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<h1 id="awesome-indie-awesome">Awesome Indie <a
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href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome"><img
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src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg"
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alt="Awesome" /></a></h1>
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<p>Resources to help independent developers make money.</p>
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<p>Making money from your own code has never been easier, but it’s still
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hard. Here, I try to curate a list of resources to help everyone
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interested in making money from their digital products get inspired and
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give it a try. Be it monetizing side-projects, bootstrapping business
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ideas, etc.</p>
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<p>Projects don’t need to be big, actually, it’s better if they are not,
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they just need to be profitable. They might provide a passive income
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after the initial bulk of work, and who knows, maybe even help you reach
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financial independence.</p>
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<p>Going indie does have lots of lifestyle perks :)</p>
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<p>All these resources might help inspire you and put you on the right
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track but in the end what matters is to <strong>MAKE and TRY
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stuff</strong>. So devour this content responsibly :)</p>
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<p>Contributions are more than welcome.</p>
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<p>by <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/mezood"><span
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class="citation" data-cites="mezod">@mezod</span></a></strong> (Doing
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things every day with <strong><a
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href="https://everyday.app">everyday.app</a></strong>)</p>
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<p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
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<ul>
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<li>If [$], it means it’s not free and probably means I haven’t tried it
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but still decided to add it because of the several references.</li>
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<li>This repo was once <a
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href="https://medium.com/@mezood/making-money-from-your-own-code-has-never-been-easier-but-its-still-hard-2242ddaae6a1">#1
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on Github Trending</a>! :_)</li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/icepy">Icepy</a> translated this repo to
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<a href="https://github.com/icepy/awesome-indie">Chinese</a> :)</li>
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</ul>
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<!-- In general, I'd be wary of the several paid content-like products specially targeted to indie devs, so unless you can prove their value I'd like to keep them off of this list as much as possible. -->
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<h2 id="contents">Contents</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#communities">Communities</a></li>
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<li><a href="#newsletters">Newsletters</a></li>
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<li><a href="#podcasts">Podcasts</a></li>
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<li><a href="#talks">Talks</a></li>
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<li><a href="#posts">Posts</a></li>
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<li><a href="#blogs">Blogs</a></li>
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<li><a href="#case-studies">Case Studies</a></li>
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<li><a href="#events">Events</a></li>
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<li><a href="#books">Books</a></li>
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<li><a href="#tools">Tools</a></li>
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<li><a href="#courses">Courses</a></li>
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<li><a href="#specific-topics">Specific Topics</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="communities">Communities</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses">IndieHackers</a></strong></p>
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<p>Learn from profitable businesses and side projects. IndieHackers is
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probably the catalyst for this new wave of interest on making an
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independent income. It is a collection of interviews to successful
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developers about their products. IndieHackers has been especially
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interesting to follow since it’s been an indie project itself. <a
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href="https://twitter.com/csallen?lang=ca">Courtland Allen</a> has been
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very transparent about <a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/blog">how
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he built it</a>. The last news make one think that the forum/community
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will grow.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="http://discuss.bootstrapped.fm/">bootstrapped.fm
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Forum</a></strong></p>
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<p>A forum for bootstrappers. Started in 2013 by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/ianlandsman">Ian Landsman</a> and <a
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href="https://twitter.com/andrey_butov">Andrey Butov</a> as a
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continuation to the now defunct <a
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href="http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz">The Business of
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Software</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23%23passiveincome&uio=d4">##passiveincome</a></strong>
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on freenode</p>
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<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=matbram">Matthew
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Mallard</a> created this channel on the freenode IRC network in early
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2017 and it has been pretty active and growing ever since.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://news.ycombinator.com/">HackerNews</a></strong></p>
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<p>News for hackers, mostly technology and entrepreneurship. Not
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specific to indie devs but a must for everyone interested in computer
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science, creating products and making money. A lot of indie devs lurking
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around. Started by <a href="https://twitter.com/paulg">Paul Graham</a>
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and maintained by the seed accelerator YCombinator.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="https://megamaker.co/club/">MegaMaker
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Club</a></strong> [$]</p>
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<p>Exclusive community for indie makers run by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/mijustin">Justin Jackson</a>. Currently
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there’s a waitlist. Cost is $249 for lifetime access. I’m not a member
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so I can’t personally endorse it. Generally, I’m skeptic on products
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targeting indie makers but I still found it relevant to add this
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specific product because of cross references. Some people might find it
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interesting. Feel free to reference to reviews!</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.foundercafe.com/">FounderCafe</a></strong> [$]</p>
