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Revenue in Under 1 month
33 founders who reached milestones in Under 1 month
Key Statistics
Stories
33
Avg Time
7 days
Fastest
0 days
Solo
64%
Top growth channel
Twitter / X (9)
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
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
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
BB
Brianna Blaney & Dr. Aria Hahn
From an oversubscribed alpha to $2M+ in funding for our startup
We started Pocketed during the pandemic to help startups find grants and funding they didn't know existed. The Idea During COVID, there was sudd...
First customer in 0 days·Team
SaaSFinanceVancouver, BC, Canada
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
Pierre de Wulf
From 2 Failed Products to API Success: First Customer in 50 Minutes
Pierre de Wulf and his co-founder Kevin met in high school. After building ShopToList and PricingBot with limited success, they went all-in on Scrapin...
First customer in 0 days·Team
API / developer toolDeveloper tools🇫🇷 FR
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
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
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
GG
Gourav Goyal
Open-source Notion extension earns $9K+ while staying free to use
Built to solve his own problem with Notion navigation, Gourav kept Notion Boost open-source while still earning $9K+ through premium features.
First customer in 1 days·Solo
Chrome extensionProductivity🇮🇳 IN
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
Michael Mignano
Democratizing Podcasting: How Anchor Became Spotify for Creators
Michael Mignano built Anchor to make podcast creation free and easy. The platform now powers one-third of all new podcasts and was acquired by Spotify.
sold for $154M·First customer in 1 days·Team
SaaSContent creation🇺🇸 US
MP
Madhu Pattarambil
how a chemical engineer built a free AI travel planner in 14 days
Madhu Pattarambil, a Sydney chemical engineer with no startup background, shipped a free AI travel app in 17 languages in two weeks, funded entirely by travel affiliate commissions.
First customer in 14 days·Solo
OtherTravelSydney, Australia
UM
Uri Merhav
pdf-redact.com
how uri merhav shipped a paid pdf tool in under a day
A DocuPanda cofounder set out to prove you can build a small SaaS that takes real money in under 24 hours, and walked through doing exactly that with a PDF redaction tool.
First customer in 1 days·Solo
SaaSProductivityNew York City, United States
CH
Crystal Harrison
how a bookkeeper of 25 years shipped a tax tool for freelancers without writing code
Crystal Harrison spent almost 25 years watching freelancers get blindsided by tax bills. She used an AI dev tool to build SnapTax in evenings and weekends, and reached her first 3 paying customers eight weeks after launch.
$600/yr·First customer in 21 days·Solo
SaaSFinanceAustin, Texas
Thomas Frank
how thomas frank made $1m/year selling notion templates
After a decade making content, Thomas Frank made $1 million in a single year selling Notion templates, with the line peaking at $100k a month in one-time template sales.
First customer in 0 days·Solo
Info productProductivityColorado, USA
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Giacomo "Peldi" Guilizzoni
Selling wireframing software before the official launch
Peldi Guilizzoni launched Balsamiq as a one-person wireframing tool, got a sale before launch, and passed $100K in total revenue in less than five months.
First customer in 0 days·Solo
SaaSDesignBologna, Italy
VD
Vitalii Dodonov
How Stanley for X hit $4K MRR in 48 hours by bottling a ghostwriter's system
Vitalii Dodonov and the Stanley team turned a 10-day build sprint, a ghostwriter's playbook, and a Product Hunt/X launch into 777 signups and $4K MRR in 48 hours.
$1K MRR in 2 days·Team
SaaSContent creation🇨🇦 CA
AK
Adam Knorr & Ben A. Wise
how Adam Knorr and Ben Wise built InfluenceLab to $5.6k MRR by coaching one narrow niche
Adam Knorr turned years of manual LinkedIn editing for financial advisors into InfluenceLab, a $49/month AI coaching SaaS that reached $5,651 MRR from 119 paying users by selling to a niche he already served.
$68K/yr·$1K MRR in 9 days·Team
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
NS
Neel Seth
How Neel Seth turned manual Reddit outreach into ReplyDaddy's $1.5K MRR co-pilot
Neel Seth built ReplyDaddy from his own Reddit distribution problem, kept humans in control of every reply, and turned an AI-assisted MVP into a reported $1.5K MRR product.
