Episodes featuring Starter Story
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Brian Shin shares how he built Once, a disposable camera app for events, to $20K/month in 83 days by validating the idea before writing any code.
Marc Lou, a solopreneur making $77K/month, talks through how he shipped 35 startups by protecting morning work blocks, keeping a strict daily routine, and launching often.
Jeremy Redman built TaskMagic to $3M annual revenue with one employee, then sold it, using a strategy of small interconnected products to fuel growth.
Jordan Rejaud shares how he built Parakeet Chat, an AI app for incarcerated people, to $1.5M in lifetime revenue by targeting a market most founders overlook.
Ethan, a 19-year-old college dropout, built Cut Coach, a weight-cutting app for combat athletes, and grew it to $20,000 a month in six months.
Starter Story covers how solo developer Flo grew his expense-tracking app Monai from $300 to $35K per month in one year using a single influencer partnership.
Umberto Mezzadra explains how he made $120K in 24 hours launching his yoga app Floa using a lifetime deal strategy instead of a free trial.
Steve Hoyek shares how he grew his AI calorie counter app Journalable to $100K/month by targeting Android instead of iOS, using Google Ads and data-driven growth tactics.
Jacky Chou explains how he rebuilt after Google's AI overviews wiped out his content business, now running 13 internet businesses that bring in $250K a month.
Ben from Starter Story explains how he built Follow Buddy, an Instagram unfollower app making $17K/month using only YouTube search SEO and zero ad spend.
Thomas Mahony talks with Starter Story about how he built Packager, a one-click app deployment tool for IT admins, into a $60,000/month SaaS business.
Joseph Lee, founder of Super Demo, explains how he got his first 100 paying SaaS customers and grew to $250K/month using SEO, free tools, and community outreach.
Ivan Nedlekovski shares how he built Lancer, an AI agent that automates Upwork job bidding, reaching $10,000 a month in 3 to 4 months with no paid ads.
Mickey, founder of Late, a social media API, explains how he grew from zero to $40,000 per month in seven months using only Google Search, combining SEO and paid ads.
Maddox Schmidtoffer built an unblocked games site to 150,000 daily users and $15,000/month in revenue, then sold it for over $120,000 while still in college.
Jonathan Fishner shares how he grew ChartDB, an open-source database visualization tool, to $9K MRR in 16 months by staying tightly focused on one niche developer problem.
Pat from Starter Story joins My First Million to explain why simple iPhone apps are making solo founders serious money again, and how he built and sold Starter Story to HubSpot.
Vikash, an Indian entrepreneur, explains how he built Bulk Mockup, a Photoshop plugin that earns $12,000 a month by solving one specific problem for print-on-demand sellers.
Katie Keith explains how she built a portfolio of 20 WordPress plugins that generate $1.8 million a year by shipping products sequentially and cross-selling to the same customer base.
Nick, a Ukrainian founder, shares how he grew a Pinterest marketing automation tool to $16K/month MRR in two years using a seven-step micro-SaaS framework.