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<p>FounderCafe is an invite-only, online community of entrepreneurs
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helping each other succeed run by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/robwalling">Rob Walling</a> and <a
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href="https://twitter.com/SingleFounder">Mike Taber</a>. $99 every 3
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months. I’m not a member so I can’t personally endorse it.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="https://nugget.one/">Nugget.one</a></strong>
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[$]</p>
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<p>Nugget.one focuses on helping software developers launch successful
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side projects. Being part of the community gives access to case studios,
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bi-weekly webinars and live mentoring. Run by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/justinvincent">Justin Vincent</a>. $19.99 per
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month.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://getmakerlog.com">Makerlog</a></strong></p>
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<p>Makerlog is a free community of makers shipping products together.
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There’s discussions + a task management tracker that allows you to get a
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streak (to keep you motivated shipping).</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="https://www.aussiefounders.com.au/">Aussie
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Founders</a></strong></p>
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<p>Aussie Founders is a free community bringing together &
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supporting Aussies having a go at their own business.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h5 id="other">Other</h5>
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<ul>
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<li><strong><a
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href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/">r/Entrepreneur</a></strong>
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- Not exclusive to indies/bootstrappers but still with relevant content
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for us.</li>
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<li><strong><a href="https://bootstrapped.slack.com">Bootstrapped
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Slack</a></strong> (<a href="http://www.bootstrappedchat.com/">invite
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here</a> invite link currently dead, working on it!) - Slack that
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probably originated from the bootstrapped.fm forum. Not really
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moderated.</li>
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<li><strong><a
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href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/">r/SideProject</a></strong>
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- Quite active</li>
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<li><strong><a
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href="https://sideprojectxyz.slack.com">Sideprojectxyz</a></strong> (<a
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href="http://sideproject.xyz/">invite here</a>) - Slack community for
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people working on their side-projects.</li>
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<li><strong><a
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href="https://www.reddit.com/r/indiebiz/">r/IndieBiz</a></strong> - A
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subreddit for small and independent businesses.</li>
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<li><strong><a
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href="https://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/">/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong</a></strong></li>
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<li><strong><a href="https://wip.chat">Work In Progress</a></strong> [$]
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- A public todo list for accountability, and a <a
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href="https://t.me/wipchat">Telegram chat</a> of 800+ makers.
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Freemium.</li>
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<li><strong><a
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href="https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/">r/Startups</a></strong> - Not
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exclusive to indies/bootstrappers but still with relevant content for
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us.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="newsletters">Newsletters</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://bootstrappers.io/">Bootstrappers.io</a></strong></p>
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<p>Weekly digest of the best user-submitted articles featured on
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bootstrapped.io. Curated by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/ninjamonk">Darren Stuart</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses">IndieHackers</a></strong></p>
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<p>Newsletter containing the newest interviews of the site and also the
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best threads from the forum. Normally ships on Thursdays. By <a
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href="https://twitter.com/csallen?lang=ca">Courtland Allen</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://justinjackson.ca/indie/">Indie</a></strong></p>
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<p>Stories, lessons, and inspiration for independent makers. By <a
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href="https://twitter.com/mijustin">Justin Jackson</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="http://thesaasbootstrapper.com/resources/">The
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SaaS Bootstrapper</a></strong></p>
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<p>Content about bootstrapping, SaaS, growth, marketing, and other
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startup topics curated by <a href="http://macmartine.com/">Mac
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Martine</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://hackerpreneur.co/">Hackerpreneur</a></strong></p>
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<p>For indie entrepreneurs & makers who live and work on their own
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terms. Every Friday, you’ll get hand-picked startup resources &
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essays exploring the future of work in the exponential age. By <a
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href="https://twitter.com/MarcEglon">Marc Eglon</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="https://bootstrap.money">Bootstrap
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Money</a></strong></p>
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<p>Weekly roundups of stories, guides and resources to help you grow
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your internet business. Every Friday. Free. Curated by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/ndethore">Nicolas de Thoré</a></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="podcasts">Podcasts</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong><a href="http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/">Startups
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for the rest of us</a></strong></p>
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<p>Started in 2010 by <a href="https://twitter.com/robwalling">Rob
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Walling</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/SingleFounder">Mike
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Taber</a> have covered almost everything there is to cover in
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micropreneurship. <a
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href="http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/greatest-hits">Here</a> you
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can find a ‘best of’ selection of their podcast.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="http://www.productpeople.tv/">Product
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People</a></strong></p>
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<p>A podcast focused on great products and the people who make them.
