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I made $500 in a month with a product I built with 3 free no-code tools

“$500 in a month isn’t a lot. I know. But making money with a product rather than a service for the first time feels nice.” This founder shares how he built a no-code product and found his initial cus

davidemails

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Finding a business idea that you’ll love

This founder shares a three-step exercise for coming up with an idea that won’t just make money, but will also delight you while running it.

MarinG

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Bootstrapping a hardware product: Ideation

Is it possible to bootstrap a hardware business? This founder shares the process he is using to develop a VR headset product from scratch.

omert08

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I sold my 4th SaaS as a solopreneur. Here’s the backstory.

I have great news, I sold my 4th SaaS product! Userdesk, it’s an AI Chatbot platform for businesses I launched in June 2023 with a pre-launch and a subscription…

lucar

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Monetizing an open-source project ($18k MRR)

Manuel Astudillo built BullMQ as an open-source project and it took off with no marketing, so he had to figure out how to monetize it. Now he's making $18k/mo. Here's how.

22 upvotes 13 comments

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How we built an AI search engine for devs, got 500k users, and now make $30k/mo

“In March, we launched a premium subscription plan. To our delight, it generated over $28k in revenue in the first month alone.” Learn how these founders overcame challenges to gain traction for an AI search engine.

tisoga

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Hitting $3.4k with 6 months of runway left

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