50 Companies That Use Quickbooks [2024]

Updated: May 21st, 2022

Manage your accounting, get invoices paid on time, accept payments & much more.

We put together a list of the biggest companies that use Quickbooks, along with some Quickbooks testimonials and Quickbooks case studies.

Here's the list:

1. Moki Doorstep

Moki Doorstep is a home equipment business started by Zachary Brown in 2017. Moki Doorstep uses Quickbooks for their business.

Quickbooks Testimonial

We have found Quickbooks to be very helpful. Its ability to link to most banks is a huge benefit.

Zachary Brown, on starting Moki Doorstep ($65,000/month)   full story ➜

Revenue
$65K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Newington, New Hampshire, USA

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How This $65K/Month Step To Improve Car Roof Access Was One Of The Largest Shark Tank On-Air Deals

Moki Doorstep, a vehicle rooftop assistance step, raised $110,000 in sales and sold 3,000 units during their month-long Kickstarter campaign and licensed their product after immediate interest from a larger company, with their product now available in major retailers like REI, Dicks Sporting Goods, Pep-boys, and Duluth Trading Post.

Read by 20,893 founders

2. CBlocks.io

CBlocks.io is a cryptocurrency business started by Auston Bunsen in 2018. CBlocks.io uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$32K / month
Team
3 founders / 0 employees
Location
Miami, Florida, USA

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Earning $32,000 in 30 Days With a Crypto-Filled USB Drive

CBlocks is a cryptocurrency startup that generates random wallets of the top 100 cryptocurrencies, funds them, and ships them on a USB drive alongside software to manage them, with $32k made in the first 30 days and almost $3k on their second day from being featured in TheNextWeb, Forbes, The Outline & LifeHacker all within their first 3 weeks.

Read by 14,066 founders

3. PureFilters

PureFilters is a water filter store started by Jay Vasantharajah in 2015. PureFilters uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$200K / month
Team
2 founders / 4 employees
Location
Canada

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Launching a Furnace Filter Store and Growing to $60k/month

PureFilters is an online supplier of furnace filters in Canada with a focus on customer experience, boasting a wide selection of the best brands and a roster of 300 five-star reviews, all achieved through rigorous process building, investments in automation and use of outsourced help to manage this $60k/mo business with less than 10-12 hours spent per week.

Read by 9,220 founders

4. Presidio Natural Pet Co

Presidio Natural Pet Co is a cat treats brand started by Spyq Sklar in 2015. Presidio Natural Pet Co uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$30K / month
Team
2 founders / 3 employees
Location
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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How I Built A Successful Company Selling Cat Treats Online

Cat Sushi went from repackaging tuna flakes to creating a unique pet treat brand by leveraging their connections to the pet industry and focusing on a beautiful design that set them apart from their competition.

Read by 13,099 founders

5. Dream Pops

Dream Pops is an ice cream product started by David Greenfeld in 2016. Dream Pops uses Quickbooks for their business.

Team
3 founders / 4 employees
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA

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Launching Ice Cream 2.0

Dream Pops is the first superfood ice cream on the market, boasting less than 100 calories, less than 7g of sugar and is gluten, dairy, and soy-free, with a compelling direct-to-consumer channel predicted to disrupt the frozen food industry.

Read by 9,178 founders

6. Robo 3D

Robo 3D is a 3D Printing Business started by Braydon Moreno in 2017. Robo 3D uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$150K / month
Team
2 founders / 30 employees
Location
San Diego, California, USA

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Raising 13x Their Original Kickstarter Goal With a Viral 3D Printer

Robo 3D, a company that designs 3D printers for consumers, launched their first product on Kickstarter which raised $650,000 in just 35 days, and now has sold their products in over 4,505 cities across 101 countries worldwide.

Read by 10,372 founders

7. TomboyX

TomboyX is a men's underwear brand started by Fran Dunaway in 2013. TomboyX uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$2M / month
Team
2 founders / 34 employees
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA

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How A Gender Neutral Garment Became A $500K/Month Business

TomboyX, a gender-neutral clothing company, has consistently increased its revenue over 100% each year and expanded from zero employees to 15 in just two years by focusing on quality underwear and listening to customer feedback.