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Since 2012. By <a href="https://twitter.com/mijustin">Justin
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Jackson</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="http://bootstrapped.fm/">bootstrapped.fm</a></strong></p>
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<p>Several different topics around bootstrapping online businesses.
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Started in 2013 by <a href="https://twitter.com/ianlandsman">Ian
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Landsman</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/andrey_butov">Andrey
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Butov</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="http://bootstrappedweb.com">Bootstrapped
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Web</a></strong></p>
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<p>“To share the lessons we learn by doing, and learn from the things
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that others are doing, to help us all get ahead as we bootstrap our
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businesses online.” Since 2013 by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/CasJam">Brian Casel</a> and <a
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href="https://twitter.com/JordanGal">Jordan Gal</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="http://entreprogrammers.com/">Entreprogrammers</a></strong></p>
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<p>A podcast for developreneurs. Run by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/josh_earl">Josh Earl</a>, <a
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href="https://twitter.com/jsonmez">John Sonmez</a>, <a
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href="https://twitter.com/derickbailey">Derick Bailey</a> and <a
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href="https://twitter.com/cmaxw">Charles Max Wood</a> since
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2014.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses">IndieHackers</a></strong></p>
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<p>Podcast where <a href="https://twitter.com/csallen?lang=ca">Courtland
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Allen</a> interviews some of the most successful indiehackers featured
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on the site. Started in early 2017 already has 12 episodes with great
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content and very carefully crafted related notes and links.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="http://thesaasbootstrapper.com/">The SaaS
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Bootstrapper</a></strong></p>
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<p>Interviews with entrepreneurs and bootstrappers about bootstrapping,
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SaaS, growth, marketing, and other startup topics. By <a
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href="http://macmartine.com/">Mac Martine</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/podcasts/">Smart Passive
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Income</a></strong></p>
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<p>Not really specific to developers but with great content on the
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several types of products to make a living online. By <a
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href="https://twitter.com/patflynn">Pat Flynn</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="http://giantrobots.fm/">Giant
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Robots</a></strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/">Ben Orenstein</a> (former
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growth/product lead at Thoughtbot) and <a
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href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer">Derrick Reimer</a> (co-founder
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of Drip) talk weekly about growing their SaaS businesses.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mixergy-startup-stories-1000-entrepreneurs-businesses/id348690336?mt=2">Mixergy</a></strong></p>
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<p>Startup Interview podcast hosted by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/andrewwarner">Andrew Warner</a>, who made $1
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million a month from an online greeting card business.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this">How I Built
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This</a></strong></p>
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<p>A podcast hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/guyraz">Guy Raz</a>
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where startup founders tell their story.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a href="https://saas.transistor.fm/">Build your
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SaaS</a></strong></p>
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<p>What does it take to build a SaaS in 2019? Podcast by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/jonbuda">Jon Buda</a> and <a
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href="https://twitter.com/mijustin">Justin Jackson</a> as they grow
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Transistor.fm.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="talks">Talks</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY">David Heinemeier
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Hansson at Startup School 08</a></strong> by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/dhh">David Heinemeier Hansson</a></p>
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<p>Bootstrapping as the better alternative to VC funded
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startups.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3d1asTrWUQ">Tyler Tringas on
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Storemapper and MicroSaaS</a></strong> by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/tylertringas">Tyler Tringas</a></p>
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<p>15 minutes filled with a lot of valuable information and insights
