The 5 Tools That Took Me From $0 to $1k MRR As a Solo Founder
The exact 5 tools (Bolt.new, Supabase, Stripe, IndieCru.sh, Twitter) I'd use to go from 0 to $1k MRR if starting today.
Alex SaintFounder of IndieCru.sh
August 15, 2024Authors
Alex Saint
Founder of IndieCru.sh
Alex builds IndieCru.sh, the AI user panel for indie makers. He writes about shipping fast and finding out where your app breaks before your users do.
Most recent articles by Alex Saint
Stop Validating. Start Provoking.
Most startup ideas die because they're boring, not broken. Here's how to provoke reactions, get real users, and find out if your startup has a pulse — in 7 days.
Alex SaintFounder of IndieCru.sh
July 26, 2024Launch on Product Hunt Without Day-One Signup Bugs
Your Product Hunt spike is the one day your funnel is fullest and least tested. A pre-launch checklist for finding and fixing signup bugs before the traffic arrives.
Alex SaintFounder of IndieCru.sh
May 6, 2024What User Testing Actually Costs: Free Feedback, Moderated Sessions, and AI Panels
A clear-eyed cost comparison of free feedback, moderated user testing, and AI user panels, and when each one is worth your money.
Alex SaintFounder of IndieCru.sh
April 8, 2024Get Usability Feedback in 15 Minutes, Not 24 Hours
A hands-on tutorial for running an AI user panel on your app: free landing page roast in 90 seconds, full signup flow walkthrough in 15 minutes, and free reruns to confirm your fixes.
Alex SaintFounder of IndieCru.sh
March 18, 2024Why Nobody Uses Your Indie App (It Is Usually Not the Idea)
Most indie apps do not fail because the idea is bad. They fail in the first 90 seconds of the flow. Here are the four failure shapes we see across AI user panels, and how to find yours.
Alex SaintFounder of IndieCru.sh
March 4, 2024The Indie Hacker's Guide to Validating a Product Before You Build It
A practical four-rung validation ladder for indie makers: roast your landing page first, prototype a real signup flow, run an AI user panel, then pay for human interviews.
Alex SaintFounder of IndieCru.sh
February 12, 2024IndieCrush is now IndieCru.sh: AI users break your app before real ones do
Indie Crush started as a directory matching indie apps with beta testers. It is now IndieCru.sh, an AI user panel that shows you exactly where people abandon your app, in minutes instead of weeks.
Alex SaintFounder of IndieCru.sh
November 15, 2023