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I've been reading HN for 5 or 6 years and this feels very strange to me. From the comments in here by the principles it kind of seems like Stripe is doing IH a

by hsod 10y ago

I've been reading HN for 5 or 6 years and this feels very strange to me. From the comments in here by the principles it kind of seems like Stripe is doing IH a favor. A few things that stick in my craw: 1. This seems like it would be damaging to IH's brand image (since it will now be perceived as a PR arm of Stripe, and it's all about independence) 2. Stripe's stated goal here is simply to ensure the success of IH in order to drive more people to start companies. That's not exactly compelling on it's own, and with (1), even less so. 3. IH was apparently very big on financial transparency, yet the principles are being decidedly opaque about financials in this thread. Are these types of deals common? Does Stripe own any other media companies? [note: these are just my thoughts. i don't think i'm entitled to any further explanation nor do i think anything nefarious is going on.]

fratlas 10y ago
Re: point 2; I can see why Stripe would believe this. I personally have read/been inspired by IndieHackers, and I'm looking at starting a SaaS and Stripe is definitely my billing software of choice.
searchhn 10y ago
2) IH has been a source of inspiration and motivation for me. Atlas and Stripe are on my list services that I look forward to use in the near future.
pharrlax 10y ago
>IH was apparently very big on financial transparency, yet the principles are being decidedly opaque about financials in this thread. Financial transparency about profit from a bootstrapped startup is a different from financial transparency about a contract between two parties. Secrecy around the latter is a little more understandable.
- econner 10y ago
  Why?
  - robotnoises 10y ago
    Well, it was Courtland's right to publish his financials when he was the sole proprietor of IH. Now he's a Stripe employee and therefore is governed by their policy on the matter, I assume.
  - softawre 10y ago
    It takes two to tango in the latter
antoniuschan99 10y ago
It seems like Indie Hackers is not Indie anymore. For consumers, it will be more like Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz rather than Ben Thompson of Stratechery. However, for the founder it's great, because he may not have to worry much financially from now on.

by hsod 10y ago

fratlas 10y ago

Re: point 2; I can see why Stripe would believe this. I personally have read/been inspired by IndieHackers, and I'm looking at starting a SaaS and Stripe is definitely my billing software of choice.

searchhn 10y ago

2) IH has been a source of inspiration and motivation for me. Atlas and Stripe are on my list services that I look forward to use in the near future.

pharrlax 10y ago

>IH was apparently very big on financial transparency, yet the principles are being decidedly opaque about financials in this thread. Financial transparency about profit from a bootstrapped startup is a different from financial transparency about a contract between two parties. Secrecy around the latter is a little more understandable.

econner 10y ago
Why?
- robotnoises 10y ago
  Well, it was Courtland's right to publish his financials when he was the sole proprietor of IH. Now he's a Stripe employee and therefore is governed by their policy on the matter, I assume.
- softawre 10y ago
  It takes two to tango in the latter

antoniuschan99 10y ago

It seems like Indie Hackers is not Indie anymore. For consumers, it will be more like Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz rather than Ben Thompson of Stratechery. However, for the founder it's great, because he may not have to worry much financially from now on.