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It doesn't. I know it's broad, but my definition[0] of an "indie hacker" is anyone who's making money from customers rather than an employer. I've never discrim
by csallen 10y ago
It doesn't. I know it's broad, but my definition[0] of an "indie hacker" is anyone who's making money from customers rather than an employer. I've never discriminated based on funding, which is why I've had the "bootstrapped vs raised money" filter[1] on the homepage from the beginning.
Personally, I'm partial to early-stage tech bootstrappers, which is one reason why I've interviewed so many people from that niche. It's just a lot more near and dear to my heart, and those are the people who tend to struggle to get coverage elsewhere.
But it's worth branching out, because other entrepreneurs have valuable experiences to share, too. And to the extent that we can get even well-funded companies to share their revenue numbers and behind-the-scenes strategies, that's a good thing for all of us imo.
[0] https://www.indiehackers.com/about https://www.indiehackers.com/about
[1] https://media.giphy.com/media/l4FGycUhVUpsBuoqQ/source.mp4 https://media.giphy.com/media/l4FGycUhVUpsBuoqQ/source.mp4
- jrochkind1 10y ago> It doesn't. I know it's broad, but my definition[0] of an "indie hacker" is anyone who's making money from customers rather than an employer. So... once you hire your first employee and the staff is no longer exclusively founders/owners... the founders/bosses are still 'indie hackers', but the employee is not? Or none of them are anymore, you can only be an 'indie hacker' if the entire staff is founder/owners with no employees? When only bosses can be 'indie', hmm. I guess that is a pretty good synecdoche of a certain kind of bay area techno-capitalist-hipsterist ideology.
- csallen 10y agoThere are many more blurry lines than that. For example, is a contractor an indie hacker? Technically they get paid by clients, not employers. But they're also directly trading hours for dollars, and rarely make for good interviewees. Etc. At the end of the day, we can spend a lot of time bike shedding about semantics and the name "Indie Hackers," but what's more important is the overall purpose behind the site — a place for entrepreneurs to learn from each other and share their experiences transparently. Sometimes those entrepreneurs will be the Jeff Atwoods and Bezoses of the world, and that's just fine.
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