Bootstrapping Helpkit to $4.5k MRR - Dominik Sobe, Helpkit
Dominik Sobe packed in his dreams of working as a management consultant, earning cushy money and travelling the world for free, to become a stressed-out, risk-taking indie hacker. Now with his product Helpkit making $4.5k MRR, is he happy with his new career?
Today I’m joined by Dominik Sobe, the founder of Helpkit, a product he started last year that turns Notion pages into a professional help center, doing $4.5k MRR. In this episode we talk about Dom’s many failed projects, how he finally found something that worked with Helpkit and how he went from wanting to be a management consultant to being an indie hacker.
What we covered in this episode:
What we covered in this episode:
- Dom’s previous projects
- Wanting to become a management consultant
- Management consultant to indie hacker
- Making his first internet money
- Being embarrassed about your first product
- Overengineering your first product
- Building an MVP during a hackathon
- Validation before building a product
- Side projects as marketing
- Building in a growing market
- Investing in SEO
Recommendations
- Book: Start Small, Stay Small by Rob Walling
- Podcast: Indie Hackers
- Indie Hacker: Minh-Phuc Tran
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Often great design makes products stand out in this day and age; stop trying to figure it out yourself. Figura offers vetted product designers for startups and fast-growing companies. Find your first designer or contractor, or land a helping hand for your product in less than 48hours. Save $199 and start your project for free, using code "INDIE199".
Head to figura.digital to try it out.
Creators and Guests
Guest
Dominik Sobe ツ
⚡ Indie Hacker and 🌊 Surfer tweeting about bootstrapping SaaS. Sharing my lessons. Currently turning Notion Docs ➯ professional Help Center @HelpkitHQ
