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The workflow test for finding strong AI ideas

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Bazzly: Why I still haven't launched on Product Hunt at $1K MRR

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ShipAhead: The faster I launched, the less my ideas scared me

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Befined - Be fine with your finances: I built a budget tracker because I kept losing track of my money — here's what I learned shipping my first SaaS in 2 days

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SiteToSend.com: I built a tool that turns any website into a branded email. Launching it on Product Hunt today.

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Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR

Pascal Levy-Garboua is acquired six micro-SaaS companies, shut one down, sold two, and the remaining three are bringing in $120k/mo. Here's how.

29 upvotes 24 comments

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Hitting $25k+ MRR by making his goals less ambitious

Dmytro Krasun failed over and over again until he lowered his bar. Now, he's bringing in $25k/mo. Here's how.

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Building a $30k/mo portfolio within eight months of quitting his $420k/yr job

Jonathan Chan quit a high-paying job and grew two businesses to a combined total of $30k/mo within eight months. Here's how.

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Quitting his job with no plan and hitting $14.5k MRR with a hybrid agency

Adithyan Ilangovan quit his job, failed at his first product, then built an AI-augmented agency. Now, it's bringing in $14.5k/mo. Here's how.

65 upvotes 61 comments

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Bootstrapping to 7 figures while competing with best-in-class tools

Geoff Roberts built a tool solve tool sprawl, then challenged some of the best companies in the world. Nine years later, he's at 7 figures. Here's how.

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From broke to $100k MRR in four years

After two failed products, Dustin Stout saw an opportunity and started building with no-code tools. Now, his product is bringing in ~$100k MRR. Here's how.

113 upvotes 144 comments

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a16z says "these startups don't exist yet - it's your time to build." I already did.

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Feedix — AI turns your YouTube subs into a daily email digest

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I spent $100 on Reddit ads. Got 0 conversions.

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How Startups Can Grow Faster with Content Marketing

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AILabeling: I built a Google Sheets add-on that generates print-ready labels from spreadsheet data

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We're building a GummySearch replacement — and it does more

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From simple newsletter to $4.5M/yr media company

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LeadSynth: Most startups don’t fail because of product. They fail because of this

11 upvotes 3 comments

The workflow test for finding strong AI ideas

8 upvotes 6 comments

I’m building a 24/7 AI agent that runs workflows for founders — looking for feedback

78 upvotes 247 comments

Featured

Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR

Pascal Levy-Garboua is acquired six micro-SaaS companies, shut one down, sold two, and the remaining three are bringing in $120k/mo. Here's how.

29 upvotes 24 comments

Bazzly: Why I still haven't launched on Product Hunt at $1K MRR

34 upvotes 37 comments

ShipAhead: The faster I launched, the less my ideas scared me

11 upvotes 8 comments

Befined - Be fine with your finances: I built a budget tracker because I kept losing track of my money — here's what I learned shipping my first SaaS in 2 days

2 upvotes 9 comments

SiteToSend.com: I built a tool that turns any website into a branded email. Launching it on Product Hunt today.

13 upvotes 23 comments

LeadSynth: The fastest way to know if your startup idea will make money

15 upvotes 27 comments

What happened after my AI contract tool post got 70+ comments

19 upvotes 156 comments

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GlobCall AI-Powered Business Calling. Anywhere in the World. 1

I built a Skype alternative. 10k users later, I'm launching AI voice agents.

Promptle - AI Prompt Guessing Game Guess the AI prompt behind the image. 2

I built a game where you guess the AI prompt behind images

ForgeHouse Fix your outbound. Ask a 26-year GTM vet right now. 3

Our first customer refused to use our website. So we shipped MCP access instead.

Featured

Hitting $25k+ MRR by making his goals less ambitious

Dmytro Krasun failed over and over again until he lowered his bar. Now, he's bringing in $25k/mo. Here's how.

64 upvotes 51 comments

Featured

Building a $30k/mo portfolio within eight months of quitting his $420k/yr job

Jonathan Chan quit a high-paying job and grew two businesses to a combined total of $30k/mo within eight months. Here's how.

112 upvotes 97 comments

Featured

Quitting his job with no plan and hitting $14.5k MRR with a hybrid agency

Adithyan Ilangovan quit his job, failed at his first product, then built an AI-augmented agency. Now, it's bringing in $14.5k/mo. Here's how.

65 upvotes 61 comments

Featured

Bootstrapping to 7 figures while competing with best-in-class tools

Geoff Roberts built a tool solve tool sprawl, then challenged some of the best companies in the world. Nine years later, he's at 7 figures. Here's how.

91 upvotes 134 comments

Featured

From broke to $100k MRR in four years

After two failed products, Dustin Stout saw an opportunity and started building with no-code tools. Now, his product is bringing in ~$100k MRR. Here's how.

113 upvotes 144 comments