Starting a profitable business in six weeks with Courtland Allen

<h3>Subscribe on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/software-engineering-unlocked/id1477527378?l=en" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2wz1OneBIDXpbBYeuyIsJL?si=2I0R0HuaTLK6RT0f7lDIFg" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9LMV9tdjBDSg%3D%3D" target="_blank">Google</a>, <a href="https://www.deezer.com/show/465682" target="_blank">Deezer</a>, or via <a href="https://www.software-engineering-unlocked.com/subscribe/" target="_blank">RSS</a>.</h3><p> </p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/csallen" target="_blank">Courtland on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/" target="_blank">Indiehackers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast" target="_blank">Indie Hackers Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://rosie.land/" target="_blank">Rosie Sherry</a></li></ul><p><strong>Show notes:</strong></p><p>In the beginning, I talk with Courtland about his journey to create the indie hacker community. I actually thought he created it right after graduating from college. But that's far from what happened. For many years, Courtland started all kinds of businesses with varying degrees of success. In 2016 he then quit his day job and had a <strong>runway of one year for building a profitable business</strong> (giving the cost of living in San Francisco). </p><p>Courtland tells me that the first six months of this new journey to building a successful business weren't really productive. But as he realized that he runs out of time and money, he made a plan.</p><p>He wanted to start something that he knew will be successful and brings in <strong>revenue within a short amount of time</strong>. So, he thought about all he had learned from his previous attempts and came up with a multi-phase action plan. </p><p>Yes, this time around, Courtland had learned that he should <strong>start small</strong>, and incrementally make his way towards the successful busin