Indie Bites

<p>Wilhelm Klopp is the founder of Simple Poll, a super simple (but powerful) poll Slack app that has over 600k active users. Wil now works on Simple Poll full time having left his job at GitHub in September 2019 (1 year ago 🎉).</p><p>What we discussed in this episode:</p><ul><li>Hows the year been after leaving GitHub</li><li>What is Simple Poll</li><li>How Wil came up with the idea</li><li>How he grew the app to 600k users</li><li>What he did to start charging for a free app</li><li>The danger of building for another platform (Slack)</li><li>How he transitioned to work full-time on Simple Poll</li><li>What it's like being a full-time indie hacker</li><li>Why it's quite good having a job while working on side projects</li></ul><p>Quick fire answers</p><ul><li>Podcast: <a href="https://artofproductpodcast.com/"><strong>Art of Product</strong></a></li><li>Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-CEO-Within-Tactical-Building-ebook/dp/B07ZLGQZYC"><strong>The Great CEO Within </strong></a></li><li>Indie Hacker: <a href="https://twitter.com/natalienagele"><strong>Natalie Nagele</strong></a></li></ul><p><strong>Follow Wil</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/wilhelmklopp">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://simplepoll.rocks/">Simple Poll</a></li></ul><p><strong>Follow Me</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://jamesmckinven.com/">Personal Website</a></li></ul><p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.mugshotbot.com/indiebites">Mugshot Bot</a> for sponsoring Indie Bites.</p><p><br>Mugshot Bot automatically generates unique, beautifully designed images for every page on your website or blog so you don’t have to worry about them. This means you can focus on what matters: <strong>building your product and creating great content.</strong></p><p>Mugshot Bot is a tool that I use personally and made by another indie hacker, <a href="https://masilotti.com/?utm_source=mugshotbot.com">Joe Masilotti</a>. </p><p>To level up your link previews, go to <a href="https://www.mugshotbot.com/indiebites">mugshotbot.com/indiebites</a>, link in the show notes, to create an image for your site, completely free.</p>