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where Tyler presents the concept of Micro-SaaS and tells us his
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story.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3nb_Qj3mRA">Bootstrapping Side
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Projects To Profit by Pieter Levels</a></strong> by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/levelsio">Pieter Levels</a></p>
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<p>Probably one of the most known indie hackers of the last couple of
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years talks about how to turn our side-projects into profitable
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businesses. Very straight to the point, Pieter always provides a lot of
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insightful thoughts. By the way, don’t get fooled by his lifestyle, his
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success is 500% work.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="http://businessofsoftware.org/2011/03/hello-ladies-patrick-mckenzie-at-business-of-software-2010-marketing-to-minorities/">Marketing
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for Minorities</a></strong> by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/patio11?lang=ca">Patrick McKenzie</a></p>
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<p>Lightning 7-minute talk by one of the most respected indie
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developers. The point Patrick is trying to make, is that solo developers
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can target way smaller and niche markets which might have low
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competition and be very profitable from a solo business point of
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view.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8UwcyYT3z0">Talking about
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CoderPad and business at Dropbox</a></strong> by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/fulligin?lang=ca">Vincent Woo</a></p>
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<p>Talk on building a successful small solo business.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZxP0i9ah8E">Paul Buchheit at
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Startup School 08</a></strong></p>
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<p>In this classic talk, AdSense/GMail/like button inventor explains how
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to listen to your users and why you should be critical of startup
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advice.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h5 id="other-1">Other</h5>
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<ul>
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<li><strong><a href="https://vimeo.com/user12790628/videos">Talks from
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the MicroConf</a></strong></li>
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<li><strong><a href="http://baconbiz.com/">Talks from the
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BaconBizConf</a></strong></li>
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<li><strong><a
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href="http://businessofsoftware.org/2016/07/all-talks-from-business-of-software-conferences-in-one-place-saas-software-talks/">Talks
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from Business of Software</a></strong></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="posts">Posts</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong><a href="https://levels.io/12-startups-12-months/">I’m
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Launching 12 Startups in 12 Months</a></strong> by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/levelsio">Pieter Levels</a></p>
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<p>The challenge that started it all for Pieter. It inspired me to do
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something similar. What matters is to create and ship a lot, learning in
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the process, until something is worth pushing further.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/">Don’t
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Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice</a></strong> by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/patio11?lang=ca">Patrick McKenzie</a></p>
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<p>Patrick has written over 500 posts and I have obviously not read all
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of them, but of the many I’ve read, I chose this one…</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/03/20/running-a-software-business-on-5-hours-a-week/">Running
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A Software Business On 5 Hours A Week</a></strong> by <a
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href="https://twitter.com/patio11?lang=ca">Patrick McKenzie</a></p>
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<p>…and this one too :D</p></li>
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<li><p><strong><a
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href="https://tylertringas.com/storemapper-bootstrapped-to-50000year-in-2-years-with-live-metrics/">Storemapper:
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Bootstrapped to $50,000/year in 2 years (with live metrics)</a></strong>
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by <a href="https://twitter.com/tylertringas">Tyler Tringas</a></p>
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<p>This is just an example of a business more than one would be happy
|
||
with :-) Besides liking how Tyler shares his story building Storemapper,
|
||
I think he always maximizes for valuable content.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://unicornfree.com/2013/why-you-should-do-a-tiny-product-first">Why
|
||
You Should Do A Tiny Product First</a></strong> by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/amyhoy">Amy Hoy</a></p>
|
||
<p>This is the first of a series by Amy Hoy. I’ll be honest, I don’t
|
||
even remember what this was about, just that I found it worth my time.
