Indie Bites

<p>Milly Tamati is not your usual founder. She lives on an remote island off Scotland with a population of just 170 people, previously co-owned a hostel in Thailand, co-founded a wine-tour in Australia and founded an illustration-agency in the UK. Now she’s working on a community called <a href="https://generalist.world/">generalist.world</a>, where’s she’s helping generalists like us indie hackers, find like minded individuals and jobs that fit us well.</p><p><strong>What we covered in this episode:</strong></p><ul> <li>Living on a remote island with 170 people</li> <li>Remote life vs city life</li> <li>Being isolated when not in a city</li> <li>Embracing communities</li> <li>Milly’s crazy career journey</li> <li>Getting a customer in 12 hours</li> <li>Testing your product before you launch</li> <li>Why generalists aren’t valued in the world</li> <li>Growing to 850 community members in a few months</li> <li>How to cultivate community</li> </ul><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><ul> <li>Book - <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5782/9781509843527"><strong>Range</strong></a> by David Epstein</li> <li>Podcast - <a href="https://www.lennyspodcast.com/"><strong>Lennys Podcast</strong></a> </li> <li>Indie Hacker - <a href="https://twitter.com/goblin_tech_"><strong>Molly Retter</strong></a> </li> </ul><p><strong>Follow Milly</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/MillyTamati">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/milly-tamati/">LinkedIn</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> <li><a href="https://whistablecraftco.com/">Buy A Wallet</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> </ul><p><strong>Sponsor - </strong><a href="https://www.ramenclub.so/uk"><strong>Ramen Club</strong></a></p><p>My favourite community has just got a significant upgrade as it rebrands to Ramen Club, the best community to help you get to Ramen Profitability.</p><p><br>Ramen club has 4 remote coworking sessions a week, masterminds, accountability calls, live AMAs, a fractional CFO, in-house VA, discounts and so much more. But most of all, the founder Charlie has done a wonderful job at cultivating a wonderfully friendly and supportive community.</p><p>To join the world's most supportive community for bootstrapped founders to reach ramen profitable and beyond, head to <a href="http://ramenclub.so/">ramenclub.so</a> and use code "INDIEBITES" to let Charlie know I sent you and get 50% off your first month.</p>