13 Best Indie Business Independent Communities (Updated...

13 Indie Business communities on Independent Platforms

Updated 6/21/2023

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#1
Indie Hackers
Join the Indie Hackers community. Learn from the founders behind hundreds of profitable online businesses, and connect with others who are starting and growing their own companies.
140K members
Forum
Apply
Perks
Events
Newsletter
Jobs
211 views / month
#2
Founders Cafe
Co-work with founders from Stanford, YC, Harvard, & more. Our cohort co-works together every day. Shoot the shit. Share our struggles. Develop lifelong friends.
120 members
Chat
Apply
Events
Paid
21 views / month
#3
WIP
Join a community of makers shipping together. From first-time entrepreneurs to solo-founders bootstrapping $300,000/year companies. Build better habits by surrounding yourself with productive makers. Get advice & feedback from experienced bootstrappers. Stay accountable by publicly sharing your progress.
2K members
Forum
Perks
Events
Paid
8 views / month
#4
Starter Story
Learn how people are starting successful businesses. 4,000+ case studies with founders who built their businesses to thousands of customers.
235K members
Forum
Perks
Newsletter
Paid
Tools
13 views / month
#5
Makerlog
Makerlog works by logging your daily project-related tasks, earning streaks (consecutive days of work), and interacting with other makers to get feedback or early users.
8K members
Forum
Chat
Events
22 views / month
#6
Smarter Founders
Unlike expensive founder networks with restrictive admission criteria, Smarter Founders is FREE and open to all who take our Founders Pledge. United by our entrepreneurial spirit, we welcome all founders from all corners of the globe. Members join Smarter Founders to share our hard-won knowledge, ask for help when we need it and help others when we can.
Forum
Apply
Perks
10 views / month
#7
Founder Summit
A remote community of founders building calm profitable sustainable companies.
Apply
Pairing
Events
Newsletter
Paid
7 views / month
#8
Astramind
Astramind is a platform for Makers, SaaS founders to build in public and engage with fellow makers who get to use their products. Get engagement from customers & makers for what you build right from day one.
Forum
Pairing
5 views / month
#9
CtrlAltCC
Easily find lesser known startup tools, see how other makers use them and share your own!
1K members
Newsletter
5 views / month
#10
IndieStack
We're the Private Community for Indie Founders. Building, launching, running, and growing digital products has its own unique challenges. We're a community that's sharing our experiences, insights, and solutions about digital products. Our goal is to help individuals make a living off what they create online.
Forum
Chat
Apply
Events
Newsletter
Paid
7 views / month
Women Make
Women Make is a safe space for women entrepreneurs and makers. Find support, get feedback, help each other out, share your journey, celebrate wins together.
Forum
Events
Newsletter
7 views / month
Profitable Directories
A directory needs to sell 84 premium listings at $299/yr or 125 at $199/yr to generate $25k. You can then list the directory for sale on MicroAquire for 3-4x ($100k). So $125k total. In this course I cover the strategy I'm using to build and grow 20 directories to do just this. By purchasing this course, you get access to my private community with 110 other directory builders
110 members
Chat
Paid
Courses
4 views / month
Open Makers
Open Makers is a community of makers who #BuildInPublic. Looking to join the "Open Maker / Build in Public" movement? We make it easy to share your profile and projects with fellow makers.
50 members
Forum
Newsletter
2 views / month

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FAQ

: Communities for solo founders and small teams building sustainable businesses without taking on investment. You will find a mix of Slack groups, Discord servers, and independent forums covering everything from getting your first paying customers to building productized services and small info product businesses.
: Hive Index lists 13 Indie Business independent communities on Independent Platforms. Most listings with size data are large (23%) or medium (15%). We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional. The main Indie Business topic page covers every platform we track for this topic.
: Forum is the most common (69%). Others that show up often include newsletter and online/offline events. Use the feature filters above the list to narrow results.
: 5 of 13 (38%) are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: On Hive Index, the default Popular sort surfaces Indie Hackers, Founders Cafe, WIP, and Starter Story first. Popularity reflects visitor interest in communities on the site, not a universal quality score. Use the sort menu for Ratings, Largest, or Newest.
: Starter Story has the highest review scores on this page. Switch the sort to Ratings to see the full order. Reviews come from Hive Index members and reflect their experience, not our editorial ranking.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for topic relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available. Member counts are approximate. Popular reflects visitor interest in communities on the site, with richer profiles breaking ties. Ratings, Largest, and Newest use review scores, reported member counts, and listing age instead.
: This page was last updated 6/21/2023, based on the most recent change to the topic or its listings. We refresh entries when communities are submitted, claimed, or reviewed, and we update member counts, features, and traffic data on an ongoing basis.