<story><title>Things I’ve Learned from Reading IndieHackers</title><url>http://www.toomas.net/2017/07/18/reverse-engineering-a-successful-lifestyle-business-heres-everything-ive-learned-from-reading-indiehackers-com/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>donmatito</author><text>What I find interesting with Indie Hackers is that it covers a wide range a personal&amp;#x2F;business situations. It goes from real lifestyle business, to beer-money-making side-projects.&lt;p&gt;I feel that there is a world of difference between a side-project that is free, to one where you ask customers for their credit cards. Of all professional experiences, I have never learnt as much as I did taking a side-project idea from idea to MVP, then to beta users, then to paying customers, scaling server issues, and marketing strategies. It&amp;#x27;s not so much about the money, than the fact that you learn so much on so many dimensions.&lt;p&gt;Sincere thanks + shameless plug, the interview about Smooz was fun, a good self-reflection exercise, and a good source of traffic too (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.indiehackers.com&amp;#x2F;businesses&amp;#x2F;smooz&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.indiehackers.com&amp;#x2F;businesses&amp;#x2F;smooz&lt;/a&gt;)</text></comment>
<story><title>Things I’ve Learned from Reading IndieHackers</title><url>http://www.toomas.net/2017/07/18/reverse-engineering-a-successful-lifestyle-business-heres-everything-ive-learned-from-reading-indiehackers-com/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ThomPete</author><text>In other words. Reading about success to become successful is like reading the autobiography of lotterywinners. There are no secrets to success other than luck, timing and actually shipping your product (or play the lottery).&lt;p&gt;Contrary to the lottery though much fewer people ship and there are much more winning lottery coupons.&lt;p&gt;There is nothing to learn about how to build a successful product.&lt;p&gt;If you want to read anything read about specific obstacles you get into.&lt;p&gt;Great read!</text></comment>