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Rob Walling
Bootstrapped to acquisition: Drip sold to Leadpages
I bootstrapped Drip from zero to acquisition by Leadpages. The key was focusing on a specific niche and building in public. The Pivot Drip start...
$10K MRR in 1 year·Team
SaaSMarketing🇺🇸 US
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...
$10K MRR in 2 years·Solo
API / Developer ToolDeveloper Tools🇯🇵 JP
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...
$100K ARR in 9 months·Solo
SaaSMarketing🇬🇧 GB
Adam Wathan
From open source to $2M+ with Tailwind UI
We built Tailwind CSS as an open source project, then launched Tailwind UI as a commercial product. The first day made $500K. Building in Open Sour...
$100K ARR in 1 month·Team
SaaSDeveloper Tools🇨🇦 CA
Pat Walls
From side project to $100K/month with founder interviews
I started Starter Story as a side project to interview founders about how they started their businesses. It grew into a full-time business doing $100K...
$10K MRR in 2 years·Solo
SaaSContent Creation🇺🇸 US
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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...
$100K ARR in 5 months·Solo
Info ProductDeveloper Tools🇫🇷 FR
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...
$10K MRR in 1 year·Solo
SaaSTravel🌍 Remote
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