Season 1 Recap Last year, I became a full-time indie founder just before COVID hit. In a matter of 3 weeks, the pandemic’s fallout obliterated my two main revenue streams: my travel blog and SaaS product, Affilimate. By the time I turned 30 in June of 2020, I earned just $538 in revenue for the entire month. Not even enough to cover rent. Despite turning things around with a successful launch at the end of the year, I still made a net loss after business and personal expenses.

Highlights

• TinyPilot’s sales jumped to $57k, and it might be sustainable.
• I’m just about to launch TinyPilot’s new product and branding.
• I reduced Google Cloud Platform fees by 90% on my side projects.

Goal grades

At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s how I did against those goals:

Complete TinyPilot’s website rebrand

• Result: The rebrand is 95% done, but we haven’t published it yet.
• Grade: B

I’ve finalized a logo concept and color scheme with the design firm, but we’re still working out some fine details before we pull the trigger on the new branding.

A transparent look at how I generated $11,212 in profit ($14K revenue) from my indie product portfolio in November 2021.

Highlights

• I announced a new product and then discovered it was a mistake.
• I simplified the TinyPilot website to focus on a single device.
• I tried taking my first real vacation from TinyPilot with mixed results.

Goal grades

At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s how I did against those goals:

Train local staff members to assist with customer support

• Result: Local staff members are answering ~50% of support emails.
• Grade: A-

We now use HelpScout as a shared customer support queue. There are still plenty of cases where I’m the only one with the context or technical background to handle the request, but it’s great to have help with the rest.

A transparent look at how I generated $9,366 in revenue from my indie product portfolio in October 2021.