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Mayank Jain
Digital Startup Veterans Build AI Content Platform, $100K MRR in Year One
Mayank and co-founders leveraged 10+ years of digital marketing experience to build Scalenut to $100K MRR in one year.
$100K ARR dans 1 year·Équipe
SaaSMarketing🇮🇳 IN
Hamish McKenzie
Newsletter Platform Co-Founder Gets First Publisher, $100K+ Revenue Day One
Substack found the perfect first customer in Bill Bishop, who generated $100K+ in revenue on his first day going paid.
$100K ARR dans 6 months·Équipe
SaaSCréation de contenu🇺🇸 US
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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 dans 2 months·Solo
Extension ChromeAI / ML🇮🇳 IN
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Luca Restagno
Software Engineer Turned Solopreneur Shares First Year Journey to $1.5K MRR
Luca documented his solopreneur journey publicly on Twitter, reaching $1.5K MRR in his first year while working a day job.
$1K MRR dans 1 year·Solo
SaaSProductivité🇮🇹 IT
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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.
$1K MRR dans 1 month·Solo
SaaSDesignUnknown
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Prompt Genie Founder
From Idea to First Customer in 4 Days, Five Figures in 30 Days Using No-Code + TikTok
A non-technical founder went from idea to first customer in 4 days and five figures in 30 days using no-code tools and TikTok.
$10K MRR dans 1 month·Solo
Extension ChromeAI / MLUnknown
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PostBridge Developer
Cross-Platform Social Media Tool Reaches $7K/Month With Just TikTok Marketing
PostBridge reached $7K/month and 100K users with just 1 hour of daily TikTok content creation - zero ad spend.
$1K MRR dans 3 months·Solo
SaaSMarketingUnknown
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Chris Mason
From $0 to $1K in Revenue in 30 Days by Validating Before Building
Chris and his co-founder validated demand first by talking to WooCommerce store owners, then built One Click Upsells to $1K in 30 days.
$1K MRR dans 1 month·Équipe
SaaSE-commerce🇺🇸 US
Pieter Levels
Pieter Levels Builds Photo AI to $150K/Month in Under 2 Years
After Nomad List, Pieter built Photo AI using PHP/jQuery to $150K/month - 87% profit margin, 100% bootstrapped.
$100K ARR dans 1 year·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...
$10K MRR dans 2 years·Solo
SaaSOutils Développeur🇬🇧 GB
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Lukas Böhler
From running an agency to $10K MRR with a bug reporting tool in 1 year
Welcome to our journey! We launched BugBattle (now Gleap) and reached $10,000 in MRR exactly one year later - much longer than we initially thought....
$10K MRR dans 1 year·Équipe
SaaSOutils Développeur🇦🇹 AT
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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.
Premier Client dans 4 years·Solo
Extension ChromeProductivité🇮🇳 IN
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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 dans 6 years·Solo
MarketplaceMarketing🇫🇷 FR
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Kevin Conti
Paid newsletter to $10K MRR in just 5 months through community engagement
Kevin turned his SaaS research into a newsletter, growing from $0 to $10K MRR in 5 months by building in public on Indie Hackers.
$10K MRR dans 5 months·Solo
Produit d'InformationÉducation🇺🇸 US
Sergiu Chiriac
Solo dev builds AI directory of directories to $10K revenue in one year
Sergiu created a meta-directory listing AI tool directories, reaching $10K revenue by helping AI startups get discovered.
$10K MRR dans 1 year·Solo
MarketplaceMarketing🇷🇴 RO
Julien Nahum
Bootstrapped a Notion form builder from $0 to $10K MRR in one year
Julien built NotionForms to solve his own problem, reaching $10K MRR in 12 months through Product Hunt and SEO.
$10K MRR dans 1 year·Solo
SaaSProductivité🇫🇷 FR
Jen Yip
Solo female founder built a budgeting app to $45K+ ARR while traveling the world
Jen quit her job at Twitter, traveled the world, and built Lunch Money as a company of one to 1000+ paying users.
$100K ARR dans 2 years·Solo
SaaSFinance🇨🇦 CA
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FounderPal Team
Couple Makes $60K Helping Solopreneurs with AI Marketing Wrapper
My co-founder and I built FounderPal.ai, an AI marketing strategy tool for solopreneurs. The initial version only incurred a monthly cost of $150....
$10K MRR dans 6 months·Équipe
SaaSAI / ML🇺🇸 US
Aurelian Amacker
$20M ARR Solo Founder Built All-in-One Marketing Platform
I built Systeme.io to $20M ARR as a solo founder. The platform helps entrepreneurs build sales funnels, email marketing campaigns, and sell digital pr...
$100K ARR dans 2 years·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
Aditya
Skincare AI App Reaches $10K MRR in 2 Days Using TikTok Influencers
Glow AI launched on November 7th, reached $10K MRR by November 9th, and accumulated 32,000 downloads in just 3 days. Influencer Equity Strategy...
$10K MRR dans 2 days·Solo
Application MobileAI / ML🇺🇸 US
Jordan O'Connor
Solo Dad Builds $42K/Month Chrome Extension with $1/Day Pricing
I'm the self-proclaimed 'winner of Indie Hackers' - if you filter for solo founders with verified Stripe revenue, I come up at the top. Simple Valu...
$100K ARR dans 2 years·Solo
Extension ChromeE-commerce🇺🇸 US
Guilherme Rizzo
21-Year-Old Self-Taught Brazilian Developer Makes $100K with CSS Extension
I'm from Brazil and built CSS Scan because I always wanted to know what border-radius, box-shadow, or font-family an element I see has. Fast Progre...
$100K ARR dans 1 year·Solo
Extension ChromeOutils Développeur🇺🇸 US
Sebastian Röhl
German Developer Reaches $10K MRR After 2.5 Years with Habit App
I'm a 29-year-old software engineer from Germany who left my full-time job to dedicate one year to building my own projects. The Grind My MRR gr...
$10K MRR dans 2 years·Solo
Application MobileProductivité🇺🇸 US
Dustin W. Stout
From Zero to $20K MRR in 163 Days with All-in-One AI Tool
After following the BuildInPublic journey of many indie makers, I decided this was the approach I was going to take. Slow and Steady I didn't w...
$10K MRR dans 5 months·Solo
SaaSAI / ML🇺🇸 US
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