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Dr. John Berardi
The Launch That Made $140K in One Week — Then Almost Bankrupted Them
Dr. John Berardi launched Precision Nutrition to a 30,000-person newsletter. They made $500,000 in six months. Then their payment processor froze every dollar. This is the story of how they survived.
$100K ARR dans 1 month·Équipe
Produit d'InformationSanté & Bien-être🇨🇦 CA
Alex Tew
From Million Dollar Homepage to $2B Meditation Empire
Alex Tew started meditating as a teenager, built the viral Million Dollar Homepage, then channeled that success into co-founding Calm.
$10K MRR dans 1 year·Équipe
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇺🇸 US
Andy Puddicombe
Buddhist Monk Builds $250M+ Meditation App Empire
Andy Puddicombe spent 10 years as a Buddhist monk, then co-founded Headspace with Rich Pierson to bring meditation to millions.
$10K MRR dans 2 years·Équipe
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇬🇧 GB
Martin Moravek
Software Engineer Builds $20K MRR App to Fight His Own Phone Addiction
After nearly a decade in automotive/aerospace, Martin Moravek built Minimalist Phone to solve his own screen addiction problem.
$10K MRR dans 1 year·Solo
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇩🇪 DE
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Ania Wysocka
How I Built a 2M+ User Anxiety App With Zero Employees
Ania started having panic attacks in her final year of university. She built the app she wished existed.
$100K ARR dans 5 years·Solo
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇨🇦 CA
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Joseph Mambwe
How I Bootstrapped a $2.5M/Year Fitness App With Zero Employees
Joseph taught himself to code while at Cambridge and built a fitness app empire with just contractors.
$100K ARR dans 3 years·Solo
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇬🇧 GB
Guillem Ros & Desmond McNamee
Hevy: 10M+ Downloads With Just $15K in Ad Spend
Guillem and Desmond built a Strava for weightlifting that grew almost entirely through word of mouth.
$100K ARR dans 4 years·Équipe
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🌍 Remote
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Mike Lee
MyFitnessPal: From Personal Diet Tracker to $475M Acquisition
Mike Lee built a calorie counter to lose weight for his wedding, then bootstrapped it to 80M+ users.
$100K ARR dans 7 years·Équipe
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇺🇸 US
Steve Kamb
Nerd Fitness: Building a 7-Figure Business for Fitness Misfits
Steve Kamb turned his nerdy approach to fitness into a 7-figure business with 300K+ email subscribers.
$10K MRR dans 2 years·Solo
Produit d'InformationSanté & Bien-être🇺🇸 US
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Aaron Davidson
Cronometer: A Nerdy Side Project That Became the Most Accurate Nutrition Tracker
Aaron Davidson built Cronometer as a personal tool for CRON dieting, now used by millions for precise nutrition tracking.
$10K MRR dans 12 years·Solo
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇨🇦 CA
Kayla Itsines & Tobi Pearce
From Training Women in Parents Backyard to a $400M Fitness Empire
Kayla Itsines started at 18 training women in her parents backyard in Adelaide, created a PDF workout guide that went viral on Instagram, and sold her Sweat app for $400M.
$100K ARR dans 3 years·Équipe
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇦🇺 AU
Cassey Ho
How a Farewell YouTube Video for 40 Students Became a Multi-Million Dollar Fitness Empire
Cassey Ho posted one Pilates video for her 40 students before moving cross-country. It accidentally became the #1 female fitness channel on YouTube with 500M+ views.
$100K ARR dans 6 years·Solo
AutreSanté & Bien-être🇺🇸 US
Andy Puddicombe & Richard Pierson
From Buddhist Monk to $3B Meditation Empire: The Headspace Story
Andy Puddicombe spent 10 years as a Buddhist monk before co-founding Headspace, now valued at over $3 billion.
$100K ARR dans 3 years·Équipe
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇬🇧 GB
Saeju Jeong & Artem Petakov
800 Rejections, 8 Years No Revenue, Then a $3.7B Valuation: The Noom Story
Saeju Jeong pitched 800+ times over 4 years with zero funding before building Noom to $3.7B valuation.
$100K ARR dans 8 years·Équipe
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇺🇸 US
Alex Tew & Michael Acton Smith
From Million Dollar Homepage to $2B Meditation App: The Calm Story
Alex Tew, creator of the Million Dollar Homepage, teamed up with Michael Acton Smith to build Calm to $2B valuation.
$100K ARR dans 4 years·Équipe
Application MobileSanté & Bien-être🇺🇸 US
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Eran Galperin
After failed VC startup, bootstrapped gym software to $3M ARR and 8-figure exit
After a failed VC-backed startup, I bootstrapped Gymdesk while working a day job. 4 years to $12K MRR, then accelerated to $3M ARR. Learning from F...
$100K ARR dans 5 years·Solo
SaaSSanté & Bien-être🇺🇸 US
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