Ask HN: Are you a solo creator?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2076163

by iisbum • 16 years ago

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I know that YC prefers having a team of co-founders, but I've found that working solo is great for others me included!

Did you plan, design, and develop your own idea to launch? If so, I'd like to showcase your work on a new interview site I've started:

http://www.madebyone.com

Please email me: hello{at}madebyone.com and we'll get the interview rolling.

iisbum2• 16 years ago

Already got some emails, thanks for reaching out guys, will be emailing back ASAP.

Clickable link: http://www.madebyone.com

gacba• 16 years ago

You should visit Micropreneur Academy: http://micropreneur.com and also check out http://softwarebyrob.com and http://singlefounder.com. I belong to the MA, and it's a great resource for solo founders.

dangrossman• 16 years ago

Do you have any plans beyond just taking the interviews?

This idea's been done a few times, and I've interviewed for each site, but the sites never went anywhere and virtually nobody read the interviews.

You'd have to convince me it's worth the time again.

iisbum2• 16 years ago

I wasn't aware that this topic/format had been done before.

Whilst I can't guarantee that the interviews will be read by millions of people, I do have a fairly large network of sites in the web development industry and will be promoting all the interviews as best I can.

I've also tried to keep the interviews pretty short, so hopefully it won't be too large an investment of your time.

I don't know where this will lead, at the moment I'm just trying to promote some great projects from some talented people.

Could it lead to a book with more detailed interviews at some point, I can only hope :)

dpcan• 16 years ago

Mixergy is probably your closest major competitor in my opinion. They seem to have a lot of solo-entrepreneurs on the site.

What keeps "me" coming back for more are real numbers. If developers will share their real numbers like profits, downloads, active users, stats, etc, that's what gets me back.

kolinko• 16 years ago

great idea! :)

chime• 16 years ago

I'm a solo. You should join http://www.reddit.com/r/solostartups

My apps at https://zetabee.com

middlegeek• 16 years ago

Thanks so much for showing me that sub-reddit. Wish it was more frequented though.

jrussbowman• 16 years ago

Not really launched, still validating ideas and such. But www.unscatter.com is all me. Not really interested in doing interviews or anything right now, it's more or less been pushed back to being a hobby rather than a project due to less time with an infant and a toddler in the home :)

dugmartin• 16 years ago

If you are a solo founder please join us in the ##solofounders channel on Freenode (note the double hashes).

If you don't have an IRC client you can use this:

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23%23solofounders&...

delano• 16 years ago

+1 for https://www.blamestella.com/

P.S. Love the pic on the homepage :]

rbanffy• 16 years ago

Can't say creator. I have a lot of ideas but the day job is draining too many hours that cannot be dedicated to execute them.

janj• 16 years ago

Is there some sort of network of solo entrepreneurs in San Francisco that get together to ask/answer questions and share experience? Last day at my job is today, I've filed incorporation papers, I've never done this before and I have a bunch of questions.

nowarninglabel• 16 years ago

I've in the same boat (except keeping the job for now). So fa the two closest I have found are: http://sfnightowls.com/ and https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge

Of course, there are platform specific meetups that can be pretty good.

d3x• 16 years ago

I created http://digest.io all by myself and for myself. It has paying clients now and I am close to releasing the iPhone / Android apps.

joakin• 16 years ago

Just to tell, the youtube video its said to be supressed by the user :P

mysteryleo• 16 years ago

http://www.rawsignal.com is made by one

kliao• 16 years ago

I was going to ask what the big deal is about being a solo creator, but then I realized it's sort of like being a single-parent. There is definitely a unique set of challenges associated with both, which I think presents the opportunity for active communities in either group. Neat idea!

speleding• 16 years ago

Created http://www.supersaas.com all by myself, although by now there are a bunch of people doing customer service and sales worldwide.

ecaroth• 16 years ago

Are you looking for founders of monetized creations only, or interested in cool just-for-fun or free to use stuff as well?

kamiller• 16 years ago

I have created http://watchdogdaemon.com by myself. I need to be able to monitor client applications at multiple hosting companies that are behind firewalls.

Its currently in private beta, I'm going to be sending out a fresh round of invites, if you signup and mention HN I will move you up the list.

kunley• 16 years ago

For one project I'm a solo technician so far, but have two peers for sales & marketing. Seems quite fun!

For a few smaller things I'm a "pure solo". Looks like it's harder this way.

stephenou• 16 years ago

http://ohboard.com It is a little Chrome whiteboarding app that I sell for $3.99. Being a solo creator, I really enjoying numbers without pressure: http://ohboard.com/blog/10-sales-in-2-weeks/

moconnor• 16 years ago

I made http://www.findanewgame.com, but I don't know if it counts :-)

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