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    Actionable marketing lessons for indie-hackers

    2022

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    Borrow Distribution, Not Capital

    May 2026 · productclank.com

  3. 3SF

    2020 · salesforfounders.com

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    The only fund you get to spend your stonks money

    2021

  5. 5LM

    We're BETA testing our partnership portal at SeedLawyers and thought y'all might be interested in some FREEEeee... legal help. Just type "betatest" where it asks here --> https://seedlawyers.com/users/sign_up?profile_type=Founder to unlock an account with 500 credits that you can spend on calls with our lawyer members, legal questions, and DIY startup legal documents. Every bit of feedback counts :)

    2018

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    Where founders show the chaos, not just the launch

    2025

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    Share your LinkedIn. Receive a decision + reasoning in 24h.

    Dec 2025

  8. 8WU

    hey y'all -- can you please tell us if our job search tool sucks? :D we built it using an investor platform called Harmonic.ai to gather startup data, then contextualize it so that job seekers could find out about the most exciting startups hiring first (like if they just raised, growing headcount fast, have an ex-unicorn founder, etc). pretty sure we're the first platform doing anything like this. anyway, let me know what you think. really excited to launch this thing soon! getting feedback from the hn community first is really fun :)

    2022 · joinmaasive.com

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    From zero to your first real users, minus the grind.

    28d ago · nilkick.com

  10. 10LS

    We built this using investor tools. I really wanted to know which startups to work for. Are we on the right track? PS - there's a paywall but if you want to explore more, just DM me your email and I'll give you free access in our db!

    2023 · usemassive.com

  11. 11IM

    Hey HN, I'm Aydin, a 13-year-old developer and indie maker looking to improve the world with my small startups. Recently, I built 2 micro SaaS projects. I spent days & weeks coding features, always telling myself that after coding one more feature I was for sure to get traction. This never happened. The reason: I never launched. With IndieReq, you can launch your startup fast and get real user feedback so you know exactly what features to ship and improve. All you have to do is sign up for free, create a feedback board, and share the public link with your users. It's that easy! If you've…

    2025 · indiereq.com

  12. 12FS

    HN is the best for honest feedback, help me improve my product! It's not failure, it's only feedback, thanks hackers. http://gameofchat.com

    2017

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    Stop building in silence. Launch in public.

    Feb 2026

  14. 14IS

    I'm tired of seeing founders building stuff for months and years that nobody would ever pay for. They just don't see it, like most other founders learn to do. Business validation = making money, and nothing else really. If you really wanna make money this year, I can help you do it.

    2025 · validatedsaas.com

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    Launch. Get discovered. Grow your startup.

    Jun 2026 · founder.best

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    Take first spot by just paying $1 extra. Forever backlink.

    12d ago · takefirstspot.lol

  17. 17UA

    Hey folks. I have been working on Unsolved.xyz for a bit now. The idea was to help idea stage entrepreneurs make progress using a combination of a self serve game and Founder to Founder problem solving 1. Automated To-Dos that help them make progress from one level to the next 2. As you progress you get access to a network of high reputation founders 3. You gain reputation by helping other founders solve challenges and getting unstuck Reputation is live, but not the To-Dos. It looks a little like a mashup between product hunt and stack overflow. But it is for ideas I really was hoping you…

    2020

  18. 18IM

    I build a lot of small products myself and I realized how many indie founders want an exit that doesn’t involve platforms charging large commissions or requiring big revenue numbers. Sometimes a project makes $50/month, sometimes $500, sometimes $0 but has a great codebase, and that’s enough value for someone else. So I built buy-startups.com, a very simple, privacy-friendly marketplace for buying and selling small online startups. It’s not fancy. There’s no commission, no listing fee, no hidden funnel. Just a straightforward way for indie devs and bootstrappers to list a project and…

    Dec 2025 · buy-startups.com

  19. 19UI

    We built this database using the same software investors use to discover startups. My friends and I really wanted to know which startups to work for. Are we on the right track? PS - there's a paywall but if you want to explore more, just DM me your email and I'll send you a free access code! Thank you so much.

    2023 · usemassive.com

  20. 20SL

    Hello Hackernews! I've been building startups for 3 years and finding my initial customers has always been a big struggle. I recently got into the "build in public" trend and love how it helps founders like us get noticed without big connections. I saw many of us sharing our ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) on IndieHackers, Twitter, and other places. But there wasn't a simple place to see how we're all doing compared to each other. So, I built StartupLeaderboard.com, a site where we can see each other's ARR and learn from it. It's straightforward: you share your ARR, see others, and we all get…

    2023 · startupleaderboard.com

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    Stop guessing. 1,200+ market reports for pragmatic founders.

    Jan 2026

  22. 22RM

    Link: www.rise.ly Hey guys, We just finished building our site, and would be very grateful if some of you guys could test it out. Basically, Risely is curation platform that filters the noise from your social stream and only shows you stories on topics you care about. You just need to connect your social networks and select your topics. Trending stories get bigger as they get more popular. We are in private beta right now, but I have made arrangements and you will receive an invite 5 or 10 minutes after you signup. Thanks

    2013

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    Find out what your market wants before you waste months

    21d ago · shouldbuild.io

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    The indie directory for that pays you. Ship a product, earn!

    Jun 2026 · firelaunch.dev

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