[Creator] Optimistic Nihilism - Vincent Woo

<p>Listen to Indie Hackers: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/indie-hackers/041-an-optimistic-nihilists-ldribhqGTOM/ (20mins in)</p><p>special! the making of this mixtape <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvd9JFFRI5Y&amp;t=7620s">was livestreamed today</a> if you're interested in the behind the scenes process</p><p>Also recommend listening to the Dropbox talk that he mentions: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8UwcyYT3z0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8UwcyYT3z0</a></p><p><br><strong>Transcripts</strong></p><p><br>Courtland Allen<br>19:43<br>What about in the early days? Because I know for a lot of founders, those first few months where you're not sure that this is something that's going to work out or be worthwhile can be pretty nerve racking. I know you started off with CoderPad as a side project, but you eventually decided to make it full time, so where there any bumps in the road, or challenges, or any insights that you had growing from zero dollars to, what was it, $4,000/month?</p><p>Vincent Woo<br>20:3<br>Yeah, I quit it when I hit $4,000 MRR.</p><p>Courtland Allen<br>20:6<br>What was that decision like?</p><p>Vincent Woo<br>20:8<br>This is going to sound really stupid, and I had to explain this in the YC interview as well, they were like why $4,000, you haven't quit yet? I was like, I'm quitting at exactly $4,000 MRR, and they were like, why? I was like, okay, here's a reason... it's stupid. It's because when I hit $40 MRR, I posted on Facebook as a joke, haha my business makes $40/month guys, isn't that funny? Then when I hit $400 I was like haha, guess what, I made 10x what I made the last time I posted, that's crazy bro. Then I thought, oh shit, if I do this again at $4,000 that's actually kind of real stakes money, so I might as well quit then. Also $4,000 kind of pays for rent and stuff, so that's why. There's no reason to it, I just did it because I felt like it. I could've quit at any number, I mean if I quit at the beginning it would have been fine too, it didn't real