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#213 – An Indie Hacker's Process to Reach $10K MRR

2021/6/18
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Molly Wolchansky：我从最初的每月145美元收入增长到目前的8000美元，这其中经历了多次转变。最初，我为房地产经纪人提供人工社交媒体管理服务，但由于时间成本高昂且难以管理，我转向开发SaaS应用The Agent Nest。The Agent Nest提供社交媒体帖子、明信片设计、视频制作等服务，通过不同套餐满足不同客户需求。在业务发展的过程中，我经历了多次挑战，包括招聘员工的失败、业务增长瓶颈以及广告投放策略的调整。我学习到要专注于核心业务，并持续优化营销策略，才能取得成功。我从免费试用、客户推荐、线下课程等多种方式获取客户，并通过Facebook、Pinterest、Instagram等平台投放广告。我不断学习和调整，最终取得了显著的增长。 Courtlandt：Molly的创业故事展现了独立开发者在SaaS领域取得成功的路径。她从人工服务转型到SaaS应用，并通过持续的营销努力和策略调整，实现了业务的快速增长。她的故事也体现了完美主义的双面性，以及在创业过程中如何平衡目标与现实。Molly的成功经验对于其他创业者具有重要的参考价值，特别是对于那些在营销方面有优势的开发者。

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This chapter covers Molly's journey in growing her SaaS, The Agent Nest, from $145 to $7,500 MRR. It includes her motivation for sharing her story, the challenges she faced, and her approach to managing expenses and team.
  • Grew SaaS revenue from $145 to $7,500 MRR since January 2020
  • Initially hesitant to share her success story, encouraged by her co-founder
  • Expenses include software, payment processing, and ad spend, totaling around $1,800 per month
  • Currently a two-person team (Molly and her co-founder)
  • Plans to hire once MRR reaches $10,000

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Molly Wolchansky is the founder of The Agent Nest (@theagentnest), an application that manages social media posts and marketing materials for real estate agents. In this episode, we'll find out why she chose this niche and how seven years of manual agency work led to a breaking point.