About this episode
<p>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.</p><p>Full episode transcript</p><p>https://cheekypint.transistor.fm/4/transcript</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps</p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(00:37) Pieter’s resume</p><p>(01:33) Trying to make money online as a 12 year old</p><p>(02:43) Being one of the first YouTube creators</p><p>(03:18) Who should indie hack</p><p>(04:31) What Pieter hates about VC-backed businesses</p><p>(07:51) Who is digital nomading for?</p><p>(09:15) Learning from @patio11</p><p>(10:17) 125k tweets and the brand of @levelsio</p><p>(10:59) Getting referrals from ChatGPT</p><p>(11:43) What Pieter automates with AI</p><p>(13:02) Investing and home country bias</p><p>(15:05) Hacking thermostats</p><p>(15:57) EU acceleration movement</p><p>(18:34) Entrepreneurship in the EU</p><p>(19:26) Pieter's reflections on Stripe’s API</p><p>(21:21) Looking 5 years into the future</p>