Read by 11,473 founders

8. Ventana Surfboards & Supplies

Ventana Surfboards & Supplies is a surfboard business started by David Dennis in 2014. Ventana Surfboards & Supplies uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$8K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
California, USA

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Growing A Business Selling Surfboards As Pieces of Art

Ventana Surfboards & Supplies co-founder David Dennis discusses their environmentally responsible surf company that has seen their boards triple in value over the last three years, and has grown a profitable eco-apparel line, focusing on compelling content and stories to attract customers.

Read by 7,707 founders

9. Dick At Your Door

Dick At Your Door is a dessert boxes store started by Adam Hascall in 2015. Dick At Your Door uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$125K / month
Team
1 founders / 3 employees
Location
California, USA

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I Make $1.5M/Year Shipping Chocolate Penises To Your Friends

Dick At Your Door is an e-commerce shop that grew almost 10x within the last eight months by selling anonymous pranks such as 5 oz chocolate penises, and its founder shares his journey that started as a joke to becoming a professional chocolatier.

Read by 16,660 founders

10. Joker Greeting

Joker Greeting is a Greeting Cards Business started by Travis Peterson in 2015. Joker Greeting uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$100K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
Irvine, California, USA

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I Created A Prank Card Company & Grew It To $30K/Month

Joker Greeting sells unique prank gifts, including a non-stop musical birthday card, an idea raised by the founders visiting their mom's house, having no website or marketing and yet raising $92,073 on Kickstarter in 30 days due to being picked up by media, enabling them to sell 15,000 units in the first year, owned SEO for their niche, selling almost 40,000 units in 2017 and expected to reach 50,000 to 60,000 in 2018 with a small team, using Shopify and various social media channels with lots of organic traffic.

Read by 16,246 founders

11. Starter Story

Starter Story is a niche blog started by Pat Walls in 2017. Starter Story uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$250K / month
Team
1 founders / 6 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

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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.

Read by 78,046 founders

12. Lemongrass Trading Company

Lemongrass Trading Company is an air freshener business started by Stacy Marking in 2014. Lemongrass Trading Company uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$2.8K / month
Team
1 founders / 10 employees
Location
England, United Kingdom

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Creating Eco-Friendly Air Fresheners With Natural Products

This case study follows the story of an entrepreneur who founded The Lemongrass Trading Company, which sells chemical-free and eco-friendly insecticides and fresheners, and garnered attention from national newspapers resulting in revenue spikes but also faced challenges such as finding the best manufacturing and packaging options.

Read by 6,576 founders

13. De Novo Nutrition

De Novo Nutrition is a supplements company started by Ben Esgro in 2013. De Novo Nutrition uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$20K / month
Team
1 founders / 5 employees
Location
Archbald, Pennsylvania, USA

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Starting A Supplements Nutrition Company and Growing to $20k/month

De Novo Nutrition is a multinational dietary supplement company specializing in cognitive enhancers, best known for one of the first standalone nootropic blends, achieving significant growth after being mentioned on the Tim Ferriss podcast; the company prioritizes providing value to its target audience through content marketing, with a focused approach on customer service, transparency, and doing the right thing.

Read by 16,588 founders

14. Filthy Casual

Filthy Casual is a clothing line started by in . Filthy Casual uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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15. Clever Travel Companion

Clever Travel Companion is a clothing line started by Johanna Denize in 2011. Clever Travel Companion uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$50K / month
Team
2 founders / 2 employees
Location
Remote, Oregon, USA

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I Built A $50K/Month Digital Nomad Gear Brand [While Traveling The World]

The Clever Travel Companion's founders created a line of travel gear with hidden zippered pockets to prevent pickpocketing and loss of valuables and, after years of effort, have built a successful and profitable e-commerce business with $50,000+ in monthly sales that enables them to travel the world.

Read by 8,195 founders

16. Alitura Naturals

Alitura Naturals is a skin care product line started by Andy Hnilo in 2014. Alitura Naturals uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$150K / month
Team
1 founders / 6 employees
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA

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Near Fatal Car Crash to $150k/month Selling Skincare Products

Andy Hnilo, founder of Alitura Naturals, shares how his life-changing accident led to the creation of a successful all-natural skincare line with over 1000 reviews at an average 4.9/5.0 rating, sold in 76 countries and counting.

Read by 12,577 founders

17. HUSKYBEARD

HUSKYBEARD is a dropshipping men's grooming products started by Ray Moyers in 2016. HUSKYBEARD uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$3.5K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Queen Creek, Arizona, USA

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Growing And Selling An Online Beard Care Business

A 22-year-old Korean American entrepreneur shares the story of how he pivoted from a beard growth cosmetic business to a beard care brand, built a strong community with a 30% customer retention rate, and scaled to a six-figure revenue with primarily Facebook ads.

