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Juanjo Valiño
how juanjo valiño turned a repeated-code problem into a $15k month with wrapfast
After shipping 15+ iOS apps, Juanjo bundled the boring repeated code into a SwiftUI boilerplate called WrapFast, made $750 on day one, and rode a Black Friday surge to his first $15k month.
$10K MRR dans 9 months·Solo
AutreOutils DéveloppeurGalicia, Spain
MN
Mako Nguyen
how mako nguyen took robopost to a self-reported $55k mrr in a year on meta ads
A solo software engineer in Japan built a social media scheduler in two months, then leaned hard on Meta Ads to grow Robopost to a self-reported $55k MRR in its first year.
$100K ARR dans 7 months·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇯🇵 JP
JI
James Ivings
how leave me alone reached $10k mrr by unsubscribing people from spam in the open
James Ivings and Danielle Johnson launched a one-click email unsubscribe tool on Product Hunt in 2019, then grew it to around $10k MRR while publishing every metric on a public open-startup page.
$10K MRR dans 7 years·Équipe
SaaSProductivité🌍 Remote
ML
Michael Lynch
how michael lynch bootstrapped tinypilot to nearly $1m and sold it for $598k
After two money-losing years out of Google, Michael Lynch built TinyPilot in his third year as an indie founder, grew it to roughly $1M in annual sales, and sold it for $598,000.
$100K ARR dans 6 months·Solo
AutreOutils DéveloppeurWestern Massachusetts, USA
UM
Uri Merhav
pdf-redact.com
how uri merhav shipped a paid pdf tool in under a day
A DocuPanda cofounder set out to prove you can build a small SaaS that takes real money in under 24 hours, and walked through doing exactly that with a PDF redaction tool.
Premier Client dans 1 days·Solo
SaaSProductivitéNew York City, United States
Viktor Seraleev
how a widget website builder reached its first paying users in one month
Viktor Seraleev built Type.link with a developer friend, collected 400 emails before launch, and hit $134 MRR in his first month charging for bio-link sites.
$100 MRR dans 1 month·Équipe
SaaSDesign🌍 Remote
Alexander Belogubov
how Refgrow reached its first 33 paying customers without a viral moment
Alexander Belogubov spent about nine months building Refgrow, an affiliate program tool for SaaS, then pieced together his first 33 paying customers through affiliates, niche Facebook groups, and repeat Product Hunt launches.
$1K MRR dans 6 months·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇦 UA
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
David Park
how jenni ai ground through three flat years to hit $10m arr
David Park sat at roughly $2,000 MRR for three years before a niche pivot to academic writing and a viral thread sent Jenni AI on a climb to $10M ARR and 10 million users.
$100K ARR dans 3 years·Équipe
SaaSÉducation🇺🇸 US
Alex Danilowicz
how two frontend engineers built magic patterns to $1m arr with no employees
Alex Danilowicz and Teddy Ni were tired of rebuilding Figma mockups in code. They turned that frustration into Magic Patterns, an AI design tool that reached $1M ARR profitably with just the two of them before raising a $6M Series A.
$100K ARR dans 1 year·Équipe
SaaSDesignSan Francisco, USA
Kirill Shevchenko
how Kirill Shevchenko bootstrapped Roundups into a profitable AI side project
After years of failed AI products, Kirill Shevchenko co-founded Roundups, an AI content tool for affiliate marketers, and turned it profitable in a year by pairing a Product Hunt launch with an AppSumo lifetime deal, all while keeping his day job.
$1K MRR dans 5 months·Équipe
SaaSMarketing
SM
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
RW
Richard Wang
how richard reached 30k mrr with a reddit marketing tool
After shutting down an AI product nobody wanted, Richard Wang spent a month answering Reddit marketing questions, gathered 300 people who shared the same pain, and only then built Leadmore AI. More than ten of them paid in week one.
$100K ARR dans 3 months·Solo
SaaSMarketing
CH
Crystal Harrison
how a bookkeeper of 25 years shipped a tax tool for freelancers without writing code
Crystal Harrison spent almost 25 years watching freelancers get blindsided by tax bills. She used an AI dev tool to build SnapTax in evenings and weekends, and reached her first 3 paying customers eight weeks after launch.
Premier Client dans 21 days·Solo
SaaSFinanceAustin, Texas
AC
Angus Cheng
how a hong kong developer reached $1k mrr converting pdf bank statements
Angus Cheng spent thousands on Google Ads and barely broke even selling PDF conversion credits. Switching to subscriptions and writing blog posts got Bank Statement Converter to $1K MRR in ten months, then past $7K with ads switched off.
$1K MRR dans 11 months·Solo
SaaSFinance🇭🇰 HK
Ruslan Leteyski
Checkout X
Bootstrapping Checkout X to €600k MRR before Shopify shut it down
Ruslan Leteyski turned a workaround built for a doomed online pharmacy into a one-page Shopify checkout that reached 6,000 merchants and €600k MRR, all without ads or the App Store.
$100K ARR dans 3 months·Solo
SaaSE-commerceSofia, Bulgaria
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
MD
Mat De Sousa
how mat de sousa bootstrapped widebundle to $25k mrr as a student
After three failed Shopify apps, an engineering student built a bundling app in two weeks and grew it to $25,134 MRR in under a year with no paid ads.
$100K ARR dans 10 months·Solo
SaaSE-commerce🇫🇷 FR
SD
Shaun Donnelly
how a london indie dev grew a workout app to $3,630 mrr
Shaun Donnelly started Personal Best as a hobby and turned it into a full-time iOS app with 500,000+ downloads and $3,630 in monthly recurring revenue by the end of 2025.
$1K MRR dans 3 years·Solo
Application MobileSanté & Bien-êtreLondon, United Kingdom
Max Schmitt
how a solo dev sold 239 copies of his invoicing app in 2025
Max Schmitt has built Cakedesk, a one-time-purchase invoicing app, as a side project since late 2021. In its fourth year it sold 239 new licenses, up from about 170 the year before.
$1K MRR dans 2 years·Solo
AutreFinance🇩🇪 DE
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
Mattia Pomelli
how sleek.design reached $10k mrr six weeks after launch
Mattia Pomelli and two friends repurposed an earlier design tool into Sleek, an AI mobile app designer, and reached $10k MRR within six weeks of launch without spending on ads.
$10K MRR dans 1 month·Équipe
SaaSDesign🌍 Remote
PA
Pranay Agarwal
how Pranay Agarwal grew Mockey.ai to $12k a month by adding download limits
Pranay Agarwal and his co-founder ran Mockey as a free, ad-supported side project for years. Adding subscriptions and download caps roughly tripled revenue, reaching about $12k a month.
$10K MRR dans 11 months·Équipe
SaaSDesignNew Delhi, India
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