Creator Lab

Courtland founded Indie Hackers, one of the leading entrepreneurship communities on the internet. Indie Hackers was acquired by Stripe in 2017. He's a Y Combinator alum & graduated from MIT. This conversation is broken up into two parts. In part one, we discuss: the indiehacker philosophy optimizing for freedom + becoming a time billionaire capitalism + the american dream diversity, race + culture equality of opportunity vs outcome Part Two - Business Idea Framework (starts at 1hr mark): a four-step framework for brainstorming business ideas difference between product ideas + business ideas how to think about distribution from day one finding a door before making a key how to create an innovative solution Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:52 Who is Courtland + what is Indie Hackers 00:04:24 Background + Getting Acquired By Stripe 00:09:51 Differentiating 00:12:47 Unbundling Platforms + Creating Alternatives 00:16:03 Experience at Y Combinator 00:21:49 The Indiehacker Philosophy 00:25:02 "The Time Bill