Read by 17,160 founders

18. Goods That Matter

Goods That Matter is a benefit corporation started by Tippy Tippens in 2010. Goods That Matter uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$5K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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How I Started A Benefit Corporation Earning $5K/Month

Goods that Matter is a Benefit Corporation focused on eco-friendly products that also give back to social and environmental causes, with $31k donated and a goal of $1 million, using handmade local makers, research and development, and a mix of online, wholesale, and brick-and-mortar sales channels.

Read by 5,439 founders

19. ScrubzBody Skin Care Products

ScrubzBody Skin Care Products is a skin care product line started by Roberta Perry in 2006. ScrubzBody Skin Care Products uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$14.6K / month
Team
2 founders / 2 employees
Location
Farmingdale, New York, USA

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Creating A Product For Yourself And Turning It Into A Business

ScrubsBody Skin Care uses customer service and specialty parties to grow slowly and steadily from Kitchen to being offered in 28 Whole Food Markets, and after being the finale episode on Sell it Like Serhant they experienced rapid growth both in store and online.

Read by 22,784 founders

20. SWAGGER Magazine

SWAGGER Magazine is a digital magazine started by Drew Williams in 2007. SWAGGER Magazine uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$50K / month
Team
1 founders / 25 employees
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Swagger: Starting A Digital Men's Magazine

SWAGGER Magazine is a digital lifestyle magazine for men, with a focus on lifestyle, fashion, gear, food, dating and business and careers, pulling in 1-2K per month in revenue through sponsored posts and celebrity features, and growing rapidly with 60k social media following and a growing audience.

Read by 8,733 founders

21. Xero Shoes

Xero Shoes is a shoe brand started by Steven Sashen in 2009. Xero Shoes uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$4M / month
Team
2 founders / 67 employees
Location
Broomfield, Colorado, USA

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Xero Shoes: Growing A Shoe Brand to $460K/month

Xero Shoes, co-founded by Steven Sashen, is a minimalist shoe company that has grown at a rate of 80-102% per year since 2014, with 2017 sales of $5.53M, and has been repeatedly listed as one of INC. 5000’s fastest-growing companies, and has a projected $15M in sales for 2019.

Read by 16,309 founders

22. Cape Whoopies, Maine's Gourmet Whoopie Pie LLC

Cape Whoopies, Maine's Gourmet Whoopie Pie LLC is a dessert boxes store started by Marcia Wiggins in 2013. Cape Whoopies, Maine's Gourmet Whoopie Pie LLC uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$80K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
South Portland, Maine, USA

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Building A $200K/Year Pie Business From Our Home Kitchen

Cape Whoopies increased their total sales by 40% by partnering with a coffee shop, scaled their business up by doubling their equipment and incorporating temperature-tracking computer chips to test the temperature for shipping, and grew by 150%, making 47% of sales online and the remaining 53% from their brick & mortar storefront.

Read by 12,315 founders

23. QALO

QALO is a jewelry making business started by KC Holiday in 2013. QALO uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$2M / month
Team
2 founders / 45 employees
Location
Santa Ana, California, USA

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How KC Holiday Built QALO, A $100MM Silicone Ring Business

QALO co-founders transformed the jewelry industry with their innovative focus on product evolution, resulting in over 2 million community members and more than $100M in revenue since 2013.

Read by 29,971 founders

24. Sole Bicycles

Sole Bicycles is a bicycle company started by Jonathan Shriftman in 2009. Sole Bicycles uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$250K / month
Team
2 founders / 14 employees
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA

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How We've Generated $10M In Sales With Our Online Bicycle Business

Solé Bicycles is a direct-to-consumer, lifestyle brand that has sold over 40,000 bicycles, generating over $10M in sales with only $300k of capital raised through collaborations, word-of-mouth marketing, and local community engagement.

Read by 8,431 founders

25. Lever Gear

Lever Gear is a multi-tool brand started by Mike Scully in 2015. Lever Gear uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$42K / month
Team
1 founders / 3 employees
Location
Greenville, South Carolina, USA

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Inventing A Keychain Tool And Growing to $42K/Month

Lever Gear, a company that designs everyday carry tools, has sold over 25,000 Toolcard Pros in over 80 countries since their successful Kickstarter campaign in Spring 2016, and are currently looking to expand through U.S. online marketplaces, Amazon Europe and brick and mortar retailers, as well as developing new products and curating EDC products that align with their mission.

