No More Mondays

By: Dan Rowden and James McKinven
  • Summary

  • No More Mondays peels back the curtain to see what it takes to build an indie business. Following the journey of indie hackers Dan Rowden and James McKinven as they navigate building a micro-SaaS studio and a podcast respectively.
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Episodes
  • 19: When you run out of motivation
    Jun 15 2022

    This week Dan moves closer to finishing his Twitter course and gets geared up for a big Product Hunt launch while I battle with another tough week of low motivation and no money.

    What we covered in this episode:

    • Is ilo a bad name?
    • How do you title podcast episodes?
    • Sponsor - Paddle
    • Dan moves towards launching his course
    • Should he do a PH launch for the course?
    • Dan get’s prepped for launching ilo Thread Analytics
    • Dan builds a little utility product, AdapterPay
    • Should more indie hackers build small products?
    • Building to solve your own problem
    • James had a pretty rubbish week
    • How to deal with picking yourself up after a tough week
    • How to get more clients, quickly
    • Tweets
      • Dan
      • James

    Links:


    Follow the show on Twitter and get involved
    @nomoremondaysfm
    Sponsor the show

    Today's sponsor - Paddle

    In this market it’s harder to grow. And when you do, there are more operational distractions slowing your momentum. Like building and maintaining a global payments and billing system. Or reconciling revenue data.

    Paddle and ProfitWell are coming together to take the load off your finance and engineering teams.

    We make subscription billing, payments, tax, and growth products that “do it for you.” In turn, you focus on what really matters - your team, customers, and products.

    Find out more at Paddle.com


    About Dan
    Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time.

    Dan's Twitter
    ilo.so - Twitter analytics
    Gloat - Ghost host
    Cove - Commenting for Ghost
    Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes
    Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS


    About James

    I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year.

    James' Twitter
    Indie Bites - Indie founder chats
    2 Hour Podcast - Podcasting course
    Whitstable Craft Co - Handmade leather wallets
    PodPanda - Podcast editing

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    22 mins
  • 18: Is ilo a bad name?
    Jun 7 2022

    This week Dan finally launches his marketing site and gets the itch to start another new product, while I have a bit of a battle to find clients and someone said my website was rubbish.

    What we covered in this episode:

    • James loses his Twitter streak
    • Sponsor - Paddle
    • Paddle Documentary
    • Dan launches his new marketing site
    • New Product Hunt pages
    • Should Dan rebrand ilo?
    • Should Dan build ANOTHER product?
    • Dan’s progress on Twitter for Developers Course
    • A new Ghost theme for courses?
    • James has a bad week
    • Someone tells me the PodPanda website is 💩
    • Matt Evans offers to build a new one
    • Permissionless apprentice - Jack Butcher
    • My sister’s Notion avatar
    • How can my sister make money?
    • Indie Bites episode recording with Marie Ng

    Links:


    Follow the show on Twitter and get involved
    @nomoremondaysfm
    Sponsor the show

    Today's sponsor - Paddle

    In this market it’s harder to grow. And when you do, there are more operational distractions slowing your momentum. Like building and maintaining a global payments and billing system. Or reconciling revenue data.

    Paddle and ProfitWell are coming together to take the load off your finance and engineering teams.

    We make subscription billing, payments, tax, and growth products that “do it for you.” In turn, you focus on what really matters - your team, customers, and products.

    Find out more at Paddle.com


    About Dan
    Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time.

    Dan's Twitter
    ilo.so - Twitter analytics
    Gloat - Ghost host
    Cove - Commenting for Ghost
    Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes
    Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS


    About James

    I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year.

    James' Twitter
    Indie Bites - Indie founder chats
    2 Hour Podcast - Podcasting course
    Whitstable Craft Co - Handmade leather wallets
    PodPanda - Podcast editing

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    20 mins
  • 17: Mental health and going viral
    May 30 2022

    This week Dan goes hard on the marketing site for ilo and is busy with the new Ghost v5 launch, while I go viral taking down a certain microphone but had a tough mental health week.

    What we covered this week:

    • ilo marketing site, paid trials
    • Dan goes Climate Positive
    • Ghost v5 launch
    • Dan thinks about Cove again
    • Skipped Indie Bites - bad week
    • dontbuyayeti.com goes viral
      • Viral tweet
    • Went to The Podcast Show in London

    Links:


    Follow the show on Twitter and get involved
    @nomoremondaysfm
    Sponsor the show

    Today's sponsor - Paddle

    In this market it’s harder to grow. And when you do, there are more operational distractions slowing your momentum. Like building and maintaining a global payments and billing system. Or reconciling revenue data.

    Paddle and ProfitWell are coming together to take the load off your finance and engineering teams.

    We make subscription billing, payments, tax, and growth products that “do it for you.” In turn, you focus on what really matters - your team, customers, and products.

    Find out more at Paddle.com


    About Dan
    Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time.

    Dan's Twitter
    ilo.so - Twitter analytics
    Gloat - Ghost host
    Cove - Commenting for Ghost
    Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes
    Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS


    About James

    I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year.

    James' Twitter
    Indie Bites - Indie founder chats
    2 Hour Podcast - Podcasting course
    Whitstable Craft Co - Handmade leather wallets
    PodPanda - Podcast editing

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    27 mins

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