Welcome to new episode of Ship It and Sip It 🍻

Real talk on the world of bootstrapping and entrepreneurship with this week’s guest, Pete.

If you're keen on building a business around a newsletter, directory, community or just curious about making a living outside the traditional 9-to-5, this episode is for you!

Pete shares his journey from a pretty crap job in a bookies to making over $2,500 by his third month of indie hacking.

We uncover:

🔍 the importance of identifying demand

⚒️ launching products in a proven niche

🤑 why you shouldn't be afraid to monetize early and

✅ the value of consistency in content creation

Learn from his experience with projects like highsignal.io, his newsletter that curates the best indie hacker and bootstrap news, and discover his insights on building a successful online presence.

Highlights:

🐾 Pete's transition from coding to entrepreneurship

🤷‍♂️ How Pete thinks about validation for info products and new ideas

🐤 Using platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn for growth

⚖️ Balancing multiple projects, context switching as a ghost writer and focusing on what's working

Whether you're a soon-to-be founder or looking to refine your existing content strategies, Pete's story offers valuable lessons on persistence, ideation and practical goal setting.

Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell for more inspiring stories and actionable insights!

Check out Pete's work at:

💌 High Signal: www.highsignal.io

📝 Pete Codes blog: www.petecodes.io

🐤 Twitter: x.com/petecodes

Thank you for watching, and we’ll see you in the next episode!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shipandsip.substack.com