How I Bootstrapped 6-Figure E-commerce Brand in Year 1 Business With Zero Ad Spend

Updated: May 18th, 2023

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  • Connor Meakin is the founder of Bluebird Provisions, a bone broth company founded in 2019. He was a competitive runner before but his running career ended after a foot injury.

  • The idea for this business came during the time when Connor was looking for unorthodox ways to heal from his injury.

  • As consuming bone broth helped him recover from his injury quicker, he wanted to share the goodness of this magic potion with the world.

  • He bootstrapped this organic bone broth brand and turned this into a six-figure business with zero ad spend in the first year.

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