Read by 6,986 founders

26. KPOP Foods

KPOP Foods is a hot sauce business started by Theo Lee in 2017. KPOP Foods uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$200K / month
Team
2 founders / 5 employees
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA

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How Two Students Made $100K Bringing Korean Hot Sauce To America

KPOP Foods, a Korean food company, generated nearly $100,000 in revenue since last year through its successful Kickstarter campaign and Amazon's Choice badge; they have entered over 90 specialty stores throughout the west coast and are currently raising an investment round to expand their distribution into major retailers and are launching new sauces later this year.

Read by 10,503 founders

27. Diesel Laptops

Diesel Laptops is a diagnostic tools business started by Tyler Robertson in 2015. Diesel Laptops uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$4.2M / month
Team
1 founders / 180 employees
Location
Irmo, South Carolina, USA

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Diesel Laptops: From Selling on eBay to Making $20M/Year

Diesel Laptops, a B2B company that sells diesel diagnostic hardware, software, and services, successfully doubled revenue each year to make $20 million annually within three years, grew from its founder's garage and dining room table to a 21,000 square foot facility with over 90 employees by listening to customer pain points and offering the bundled products, technical support and repair information to attract and retain diesel technicians and repair shop owners.

Read by 18,834 founders

28. ALTRD

ALTRD is a sewing and alteration business started by Saara Hafeez in 2018. ALTRD uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$1K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

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These Two Founders Started An On-Demand Clothing Alterations Startup

ALTRD is a clothing alteration service launched by two socially oriented entrepreneurs that connects customers with skilled immigrant women tailors in New York who work from home and has already built an impressive team of 25 experts while making an effort to offer convenient and quality tailoring solutions as well as opportunities for women in need of work.

Read by 8,429 founders

29. Beach Gladiator

Beach Gladiator is a skin care product line started by Michael Vahey in 2015. Beach Gladiator uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$8.5K / month
Team
2 founders / 4 employees
Location
Virginia, USA

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These Two Founders Created A Successful Product For Their Kids

Beach Gladiator, a chafing solution intended for the beachgoers and beach market, went from a small regional business to a national brand through grass root types of effort like word of mouth communication and event participation.

Read by 5,229 founders

30. Dollop Gourmet

Dollop Gourmet is an online food business started by Heather Saffer in 2014. Dollop Gourmet uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$30K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Rochester, New York, USA

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Dollop Gourmet: How Heather Saffer Grew Her Vegan Frosting Business to $30K/mo

Dollop Gourmet, a better-for-you gourmet frosting and dessert dip company, went from a successful brick-and-mortar bakery to a packaged food product in Wegmans and other retail stores, doing $30,000 a month in sales with a new flavor and snack product on the horizon, while Founder and CEO Heather Saffer is developing a business coaching program for aspiring and present entrepreneurs.

Read by 7,126 founders

31. The Longhairs

The Longhairs is a hair product line started by Chris Healy in 2014. The Longhairs uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$100K / month
Team
2 founders / 3 employees
Location
San Diego, California, USA

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How The Longhairs Grew To $30K Per Month Selling Hair Ties For Men

The Longhairs started their business in 2014 with no following and over four years they’ve grown their audience to 60K monthly website visitors, 20K email subscribers, and 28K YouTube subscribers, with monthly revenue of $30K by creating original, quality content, building their community, driving email optins and converting subscribers into customers.

Read by 18,472 founders

32. Breathe Healthy

Breathe Healthy is a respirator mask business started by Michael Vahey in 2009. Breathe Healthy uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$90K / month
Team
1 founders / 3 employees
Location
Virginia, USA

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Starting A $90K/Month Respirator Mask Business

Breathe Healthy, a wearable respiratory protection business, has surpassed 1 million in sales as of 2017, continues to grow, and has disrupted the "traditional" paper/disposable mask market with a unique, comfortable product, achieving 80% gross margin by focusing on small markets and onboarding with online retail partners.

