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$10K MRR via Paid ads
8 founders who reached $10K MRR using Paid ads
Key Statistics
Stories
8
Avg Time
11 months
Fastest
2 days
Solo
63%
Top growth channel
Paid ads (8)
Aditya
Glow AI
Skincare AI App Reaches $10K MRR in 2 Days Using TikTok Influencers
Glow AI launched on November 7th, reached $10K MRR by November 9th, and accumulated 32,000 downloads in just 3 days. Influencer Equity Strategy...
$10K MRR in 2 days·Team
Mobile appAI / ML🇺🇸 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.
$360K/yr·$10K MRR in 3 years·Solo
Agency / serviceMarketing🇬🇧 GB
Martin Moravek
Software Engineer Builds $20K MRR App to Fight His Own Phone Addiction
After nearly a decade in automotive/aerospace, Martin Moravek built Minimalist Phone to solve his own screen addiction problem.
$240K/yr·$10K MRR in 1 year·Solo
Mobile appHealth & wellness🇩🇪 DE
Marc Chapon
Dropshipping Store (Pets Niche)
From Restaurant Manager to $178K in 3 Months with Dropshipping
Marc Chapon quit restaurant management and built a pet store doing $178,492 in 3 months by dropshipping US/EU products.
$10K MRR in 3 months·Solo
OtherE-commerceMorocco
Eric Smith
How AutoShorts.ai reached $40K MRR with faceless-video automation
Eric Smith built AutoShorts.ai from a personal need for automated short-form videos, got the first paying subscriber on February 1, and reached $20K MRR by April 27 before the source reported $40K MRR on May 13.
$1.2M/yr·$10K MRR in 4 months·Solo
SaaSContent creation🇺🇸 US
Cedric Roberge
How Cedric Roberge took Pep AI to $60K MRR by turning GLP-1 tracking chaos into a subscription app
Cedric Roberge found a fast-growing GLP-1 and peptide tracking niche, launched Pep AI quickly, then combined Reddit validation with creator-led distribution to reach a reported $60K MRR.
$720K/yr·$10K MRR in 1 month·Solo
Mobile appHealth & wellness🇺🇸 US
Justin Mares
Justin Mares took nearly $500 in two weeks before Kettle & Fire had any bone broth to sell
Before quitting his job in April 2014, Justin Mares put a $29.99 bone broth page online with a PayPal checkout and about $50 of Bing ads. Two weeks later he had taken nearly $500 for a product that did not exist.
$100M/yr·$10K MRR in 1 year·Team
OtherE-commerce🇺🇸 US
RB
Ryan Bartlett
$26,000 in month one: how Ryan Bartlett started True Classic as a side project
Three friends put a few thousand dollars into a t-shirt brand in late 2019. Bartlett says the first month brought $26,000 and 651 orders.
$10K MRR in 1 month·Team
OtherE-commerce🇺🇸 US
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Quick Stats
Stories8
Avg Time11 months
Fastest2 days
Technical50%