|
||
Oh wait, yeah, Amy told me not to code, at least at first. I haven’t
|
||
still gotten there…</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://medium.com/@cliffordoravec/the-epic-guide-to-bootstrapping-a-saas-startup-from-scratch-by-yourself-part-1-4d834e1df8c1">The
|
||
Epic Guide to Bootstrapping a SaaS Startup from Scratch — By
|
||
Yourself</a></strong> by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/cliffordoravec">Clifford Oravec</a></p>
|
||
<p>Another series on what solo bootstrapping is about, with an offensive
|
||
twist.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://medium.com/product-people/how-to-get-more-customers-54f64220e430">How
|
||
to get more customers</a></strong> by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/mijustin">Justin Jackson</a>.</p>
|
||
<p>This is a bit of a too specific topic for this general selection of
|
||
posts, but the hell, you need to read it before it’s too late. Ok, I’m
|
||
starting to sound marketingy :D</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://hackernoon.com/indie-startups-the-ingredients-of-success-74531fe3a019">Indie
|
||
Startups: The Ingredients of Success</a></strong> by <a
|
||
href="https://hackernoon.com/@fpgaminer">fpgaminer</a></p>
|
||
<p>Numbers with meaning. fpgaminer analyzed all the products featured on
|
||
IndieHackers, extracted some statistics and got to some conclusions.
|
||
Also worth reading for the approach.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="https://qotoqot.com/blog/founder-skills/">What
|
||
you should know as a founder of a software company</a></strong> by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/ivmirx">Ivan Mir</a></p>
|
||
<p>A guide to the complex world of modern software business: everything
|
||
from UX design to marketing and writing, with a list of resources to
|
||
start with each topic.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h5 id="others">Others</h5>
|
||
<p>There’s obviously a million posts on the topic. I’m sure this is not
|
||
a good selection but it’ll get you started. Here you can find some
|
||
more:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://bootstrappers.io/">Bootstrappers.io</a></strong></li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://hackernoon.com/">HackerNoon</a></strong></li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://news.ycombinator.com/">HackerNews</a></strong></li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://hackernoon.com/7-articles-for-indie-devs-to-start-shipping-12b22f5e5660">7
|
||
Articles for Indie Devs to Start Shipping</a></strong> - great selection
|
||
by <a href="https://twitter.com/mskvsk">Alex Moskovski</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="blogs">Blogs</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="http://www.kalzumeus.com/">Patrick
|
||
Mackenzie</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Over 500 posts that show how Patrick went from being a software
|
||
engineer to running successful software businesses.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="http://www.softwarebyrob.com/">Rob
|
||
Walling</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Lessons Learned by a Solo Entrepreneur.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="https://levels.io/">Pieter
|
||
Levels</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Lots of advice on bootstrapping businesses if you dig between
|
||
Pieter’s multiple interests.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="https://tylertringas.com/">Tyler
|
||
Tringas</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>On SaaS and his journey with Storemapper.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="https://www.joelonsoftware.com/">Joel
|
||
Spolsky</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Software and business have always been topics Joel has covered.
|
||
StackOverflow and Trello prove he knows what he’s talking
|
||
about.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="https://m.signalvnoise.com/">Signal v.
