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Greg Isenberg
Late Checkout: How Greg Isenberg Built an 8-Figure Holding Company with $0 Outside Capital
After two acquisitions (5by by StumbleUpon, Islands by WeWork) and advisory roles at TikTok and Reddit, Greg Isenberg launched Late Checkout. In three years, it hit 8 figures with zero outside capital.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Команда
Агентство / УслугиМаркетинг🇨🇦 CA
Nick Huber
Sweaty Startup: How Nick Huber Built a $150M Self-Storage Empire from a College Side Hustle
Nick Huber started Storage Squad at Cornell, expanded to 25 college towns, then caught the self-storage bug. He used Twitter to raise $20M+ and scale to 63+ properties worth $150M+, while building Sweaty Startup into a media brand.
$100K ARR в 9 years·Команда
ДругоеФинансы🇺🇸 US
Jack Butcher
Visualize Value: How Jack Butcher Went from a Honda Factory to $180K/Month Through Daily Visual Posts
Jack Butcher assembled cars at a Honda factory, talked his way into design school, spent 8 years at agencies, then burned out running his own. In January 2019, he started posting simple visuals on Twitter. Within 18 months: $180K/month.
$100K ARR в 1 year·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🇺🇸 US
Dan Koe
Dan Koe: 6 Failed Businesses, Then $3.3M/Year from Writing 2 Hours Per Day
Dan Koe tried fitness YouTube, dropshipping, a Facebook ads agency, and two e-commerce brands — all failed. Then he started writing on Twitter. Within 4 years: $3.3M/year and 3.4M followers.
$100K ARR в 4 years·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🇺🇸 US
Jack Ellis
How Fathom Analytics Built a Profitable Privacy-First Alternative to Google Analytics
Jack Ellis and Paul Jarvis bet that website owners would pay for analytics that didn't track visitors. GDPR made privacy a selling point. Result: $100K+ ARR, profitable, bootstrapped — no VC needed.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Команда
SaaSИнструменты для разработчиков🇨🇦 CA
JR Farr
How JR Farr Built a Merchant of Record for Indie Developers — Then Got Acquired by Stripe
JR Farr built Lemon Squeezy in public on Twitter, targeting indie hackers who needed simpler alternatives to Stripe for selling digital products. Stripe acquired it in 2024.
$100K ARR в 1 year·Команда
SaaSИнструменты для разработчиков🇺🇸 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 в 10 months·Команда
ДругоеСоздание контента🇺🇸 US
Zeno Rocha
From Hospital Bed to $250K: How a Dark Theme Became a Design Business
Zeno Rocha created the Dracula color theme in 2013 while hospitalized in Germany, after his laptop was stolen from his hospital room. Seven years and 3 million downloads later, he launched a paid version, and made $5K in 72 hours.
$100K ARR в 1 year·Соло
ДругоеДизайнBrazil → USA
Jon Yongfook
Jon Yongfook Bootstrapped Bannerbear to $10K MRR After 12 Failed Startups
After 12 startups in 12 months challenge, Jon found his calling in automated image generation and bootstrapped Bannerbear to $50K+ MRR.
$10K MRR в 1 year·Соло
API / Инструмент для разработчиковДизайн🇯🇵 JP
Francesco Di Lorenzo
Francesco Di Lorenzo Launched Typefully to 1000 Users in One Day
Francesco and co-founders launched Typefully on Product Hunt and Hacker News, getting 1,432 signups on day one. Now at $100K+ MRR.
$100K ARR в 11 months·Команда
SaaSСоздание контента🇵🇹 PT
Paul Yacoubian & Chris Lu
Copy.ai: Building in Public from $0 to $157K MRR in 10 Months
Paul Yacoubian launched Copy.ai on Twitter and grew to $157K MRR in 10 months by building in public and leveraging GPT-3.
$100K ARR в 10 months·Команда
SaaSAI / ML🇺🇸 US
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 в 3 years·Команда
Мобильное приложениеЗдоровье и благополучие🇦🇺 AU
Justin Moore
From $5M in Sponsorships to Teaching Creators How to Land Deals
Justin Moore made over $5M in sponsorships himself before building Creator Wizard to help other creators do the same.
$10K MRR в 3 years·Соло
ИнфопродуктСоздание контента🇺🇸 US
Samy Dindane & Yannick Veys
From a Tweet to 7-Figure SaaS: The Hypefury Story
Samy Dindane and Yannick Veys scaled Hypefury from a tweet asking about thread scheduling to a 7-figure bootstrapped business.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Команда
SaaSСоздание контента🌍 Remote
Maxx Blank, AJ Orbach & Ivan Chernykh
Triple Whale
From Internal Tool to $50M+ SaaS: The Triple Whale Story
The Triple Whale founders built an analytics tool for their own DTC brand, then spun it into a 5,000+ customer SaaS with Shopify as an investor.
$100K ARR в 1 year·Команда
SaaSE-commerce🇺🇸 US
Daniel Vassallo
How I quit my $500K Amazon job and built $1M in revenue through small bets
Left Amazon with 150 Twitter followers. Three years later, $1M in cumulative revenue from info products and community.
$100K ARR в 1 year·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🇺🇸 US
Jay Clouse
How a newsletter grew into a $500K/year creator business in 3 years
Started with a blog nobody read. Rebranded to Creator Science and built to $500K/year through newsletter, podcast, and community.
$100K ARR в 3 years·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🇺🇸 US
Rosie Sherry
How a community expert built her second $10K/month business teaching what she knows
After building Ministry of Testing to $1.2M, Rosie started Rosieland to teach community building. Reached $10K/month in 2.5 years.
$10K MRR в 2 years·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🇬🇧 GB
Steph Smith
Doing Content Right
Trends Content Lead Launches Course, $40K in First Month
Steph leveraged her experience leading content at The Hustle to launch Doing Content Right, earning $40K in the first month.
Первый клиент в 0 days·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🌍 Remote
LR
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 в 1 year·Команда
SaaSПродуктивность🇮🇹 IT
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.
Первый клиент в 0 days·Соло
SaaSДизайнUnknown
JF
Jack Friks
Cross-Platform Social Media Tool Reaches $7K/Month With Just TikTok Marketing
PostBridge reached $7K/month largely through daily TikTok content creation instead of paid ads.
$1K MRR в 3 months·Соло
SaaSМаркетингUnknown
Pieter Levels
Pieter Levels Builds Photo AI to $150K/Month in Under 3 Years
After Nomad List, Pieter built Photo AI using PHP/jQuery to $150K/month - 87% profit margin, 100% bootstrapped.
$100K ARR в 3 years·Соло
SaaSAI / ML🌍 Remote
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 в 5 months·Соло
SaaSAI / ML🇺🇸 US
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