4 years of failed projects to full-time indie hacker - Kenneth Cassel, Pointer.gg
Today I’m joined by Kenneth Cassel the founder of Pointer.gg a product he pivoted from Slip.so, a course platform making it easy for developers to make high-quality interactive courses. He got inspiration for Slip when he built vim.so, a course made $10k in just one month with - his first internet money. It's not all been plain sailing for Kenneth, as he struggled with failing his way to eventual success, with 4 years building products with no revenue. Now with Slip, he's quit his job, been accepted to YC and gets to build a company he’s always wanted to have.
What we covered in this episode:
- How buying a Raspberry Pi changed Kenneth's life
- Going from maintenance man for a gas station to software engineer
- The inspiration Kenneth took from his Dad
- How he learned programming
- Making $100 in 4 years of side projects
- How to stay motivated when things aren't going so well
- Going from 0-20k Twitter followers
- How building in public impacted Kenneth
- Earning $10k in one month with Vim.so
- Why he started Slip.so
- Dealing with imposter syndrome
Recommendations
- Book: Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers
- Podcast: My First Million
- Indie Hacker: The Builder JR
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