...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, A few days ago, over dinner, I found myself deep in conversation about the technological singularity. While that “happy moment” of humanity becoming a machine-augmented brain collective (think Star Trek’s Borg) might still be years or decades away, there’s something more immediate that keeps me up at night: the unprecedented acceleration of technological advancement and what it means for indie hackers like us. 🎧 Listen to this on my podcast. Deleting Your...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, A few days ago, over dinner, I found myself deep in conversation about the technological singularity. While that “happy moment” of humanity becoming a machine-augmented brain collective (think Star Trek’s Borg) might still be years or decades away, there’s something more immediate that keeps me up at night: the unprecedented acceleration of technological advancement and what it means for indie hackers like us. 🎧 Listen to this on my podcast. Think about...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Podcast, YouTube, Blog Dear founder, Brian Sierakowski (@bsierakowski) has been busy over the last year: he started working on ChangeBot and TRMNL, and both projects are taking off.If you ever wondered what a good changelog looks like or why you might need one, this episode is for you. 🎧 Listen to this on my podcast. If you want to track brand mentions, search millions of transcripts, and keep an eye on chart placements for podcasts, please check out podscan.fm — and tell your friends! Thank...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read