Read by 10,169 founders

33. Pain Care Labs a dba of MMJ Labs

Pain Care Labs a dba of MMJ Labs is a medical device company started by Amy Baxter MD in 2006. Pain Care Labs a dba of MMJ Labs uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$208K / month
Team
1 founders / 7 employees
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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How A Doctor Got On Shark Tank And Saved 31M People From Pain

Pain Care Labs, founded by a pediatric emergency doctor after inventing a vibrating ice pack bee, Buzzy, has sold over 31 million units while focusing on non-pharmaceutical pain relief, and recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for their latest product, DuoTherm.

Read by 26,017 founders

34. SmartyPits

SmartyPits is a deodorant brand started by Stacia Guzzo in 2014. SmartyPits uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$183K / month
Team
2 founders / 13 employees
Location
Bend, OR, USA

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How Stacia Guzzo Pivoted and Started A $58K/Month Deodorant Product

SmartyPits is a fast-growing deodorant company that has gone from making under $100,000 in 2016 to making over $500,000 by Q3 2018, after the founder's experience as a breast cancer survivor led to developing an aluminum-free deodorant.

Read by 14,366 founders

35. Outlaw

Outlaw is a soap business started by Danielle Vincent in 2013. Outlaw uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$380K / month
Team
2 founders / 13 employees
Location
Sparks, NV, USA

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Leaving The Cubicle To Start A $23K/Month Soap Company

Outlaw Soaps, a soap company that started with just $13.72 of supplies, now makes an average of $23,000/month, with 46% of website orders from repeat customers who are loyal to the company's unique products and top-notch customer service.

Read by 25,243 founders

36. Alegna Soap

Alegna Soap is a soap business started by Angela Carillo in 2009. Alegna Soap uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$5K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
New York, USA

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How Angela Carillo Started A Soap Company Out Of Her Kitchen

Alegna Soap is a successful handmade soap retailer who uses events, personalized client touches and weekly blogs to retain customers that trust the brand, while running the three major legs of the business which are retail, private label and teaching/speaking, and maintaining a healthy balance between each leg.

Read by 8,623 founders

37. Nourish Foods Co.

Nourish Foods Co. is a meal prep business started by Mary Drennen in 2014. Nourish Foods Co. uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$180K / month
Team
2 founders / 20 employees
Location
Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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How Two Friends Bootstrapped A Meal Delivery Startup To $2M/Year

Bootstrapped meal delivery startup Nourish Foods, founded by two chefs in 2014, has grown consistently and sustainably to generate $2 million in revenue per year, with no investment and a loyal following thanks to grassroots marketing, partnerships and social media advertising.

Read by 7,039 founders

38. Upcart

Upcart is a dolly product started by Michael Reznik in 2015. Upcart uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$583K / month
Team
2 founders / 4 employees
Location
Columbus, Ohio, USA

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How Two Unlikely Partners Invented the UpCart and Went Viral on QVC

UpCart LLC, the company behind the patented line of all-terrain folding carts and hand trucks, has seen tremendous growth over the past few years, with sales increasing from $3.2M in 2016 to a projected $7M in 2018, thanks in part to its QVC Sprouts live-sell success and viral Facebook marketing efforts.

Read by 10,494 founders

39. Rwanda Bean Coffee

Rwanda Bean Coffee is a coffee roasting business started by Mike Mwenedata in 2014. Rwanda Bean Coffee uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$90K / month
Team
1 founders / 20 employees
Location
South Portland, Maine, USA

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How A Rwandan Immigrant Started A Coffee Roasting Business

Rwandan immigrant Mike Mwenedata co-founded Rwanda Bean Coffee Company, which increased revenue from under $3,000 per month to over $45k per month in less than one year, by sourcing and roasting single-origin coffee from Rwanda and investing 50% of the profits back into the farm communities.

Read by 5,632 founders

40. Danielle Oakey Shop

Danielle Oakey Shop is a bedding company started by Danielle Oakey in 2015. Danielle Oakey Shop uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$45K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Irvine, CA, USA

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Danielle Oakey Created A Business Selling Pillow Cases On Instagram

Danielle Oakey built a successful online pillow cover store with a projected $400,000 sales in 2018, using Instagram as her main marketing tool and bootstrapping to create her business with only $1,300.

Read by 21,276 founders

41. Wolfgang Man & Beast

Wolfgang Man & Beast is a pet accessories business started by Jeremiah Murray in 2013. Wolfgang Man & Beast uses Quickbooks for their business.

