Code and Conquer - The Indie Hacker Podcast

Welcome to the Code and Conquer Podcast, hosted by Tobias Arweiler, indie hacker and founder of Ice Bear Labs. Join us as we dive into the fascinating world of indie hackers, exploring their journeys, challenges, and triumphs. Every episode features a one-on-one conversation with a unique entrepreneur, focusing on their experiences, wisdom, and insights. From $0 MRR to successful startups, learn from these inspiring stories and discover what it takes to turn your dreams into reality. Grab a cup of coffee, relax, and get ready for an hour of captivating conversation. Subscribe now! 😎🚀🎧

Code and Conquer - The Indie Hacker Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Tobias Arweiler, with 35 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tobias Arweiler hosts Code and Conquer - The Indie Hacker Podcast, a business show with 35 episodes published.

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  Episode #33

  #033 Building a $15K/Month MVP Agency with Janu Lingeswaran

  Feb 7, 20251h 1mS1

  <p>In this episode, Janu Lingeswaran shares his journey of building Featherflow, an MVP agency that helps entrepreneurs build their software products. </p> <p>After working as a product manager while running his agency on the side, Janu recently took the leap to focus full-time on his business.</p> <p>We discuss how he built his agency to $8-15K monthly revenue, his strategies for finding quality developers globally, and his approach to managing client projects. </p> <p>Janu also talks about Boilerplate Hub, his curated directory of SaaS starter kits, and shares insights on effective SEO strategies for bootstrapped...

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  Episode #32

  #032 Scaling Down to Scale Up with Alex Suzuki

  Jan 24, 20251h 2mS1

  <p>Alex Suzuki shares his fascinating journey from running a successful agency to becoming a solo developer building Strich.io, a specialized barcode scanning SDK. </p> <p>Unlike many startup stories of scaling up, Alex chose to scale down - leaving his agency to focus on what he loves most: building products.</p> <p>In this episode, we dive deep into how Alex competes with venture-backed companies as a solo developer, why he chose to focus exclusively on web-based barcode scanning, and how he manages to serve enterprise clients while maintaining work-life balance. </p> <p>Alex offers candid insights about...

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  Episode #31

  #031 The Art of Not Giving Up with Dmytro Krasun

  Jan 10, 20251h 7mS1

  <p>In this episode, Dmytro Krasun shares his journey of building Screenshot One, an API business that grew from a single $7/month customer to $10K MRR. </p> <p>Dmytro opens up about the challenges of bootstrapping, the importance of customer support, and why he chose to focus on a seemingly "boring" product. </p> <p>He discusses his approach to handling copycats, the value of positioning your product correctly, and why sometimes passion follows success rather than precedes it.</p> <p>The conversation dives deep into mental health as an indie founder, balancing workload, and the art of perseverance when things...

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  Episode #30

  #30 Selling your startup and buying it back with Steve Ridout

  Dec 13, 20241h 8mS1

  <p>In this episode, we're talking to Steve Rideout, founder of ReadLang, who turned his own struggle with learning Spanish into a successful language learning product.</p> <p>We dive into his journey of building ReadLang from a simple translation tool to a $10K+ MRR business, including its unexpected detour through Duolingo - where Steve not only sold his company but also helped create Duolingo Stories, before buying ReadLang back at a quarter of the original price.</p> <p>Other topics include how Steve achieves growth purely through word of mouth, his experience with freemium pricing from $10/year to $48/year...

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  Episode #29

  #029 Building for Tech B2B with Lukas Hermann

  Nov 29, 20241h 8mS1

  <p>In this episode, we're talking to Lukas Hermann, founder of StageTimer - a specialized timer for live events that grew into a successful B2B product. He later expanded with Rundown Studio, bringing comprehensive event planning tools to production teams.</p> <p>We dive deep into product development strategy, exploring how Lukas grew StageTimer to 10k+ MRR by carefully choosing which features to build and which to reject. He shares his experience with one-time payment models and finding the right pricing strategy for event professionals.</p> <p>We also get real about the challenges of running a tech company...

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