34 guides on Growth — practical, research-backed playbooks for indie founders.
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Should you run a lifetime deal for your indie SaaS? The real costs, 3-year math, deal caps, AppSumo vs self-run terms, and a 14-day plan to do it safely.
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How to build a free calculator, checker or template that brings search traffic and signups to your indie product, without gating it or building a mini-SaaS.
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How to get your indie product into niche newsletters: find what buyers read, judge fit by audience, earn a free mention, test one paid spot, track signups.
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A practical playbook for indie founders with only a few buyers: pick the right customer, get permission, run a short interview, write one honest case study with a defended number, and place it where it actually helps close.
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A practical indie playbook: tag every ticket, spot repeating jobs, score priorities without a roadmap tool, ship a thin fix, and measure whether support load drops in 14 days.
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Run a practical lost-deal debrief with a handful of customers: when to ask, a 5-question script, spreadsheet columns, what to change next week, and what not to do with n=3.
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A practical one-page positioning brief for indie founders: template, afternoon fill process, and how to turn who/what/why into homepage sections before another rewrite.
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Which product metrics matter before 100 users—activation, retention of a tiny cohort, qualitative signals—and what to ignore until you have real traffic.
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How to collect and place honest social proof for an indie launch when you barely have users—specific quotes, defended numbers, permission, and a 10-day proof sprint.
