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Shahed Khan
How 9 Months of Failure and 2 Pivots Led to a $975M Exit
Shahed Khan and his co-founders pivoted twice before landing on Loom. The async video platform was acquired by Atlassian for $975 million.
$100K ARR в 3 years·Команда
SaaSПродуктивность🇺🇸 US
RK
Rob Kalin
Building the Handmade Marketplace: How Etsy Created a $45B Community
Rob Kalin built Etsy as a cheaper alternative to eBay for handmade goods. The marketplace is now worth $45 billion and changed how makers sell their work.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Команда
MarketplaceE-commerce🇺🇸 US
SB
Simon Beckerman
From Magazine Publisher to $1.6B Fashion Marketplace: The Depop Story
Simon Beckerman created Depop to let people buy and sell clothes on a social marketplace. The app attracted Gen Z and sold to Etsy for $1.6 billion.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Соло
MarketplaceE-commerce🇬🇧 GB
CB
Chris Best & Hamish McKenzie
Reinventing Media Economics: How Substack Empowered Independent Writers
When Chris Best and Hamish McKenzie started Substack, everyone said nobody would pay for internet content. They proved the skeptics wrong.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Команда
SaaSСоздание контента🇺🇸 US
CS
Cody Schneider
From Google Drive folder to $1.1M ARR: How we built Swell AI with degenerate growth tactics
Started with 10 friends uploading MP3s to a Google Drive folder. Now doing $1.1M ARR by cold emailing 100,000 people per month.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Команда
SaaSAI / ML🇺🇸 US
MC
Mike Carson
How I built a $125K/month solo business by automating everything
Started as scripts to catch domains for myself. Two years later, $125K/month revenue with zero employees.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Соло
SaaSИнструменты для разработчиков🇺🇸 US
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Allison Seboldt
How a Political Science major built a $2K/month fantasy politics game
Started as a free MVP in 2018. Two years later, first paid customers. One year after that, $2K revenue months.
$1K MRR в 3 years·Соло
SaaSОбразование🇺🇸 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
Mubashar Iqbal
How building 120+ side projects led to a viral hit with 14M page views
After 80+ failed projects, one finally went viral. 4 million page views in 4 weeks, $4K/month in ad revenue, then sold.
$1K MRR в 2 months·Команда
ДругоеОбразование🇺🇸 US
Rosie Sherry
How an introvert built a $1.2M/year testing community over 12 years
Started as a free forum in 2007. 12 years later: $1.2M ARR from conferences, memberships, and courses.
$100K ARR в 12 years·Соло
ДругоеОбразование🇬🇧 GB
Rob Hope
How a South African designer built $100K/year from website curation
Started curating single-page websites in 2008. Cross-promotion between projects grew to $100K+/year.
$10K MRR в 9 years·Соло
ДругоеДизайн🇿🇦 ZA
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
Spencer Fry
How a bootstrapped portfolio platform grew to $55K MRR and a life-changing exit
Built the first online portfolio platform for designers in 2005. Bootstrapped to $55K MRR, then sold to private equity.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Команда
SaaSДизайн🇺🇸 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
Marie Poulin
From YouTube Tips to $40K/Month Teaching Notion
Marie discovered Notion in 2018 and started sharing tips on YouTube. When her audience asked for a course, she launched Notion Mastery to $40K/month.
$10K MRR в 2 years·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🇨🇦 CA
VK
Victoria Kurichenko
SEO Blog
SEO Specialist Reaches $1K/Month with Just 89 Blog Posts
Victoria built a WordPress blog with only 89 posts and 15,000 monthly visits to reach $1K/month from affiliate marketing.
$1K MRR в 3 years·Соло
ДругоеМаркетинг🇺🇦 UA
AB
Andy Beohar
Tech Employee Quits to Build $275K MRR Marketing Agency
Andy left his tech job in 2014 and bootstrapped SevenAtoms to $275K MRR with a 90% client retention rate.
$100K ARR в 5 years·Соло
Агентство / УслугиМаркетинг🇺🇸 US
DS
Derryck Strachan
Copywriter Spots SEO Demand, Builds $30K/Month Content Agency
Derryck recognized the growing demand for SEO content and built Big Star Copywriting to $30K/month, surviving the 2008 crash.
$10K MRR в 3 years·Соло
Агентство / УслугиМаркетинг🇬🇧 GB
Steph Smith
Doing Content Right
Trends content lead sells $28K of her guide in launch month
Steph leveraged her experience leading content at The Hustle to launch Doing Content Right, selling $28,414 in the launch month and $47,014 in the first three months.
Первый клиент в 0 days·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🌍 Remote
Nathan Latka
Podcast Host Turns Interview Data into $150K MRR SaaS in 100 Days
Nathan turned his podcast interview data into Getlatka, reaching $20K/month in 100 days and $150K MRR within a year.
$100K ARR в 1 year·Соло
SaaSМаркетинг🇺🇸 US
Ellen Yin
Corporate Marketer Quits Job, Pre-Sells Course, Reaches 7 Figures
Ellen pre-sold her first program with zero content, then built it based on customer feedback to reach 7-figure lifetime revenue.
$100K ARR в 2 years·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🇺🇸 US
Sumit Bansal
Tech Worker Sees Excel Skills Gap, Builds Blog to 1M+ Visitors and $10K/Month
Sumit saw colleagues struggling with Excel and built TrumpExcel to 1M+ monthly pageviews and $10K/month revenue.
$10K MRR в 3 years·Соло
ИнфопродуктОбразование🇮🇳 IN
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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 в 1 year·Команда
SaaSМаркетинг🇮🇳 IN
Hamish McKenzie
Newsletter Platform Co-Founder Lands First Publisher, Who Books Six Figures on Day One
Substack found its first customer in Bill Bishop, whose Sinocism newsletter reached a six-figure annual run rate on its first paid day.
Первый клиент в 3 months·Команда
SaaSСоздание контента🇺🇸 US
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