Team
3 founders / 3 employees
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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42. NOVO watch

NOVO watch is a watch brand started by Steve Christensen in 2011. NOVO watch uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$20K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Alberta, Canada

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Steve Christensen Is Building Watches From Old Train Tracks

Novo Watch creates unique, handcrafted watches made from reclaimed materials, with the Coalbanks collection watch selling out immediately and achieving their first-ever $16,000 day.

Read by 5,929 founders

43. Pearls of Joy

Pearls of Joy is a jewelry making business started by Kevin Canning in 2003. Pearls of Joy uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$200K / month
Team
1 founders / 4 employees
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA

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Pearls of Joy: Starting The World’s Fastest Growing Pearl Jewelry Company

Kevin Canning, founder of Pearls of Joy, established the world's fastest-growing pearl jewelry company by sourcing top-grade pearls for 80% below traditional luxury retail, enabling the company to trend at around 150% growth while expecting to close 2018 with $2.5M in revenue.

Read by 8,177 founders

44. Million Dollar Collar

Million Dollar Collar is a men's clothing line started by Rob Kessler in 2013. Million Dollar Collar uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$40K / month
Team
3 founders / 0 employees
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA

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How Rob Kessler Invented A Permanent Collar Stay for Dress Shirts

Rob Kessler, co-founder of Million Dollar Collar, invented the world's first permanently installed placket stay for dress shirts that has already helped people in 100 countries upgrade 200,000 of their own dress shirts, with aims of changing the dress shirt industry as a whole.

Read by 7,760 founders

45. Any Old Vintage

Any Old Vintage is a lighting store started by Nick Griffiths in 2014. Any Old Vintage uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$35K / month
Team
2 founders / 3 employees
Location
Fowey, England, United Kingdom

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Starting A Lighting Store and Growing To $35,000 Per Month

Any Old Lights, a UK-based vintage nautical and industrial lighting store, has grown to turn over £250,000 annually by being on the forefront of SEO tactics and building their own Revivals brand of lighting, as well as sourcing and selling maritime antiques and curios.

Read by 12,213 founders

46. Plain Jane

Plain Jane is a CBD business started by Evan Marshall in 2018. Plain Jane uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$275K / month
Team
2 founders / 16 employees
Location
Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada

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How Two College Roommates Started An Online CBD Business

Plain Jane, an online CBD company founded by two college roommates, offers unique products and has generated over $20K a month in sales within five months, attracting and retaining customers through social media, authentic stories, and content.

Read by 17,982 founders

47. One Life Meals

One Life Meals is a meal prep business started by Andrei Calinescu in 2013. One Life Meals uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$130K / month
Team
1 founders / 29 employees
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Starting A $1.5M Healthy Meals Delivery Business

One Life Meals is a Toronto-based healthy meal delivery service that made 14,500 meals per month and generated $130k in monthly sales in 2018 through their one-on-one consultation, lean protein and seasonal veggies-based meals, and their focus on the client experience.

Read by 22,343 founders

48. The Kavalier

The Kavalier is a youtube channel started by Jon Shanahan in 2015. The Kavalier uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$6K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Starting A YouTube Channel And Blog Making $6,000/Month

The Kavalier started as a YouTube channel in 2015 delivering honest and approachable reviews on men's fashion brands, growing to 57k subscribers, 500 videos, and earning $7k per month in revenue, providing helpful, in-depth recommendations by category with a YouTube strategy focused on standing out and niching down.

Read by 12,198 founders

49. Ashland Leather

Ashland Leather is a wallet brand started by Phil Kalas in 2011. Ashland Leather uses Quickbooks for their business.

Revenue
$60K / month
Team
2 founders / 8 employees
Location
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Growing A Handcrafted Leather Goods Business To $600K/Year

A successful handcrafted leather goods business that started with just $1000, has grown to $600k annual sales, thanks to a strong brand philosophy, a focus on specific niche terms for SEO, personalized customer experiences, and a team that is trusted to achieve goals autonomously.

Read by 6,661 founders

50. Compelling Science Press

Compelling Science Press is a niche blog started by Joe Stech in 2016. Compelling Science Press uses Quickbooks for their business.

Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Louisville, CO, USA

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Turning A Science Fiction Hobby Into A Successful Side Project

A software manager has found success with Compelling Science Fiction, which publishes short stories twice a year, paying authors 6 cents per word with the funds raised from his 1,600 readers on Patreon; revenue from ads and Google and Facebook ads was too high and Kickstarter campaigns have been more successful.

Read by 5,435 founders

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Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.