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Alex Turnbull
Journey to $100K blog series with radical transparency built $5M ARR
Our "Journey to $100K" blog series with radical transparency got featured in 100+ publications and built Groove to $5M ARR. Radical Transparency...
$5M/年·$100K ARR ／ 5 years·ソロ
SaaSマーケティング🇺🇸 US
Justin Welsh
From SVP panic attack to $5M/year solo with 89% profit margin
I was SVP of Sales when I had a panic attack from burnout. I quit to build a solo business. Now I make $5M/year with 89% profit margin and zero ads....
$6.4M/年·$100K ARR ／ 4 years·ソロ
情報商材教育🇺🇸 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...
$32.5Mで売却·$100K ARR ／ 8 years·ソロ
SaaS健康・ウェルネス🇺🇸 US
Ajay Goel
24-year SaaS veteran bootstraps Gmail tool with $10K investment
After 24 years in SaaS, I built GMass with just $10K initial investment and 11 employees. Bootstrap Forever I've been bootstrapping since the 90...
$10K MRR ／ 1 year·ソロ
Chrome Extension生産性🇺🇸 US
Tony Dinh
How I made $22K in 7 days with a ChatGPT UI tool
On March 1st 2023, OpenAI announced the ChatGPT API. Right on that day, I came up with the idea to create a new UI to solve my own pain points with th...
$1.7M/年·$10K MRR ／ 4 days·ソロ
SaaSAI / ML🇻🇳 VN
Rick Blyth
Built extension in a weekend, sold for 6 figures in 5 hours
I built my first Chrome extension, Merch Batch Editor, in a weekend, and it earned over $3,000. Merch Wizard came later as a separate, bigger MVP that...
$10K MRR ／ 1 year·ソロ
Chrome ExtensionEコマース🇺🇸 US
Justin Duke
Built newsletter tool while at Stripe, grew to $392K/year solo
I built Buttondown as a side project while working at Stripe. 5-10% month-over-month growth for years led to $392K/year. Side Project First I sc...
$900K/年·$10K MRR ／ 2 years·ソロ
SaaSマーケティング🇺🇸 US
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Danny Postma
How I made $100K in 2 weeks with an AI headshot tool
After selling my previous AI company Headlime for seven figures, I took time off in 2021. I was growing increasingly bored when an idea struck me: why...
$3.6M/年·$100K ARR ／ 14 days·ソロ
SaaSAI / ML🇳🇱 NL
AJ
$1K on launch day to $1M ARR with zero marketing spend
Carrd launched on Product Hunt and made $1K on day one. It grew to over $1M ARR with absolutely zero marketing spend. The Launch Product Hunt la...
$2M/年·$100K ARR ／ 3 years·ソロ
SaaS生産性🇺🇸 US
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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...
$240K/年·$10K MRR ／ 3 years·ソロ
API / 開発者ツール開発者ツール🇺🇦 UA
Nathan Barry
How I bootstrapped ConvertKit to $25M/year starting with just $5,000
In 2013, I set a challenge for myself: build a $5K/mo SaaS in 6 months with just $5,000. I got the idea after reading people's complaints about Mailch...
$43M/年·$1K MRR ／ 2 years·ソロ
SaaSマーケティング🇺🇸 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...
$1M/年·$10K MRR ／ 2 years·ソロ
API / 開発者ツール開発者ツール🇯🇵 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...
$25M/年·$100K ARR ／ 9 months·ソロ
SaaSマーケティング🇬🇧 GB
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...
$6M/年·$10K MRR ／ 3 years·ソロ
SaaSコンテンツ制作🇺🇸 US
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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...
$240K/年·$100K ARR ／ 5 months·ソロ
情報商材開発者ツール🇫🇷 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...
$456K/年·$10K MRR ／ 1 year·ソロ
SaaS旅行🌍 Remote
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