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Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics

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Carving out a $6.3k MRR niche in a saturated market

Petar Georgiev had a problem and didn't like the available solutions, so he built his own. Now, it's bringing in $6.3k MRR. Here's how.

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Crossing $25k MRR on a newsletter that he launched 72 hours after getting laid off

Matt Brown got laid off and built a paid newsletter. Then, he expanded his revenue streams. Now, it's bringing in $25k+ MRR. Here's how.

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From broke and idealess to building a $100k/mo AI services company

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Making $9k/mo with a mobile app until platform risk took its toll

Emanuele Di Pietro grew a Codex app to $9k/mo before OpenAI released theirs. Now, he's working to regain ground. Here's the story.

IndieJames

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Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics

Cecilia Razak built a tool for her business. Then, she launched publicly and grew it to $40k+ MRR in four years. Here's how.

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I spent the week talking to Customer Support pros about AI tools. Here are the 3 biggest flaws they highlighted.

Carving out a $6.3k MRR niche in a saturated market

Crossing $25k MRR on a newsletter that he launched 72 hours after getting laid off

From broke and idealess to building a $100k/mo AI services company

Making $9k/mo with a mobile app until platform risk took its toll

Hitting $1M ARR in two years and working four hours per day

Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics

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Adwave puts a local shop on television. Its homepage leads with Google and Meta.

The date on our data was lying to us, and it took a three-month-old funding round to notice

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Adwave puts a local shop on television. Its homepage leads with Google and Meta.

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I built a guard for AI agents that act on stale information

I built the product. Now I’m questioning whether users will build the habit.

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Would You Rather Get Backlink Exchanges or Turn One Article Into Distribution Content?

Clone The App: How Calm app makes $30M/month from Sleep & Relaxation

I shipped 129 pull requests to my SEO SaaS in the last 7 days — solo, with Claude Code doing most of the typing

I built PaperTrack because I was tired of sending documents into a black hole

I spent the week talking to Customer Support pros about AI tools. Here are the 3 biggest flaws they highlighted.

Carving out a $6.3k MRR niche in a saturated market

Crossing $25k MRR on a newsletter that he launched 72 hours after getting laid off

From broke and idealess to building a $100k/mo AI services company

Making $9k/mo with a mobile app until platform risk took its toll

Hitting $1M ARR in two years and working four hours per day

Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics

Building a $2M ARR product after his $8M ARR product failed overnight