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AJ
$1K on launch day to $2M ARR with zero marketing spend
Carrd launched on Product Hunt and made $1K on day one. It grew to $2M ARR with absolutely zero marketing spend. The Launch Product Hunt launch...
$100K ARR en 3 years·Solo
SaaSProductividad🇺🇸 US
Uku Täht
Built a privacy-first analytics tool to $3.1M ARR with 8 people
Plausible grew to $3.1M ARR as a privacy-first alternative to Google Analytics. The privacy focus isn't a gimmick - it's our core value. The Slow S...
$100K ARR en 3 years·Equipo
SaaSHerramientas para Desarrolladores🇺🇸 US
Justin Jackson
From $33 to $30K MRR in 1 year - achieved 5-year goal in 12 months
Transistor went from our first $33 customer to $30K MRR in just one year. We achieved what we thought would take 5 years. Product Hunt Success W...
$10K MRR en 1 year·Equipo
SaaSCreación de Contenido🇺🇸 US
DK
Dmytro Krasun
3 years to $10K MRR, 8 more months to $20K - slow growth is valid
ScreenshotOne took 3 years to reach $10K MRR and another 8 months to hit $20K. Long, slow growth is a valid path to success. The Long Road Many...
$10K MRR en 4 years·Solo
API / Herramienta para DesarrolladoresHerramientas para Desarrolladores🇺🇦 UA
Marie Martens
Built a $3M ARR form builder with 400,000 users and a 5-person team
Tally grew to 400,000 users and $3M ARR with just a 5-person team. The secret? Product-led growth with viral loops. Viral Badges 30-40% of our g...
$100K ARR en 4 years·Equipo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
Thibault Louis-Lucas
Shipped 11 products in 4 months, then built $3.5M ARR tool
Before Taplio succeeded, I shipped 11 products in 4 months. The key was speed and willingness to move on from failures. The Shipping Mindset I r...
$100K ARR en 1 year·Equipo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
Samy Dindane
Built MVP in 3 days, grew to $23K MRR in 2 years
Hypefury started as a weekend project. I built the MVP in 3 days after spotting a gap in Twitter tools. Two years later, we hit $23K MRR and kept grow...
$10K MRR en 2 years·Equipo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
Rob Walling
Bootstrapped to acquisition: Drip sold to Leadpages
I bootstrapped Drip from zero to acquisition by Leadpages. The key was focusing on a specific niche and building in public. The Pivot Drip start...
$10K MRR en 1 year·Equipo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
Jon Yongfook
BannerbearMy 2-year journey to $10K MRR as a solo founder
When I quit my job in January 2019, I had a 2-year runway. For almost 1 year I made no money and burned through my savings. That's because I was doing...
$10K MRR en 2 years·Solo
API / Herramienta para DesarrolladoresHerramientas para Desarrolladores🇯🇵 JP
Joel Gascoigne
From landing page to paying customer in 4 days
I validated Buffer with a landing page before writing any code. Within 4 days of tweeting about it, I had my first paying customer. The Validation...
$100K ARR en 9 months·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇬🇧 GB
Adam Wathan
From open source to $2M+ with Tailwind UI
We built Tailwind CSS as an open source project, then launched Tailwind UI as a commercial product. The first day made $500K. Building in Open Sour...
$100K ARR en 1 month·Equipo
SaaSHerramientas para Desarrolladores🇨🇦 CA
Pat Walls
From side project to $100K/month with founder interviews
I started Starter Story as a side project to interview founders about how they started their businesses. It grew into a full-time business doing $100K...
$10K MRR en 2 years·Solo
SaaSCreación de Contenido🇺🇸 US
ML
Marc Lou
From Paris waiter to $250K in 5 months selling a code boilerplate
My journey took me from being a Paris waiter to an $80,000/month solopreneur over seven years of persistence. After 17 failed projects, I found succes...
$100K ARR en 5 months·Solo
Producto de InformaciónHerramientas para Desarrolladores🇫🇷 FR
Pieter Levels
How I turned a spreadsheet into a $2M+/year business as a solo founder
In 2013, I sold all my possessions, packed a backpack and a laptop, and flew to Thailand to begin my digital nomad life. I was once a lost musician ea...
$10K MRR en 1 year·Solo
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