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12 case studies found

BrüMate

by Dylan Jacob

Dylan Jacob founded BrüMate in January 2016 as an insulated drinkware brand focused on the adult beverage community. The company has grown to $12M monthly revenue with innovative products like the Hopsulator TRiO beer koozie and Uncork'd Wine Glasses. Starting with just $5K, the business now employs 57 people and maintains a 59% gross margin.

Hardwarevia Starter Story
$12000k/mo

Supademo

by Joseph Lee

Supademo is an AI-powered demo platform founded by Joseph Lee that allows users to create interactive product demos in seconds. The company serves customers from startups to enterprises like Siemens, Pokémon, and Lightspeed, generating $200K monthly revenue since launching in May 2023.

SaaSorganicvia Starter Story
$200k/mo

ThemeSelection

by Ajay Patel

ThemeSelection is an online theme store founded by Ajay Patel in January 2014 that sells customizable admin dashboard templates and UI kits for developers and agencies. The company now generates $40K in monthly revenue with 20 employees, helping developers save time and resources by providing ready-made templates to kickstart their projects.

SaaSvia Starter Story
$40k/mo

The Wayward Home

by Kristin Hanes

Kristin Hanes started The Wayward Home in June 2017 as a blog and podcast dedicated to helping people achieve alternative living dreams like van life and RVing. The content business now generates $20K per month in revenue with startup costs of only $50, serving readers who want freedom from traditional 9-5 life or affordable ways to explore and live.

Contentcontent-marketingvia Starter Story
$20k/mo

Formula Bot (Excelformulabot)

by David Bressler

David Bressler founded Formula Bot (Excelformulabot) in July 2022 as an AI-powered tool that translates text instructions into Excel formulas. The SaaS operates on a freemium model with unlimited access costing $6.99/month, reaching $23K monthly revenue by targeting the billion Excel users worldwide.

SaaSfreemiumvia Starter Story
$23k/mo

Stripo

by Dmytro Kudrenko

Stripo is an email template builder founded by Dmytro Kudrenko in February 2017 that has grown to $533K monthly revenue and over 1 million users. The platform allows marketers to create professional emails without coding and integrates with 80+ marketing automation platforms including Mailchimp and Gmail. Surprisingly, about 30% of their clients use Stripo for business correspondence rather than marketing.

SaaSsubscriptionvia Starter Story
$533k/mo

Justin Welsh

by Justin Welsh

Justin Welsh built a $2M annual revenue solopreneur business creating knowledge products and digital courses that teach entrepreneurs how to leverage social media. His business is fueled by his massive social media following of 380K on LinkedIn and 330K on Twitter, plus an 80K subscriber newsletter called The Saturday Solopreneur.

Contentcontent-marketingone-timevia Starter Story
$317k/mo

Sheets & Giggles

by Colin McIntosh

Sheets & Giggles is a pun-based, eco-friendly bedding brand founded by Colin McIntosh that launched in May 2018 on Indiegogo. The company makes lyocell bed sheets from eucalyptus trees and achieved nearly $500K in revenue in their first 6 months with over 6,000 orders, now generating $200K monthly revenue.

Otherword-of-mouthone-timevia Starter Story
$200k/mo

ContentCreator.com

by Anthony Gallo

ContentCreator.com is an online education platform teaching professional content creation skills, co-founded by Anthony Gallo and Paul Xavier in April 2020. Starting with just $60 in Facebook ads, they scaled their first course '14 Day Filmmaker' to over $35,000 in weekly sales within the first month. The company now generates $500K in monthly revenue serving the beginner market for cinematic video production training.

Contentpaid-adssubscriptionvia Starter Story
$500k/mo

Man of Many

by Scott Purcell

Man of Many is a men's lifestyle blog founded by Scott Purcell in 2012 that has grown from a part-time hobby to one of the world's largest men's lifestyle sites. The bootstrapped company now reaches over 2 million readers monthly and generates over $4M per year in revenue with a team of 13 employees.

Contentseoothervia Starter Story
$400k/mo

Travel Blogging 101

by Shelley Marmor

Shelley Marmor started her first travel blog in April 2020 and grew to run four profitable travel blogs plus a blogging education business by 2023. After growing her income by 3,113% from 2021-2022, she launched Travel Blogging 101 in December 2022 to teach others her scaling methods through courses and 1:1 mentorship, averaging $55,688 per month from January to April 2023.

Contentcontent-marketingothervia Starter Story
$56k/mo

Tooltester S.L.

by Robert Brandl

Tooltester is a website review and tutorial platform founded by Robert Brandl in 2009 that helps small businesses choose web tools. The company has grown to $110K monthly revenue through SEO-driven content and was recognized in the Financial Times FT1000 ranking for fastest-growing European companies.

Contentseovia Starter Story
$110k/mo