In this podcast, I sit down with Maxim Artemov, an Indie hacker who built 30+ apps generating over $7K/month in less than a year. We go over his process, how he balances a full-time job with indie app development, and what it really takes to turn side projects into profitable apps.

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What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
👉 How Maxim built 30 apps and reached $7K MRR in under a year
👉 The Indie hacker mindset: launching fast and learning faster
👉 How to balance a full-time job with side projects
👉 Using analytics to track user behavior and retention
👉 Why focusing on onboarding can make or break your app
👉 The power of distribution, how TikTok and social media drives app downloads
👉 Lessons from failed experiments and successful pivots
👉 How to prioritize features and avoid overbuilding
👉 Motivation and mindset for indie devs just starting out

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An indie hacker named Maxim shares how he built a portfolio of 30 mobile apps generating $7K/month while working a full-time job and raising a family. Key strategies include: using the 80/20 rule (20% of apps drive 80% of revenue), cloning a single codebase across multiple subject-specific apps (e.g., chemistry, math, statistics AI), focusing on ASO keyword research using tools like AppFollow/Astro, keeping apps single-featured, prioritizing onboarding before the paywall, using Fastlane for multi-app deployments, and experimenting with TikTok slideshow content for distribution. He wakes at 6am for 2 hours of deep work before his family rises and works another hour at night, shipping apps in as little as 2 hours by reusing boilerplate code.

How He Built 30 Apps Making $7K/Month (While Working Full-Time)