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Eric Smith
How AutoShorts.ai reached $40K MRR with faceless-video automation
Eric Smith built AutoShorts.ai from a personal need for automated short-form videos, got the first paying subscriber on February 1, and reached $20K MRR by April 27 before the source reported $40K MRR on May 13.
$10K MRR dans 4 months·Solo
SaaSCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
Anatoly Pashias & Nick Nicolaou
How Motionvid.ai used a 21-day MVP and AppSumo launch to reach $7.8K MRR
Anatoly Pashias and Nick Nicolaou built Motionvid.ai from a filmmaker's motion-design bottleneck, launched a 21-day MVP through AppSumo, and grew the AI video tool to about $7.8K MRR without relying on paid ads.
$1K MRR dans 8 months·Équipe
SaaSCréation de contenuLimassol, Cyprus
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Vitalii Dodonov
How Stanley for X hit $4K MRR in 48 hours by bottling a ghostwriter's system
Vitalii Dodonov and the Stanley team turned a 10-day build sprint, a ghostwriter's playbook, and a Product Hunt/X launch into 777 signups and $4K MRR in 48 hours.
$1K MRR dans 2 days·Équipe
SaaSCréation de contenu🇨🇦 CA
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Rob Hallam
how Rob Hallam turned five failed products into SuperX at $23k MRR
After 2.5 years and five products that made $0, Rob Hallam rebuilt his distribution around public X content, partnered on SuperX, and hit $1k MRR on launch day.
$10K MRR dans 6 months·Équipe
SaaSCréation de contenu🌍 Remote
Fernando Pessagno
Turning a ten-day build-in-public challenge into a $5K MRR creator tool
Fernando Pessagno built aiCarousels in a 10-day public challenge, got five paying users on launch day, and later grew the AI carousel maker to $5K MRR.
$1K MRR dans 6 months·Solo
SaaSCréation de contenu🇸🇪 SE
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Ethan Tian
how textideo's solo founder reached $18k a month with one ai content editor
Ethan Tian bootstrapped Textideo, an all-in-one AI editor for video, copy, and illustrations, to a self-reported $18,000 a month by listing everywhere, shipping constantly, and letting creators dictate the roadmap.
$10K MRR dans 1 year·Solo
SaaSCréation de contenu
Vasco Monteiro
how Vasco Monteiro grew Journalist AI to $70k mrr with YouTube
After selling his SEO marketplace Vettted, Vasco Monteiro built Journalist AI and grew it past $70k MRR in under a year, with almost all of the growth coming from YouTube.
$10K MRR dans 5 months·Équipe
SaaSCréation de contenuAmersfoort, Netherlands
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John Brewton
how john brewton grew a quiet substack into a $200k business in six months
John Brewton spent nine months publishing to barely a thousand readers, then a single proof post timed to a small coaching offer flipped his Substack into a six-stream business on track for $200k.
$10K MRR dans 1 year·Solo
Produit d'InformationCréation de contenu
Matt McGarry
how matt mcgarry turned a newsletter into a 7-figure education business
Matt McGarry launched Newsletter Operator in January 2023 with a tweet and a 1,300-follower audience. Within a year and a half it grew past 25,000 subscribers and supported a 7-figure business built on courses and an agency.
$100K ARR dans 1 year·Solo
Produit d'InformationCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
Ramon Berrios
how ramon berrios bootstrapped castmagic to $1m arr in under 9 months
Ramon Berrios and his co-founders built Castmagic to fix their own podcast workflow, then bootstrapped it to $1M ARR in under nine months with no outside money.
$100K ARR dans 7 months·Équipe
SaaSCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
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Sam May
how sam may grew an ai ebook creator to 700 users on seo alone
A solo developer built Inkfluence AI from scratch in October 2025 and reached 700+ users with zero ad spend, using a relentless search-console content loop and a new channel: getting cited by AI assistants.
$100 MRR dans 3 months·Solo
SaaSCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
Sina Sinry
how sina sinry built flibbo to $55k mrr without writing code
A former Shopify dropshipper wrapped top AI models into one mobile app and grew it to around $55K MRR and 500K+ users, all without coding himself.
