Other Startups
8 case studies with real revenue and traction data from other startups.
Dejan Milosevic created milliondollar.day, a reinvention of the famous million dollar homepage concept that sells seconds in a day instead of pixels and uses story format videos instead of static images. The technical platform is built to handle millions of views, but the founder admits they did nothing for marketing or growth and is now seeking a non-technical partner to handle content, marketing, and social media.
Clickbait INC is a business founded by Romàn that generated $13,602 in the last 30 days with $74 estimated MRR from 2 active subscriptions. The founder mentions using this old business to fund a new SaaS called GojiberryAI and has achieved $1,463,483 in all-time revenue.
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.
Cash Cow INC is an old project launched during COVID by founder Romàn who now works on GojiberryAI. The company has generated $688,428 in all-time revenue with current MRR of $74 from 6 active subscriptions.
Just... Silence is a cryptic startup with $450,265 in all-time revenue but currently has no active subscriptions. The company appears to have ceased operations with a pessimistic message about AI overtaking everything.
140 Canvas was a failed startup that allowed users to create custom fake tweets and purchase them as canvas prints for £30. Despite getting 17,000 visitors from a successful YouTube influencer campaign, they only converted 20 sales, losing £145 total due to lack of market validation and a complicated user experience requiring customers to write their own tweets.
Adleaf Technologies was a 2013 startup that combined programming bootcamps with software solutions, training fresh engineers and delivering client work at low cost. Despite strong initial traction with 43 new admissions in one week from Facebook ads and recovering initial investment in two weeks, the company failed due to poor money management, seasonal dependency on college students, and partnership conflicts. The founder lost approximately $13,000 USD total.