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Spencer Fry
Building Since Age 11: How Spencer Fry Created Podia After Three Exits
Spencer Fry built his first internet business at 11, had three exits, then started Podia to help creators make a living doing what they love.
$811K/año·$100K ARR in 2 years·Solo
SaaSCreación de Contenido🇺🇸 US
SB
Simon Beckerman
From Magazine Publisher to $1.6B Fashion Marketplace: The Depop Story
Simon Beckerman created Depop to let people buy and sell clothes on a social marketplace. The app attracted Gen Z and sold to Etsy for $1.6 billion.
vendida por $1.6B·$100K ARR in 2 years·Solo
MarketplaceE-commerce🇬🇧 GB
MC
Mike Carson
How I built a $125K/month solo business by automating everything
Started as scripts to catch domains for myself. Two years later, $125K/month revenue with zero employees.
$100K ARR in 2 years·Solo
SaaSHerramientas para Desarrolladores🇺🇸 US
AS
Allison Seboldt
How a Political Science major built a $2K/month fantasy politics game
Started as a free MVP in 2018. Two years later, first paid customers. One year after that, $2K revenue months.
$1K MRR in 3 years·Solo
SaaSEducación🇺🇸 US
Daniel Vassallo
How I quit my $500K Amazon job and built $1M in revenue through small bets
Left Amazon with 150 Twitter followers. Three years later, $1M in cumulative revenue from info products and community.
$1M/año·$100K ARR in 1 year·Solo
Producto de InformaciónEducación🇺🇸 US
Rosie Sherry
How an introvert built a $1.2M/year testing community over 12 years
Started as a free forum in 2007. 12 years later: $1.2M ARR from conferences, memberships, and courses.
$600K/año·$100K ARR in 12 years·Solo
OtroEducación🇬🇧 GB
Rob Hope
How a South African designer built $100K/year from website curation
Started curating single-page websites in 2008. Cross-promotion between projects grew to $100K+/year.
$10K MRR in 9 years·Solo
OtroDiseño🇿🇦 ZA
Jay Clouse
How a newsletter grew into a $500K/year creator business in 3 years
Started with a blog nobody read. Rebranded to Creator Science and built to $500K/year through newsletter, podcast, and community.
$800K/año·$100K ARR in 3 years·Solo
Producto de InformaciónEducación🇺🇸 US
Rosie Sherry
How a community expert built her second $10K/month business teaching what she knows
After building Ministry of Testing to $1.2M, Rosie started Rosieland to teach community building. Reached $10K/month in 2.5 years.
$10K MRR in 2 years·Solo
Producto de InformaciónEducación🇬🇧 GB
Marie Poulin
From YouTube Tips to $40K/Month Teaching Notion
Marie discovered Notion in 2018 and started sharing tips on YouTube. When her audience asked for a course, she launched Notion Mastery to $40K/month.
$480K/año·$10K MRR in 2 years·Solo
Producto de InformaciónEducación🇨🇦 CA
VK
Victoria Kurichenko
SEO Blog
SEO Specialist Reaches $1K/Month with Just 89 Blog Posts
Victoria built a WordPress blog with only 89 posts and 15,000 monthly visits to reach $1K/month from affiliate marketing.
$40K/año·$1K MRR in 3 years·Solo
OtroMarketing🇺🇦 UA
AB
Andy Beohar
Tech Employee Quits to Build $275K MRR Marketing Agency
Andy left his tech job in 2014 and bootstrapped SevenAtoms to $275K MRR with a 90% client retention rate.
$3.3M/año·$100K ARR in 5 years·Solo
Agencia / ServicioMarketing🇺🇸 US
DS
Derryck Strachan
Copywriter Spots SEO Demand, Builds $30K/Month Content Agency
Derryck recognized the growing demand for SEO content and built Big Star Copywriting to $30K/month, surviving the 2008 crash.
$360K/año·$10K MRR in 3 years·Solo
Agencia / ServicioMarketing🇬🇧 GB
Steph Smith
Doing Content Right
Trends content lead sells $28K of her guide in launch month
Steph leveraged her experience leading content at The Hustle to launch Doing Content Right, selling $28,414 in the launch month and $47,014 in the first three months.
Primer Cliente in 0 days·Solo
Producto de InformaciónEducación🌍 Remote
Nathan Latka
Podcast Host Turns Interview Data into $150K MRR SaaS in 100 Days
Nathan turned his podcast interview data into Getlatka, reaching $20K/month in 100 days and $150K MRR within a year.
$1.8M/año·$100K ARR in 1 year·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
Ellen Yin
Corporate Marketer Quits Job, Pre-Sells Course, Reaches 7 Figures
Ellen pre-sold her first program with zero content, then built it based on customer feedback to reach 7-figure lifetime revenue.
$1M/año·$100K ARR in 2 years·Solo
Producto de InformaciónEducación🇺🇸 US
Sumit Bansal
Tech Worker Sees Excel Skills Gap, Builds Blog to 1M+ Visitors and $10K/Month
Sumit saw colleagues struggling with Excel and built TrumpExcel to 1M+ monthly pageviews and $10K/month revenue.
$54K/año·$10K MRR in 3 years·Solo
Producto de InformaciónEducación🇮🇳 IN
P
Prince
21-Year-Old Indian Developer Makes $3.5K in 2 Months Selling AI Chrome Extension Source Code
Prince built Helper-AI and earned $3.5K in 2 months by selling the source code on Gumroad - without a large following.
$1K MRR in 8 months·Solo
Extensión de ChromeAI / ML🇮🇳 IN
Morflax Developer
3D Device Mockup Builder Generates $7K in First Month With Viral Tweet
Morflax launched with a viral tweet about the 3D mockup builder and generated $7K revenue in the first month.
Primer Cliente in 0 days·Solo
SaaSDiseñoUnknown
JF
Jack Friks
Cross-Platform Social Media Tool Reaches $7K/Month With Just TikTok Marketing
PostBridge reached $7K/month largely through daily TikTok content creation instead of paid ads.
$462K/año·$1K MRR in 3 months·Solo
SaaSMarketingUnknown
Pieter Levels
Pieter Levels Builds Photo AI to $150K/Month in Under 3 Years
After Nomad List, Pieter built Photo AI using PHP/jQuery to $150K/month - 87% profit margin, 100% bootstrapped.
$100K ARR in 3 years·Solo
SaaSAI / ML🌍 Remote
Andy Cloke
Solo founder bootstraps Airtable API tool to $10K MRR in 2 years
Data Fetcher recently hit $10k MRR. It's still 100% bootstrapped with one full-time team member (me!). Background I studied engineering at unive...
$276K/año·$10K MRR in 2 years·Solo
SaaSHerramientas para Desarrolladores🇬🇧 GB
GG
Gourav Goyal
Open-source Notion extension earns $9K+ while staying free to use
Built to solve his own problem with Notion navigation, Gourav kept Notion Boost open-source while still earning $9K+ through premium features.
Primer Cliente in 1 days·Solo
Extensión de ChromeProductividad🇮🇳 IN
TS
Thomas Sanlis
After 30 failed projects, French dev builds $10K/mo Product Hunt alternative
Thomas failed 30 projects before Uneed. Six years later, he runs it full-time at $10K/month.
$10K MRR in 6 years·Solo
MarketplaceMarketing🇫🇷 FR
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