|
||
Noise</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>The blog of the basecamp people, mostly David Heinemeier Hansson and
|
||
Jason Fried, on business and how to run bootstrapped companies.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://blog.pinboard.in/">Pinboard</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Maciej Cegłowski’s blog for his bookmarking tool, pinboard, useful in
|
||
showing the growth of a successful solo business.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/">The
|
||
Bootstrapped Founder</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>How to start, run, and sell a bootstrapped SaaS company without
|
||
burning out — by Arvid Kahl</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h5 id="others-1">Others</h5>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="https://thefoundation.com/blog">The
|
||
Foundation</a></strong> - Turning the process of creating a B2B SaaS
|
||
business into a formula.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="http://www.priceintelligently.com/blog">Price
|
||
Intelligently</a></strong> - Blog focused on the economics of the SaaS
|
||
business model and SaaS pricing.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="https://moz.com/blog">Moz Blog</a></strong> - For
|
||
anything related to SEO.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html">Paul
|
||
Graham</a></strong> - A lot of content for big funded startups, but
|
||
still relevant to bootstrappers.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="https://john.onolan.org/">John O’Nolan</a></strong>
|
||
- Especially the older posts on how he started ghost.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="case-studies">Case Studies</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://www.indiehackers.com/blog">IndieHackers</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>From capturing a trend to getting acquired in less than one
|
||
year.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://levels.io/product-hunt-hacker-news-number-one/">NomadList</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Solving your own pain, representing a movement, moving fast and
|
||
working hard by a serial bootstrapper.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://www.bugmuncher.com/blog/">Bugmuncher</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Transparent growth and financial reports by a solo saas
|
||
founder.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://basecamp.com/bootstrapped">Basecamp</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>A collection of bootstrapped companies by the people at 37
|
||
signals.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://baremetrics.com/blog">Baremetrics</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>An example of riding the wave.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://themakingof.carrd.co/#">Carrd.co</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/ajlkn">AJ</a> writes about the making of
|
||
carrd.co and the different steps that he took on the way to a successful
|
||
product.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://www.candyjapan.com/behind-the-scenes">CandyJapan</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Revenue numbers and learnings from running a Japanese candy
|
||
subscription box.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://github.com/awesome-self-funded/awesome-self-funded">Awesome
|
||
Self Funded</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Awesome list of successful self-funded tech businesses with >$1M
|
||
revenue</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="events">Events</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="http://www.microconf.com/">MicroConf</a></strong> [$]</p>
|
||
<p>“The world’s biggest conference for the world’s smallest self-funded
|
||
software companies”. It has two editions, one more focused to starters,
|
||
and another one focused on growth. Both last two days. Las Vegas. Run by
|
||
<a href="https://twitter.com/robwalling">Rob Walling</a> and <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/SingleFounder">Mike Taber</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="http://www.microconfeurope.com/">MicroConf
|
||
Europe</a></strong> [$]</p>
|
||
<p>MicroConf’s European edition. Barcelona. Run by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/robwalling">Rob Walling</a> and <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/SingleFounder">Mike Taber</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="http://baconbiz.com/">BaconBizConf</a></strong>
|
||
[$]</p>
|
||
<p>“An alliance for B2B bootstrappers”. Philadelphia. By <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/amyhoy">Amy Hoy</a> and <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/alexhillman">Alex Hillman</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://www.startupschool.org/">StartupSchool</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Free event organized by seed accelerator <a
|
||
href="http://www.ycombinator.com/">YCombinator</a>. You have to be a bit
|
||
lucky to get in. Also, this suggestion goes a little bit against the
|
||
idea of “bootstrapped” but YCombinator has a lot of good resources for
|
||
us indie hackers!</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h5 id="not-specific-to-indie-founders">Not specific to indie
|
||
founders:</h5>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="http://businessofsoftware.org/">Business of
|
||
Software</a></strong> [$]</p>
|
||
<p>“Business of Software is not based in Silicon Valley for good reason.
