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James Fleischmann

Husband, father, founder, writer.

Products: dbrief.io / loomflows.com
Newsletters: saaswatch.substack.com / ancientbeat.com
Businesses: Solutrean / Rehuman


Products

  1. dbrief

    Interview subject matter experts at scale

  2. LoomFlows

    Frictionless product feedback widget and forum

Recent activity

created a post2026-09-03
Quitting his job to grow his 5-figure MRR portfolio
created a post2026-09-02
Stuck at $300/mo until revenue skyrocketed to $17k/mo in a month
created a post2026-09-01
Going all-in and hitting $30M ARR in three years
created a post2026-08-27
Carving out a $6.3k MRR niche in a saturated market
created a post2026-08-26
Crossing $25k MRR on a newsletter that he launched 72 hours after getting laid off
created a post2026-08-25
From broke and idealess to building a $100k/mo AI services company
created a post2026-08-20
Making $9k/mo with a mobile app until platform risk took its toll
created a post2026-08-19
Hitting $1M ARR in two years and working four hours per day
created a post2026-08-18
Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics
created a post2026-08-13
Building a $2M ARR product after his $8M ARR product failed overnight
created a post2026-08-12
Pivoting an internal tool into a 7-figure business
created a post2026-08-11
Launching countless apps until one gained momentum and hit $3.3.k MRR
created a post2026-08-06
Building for himself and growing his portfolio to $10k+/mo
created a post2026-08-05
Analyzing markets for months before finding the right idea and building a 5-figure MRR product
created a post2026-08-04
Growing a talent marketplace to $2.5M+/yr after two years of losses
created a post2026-07-30
This full-time data scientist built a $7k/mo portfolio of side projects
created a post2026-07-29
Exiting his agency and hitting $10k MRR within 60 days of launching his SaaS
created a post2026-07-28
Side-hustling for three years before going all-in and hitting $6.4k MRR
created a post2026-07-23
Leveraging a marketplace and existing user bases to hit a 5-figure MRR in two years
created a post2026-07-22
Hitting $15k/mo by purchasing defunct domains and building for pre-existing demand

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