$18K/yr·First customer in 12 days·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇮🇳 IN
ED
Emanuele Di Pietro
How Emanuele Di Pietro turned a midnight Codex remote into Remodex's $10K first month
Emanuele Di Pietro turned a midnight challenge to control Codex from iPhone into Remodex, a local-first open-source remote that reached about $10K revenue in its first month.
First customer in 1 days·Solo
Mobile appDeveloper toolsNaples, Italy
Lorik Morina
How Lorik Morina grew RotateProduct to $6.5K MRR with $20/day ads and Shopify intent
Lorik Morina did not wait for a viral launch. He took a 33-download, zero-MRR first day, layered Hacker News, $20/day Meta ads, Shopify App Store distribution and referral loops, and grew RotateProduct's app revenue to about $6.5K MRR by week 21.
$78K/yr·$100 MRR in 14 days·Solo
SaaSE-commerceKosovo
KO
Kylan O'Connor, Jayden Francis, Justin Rausch & Parker May
How RidePal turned a niche mountain-biking app into 35 paying Android customers on day one
RidePal did not start with a broad fitness app. The team built directly for mountain bikers, shared beta versions in rider communities, and saw 35 paying Android customers on launch day.
First customer in 1 days·Team
Mobile appHealth & wellnessSan Francisco, United States
Santanu Dasgupta
How Meerkats AI reached $3K MRR in 4 weeks by selling agentic GTM work
Santanu Dasgupta turned two decades of GTM pain into Meerkats AI, an agentic marketing platform that found early customers through agency outreach, education and LinkedIn posts instead of a broad launch.
$36K/yr·$1K MRR in 28 days·Team
SaaSMarketingBengaluru, India
Adrien (AdrienBrb)
How PostClaw reached $250 MRR by replacing a free trial with a hard paywall
Adrien turned PostClaw's early signups from curious free-trial tourists into paying users by cutting the free trial, adding a $17 entry plan, and showing up across founder communities every week.
$3K/yr·$100 MRR in 28 days·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇫🇷 FR
JZ
Jason Zigelbaum
How Zigpoll reached $125K MRR by owning Shopify feedback surveys as a solo founder
Jason Zigelbaum turned ecommerce feedback pain into Zigpoll, stayed solo, and compounded to about $125K MRR by doubling down on Shopify merchants, agency operators, pricing fit, and customer-led product requests.
$1.5M/yr·First customer in 7 days·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
Brian Chesky
Three airbeds paid the rent, then Airbnb went a year with no traction
Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had paying guests within a week of the idea because a design conference had sold out every hotel in San Francisco. Turning that weekend into a company took a year of failed launches, credit card debt and cereal money.
$12.2B/yr·First customer in 7 days·Team
MarketplaceTravelSan Francisco, USA
CI
Cedric Isubol
Fourteen paying users in two weeks, from Facebook groups alone
Cedric Isubol built an AI calorie tracker for the home cooked local food that western nutrition databases do not recognize. Two weeks after the Google Play launch it had 14 paying subscribers and $35 in monthly recurring revenue, with no ad spend and one marketing channel.
$720/yr·First customer in 14 days·Solo
Mobile appHealth & wellness🇵🇭 PH
Julian Hearn
Two orders on day one: how Julian Hearn started Huel from his garage
Huel's website went live with no buzz at all and took two orders on the first day. Julian Hearn packed them himself, and says revenue reached £9 million two years later.
$103M/yr·First customer in 1 days·Team
OtherHealth & wellness🇬🇧 GB
Kristo Käärmann
Wise launched with a one pound fee and had customers moving money in seven days
TransferWise went live on 24 January 2011 with a flat one pound fee and one TechCrunch post. Seven days later the founders reported customers moving money between eight countries.
$1.2B/yr·First customer in 7 days·Team
MarketplaceFinance🇬🇧 GB
Matthieu Rouif
Two weeks from the first commit to a paid app: how Matthieu Rouif started Photoroom
Matthieu Rouif and Eliot Andres shipped the first version of Photoroom, then called BG, fourteen days after the first line of code, with subscriptions already wired in. It now processes more than 7 billion images a year.
$50M/yr·First customer in 14 days·Team
Mobile appDesign🇫🇷 FR
Moiz Ali
Native sold 60 deodorants before it owned a single one
Moiz Ali launched Native on Product Hunt in July 2015 with no inventory, no factory and a formula bought from an Etsy seller. He placed his first production order only after 60 units were already sold.
sold for $100M·First customer in 1 days·Solo
OtherE-commerce🇺🇸 US
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