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How I Turned A Crappy Idea Into A $3M/Year Business

Starter Story grew to 1.4 million monthly visitors and millions in annual revenue by sharing the stories of entrepreneurs. Pat breaks down the early days and how he grew the business into something that changed his life.

$83.3K Monthly Revenue
Read by 90,357 founders
I Built A Screenshots App On The Side And Grew It To $3.8K/Month

Discover how a design engineer turned his side-project into a thriving SaaS business, Pika, generating $3,500 in monthly recurring revenue by automating image generation for over 250 customers with virtually zero initial investment.

$3.8K Monthly Revenue
Read by 3,574 founders
I Taught Myself To Code And Now Make $5K/Mo

Case study of how an aspiring founder learned to code in 2 months, shipped 17 apps in a year, sold one for $65,000, and built Talknotes generating ~$5,000 per month with 5,000 users, focusing on turning voice notes into structured content for content creators and entrepreneurs.

$5K Monthly Revenue
Read by 4,092 founders
I Built $140K+ MRR SaaS With No Audience & Sold It For $3.5M

This case study is about a founder who launched a paywall platform for content creators in 2019, bootstrapping it from $0 and eventually selling it for $3.5M on Flippa, with the platform generating between $125,000 - $142,000 in Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) on 95% margins.

$140K Monthly Revenue
$6K Startup Costs
Read by 10,676 founders
Building A $1.2M/Year E-Commerce AI Photo App

Blend is an AI-powered design and product photography tool for e-commerce sellers that helps solve the common problem of high costs and strong competition faced by direct-to-consumer (D2C) businesses, with the goal of leveling the playing field for small businesses and larger brands by democratizing content creation and helping them grow.

$100K Monthly Revenue
Read by 3,552 founders
How We Built A $3.5M ARR LinkedIn Tool That Will Be Acquired For $10M-$15M

Taplio and Tweet Hunter, founded by Thibault Louis-Lucas, experienced tremendous growth, going from $0 to $3.5m in ARR in just two years, targeting Twitter, LinkedIn and social media creators and becoming one of the most successful startups in the industry.

$300K Monthly Revenue
$1K Startup Costs
Read by 9,276 founders
We Solved Our Own Problem And Built An App That Helps Grow Your Social Media Following [$72K/Year]

Jillian Leslie launched two businesses, Catch My Party and MiloTree, to grow her social media followers and monetize her content, and recently launched MiloTree Easy Payments, a platform to help creators monetize their expertise, which is projected to generate $40k ARR by year's end.

$6K Monthly Revenue
$1.5K Startup Costs
Read by 5,106 founders
How A Young Entrepreneur From Nigeria Started A Profitable Blog

This case study follows the journey of a young entrepreneur from Nigeria who started a profitable blog generating a monthly revenue of $1,500+ through sales of advertising space, sponsored posts, and information products, and shares his strategies for success including a Twitter growth challenge and guest post pitches.

$13K Monthly Revenue
Read by 12,711 founders
Selling Over 4,500 Candles

Wax & Wick is a 100% soy candle company with wood wicks, that creates environmentally-friendly products; starting off making $1,000 a month in 2015, they brought in about $20,000 per month during Q3 2017 and plan to add ten new scents and a premium sized jar for 2018's $50,000 per month goal.

$500K Monthly Revenue
Read by 19,754 founders
How Jean and Guillaume Built a $1K MRR Analytics SaaS for Creators

In leveraging their expertise in social and AI consumer apps, the founders of Shortimize tapped into the booming short-form video market, creating a powerful analytics tool that simplifies complex data and has achieved $1,000 in Monthly Recurring Revenue by focusing on transparency, strategic platform launches, and continuous feature enhancements to attract and engage content creators across popular platforms like TikTok and YouTube Shorts.

$1K Monthly Revenue
Read by 34 founders
How Davis Baer Bootstrapped Youform to $48K ARR in Weeks

Discover how Youform captured over 14,000 sign-ups by offering a free, feature-rich alternative to Typeform, leveraging viral branding, influencer endorsements, and a superior user experience, providing a masterclass in bootstrapped growth and user-centric innovation.

$4K Monthly Revenue
Read by 185 founders
How AI SaaS EasyGen Hit $33K MRR in 5 Months

Aspiring founders can learn from Easy Gen's founder, Ruben Hassid, who turned a personal need into a $396K/year content generation platform by leveraging AI expertise to solve LinkedIn's content creation challenges, while ingeniously using employee advocacy and analytics-driven growth strategies to organically reach over 1.4 million users in just 35 days.

$33K Monthly Revenue
Read by 252 founders