Indie Bites

<p>In this episode I’m bringing back a previous guest, Dom Monn, who is the founder of MentorCruise, which he’s now working full time on with a small team. I brought Dom back on to discuss something that has been on my mind, and has come up in twitter conversations recently which Dom has been involved in.</p><p>Is indie hacking having an identity crisis? Is the indie label and mentality limiting success and holding many founders back? I think it could be and so we discuss why this might be happening and what we can do about it.</p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jasonleowsg/status/1662398089787760640?s=20">Jason's tweet which inspired this conversation</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/CSMikeCardona/status/1662414161555628032?s=20">Mike's response</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/dqmonn/status/1662593406105780226?s=20">Dom's response</a></li></ul><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><ul><li>00:00 Intro</li><li>01:56 Indie hacker identity crisis</li><li>03:42 How indie hacking has changed</li><li>06:32 Why the indie label can be a limiter</li><li>08:20 Accepting slow growth instead of fixing it</li><li>10:33 Should we set bigger goals?</li><li>12:10 We still love the indie hacker community</li><li>13:50 Recommendations</li></ul><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><ul><li>Book - <a href="https://www.thesprintbook.com/"><strong>Sprint</strong></a></li><li>Podcast - <a href="https://indielife.fm/"><strong>This Indie Life</strong></a></li><li>Indie Hacker - <a href="https://twitter.com/RamenClubHQ"><strong>Ramen Club</strong></a></li></ul><p><strong>Follow Dom</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/dqmonn">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://mentorcruise.com/mentor/DominicMonn/">Hire him as a mentor</a></li><li><a href="https://dmonn.ch/">Personal site</a></li></ul><p><strong>My links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jmckinven">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/indiebitespod">Indie Bites Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://youtube.com/@indiebites">Indie Bites YouTube</a></li><li><a href="https://indiebites.com/membership">Join the membership</a></li><li><a href="https://jamesmckinven.com/">Personal Website</a></li><li><a href="https://2hourpodcast.com/">2 Hour Podcast Course</a></li><li><a href="https://podpanda.co/">PodPanda</a> (hire me to edit your podcast)</li><li><a href="https://indielife.fm/">This Indie Life Podcast</a></li></ul><p><strong>Sponsor - </strong><a href="https://emailoctopus.com/"><strong>EmailOctopus</strong></a><strong> 🐙</strong></p><p><em>EmailOctopus is an independently owned email marketing platform, built to support other small growing businesses. With a focus on affordability and ease of use, EmailOctopus contains all of the features you need to reach and grow your audience. You can </em><a href="https://emailoctopus.com/"><em>start today</em></a><em>, with their industry leading free plan where you can contact up to 2,500 subscribers without paying a penny.</em></p>