Tom Fishburne is the founder of Marketoonist, a bootstrapped marketing cartoon business he started in 2010. He started drawing and sharing cartoons in 2002, and it took him 8 years to make the leap, despite having a successful career in marketing. 15 years later, Tom is still going strong, with the business making money from cartoon licensing, speaking gigs, brand deals, his book and more.
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Timestamps
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:23 - Moving to Czech Republic out of college
- 02:16 - From Czech Republic to MBA
- 03:19 - Starting cartooning
- 04:03 - Tom's first client
- 04:37 - Imposter syndrome
- 05:20 - Pricing too low
- 06:01 - Making the leap to full time
- 07:08 - The terrifying moment of taking the leap
- 08:08 - How Tom executed on his plan as a full time cartoonist?
- 09:20 - Marketoonist revenue breakdown
- 10:45 - Why Tom still does client work
- 12:45 - Dealing with sh*tty clients
- 13:55- Dealing with AI and competition
- 15:55 - Recommendations
Recommendations
- Book - Orbiting the Giant Hairball
- Podcast - Fly On The Wall
- Indie Hacker - David Hieatt
My links
- Indie Bites Twitter
- Indie Bites YouTube
- Join the membership
- Personal Website
- 2 Hour Podcast Course
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