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57 Solo founders who succeeded with Twitter / X
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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/yr·$10K MRR in 1 year·Solo
SaaSTravel🌍 Remote
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/yr·$10K MRR in 4 days·Solo
SaaSAI / ML🇻🇳 VN
ML
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/yr·$100K ARR in 5 months·Solo
Info productDeveloper tools🇫🇷 FR
DP
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/yr·$100K ARR in 14 days·Solo
SaaSAI / ML🇳🇱 NL
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/yr·$10K MRR in 2 years·Solo
API / developer toolDeveloper tools🇯🇵 JP
DC
Damon Chen
Building a $10K MRR testimonial tool by building in public
I built Testimonial.to after experiencing the pain of collecting and displaying customer testimonials for my previous projects. Every founder knows so...
$2.4M/yr·$10K MRR in 11 months·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
AJ Ladwal
How I built Carrd to $1M+ ARR as a solo founder
Carrd started as a side project in 2016. I wanted to create the simplest possible way to build one-page websites. The Concept After years of bui...
$2M/yr·First customer in 0 days·Solo
SaaSDeveloper tools🇺🇸 US
Sahil Lavingia
From weekend project to $10M+ in creator payouts
I built the first version of Gumroad in a weekend while working at Pinterest. The idea was simple: let anyone sell anything with just a link. The W...
$17.8M/yr·$10K MRR in 2 months·Solo
MarketplaceE-commerce🇺🇸 US
Ben Tossell
From Product Hunt employee to building and selling Makerpad
After leaving Product Hunt, I wanted to teach people how to build without code - the skills I had learned myself. The Launch I launched Makerpad...
$1K MRR in 1 month·Solo
Info productDeveloper tools🇺🇸 US
Monica Lent
From free newsletter to $50K+ in community memberships
I started Blogging for Devs as a free newsletter teaching developers how to grow their blogs. It evolved into a paid community, with free courses as l...
$24K/yr·$1K MRR in 2 months·Solo
Info productEducation🇺🇸 US
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/yr·$100K ARR in 9 months·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇬🇧 GB
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/yr·$100K ARR in 4 years·Solo
Info productEducation🇺🇸 US
ME
Mustafa Ergisi
Data Analyst Builds AI2SQL to $1K MRR in 15 Months
Mustafa Ergisi, a former data analyst from Istanbul, was frustrated spending countless hours optimizing SQL queries manually. With a background in mac...
$100K/yr·$1K MRR in 1 year·Solo
SaaSAI / ML🇺🇸 US
Erwin Lengkeek
Built Browser Extension in ~4 Weeks, Made $30K/Year Building in Public
Erwin had two failed projects before Tailscan. He gave himself a week to build a first demo and showcase it on Twitter. Viral Demo His demo got...
$40K/yr·First customer in 21 days·Solo
Chrome extensionDeveloper toolsBali
Lenny Rachitsky
Ex-Airbnb PM Launches Newsletter, $360K ARR in Year One
Lenny Rachitsky launched his newsletter about a year before going paid. When he introduced paid subscriptions, he had 15,000 free subscribers. Pric...
$4M/yr·$100K ARR in 2 years·Solo
Info productContent creation🇺🇸 US
Sahil Bloom
Private Equity Analyst Builds 800K Newsletter During COVID, $70K/Month
Sahil Bloom was working at a private equity firm when March 2020 hit. Instead of 70+ hour weeks, he was suddenly at home. COVID Opportunity He h...
$840K/yr·$100K ARR in 2 years·Solo
Info productContent creation🇺🇸 US
Kieran Drew
Ex-Dentist Turned Copywriter, $142K Course Launch at $297
Kieran Drew quit dentistry on 2 September 2021 to write online full time, and launched High Impact Writing in May 2023. Premium Pricing He launc...
$100K ARR in 7 days·Solo
Info productEducation🇺🇸 US
Yasser Elsaid
College Student Reaches $64K MRR in 6 Months with AI Chatbot Platform
Just a few months ago I was in my 4th year of college, interning at FAANG companies like Meta and Tesla. Then I placed my side hustle in front of the...
$8M/yr·$100K ARR in 4 months·Solo
SaaSAI / ML🇺🇸 US
Adrian Horning
Psychology Major Becomes "Web Scraping Guy", Hits $10K MRR
I was a psychology major in college. One day I learned about Uber and decided I wanted to be in tech. So I moved to San Francisco, attended a coding b...
$120K/yr·$10K MRR in 1 year·Solo
API / developer toolAI / ML🇺🇸 US
Bhanu Teja
24-Year-Old From India Reaches $10K MRR in 1 Month with AI Chatbot
I had around 10,000 Twitter followers and frequently mentioned I would be launching a new AI product soon. I didn't have high expectations. Multi-P...
$190K/yr·$10K MRR in 1 month·Solo
SaaSAI / ML🇺🇸 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...