|
||
It is about building long term, sustainable software businesses. …a
|
||
thoughtful conference, where people come to listen and learn, not self
|
||
promote and shout”. Boston. <a href="http://thebln.com/team/">Team
|
||
behind BoS</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="http://businessofsoftware.eu/">Business of
|
||
Software Europe</a></strong> [$]</p>
|
||
<p>BoS European edition. London. <a href="http://thebln.com/team/">Team
|
||
behind BoS</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="https://b2brocks.co/">B2B Rocks</a></strong>
|
||
[$]</p>
|
||
<p>“Leading conferences for B2B and SaaS startups”. Popular business
|
||
model for indie devs. Paris. Sydney.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="http://peersconf.com/">PeersConf</a></strong>
|
||
[$]</p>
|
||
<p>“A conference for those who make the web, and make it their
|
||
business”. Seattle (changes every year). By <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/justjessdc">Jessica D’Amico</a>.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://www.amazon.com/Start-Small-Stay-Developers-Launching-ebook/dp/B003YH9MMI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1493983910&sr=1-1&keywords=start+small+stay+small">Start
|
||
Small, Stay Small</a></strong> [$] by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/robwalling">Rob Walling</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://tylertringas.com/micro-saas-ebook/">Building Micro-SaaS
|
||
Businesses</a></strong> by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/tylertringas">Tyler Tringas</a>. - A
|
||
collection of very well structured posts that cover the most initial
|
||
struggles of an indie dev on the way to build a MicroSaaS. I can
|
||
personally endorse it and I’m eager to read the yet to be written
|
||
chapters :)</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="http://www.singlefounderhandbook.com/">The Single
|
||
Founder Handbook</a></strong> [$] by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/SingleFounder">Mike Taber</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="https://gettingreal.37signals.com/">Getting
|
||
Real</a></strong> by <a href="https://37signals.com">37signals</a>. -
|
||
More focused on building web applications, I really recommend it. Short,
|
||
straight to the point, very easy to read and full of valuable
|
||
content.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="https://makebook.io/">MAKE</a></strong> [$] by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/levelsio">Pieter Levels</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="https://37signals.com/rework">Rework</a></strong>
|
||
[$] by <a href="https://37signals.com">37signals</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="https://unicornfree.com/just-fucking-ship/">Just
|
||
Fucking Ship</a></strong> [$] by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/amyhoy">Amy Hoy</a> and <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/alexhillman">Alex Hillman</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://justinjackson.withcoach.com/marketing-for-developers-the-book">Marketing
|
||
for Developers</a></strong> [$] by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/mijustin">Justin Jackson</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="http://www.paulgraham.com/hackpaint.html">Hackers&Painters</a></strong>
|
||
[$] by <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/">Paul Graham</a>.</li>
|
||
<li>**[The <span
|
||
class="math inline">100<em>S</em><em>t</em><em>a</em><em>r</em><em>t</em><em>u</em><em>p</em>](<em>h</em><em>t</em><em>t</em><em>p</em> : //100<em>s</em><em>t</em><em>a</em><em>r</em><em>t</em><em>u</em><em>p</em>.<em>c</em><em>o</em><em>m</em>/) * *[</span>]
|
||
by <a href="https://chrisguillebeau.com/">Chris Guillebeau</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://pragprog.com/book/actb2/technical-blogging-second-edition">Technical
|
||
Blogging (2nd Edition)</a></strong> [$] by <a
|
||
href="https://antoniocangiano.com/">Antonio Cangiano</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="http://momtestbook.com/">The Mom Test</a></strong>
|
||
[$] by <a href="https://robfitz.com/">Rob Fitzpatrick</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="http://zerotosoldbook.com/">Zero to
|
||
Sold</a></strong> [$] by <a
|
||
href="https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/about-me/">Arvid Kahl</a>. How
|
||
Arvid and his partner Danielle started, ran, and sold the bootstrapped
|
||
EdTech SaaS FeedbackPanda, with everything that worked, should have
|
||
worked, and didn’t work.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h5 id="other-2">Other</h5>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="https://books.makesideproject.com/">SideProject
|
||
Books</a></strong> - Side Project Books is a curated collection of books
|
||
for anyone interested in building a business on the side. By <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/mubashariqbal">Mubashar Iqbal</a></li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="http://thesaasbootstrapper.com/book-list/">The SaaS
|
||
Bootstrapper book list</a></strong> - Collection curated by <a
|
||
href="http://macmartine.com/">Mac Martine</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://www.amazon.com/Badass-Making-Awesome-Kathy-Sierra-ebook/dp/B00VAUIM18/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493985078&sr=1-1&keywords=badass+kathy+sierra">Badass:
|
||
Making Users Awesome</a></strong> [$] by <a
|
||
href="http://seriouspony.com/">Kathy Sierra</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SI0B5FS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1">Anything
|
||
You Want</a></strong> [$] by <a href="https://twitter.com/sivers">Derek
|
||
Sivers</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a
|
||
href="https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early-ebook/dp/B009IXMK4O/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1493985002&sr=1-1&keywords=founders+at+work">Founders
|
||
at Work</a></strong> [$] by <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/jesslivingston">Jessica Livingston</a>.</li>
|
||
<li><strong><a href="http://www.sideprojectbook.com/">SideProject
|
||
Book</a></strong> - [$49].</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="tools">Tools</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://github.com/ripienaar/free-for-dev">free-for-dev</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of
|
||
interest to devops and infradev. Very useful for bootstrappers to keep
|
||
initial costs low ;) By <a href="https://github.com/ripienaar/">R. I.
