Pieter Levels (@levelsio) and I sat down over a pint to talk about how he’s making $3m a year as a one-person company, what Europe can do to spur economic growth, and his experience as a digital nomad in over 150 cities across 40 countries. Timestamps 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