$1.2M/yr·$10K MRR in 5 months·Solo
SaaSAI / ML🇺🇸 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.
$1M/yr·$100K ARR in 1 year·Solo
Info productEducation🇺🇸 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.
$800K/yr·$100K ARR in 3 years·Solo
Info productEducation🇺🇸 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 in 2 years·Solo
Info productEducation🇬🇧 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.
First customer in 0 days·Solo
Info productEducation🌍 Remote
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.
First customer in 0 days·Solo
SaaSDesignUnknown
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.
$462K/yr·$1K MRR in 3 months·Solo
SaaSMarketingUnknown
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 in 3 years·Solo
SaaSAI / ML🌍 Remote
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.
$1M/yr·$10K MRR in 1 year·Solo
API / developer toolDesign🇯🇵 JP
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 in 3 years·Solo
Info productContent creation🇺🇸 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 in 1 year·Solo
OtherDesignBrazil → USA
Guillermo Rauch
V0: How Vercel's CEO Built an AI UI Generator Used by 3M+ Developers
Guillermo Rauch, a self-taught developer who never finished high school, built Next.js and Vercel. Then he used AI to make his own platform accessible to 100M+ potential users.
$200M/yr·$10K MRR in 1 year·Solo
SaaSDeveloper tools🇺🇸 US
Brett Williams
DesignJoy: How Brett Williams Built a $1.5M/Year Design Agency of One — Zero Employees, $95/Month in Tools
Brett Williams had been designing since 2009. In 2017 he launched DesignJoy, a subscription design service. Building in public on Twitter from early 2022 filled a 100+ company waitlist in three weeks and let him double his prices. By 2022, he broke $1.5M ARR as a true agency of one.
$1.7M/yr·$100K ARR in 4 years·Solo
Agency / serviceDesign🇺🇸 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 in 1 year·Solo
Info productEducation🇺🇸 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.
$4.1M/yr·$100K ARR in 4 years·Solo
Info productEducation🇺🇸 US
Jack Friks
how jack friks built post bridge to $11k mrr by undercutting bloated schedulers
Tired of paying for overpriced social schedulers, Jack Friks shipped his own simple tool in about a month and built it in public to roughly $11k MRR.
$492K/yr·$100K ARR in 7 months·Solo
SaaSMarketingOshawa, Ontario, Canada
Hirvesh Munogee
how habit pixel hit $1k mrr in about 9 months as a solo app
Hirvesh Munogee built a gamified habit tracker, launched it quietly in March 2025, and reached $1K MRR by January 2026 through purchasing power parity pricing, localization, and seasonal timing.
$12K/yr·$1K MRR in 9 months·Solo
Mobile appHealth & wellnessMauritius
Ramish
how ramish reached $32k in his first full year selling framer templates
A designer in Dubai left client work, committed to one model, and turned consistent Framer template launches into $32,908 across 2025 despite a $49 month.
$71K/yr·$1K MRR in 1 year·Solo
Info productDesignDubai, UAE
Matt McGarry
how matt mcgarry turned a newsletter into a 7-figure education business
Matt McGarry launched Newsletter Operator in January 2023 with a tweet and a 1,300-follower audience. Within a year and a half it grew past 25,000 subscribers and supported a 7-figure business built on courses and an agency.
$1M/yr·$100K ARR in 1 year·Solo
Info productContent creation🇺🇸 US
Juanjo Valiño
how juanjo valiño turned a repeated-code problem into a $15k month with wrapfast
After shipping 15+ iOS apps, Juanjo bundled the boring repeated code into a SwiftUI boilerplate called WrapFast, made $750 on day one, and rode a Black Friday surge to his first $15k month.
$180K/yr·$10K MRR in 9 months·Solo
OtherDeveloper toolsGalicia, Spain
Katt Risen
how katt risen grew a no-code newsletter to 11,400 subscribers and sold it for $35k
A non-technical generalist from Belgium turned a viral build-in-public tweet into a two-year newsletter that earned about $33k and exited for $35k.
sold for $35K·$1K MRR in 9 months·Solo
Info productContent creation🇧🇪 BE
Josh Pigford
how josh pigford turned down millions, then sold baremetrics for $4m
Josh Pigford built Baremetrics in days to scratch his own itch, grew it past $1.5M ARR, walked away from a deal that collapsed at the finish line, then sold a year later for $4 million in cash.
sold for $4M·$100K ARR in 5 months·Solo
SaaSDeveloper tools🇺🇸 US
RC
Reilly Chase
how reilly chase landed hostifi's first 11 customers in three weeks
With an IT background but no SaaS experience, Reilly Chase built a UniFi hosting tool, launched it with a single tweet, and found his first 11 paying customers in three weeks by going where Ubiquiti users actually hung out.
