Dossier · 13 operators
The hackers.
Indie makers and growth operators whose public work became a method. Open a dossier for how they find a niche, think, launch, and keep compounding after week one.
Pieter Levels
@levelsio
Itch-first · SEO + X
Profitable solo products, shipped in public, SEO + Twitter as the company
Marc Lou
@marc_louvion
Picks & shovels · X-native
Picks-and-shovels for indie hackers and a weekly shipping cadence
Danny Postma
@dannypostmaa
Paid acquisition · wave rider
Turning a generative-image wave into a paid-ads machine with a crisp outcome
Patrick McKenzie
@patio11
SEO + copy · charge more
SEO, copy, and charging more — the Kalzumeus school of software marketing
Noah Kagan
@noahkagan
Validation · email
Talking to humans, tiny price tests, and email as a weapon
Arvid Kahl
@arvidkahl
Embedded · audience-first
Audience-first SaaS inside a community you already belong to
Justin Welsh
@thejustinwelsh
Content system · LinkedIn
Turning a personal content system into a one-person media company
Rob Walling
@robwalling
Bootstrap compounder · email
Start Small, Stay Small — bootstrap compounding as a go-to-market
Daniel Vassallo
@dvassallo
Small bets · audience
Leaving the big-company script for a portfolio of small, public bets
Andrew Chen
@andrewchen
Growth loops · networks
Network effects, cold starts, and loops versus funnels
Sean Ellis
@SeanEllis
Experimentation · PMF gate
Product-market fit as a gate, North Stars, and experiment cadence
Greg Isenberg
@gregisenberg
Scene-first · community
Spotting scenes early and building community-led products inside them
Sahil Lavingia
@shl
Creator rails · simplicity
Building in public, simplicity as positioning, creators as the niche