A Cheeky Pint with serial entrepreneur Pieter Levels (@levelsio)
Pieter Levels joins John Collison to discuss building successful online businesses as a digital nomad, thoughts on European accelerationism, and Pieter’s unconventional methods and philosophy as a bootstrapped founder making over $3 million per year.
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Full episode transcript https://cheekypint.transistor.fm/4/transcript
Key moments 00:00 Intro 00:37 Pieter’s resume 01:33 Trying to make money online as a 12 year old 02:43 Being one of the first YouTube creators 03:18 Who should indie hack 04:31 What Pieter hates about VC-backed businesses 07:51 Who is digital nomading for? 09:15 Learning from @patio11 10:17 125k tweets and the brand of @levelsio 10:59 Getting referrals from ChatGPT 11:43 What Pieter automates with AI 13:02 Investing and home country bias 15:05 Hacking thermostats 15:57 EU acceleration movement 18:34 Entrepreneurship in the EU 19:26 Pieter's reflections on Stripe’s API 21:21 Looking 5 years into the future
Pieter Levels joins John Collison to discuss building successful online businesses as a digital nomad, thoughts on European accelerationism, and Pieter’s unconventional methods and philosophy as a bootstrapped founder making over $3 million per year.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcoWp8pBTM3ATMYLP-hFIhJORSw-nFOiY Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2IHbGJJMpiFoz5YrvRfTFw Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cheeky-pint/id1821055332
Watch more Cheeky Pint
Full episode transcript https://cheekypint.transistor.fm/4/transcript
Key moments 00:00 Intro 00:37 Pieter’s resume 01:33 Trying to make money online as a 12 year old 02:43 Being one of the first YouTube creators 03:18 Who should indie hack 04:31 What Pieter hates about VC-backed businesses 07:51 Who is digital nomading for? 09:15 Learning from @patio11 10:17 125k tweets and the brand of @levelsio 10:59 Getting referrals from ChatGPT 11:43 What Pieter automates with AI 13:02 Investing and home country bias 15:05 Hacking thermostats 15:57 EU acceleration movement 18:34 Entrepreneurship in the EU 19:26 Pieter's reflections on Stripe’s API 21:21 Looking 5 years into the future