MIT, YC Alum, and Solo Founder: IndieHackers’ Courtland Allen on Work Ethic and Starting Your Own Venture
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11/23/16 • 62 min
In this episode, Two Black Nerds talk to Courtland Allen, MIT graduate and YC Alum and the founder of IndieHackers’. Courtland tells them about his career as a programmer and how he made the progression from developer to founder and the lessons and skills he learned while at MIT and YCombinator. They also discuss the history of IndieHackers and how it was initially founded and created and the future direction of the website, with snippets of technical discussion here and there.
Links
Taskforce
YCombinator
IndieHackers
IndieHackers: How to Come Up With a Business Idea
NomadList
Levels.io
Courtland Allen’s Twitter
Our intro and outro music is Sorry by Comfort Fit
In this episode, Two Black Nerds talk to Courtland Allen, MIT graduate and YC Alum and the founder of IndieHackers’. Courtland tells them about his career as a programmer and how he made the progression from developer to founder and the lessons and skills he learned while at MIT and YCombinator. They also discuss the history of IndieHackers and how it was initially founded and created and the future direction of the website, with snippets of technical discussion here and there.
Links
Taskforce
YCombinator
IndieHackers
IndieHackers: How to Come Up With a Business Idea
NomadList
Levels.io
Courtland Allen’s Twitter
Our intro and outro music is Sorry by Comfort Fit
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Links
– The United States Institute for Theatre Technology USITT
Our intro and outro music is Sorry by Comfort Fit
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In this episode, Two Black Nerds talks to Deandra and Taeyin, founders and visionaries of Stage for Change. Stage for Change is a nonprofit dedicated to using storytelling and the arts to build inclusive communities, on college campus and beyond. They talk about the mission Stage for Change and how it evolved from a campus community theater production, to a not for profit with a great mission. Deandra and Taeyin explain the process of and lessons learned from “scaling” their nonprofit from one university to another, in addition to future plans for Stage for Change. They also discuss the process of starting a nonprofit 501(c)(3) company.
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#Links
- If you feel so inclined, consider donating to their generosity campaign
- Learn more about the guests and their mission at stage 4change.org
- Connect with them on Facebook and on Twitter @stageforchange
- Watch Romeo’s performance here
- Learn about the community theater program where it all started Show Some Skin: ndshowsomeskin.com
#Credit
- Our Intro and Outro music is Sorry by Comfort Fit
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