This is why I'm big on flexibility and avoid a rigid schedule. Work on things when you have the energy to work on t… https://t.co/iwRwWcOSyo
— csallen (@csallen)
It's been a year since I started working on the @IndieHackers podcast, and it's somehow grown from 1,000 listeners/… https://t.co/1mYLakMSdt
— csallen (@csallen)
Underrated: Sitting down and making sincere attempts to predict your future. What will your life be like in 5-10 y… https://t.co/rVNFlrJwPU
— csallen (@csallen)
"This great idea just came to me in the shower!" usually translates to, "I've been thinking about this for days, do… https://t.co/BdZ65UqjDn
— csallen (@csallen)
"I'm waiting for a great idea…" The number of people who stumble onto great ideas is dwarfed by the number of peopl… https://t.co/DciC8SFnYw
— csallen (@csallen)
"The first month's revenue was $20 in total… It was a very, very small amount." I talked to @joelgascoigne on the… https://t.co/XSvBTaOiky
— csallen (@csallen)
Feeling a lot of gratitude today for the safe, supportive, happy childhood that I had. Nearly two decades of uncond… https://t.co/M2ifFamWXf
— csallen (@csallen)
Optimism is underrated. If you're going into a job, a book, a meeting, a relationship, a chore, a trip, or any expe… https://t.co/vsOkLtcvYw
— csallen (@csallen)
The idea that you can't succeed unless you start rich is harmful. It makes me sad to see well-intentioned people sp… https://t.co/VDDQu5KPZG
— csallen (@csallen)
I talked to @sehurlburt about her journey from employee, to contractor, to building a successful business. Biggest… https://t.co/LqjL5ceEYu
— csallen (@csallen)
Many (but not all) "high-growth" startup founders I talk to project an image of being rich, famous, and successful,… https://t.co/gUu4PnIkHA
— csallen (@csallen)
Out of all the advice every entrepreneur gives, "Talk to your users" is the one I most often catch myself neglectin… https://t.co/Mxyt7E5J9c
— csallen (@csallen)
Traffic nowadays after sending a newsletter for @IndieHackers. Becoming less reliant on external sources of distrib… https://t.co/juyysrSSC4
— csallen (@csallen)
Always fun to see people on HN discuss what the valuation of a business should be based on their guesses at the complexity of its code. 😂
— csallen (@csallen)
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time." –Leonard Bernstein
— csallen (@csallen)
It never ceases to amaze me how much luck is involved in growing a business, and it's profound to see how much that… https://t.co/5bOb17ARcM
— csallen (@csallen)
There's a subtle difference between loving what you do, and loving the *results* of what you do. The latter is the… https://t.co/mVQAosrEU4
— csallen (@csallen)
I was lucky enough to talk to @levelsio about startups, ideas, failure, and putting yourself out there in front tho… https://t.co/dVRCcW8aDZ
— csallen (@csallen)
"I learned that if it's easy to do, then there's going to be a ton of competition. You want to go upmarket and put… https://t.co/pbjc272WV2
— csallen (@csallen)
Happy New Year! 🎉 I've got a feeling that 2018 will be the Year of the Indie Hacker 🐉
— csallen (@csallen)
It takes me 5 minutes to write 5 great paragraphs in an email or on a forum, but it takes me an hour to write a med… https://t.co/d1TGiLbUHi
— csallen (@csallen)
The experts in most professions plateau after a while. I can vouch for it in software engineering and in startups.… https://t.co/c52muON2jG
— csallen (@csallen)
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. If you don't explicitly choose what kind of business you want to run, e… https://t.co/HSD5JblzSz
— csallen (@csallen)
Just talked to Christy Laurence of https://t.co/cMTDmjvtkq. She bootstrapped her way to $1M in revenue in a year wo… https://t.co/d2VDU9Lcfp
— csallen (@csallen)
I made the @IndieHackers forum into the homepage! Overall I want the site to be more about the community and connec… https://t.co/5SYcucyo7Z
— csallen (@csallen)
"I'm fortunate that I like what I do, so work for me is oftentimes fun. In fact, it's my favorite thing to do."… https://t.co/vWzn2jqA6i
— csallen (@csallen)
Had a great @IndieHackers meetup last night, about 35 people came out! 🙌 https://t.co/NHrepgo6YK
— csallen (@csallen)
"The gritty work is so important and so relentless… it's really valuable to actually taste the pain of defeat and b… https://t.co/KNMyzuQjUp
— csallen (@csallen)
Met up with some @IndieHackers in SF last night, had a blast! https://t.co/2rfrSiBTAj
— csallen (@csallen)
If you're building a business and people are interested in what you have to say, start a mailing list to keep them… https://t.co/1MjenhH5oN
— csallen (@csallen)
Thoughts from @paulg on Hacker News and social media, 9 years ago: https://t.co/klrPfGaK8O
— csallen (@csallen)
"90% of tech companies fail because they live in a bubble and don't understand real world consumers." Is there som… https://t.co/Oxqf0sAT69
— csallen (@csallen)
"The best part is being able to just work on something you like on a daily basis." Loved talking to Evan You (… https://t.co/b7R8vP5SnU
— csallen (@csallen)
The Indie Hackers Community is on @producthunt today! 🙋 Connect with other founders and help each other build profi… https://t.co/rPIz4QzbyJ
— csallen (@csallen)
My favorite thing about talking to indie hackers is that they feel like the underdogs. They don't take it for grant… https://t.co/IpjZ2Wcpg3
— csallen (@csallen)
A good deal of preparing for a podcast episode is sitting alone in my apartment, having an awkward conversation with myself.
— csallen (@csallen)
Anyone interested in helping to organize @IndieHackers meetups in your city? 🤗 https://t.co/anP7pOzZrO
— csallen (@csallen)
Reading through an early copy of @randfish's new book, Lost and Founder, and it's packed with so many gems that are… https://t.co/D01VW5GWab
— csallen (@csallen)
Talked to @bendhalpern about how he was able to build a massive audience and userbase by giving himself the time to… https://t.co/Sd1yykZKRP
— csallen (@csallen)
Trying out a new "round table" format on @IndieHackers. Let me know what you think! https://t.co/32sIOXgeK6
— csallen (@csallen)
I talked to the insightful @randfish about how building an audience helped pull him out of $500k in debt, the right… https://t.co/swXiaZnMq4
— csallen (@csallen)
It blows me away how much more has been written about building a successful business today than ever before. If you… https://t.co/vgowkR7yD0
— csallen (@csallen)
And when someone decides to open up and share the details behind how they accomplished something, deriding them for… https://t.co/ChmaF5tUT6
— csallen (@csallen)
Great thread about charging more for what you're building: https://t.co/cQCL9p15JI
— csallen (@csallen)
@HahTse @RatedMGL @MachinistxX @capt_dyl @Rtnolefan @housas196 @SerRevM @NorbertElekes @elonmusk What if the differ… https://t.co/ylBJyQHQU6
— csallen (@csallen)
"Stay focused. There are so many things that can go wrong, but there are also so many things that can go right if y… https://t.co/NQ9hQvFv47
— csallen (@csallen)