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Ask HN: What constitutes an “Indie Hacker”?

1 pointsby pccampbellalmost 7 years ago
Seeing the &quot;indie&quot; label take over lots of fun industries, so I&#x27;m curious about a purely anthropological question - What constitutes an Indie Hacker?<p>From over on Indie Hackers (Stripe), &quot;you&#x27;re an indie hacker if you&#x27;ve set out to make money independently. That means you&#x27;re generating revenue directly from your customers, not indirectly through an employer. Other than that, there are no requirements!&quot;<p>Yet, some folks considered indie hackers are funded, others have growing companies with teams and have become &quot;employers&quot;, and I&#x27;m sure there&#x27;s a multitude of other variations.<p>I guess the answer doesn&#x27;t matter, but the question more stems from probably my own of if I can be considered &quot;indie&quot; anymore. We&#x27;re customer funded, but passing the 50 person mark, so just trying to navigate the imposter syndrome here. :)<p>What do you think?

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