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How to build in public - Kevon Cheung, Public Lab
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Aug 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
If you’re wanting to learn about building in public, Kevon Cheung is your guy. After not getting the fulfilment he desired from the VC funded startup dream, Kevon struck out on his own in 2020 to become an indie hacker. Since then he’s launched the Build in Public Mastery course, started a newsletter called Public Lab, wrote the Definitive Guide to Building in Public and then to top this all off, wrote a book called Find Joy in Chaos. What we covered in this episode:
Building credibility
Taking a 6 month bet
Starting from scratch to learn a trend
Choosing to build in public
Anyone can learn any topic
Is building in public just sharing MRR numbers?
What is building in public?
False positives of building an audience
Building a creator business
How to differentiate course content to blog content
Info products vs SaaS
Recommendations:
Book: Life Is What You Make It by Peter Buffet, $100m Offers by Alex Hormozi
Podcast: Socialette, The Bootstrapped Founder
Indie Hacker: Monica Lent, Jay Clouse, Marie Ng
Follow Kevon
Twitter
Personal website
Follow Me
Twitter
Indie Bites Twitter
Personal Website
Buy A Wallet
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Building credibility
Taking a 6 month bet
Starting from scratch to learn a trend
Choosing to build in public
Anyone can learn any topic
Is building in public just sharing MRR numbers?
What is building in public?
False positives of building an audience
Building a creator business
How to differentiate course content to blog content
Info products vs SaaS
Recommendations:
Book: Life Is What You Make It by Peter Buffet, $100m Offers by Alex Hormozi
Podcast: Socialette, The Bootstrapped Founder
Indie Hacker: Monica Lent, Jay Clouse, Marie Ng
Follow Kevon
Personal website
Follow Me
Indie Bites Twitter
Personal Website
Buy A Wallet
2 Hour Podcast Course
PodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast)
Sponsor - Ramen ClubMy favourite community has just got a significant upgrade as it rebrands to Ramen Club, the best community to help you get to Ramen Profitability.Ramen club has 4 remote coworking sessions a week, masterminds, accountability calls, live AMAs, a fractional CFO, in-house VA, discounts and so much more. But most of all, the founder Charlie has done a wonderful job at cultivating a wonderfully friendly and supportive community.To join the world's most supportive community for bootstrapped founders to reach ramen profitable and beyond, head to ramenclub.so and use code "INDIEBITES" to let Charlie know I sent you and get 50% off your first month.
Released:
Aug 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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