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Indie Hackers · September 7, 2022 · 46m

#258 – From $0 to $36k/Month in a Year with Dashiell Bark-Huss of WishTender

Dashiell Bark-Huss
Show Notes

Dashiell Bark-Huss joins Courtland and Channing Allen to share her journey from quitting the fashion industry to building WishTender, a platform for content creators. She discusses living in a van while learning to code, tapping into the underserved market of sex workers, using lucid dreaming for problem-solving, and growing her startup to $36k/month in its first year.

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Highlights

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Niche Market Discovery: Serving Sex Workers
Dashiell built WishTender to accept payments from sex workers, a market underserved by traditional platforms.
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Bootstrapping While Living in a Van
She reduced living costs by living in a van, allowing her to focus on learning to code and building her product.
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Lucid Dreaming for Creative Problem-Solving
Dashiell employed lucid dreaming as a tool to work through business challenges and generate ideas.
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From Non-Technical to SaaS Founder in One Year
She left her job in fashion, taught herself to code, and within a year built a product generating $36k/month.
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Misc

✧Lived in a van while learning to code and bootstrapping her startup.
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