IndieChains
Trusted link growth for indie founders.
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Indie Chains is a curated collaboration network built for indie founders, solo makers, and small SaaS teams who want to grow through relevant, human relationships. Instead of sending hundreds of cold emails or chasing random directories, members can discover websites, blogs, newsletters, resource pages, and communities where their product is a genuine fit. The platform helps founders exchange thoughtful mentions, reviews, and editorial placements through contextual collaboration requests, with clear expectations and a focus on quality. Indie Chains makes link building more transparent, useful, and sustainable while helping independent builders find new audiences and support one another. Whether you are launching your first product or growing an established side project, Indie Chains gives you a focused place to find credible opportunities and build connections that compound over time.
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FounderPlaybooks.
What other founders did to grow.
2722 dispatches from hundreds of founders, pulled from the week's best podcasts.
That is just straight cash flow for the app developer ecosystem, and Apple will find a way to make it back because then those individuals will either lower their prices to get more people to subscribe, or they generally increase price over time by adding a lot more features because they're just so much more profitable.
If Apple cuts the 30% fee, developers reinvest in features — they don't lower prices
Crowley's read on a hypothetical App Store fee cut: most developers won't pass savings to consumers — they'll reinvest the margin into features and gradually raise prices over time. The implication is that fee relief flows to feature depth and pricing power, not to lower consumer prices, so subscribers should not expect direct savings.
I scroll on TikTok and I have swipe files — multiple folders. Every time I watch a video that seems like it was paid for I put it into one of my four categories.
Build a Swipe File of Competitor TikTok Ads — Consuming with a Producer Mindset Beats Any Tool
Joseph's competitive intelligence method: four category folders (talking head, skit, slideshow, product demo) where he drops every branded TikTok he spots while scrolling. Over time the swipe file reveals patterns — which hooks repeat across categories, which content formats are being AB-tested at scale, which app niches are heating up. He supplements this with TikTok's first-party ad library and Creator Marketplace filters. The mindset shift is consuming like a producer, not a passive user.
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1Hi everyone, I’m Tenta Dev, the founder of Indie Chains. I built it to help indie founders discover relevant backlink opportunities and collaborate with trusted builders without spammy outreach or end