$100K ARR dans 3 months·Solo
Application MobileCréation de contenuMENA region
Katt Risen
how katt risen grew a no-code newsletter to 11,400 subscribers and sold it for $35k
A non-technical generalist from Belgium turned a viral build-in-public tweet into a two-year newsletter that earned about $33k and exited for $35k.
$1K MRR dans 9 months·Solo
Produit d'InformationCréation de contenu🇧🇪 BE
Orel Zilberman
after 600 days and zero dollars, writestack became a $110k a year tool for substack writers
Orel Zilberman burned through roughly $70,000 and a dozen failed products before a tool for Substack creators finally started paying. Here is how he got there.
$100K ARR dans 1 year·Solo
SaaSCréation de contenu🇮🇱 IL
Gil Hildebrand
how Gil Hildebrand bootstrapped Subscribr to $10k MRR in 100 days
After an unprofitable VC-backed crypto startup, Gil Hildebrand picked a calmer market, presold 50 lifetime deals to a 1,000-person email list, and reached $10k MRR within 100 days of launching Subscribr.
$100K ARR dans 3 months·Solo
SaaSCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
John O'Nolan
how john o'nolan bootstrapped ghost to $10m arr as a non-profit
Rejected by Y Combinator twice, John O'Nolan crowdfunded Ghost on Kickstarter and built it into a $10M ARR open source publishing platform owned by a non-profit foundation.
$100K ARR dans 1 year·Équipe
SaaSCréation de contenu🌍 Remote
Eddy Vinck
how a part-time dev got blog recorder to $250 mrr in 6 months
Eddy Vinck shipped his first SaaS, Blog Recorder, as a part-time project and reached $250 MRR and $2,000 in total revenue in six months, with his first customer coming from his own developer network.
$100 MRR dans 3 months·Solo
SaaSCréation de contenu🇳🇱 NL
Andrew Mason
Descript: The Groupon Founder Who Built a $550M AI Video Editor by Editing Audio Like Text
After founding Groupon ($16B IPO) and watching it unravel, Andrew Mason built Descript — an AI video editor that lets you edit media by editing text. He acquired a voice-cloning AI startup and rebuilt the product from scratch.
$100K ARR dans 5 years·Solo
SaaSCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
Nadav Keyson
Riverside: From a Failed Debating Platform to $80M in Funding — How Two Brothers Built the Go-To Podcast Recording Tool
Nadav and Gideon Keyson, two Dutch-Israeli brothers, failed with a live debating platform nobody watched. They pivoted to remote podcast recording, launched on Product Hunt with 2 paying customers, and landed Hillary Clinton within 6 months.
$10K MRR dans 2 years·Équipe
SaaSCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
Young Zhao
Opus Clip: $1M ARR in 14 Days — How a Failed Livestreaming Tool Pivoted to 10M Users
Young Zhao's AI livestreaming tool had only 200 users after 3 months. But one tiny clipping feature users kept asking about became Opus Clip — hitting $1M ARR in 14 days and 10M users within 2 years.
$10K MRR dans 2 months·Équipe
SaaSCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
Alex Lieberman
How Two College Students Built a Newsletter to 4M+ Subscribers and a $75M Acquisition
Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief started Morning Brew as a college newsletter. A viral referral program fueled growth. Business Insider acquired it for ~$75M in 2020.
$100K ARR dans 3 years·Équipe
AutreCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
Sam Parr
How Sam Parr Turned a Conference into a 1.5M-Subscriber Newsletter Acquired by HubSpot
Sam Parr started with HustleCon conference, leveraged the email list to launch The Hustle newsletter, grew to 1.5M+ subscribers, and sold to HubSpot for ~$27M.
$100K ARR dans 2 years·Équipe
AutreCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
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Brian Lam
How a Gizmodo Editor Built the Internet's Most Trusted Product Review Site — Then Sold It to the NYT for $30M
Brian Lam left Gizmodo, moved to a surf shack in Hawaii, and launched Wirecutter. The NYT bought it for ~$30M in 2016.
$100K ARR dans 2 years·Solo
AutreCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
Shaan Puri & Ben Levy
How Two Founders Grew a Crypto Newsletter to 250K Subscribers in 10 Months — Then Sold It
Shaan Puri had 300K+ Twitter followers. He and Ben Levy launched Milk Road in February 2022. Ten months later, they sold it to Beehiiv.
$100K ARR dans 10 months·Équipe
AutreCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
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