Episodes featuring Starter Story

I Made $1.5M From An App You’ve Never Heard Of

Jordan Rejaud built Parakeet Chat, an AI-powered communication app serving incarcerated people, and grew it to $1.5M lifetime revenue ($300K annually) by targeting a complet...

I Left College to Build This Niche App (Now I Make $20K/Month)

Ethan, a 19-year-old college dropout, built Cut Coach—a niche mobile app for combat athletes managing weight cuts—and grew it to $20,000/month in revenue within six months u...

This App Makes $35K/Month With One Influencer

Flo, a solo developer, grew his expense-tracking app Monai from $300/month to $35K/month in one year by partnering with a single high-quality influencer rather than chasing ...

My App Made $120K in 24 Hours

Umberto Mezzadra shares the exact playbook he used to generate $120K in 24 hours by launching his yoga app, Floa, with a lifetime deal strategy rather than a free trial....

I Built a $100K/Month Android App

Steve Hoyek reveals how he bootstrapped an AI-powered calorie counter app called Journalable to $100K/month in revenue, primarily through Android rather than iOS—defying...

I Make $250K/Month From 13 Businesses (After Losing Everything to AI)

Jacky Chou discusses how he recovered from losing his content business to Google's AI overviews by building a diversified portfolio of 13 internet businesses generating $250...

I Make $17K/Month With One Strategy

Ben from Starter Story shares how he built Follow Buddy, an Instagram unfollower tracker app generating $17K/month in revenue with zero ad spend. His core strategy focuses o...

I Make $60K/Month From the Most Boring SaaS on the Internet

Thomas Mahony built Packager, a browser-based tool for IT admins to deploy applications to Microsoft Intune with one click, into a $60,000/month business by targeting a bori...

How This $250K/Month SaaS Got Its First 100 Users (Steal This Playbook)

Joseph Lee, founder of Super Demo, shares his proven playbook for acquiring the first 100 paying SaaS customers—a milestone he argues is the hardest to reach but essential f...

I Built a $10K/Month AI Agent

Ivan Nedlekovski built Lancer, an AI agent that automates job discovery and bidding on Upwork, reaching $10,000 monthly revenue in just 3-4 months without paid advertising. ...

Zero to $40K/Month With One Marketing Channel (No Social Media)

Mickey, founder of Late (a social media API), shares how he scaled from zero to $40,000/month in just seven months by focusing exclusively on Google Search as his growth cha...

I Make $15K/Month From One Website

Maddox Schmidtoffer built duckmath.org, an unblocked games website that grew from hundreds to 150,000 daily active users and generated $15,000/month in revenue before sellin...

I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR

Jonathan Fishner built ChartDB, an open-source database visualization tool for developers, to $9K MRR in 16 months by focusing obsessively on a single niche use case rather ...

Dumb iPhone Apps Are Making People Rich Again (Here’s how)

Pat from Starter Story discusses how simple iPhone apps are becoming a lucrative business opportunity in 2026, driven by AI-powered development tools and viral discovery via...

How I Built a $12K/Month Micro-SaaS

Vikash, an Indian entrepreneur, shares how he built Bulk Mockup, a Photoshop plugin generating $12,000/month in recurring revenue. Rather than chasing viral content, he uses...

I Make $150K/Month From 20 Apps

Katie Keith shares how she built a portfolio of 20 WordPress plugins and apps that collectively generate $1.8 million annually through a multi-product strategy. Rather t...

How I Built It: $16K/Month Micro-SaaS

Nick, a Ukrainian founder, built a Pinterest marketing automation tool that generates optimized pins for websites, growing it to $16K/month MRR in two years by solving a spe...

I Made $500K From 8 Different Income Streams

Developer and entrepreneur Floren shares how he built a diversified portfolio of 8+ income streams that collectively generated over $500,000 across courses, SaaS products, Y...