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Lukas Böhler
From running an agency to $10K MRR with a bug reporting tool in 1 year
Welcome to our journey! We launched BugBattle (now Gleap) and reached $10,000 in MRR exactly one year later - much longer than we initially thought....
$10K MRR in 1 year·Team
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Aurelian Amacker
$20M ARR Solo Founder Built All-in-One Marketing Platform
I built Systeme.io to $20M ARR as a solo founder. The platform helps entrepreneurs build sales funnels, email marketing campaigns, and sell digital pr...
$100K ARR in 2 years·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
Julia McCoy
19-Year-Old College Dropout Builds Content Agency from $75 to $4M
At 19, Julia McCoy was in college pursuing a degree she didn't want. She taught herself to write by writing hundreds of cheap articles. Finding the...
Primer Cliente in 3 months·Solo
Agencia / ServicioMarketing🇺🇸 US
Sarah Hum
Ex-Facebook Designers Build User Feedback Tool to $1M ARR
Sarah studied graphic design and worked as a product designer at Facebook. There she met her co-founder Andrew. Community First They started wit...
$100K ARR in 3 years·Team
SaaSHerramientas para Desarrolladores🇺🇸 US
Justin Duke
Built newsletter tool while at Stripe, grew to $392K/year solo
I built Buttondown as a side project while working at Stripe. 5-10% month-over-month growth for years led to $392K/year. Side Project First I sc...
$10K MRR in 2 years·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
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