$0 to $3K MRR in 1.5 weeks to keep my startup alive

I went from $0 MRR to $3K MRR (ramen profitable! 🍜) in 1.5 weeks to keep my startup alive.

My product didn’t have a breakthrough and I didn’t find a growth hack. I simply offered the skills I learned from my startup (in my case, no-code) and started charging people $1-2k a month.

Not the most glamorous (or a passive income) but it is easily achievable and pays the bills. I can keep working on my startup.

Now I spend 2-4 hours a day on my subscription services and the rest on my startup.

SOME PERKS
✅ Ramen profitability to pay bills.
✅ Predictable workload. (I can spend the rest of the time on my startup).
✅ Limited client communication. Everything is done on a Trello-like project management board instead of emails or calls.
✅ Improve my skills so I can build my startup better and faster.

BUT
❌ Lost 2-4 hours a day.
❌ Frequent context switching.
❌ Getting started can be hard. (had to work out where I could find clients and how I should approach them. I ended up going to communities that I was already familiar with as a founder).

Definitely not for everyone but I would do anything to keep my startup alive.