$3M/yr·$100K ARR in 1 year·Solo
SaaSDeveloper tools🇺🇸 US
Dominik Sobe
how dominik sobe turned notion into a $3k mrr help center business
A self-taught Austrian developer needed a help center for his app, hated every option, and built one on top of Notion instead. HelpKit hit $3K MRR and 130+ customers within roughly a year.
$120K/yr·$10K MRR in 3 years·Solo
SaaSProductivity🌍 Remote
Eddy Vinck
how a part-time dev got blog recorder to $250 mrr in 6 months
Eddy Vinck shipped his first SaaS, Blog Recorder, as a part-time project and reached $250 MRR and $2,000 in total revenue in six months, with his first customer coming from his own developer network.
$3K/yr·$100 MRR in 3 months·Solo
SaaSContent creation🇳🇱 NL
Dru Riley
how Dru Riley took Trends.vc from zero to $20k MRR in under a year
Dru Riley quit a big-data job with savings and a vague plan, burned through three years of side projects, then turned weekly research reports into a one-person newsletter that hit roughly $20k MRR within a year of launch.
$240K/yr·$10K MRR in 4 months·Solo
Info productMarketing🌍 Remote
GJ
Goutham Jay
From 100 followers to $1K MRR with a testimonial SaaS
Goutham Jay began building Famewall in public in February 2022, won the first paying customer in March, and crossed $1K MRR in September 2023.
$1K MRR in 1 year·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇮🇳 IN
NB
Noah Bragg
how Noah Bragg reached $100 MRR with Supportman before a $27k sale
Noah Bragg built Supportman on nights and weekends for Intercom support teams, needed 7.5 months to reach $100 MRR, then later sold the small SaaS for $27k after it grew to about $400 MRR.
sold for $27K·$100 MRR in 7 months·Solo
SaaSProductivity
Fernando Pessagno
Turning a ten-day build-in-public challenge into a $5K MRR creator tool
Fernando Pessagno built aiCarousels in a 10-day public challenge, got five paying users on launch day, and later grew the AI carousel maker to $5K MRR.
$60K/yr·$1K MRR in 6 months·Solo
SaaSContent creation🇸🇪 SE
IN
Ilya Novohatskyi
Turning tiny startup exits into a $1K MRR marketplace
After a COVID layoff, Ilya Novohatskyi built Microns on nights and weekends as a micro-startup acquisition marketplace, using no-code tools, Twitter and Product Hunt to reach $1K MRR in one year.
$1K MRR in 1 year·Solo
MarketplaceFinance🇺🇦 UA
Petar Georgiev
How PostFast reached €4K MRR by making social scheduling boring and reliable
Petar Georgiev turned his own cross-posting frustration into PostFast, a social scheduling SaaS built around a full-time job that reached about €4K MRR by April 2026.
$48K/yr·$1K MRR in 1 year·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇧🇬 BG
Farid Shukurov
How Farid turned his slow X growth problem into a $2K MRR AI posting coach
Farid Shukurov struggled to grow on X, studied viral posts manually, then turned that workflow into SupaBird, an AI growth suite that reached $2,057/month mostly through organic channels.
$25K/yr·$1K MRR in 5 months·Solo
SaaSMarketingBerlin, Germany
Tyler Yin
How AIDesigner.ai climbed from under $1K to $9.5K MRR by fixing ugly vibe-coded UI
Tyler Yin spotted that vibe-coded apps often worked but looked bad, then built AIDesigner.ai into a design layer for AI builders that grew from under $1K to $9.5K MRR in 30 days.
$114K/yr·$1K MRR in 1 month·Solo
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Matt Anderson
How Matt Anderson took an AI LinkedIn prospecting agent to $1.1K MRR in 30 days
Matt Anderson did not build ProspectZero around bigger cold lists. He narrowed the wedge to LinkedIn buying signals, dogfooded the agent in public, and reached roughly $1.1K MRR before a churn lesson pulled revenue back near $900.
$11K/yr·$1K MRR in 1 month·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
Wilson Wilson
How Ferndesk reached $2K MRR by making help docs update themselves
Wilson Wilson turned stale SaaS help centers into an AI agent workflow and reached $2K MRR after 228 days by compounding weekly product work, customer conversations, and founder-led content.
$24K/yr·$1K MRR in 5 months·Solo
SaaSAI / ML
Derrick Reimer
Derrick Reimer hit $10K MRR with SavvyCal one year after the first line of code
After walking away from a Slack competitor he had built for a year, Derrick Reimer took on Calendly instead and passed $10K MRR twelve months after starting to write SavvyCal.
$240K/yr·$10K MRR in 1 year·Solo
SaaSProductivity🇺🇸 US
Josh Comeau
How Josh Comeau pre-sold $577,000 of a half-finished CSS course in one week
A repetitive strain injury pushed Josh Comeau out of a $165,000 engineering job. Seven months later he opened pre-orders for an unfinished CSS course, aimed at $50,000, and closed the week at $577,000.
$100K ARR in 8 months·Solo
Info productEducation
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