Justin Hunter was able to take Graphite from an idea to a personal experiment to a lightly used app to a full-blown business. Justin Hunter is the founder of Graphite, a secure productivity suite. Coming from a non-development background, Justin has an MFA in Creative Writing, a BS in Business Administration, and a whole lot of hours logged on Udemy, forums, Stackoverflow, and more. He is based in Dallas, TX and is working on making Graphite the go-to alternative for those who want a secure set of tools to get work done.

Last March 2018, Andrey Azimov quit his job and gave himself one year to get to profitability as an Indie Maker. Since then, Andrey's 'Hardcore Year' has been about shipping products like Encrypt My Photos, Progress Bar OSX, MacBook Alarm, Dark Mode List, and Preview Hunt — as well as getting to $1K per month in recurring revenue.