Indie Hackers - Podcast Rankings and reviews

From someone who has listened to podcasts like How I Built This and The Tim Ferris Show, it is fascinating to hear the stories of smaller entrepreneurs and their own journeys. Sam’s story about Crave is a classic counter example to the ideas of people like Peter Thiel who have these set criteria for businesses that should revolutionize the world. Sometimes there are much simpler endeavors to undertake, and I appreciate the insights into helping those endeavors grow successfully.

Indie Hackers is the podcast I’ve been listening to the longest. I’m so grateful that host Courtland Allen popularized the whole indie-hacker concept, which legitimized an ambitious and creative class of people who were always there but whose approach hadn’t been validated. Now it has, and it’s growing like crazy. But I digress. As to the podcast itself, Courtland is a great interviewer — upbeat, great questioner, great listener, always teasing out patterns from his guests’ stories that the rest of us can learn from and apply. Thanks Courtland for your work, and for championing indie entrepreneurship.

I have been listening to this podcast since episode 0 with sporadic breaks. My main problem with IH pod is that I can't listen to it while walking or doing other chores *because* I constantly have the urge to jot down notes or look things up.

The quality of guests is excellent. All interviews go into great detail on exactly how the founders came up with ideas, what tools they used to build the product/business, marketing and sales, distribution channels. The host also makes it a point to focus on the human side of things. I especially enjoy the questions around human psychology, motivation, money, decision-making, and quality of life.

The net sum of all startup/business advice is zero, meaning they cancel each other out. But if you listen carefully to enoughIH episodes you definitely spot patterns in what all those who succeed have in common. (I'm currently going a marathon of listening to 26 episodes in 26 days...before I go on a advice consumption diet for rest of 2021).

I've been listening since 2016 but it has never occured to me to leave a review. The consistent CTA at the end of each episode finally worked. So here we are!

Just discovered this podcast and I’m looking forward to learning more about the Indie Hacker community. Two episodes from the archives have already helped me hone a business idea I’ve been working on, while also introducing me to another resource that’s going to be an immense help (Newsletter Crew). Thanks for putting out a quality show ... I’ll be diving deep into past episodes!