|
||
Pienaar</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://github.com/255kb/stack-on-a-budget">Stack-on-a-budget</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Another list of SaaS, PaaS, and Iaas offerings that have free tiers
|
||
for developers on a budget. Very useful for exploring ideas and building
|
||
out proof of concept. By <a href="https://github.com/255kb/">Guillaume
|
||
(256kb)</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://github.com/cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTrade">Tools Of The
|
||
Trade</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>Spectacular list of categorized tools for developers resulting from
|
||
HackerNews threads. By <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisbarber">Chris
|
||
Barber</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/davisonio">Craig
|
||
Davison</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a
|
||
href="https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted">awesome-selfhosted</a></strong></p>
|
||
<p>“This is a list of Free Software network services and web
|
||
applications which can be hosted locally. Selfhosting is the process of
|
||
locally hosting and managing applications instead of renting from SaaS
|
||
providers.” Lots of salvageable software :P by <a
|
||
href="https://github.com/Kickball">Edward D</a>.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="courses">Courses</h3>
|
||
<p>Again, I’m not quite fond of listing [$] products made by indie
|
||
developers targeting indie developers, especially because I haven’t
|
||
tried them myself, but due to several references I assume they are
|
||
probably worth it and some people might find value in learning about
|
||
them.</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="https://devmarketing.xyz/">Marketing for
|
||
Developers</a></strong> [$]</p>
|
||
<p>“An online marketing course for software developers & product
|
||
people”. Read some reviews <a
|
||
href="https://www.producthunt.com/posts/marketing-for-developers">here</a>.
|
||
By <a href="https://twitter.com/mijustin">Justin Jackson</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong><a href="https://30x500.com/academy/">30x500
|
||
Academy</a></strong> [$]</p>
|
||
<p>“Pick your customer. Learn how they tick. Learn what they need, want,
|
||
and are ready to buy.” Find reviews <a
|
||
href="http://codefol.io/posts/30x500-why">here</a>(good), <a
|
||
href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8119354">here</a>(bad) and <a
|
||
href="https://www.quora.com/How-do-30x500-and-How-To-Make-Your-First-Dollar-compare">here</a>.
|
||
By <a href="https://twitter.com/amyhoy">Amy Hoy</a> and <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/alexhillman">Alex Hillman</a>.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<!-- https://www.appsumo.com/how-to-make-your-first-dollar/ -->
|
||
<!-- https://fizzle.co/ -->
|
||
<h2 id="specific-topics">Specific topics</h2>
|
||
<p>In the future, I’d like to have a list of resources for more specific
|
||
topics or FAQs such as:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>‘how to get ideas’ <!-- http://www.oppsdaily.com/ -->
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<!-- https://nugget.one/daily -->
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<!-- https://www.oppslist.com/ --></li>
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<li>‘how to find betatesters’</li>
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<li>‘how to find my first 100 users’ <!-- https://promotehour.com/ -->
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<!-- awesome places to post your startup --></li>
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<li>‘how to validate my idea’
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<!-- https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/validating_product_ideas --></li>
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<li>‘where to advertise my project’</li>
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<li>‘what paid ads work better’</li>
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<li>‘i’ve got 100 users, how to grow’</li>
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<li>‘how do i deal with support’</li>
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<li>‘types of digital products’</li>
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<li>‘legal aspects’ <!-- https://termsfeed.com --></li>
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<li>‘typical mistakes’
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<!-- https://www.47hats.com/2017/05/10/startup-mistake-1-anonymous-startup/ --></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Help me make a proper list of specific topics!</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/mezod/awesome-indie">indie.md
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Github</a></p>
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