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Indie Hackers · October 31, 2022 · 56m

#264 – Growing a 2-Person Business to $80k/Month with Eric Turner of Japan Dev

Eric Turner (@_etdev) shares how he built Japan Dev, a job board connecting foreign tech talent with companies in Japan, to $80k/month in revenue as a two-person team. He discusses the advantages of picking a narrow, underserved market, the tactics he used to grow the platform, and how his own experience living in Japan as a foreigner inspired him to become an indie hacker in the first place. Courtland Allen and Channing Allen host.

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Highlights

Choosing a Lucrative Niche Market
Eric Turner explains how he identified the Japan tech job market as an underserved niche to build a highly profitable business.
Growing a Job Board to $80k/Month with a Two-Person Team
Eric shares the strategies and operational approaches that allowed Japan Dev to reach $80,000 in monthly revenue while staying just a two-person company.

Editorial

Finding Inspiration as an Indie Hacker from Personal Experience
Eric reflects on how living in Japan as a foreigner and experiencing the job market's challenges firsthand drove him to start his own business.
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