Solo Founders Using Other

7 solo founders who succeeded with Other

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1 year

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2 months

Solo

100%

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Sebastian Volkis - ChatIQ

2 months to milestone

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Cassey Ho

Blogilates / POPFLEX

How a Farewell YouTube Video for 40 Students Became a Multi-Million Dollar Fitness Empire

Cassey Ho posted one Pilates video for her 40 students before moving cross-country. It accidentally became the #1 female fitness channel on YouTube with 500M+ views.

$100K ARR in 6 years·Solo

OtherHealth & Wellness🇺🇸 US

Codie Sanchez

Contrarian Thinking

Contrarian Thinking: How Codie Sanchez Built a 750K-Subscriber Newsletter and $100M+ Business Portfolio from Scratch

Codie Sanchez went from Goldman Sachs to building Contrarian Thinking — a newsletter that hit 10K subscribers in 30 days. She parlayed that audience into courses, community, and a holding company that now does 9 figures in revenue.

$100K ARR in 2 years·Solo

Info ProductFinance🇺🇸 US

Sebastian Volkis

ChatIQ

how a nontechnical founder got 11,300 ChatIQ users in his first month

A nontechnical founder used a six-month YouTube audience and a no-code Bubble MVP to launch an AI support chatbot to 11,300 users and roughly £3,500 MRR in 30 days.

$10K MRR in 2 months·Solo

SaaSAI / ML🇬🇧 GB

Justin Shiels

SoCurious

722 orders in one quarter rebuilding socurious from an austin apartment

Justin Shiels rebuilt his stationery brand SoCurious solo from his Austin apartment, landing 722 orders, 485 preorders from a friend's collab and 38 subscribers in Q1 2026.

$1K MRR in 10 months·Solo

OtherE-commerceAustin, Texas, USA

John Brewton

Operating by John Brewton

how john brewton grew a quiet substack into a $200k business in six months

John Brewton spent nine months publishing to barely a thousand readers, then a single proof post timed to a small coaching offer flipped his Substack into a six-stream business on track for $200k.

$10K MRR in 1 year·Solo

Info ProductContent Creation

Shaun Donnelly

Personal Best

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 in 3 years·Solo

Mobile AppHealth & WellnessLondon, United Kingdom