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Nevo David built Postiz, an open-source social media scheduler, and grew it from $0 to $66K MRR.

It took him 3 years to go from 0 to $20K MRR.

The last $46K took 35 days. Thanks to one viral article and the OpenClaw wave.

In this episode, he breaks down every growth hack he used, how he made his SaaS agentic-first, and why this is the biggest blue ocean for founders right now.

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Chapters:

0:00 - $2K/day from a SaaS nobody expected

0:50 - "When you're lucky so many times, it's not luck"

2:41 - How Postiz started as a completely different product

5:17 - His first Reddit launch got 250K views

6:29 - Why open source (and why it's not for everyone)

8:33 - "Open source got very AI sloppy"

9:56 - Why contributors work for free

11:33 - The 9 growth hacks that got him to $20K

12:31 - How he wins Product Hunt every time

15:46 - The "gray area" growth tactics

16:57 - [Distribb] How to automate your distribution

18:15 - Start now or it's too late for mid-tier SaaS

19:16 - Riding trends: N8N, MCP, and Starter Story

22:41 - Don't be the hype, ride the hype

23:42 - How he deals with failure

25:55 - Finding your real ICP (it wasn't who he expected)

29:04 - The OpenClaw story begins

31:45 - 200 followers, 7 million views, 700 trials

33:42 - X articles are the new Reddit

36:42 - Paying 200-follower accounts to write articles

37:41 - "LLMs are starting to recommend my tool"

38:12 - How to make your SaaS agentic-first

40:55 - You just need a skill, a CLI, and an API

43:40 - "Postiz doesn't even need a dashboard anymore"

46:40 - "When everybody can do everything, nobody makes money"

47:21 - Why enterprise SaaS is in trouble

50:36 - Managing virality as a solo founder

52:20 - "Being overwhelmed is the worst thing for a founder"

54:11 - Automating support with AI agents

56:09 - Burnout and context switching

57:27 - His daily priority system: bugs first, marketing second

1:00:42 - The personal chat assistant era is here to stay

1:03:06 - Who should go all-in on agentic as a service

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Yasser Elsaid built ChatBase from 0 to $1M ARR in 117 days with just 16 followers on X. No funding, no sales team, no connections.

In this episode, he shares the mindset that got him there, how he stayed locked in during the chaos of early growth, why he didn't sell at $1M, and what he believes separates founders who burn out from those who break through.

Now ChatBase does $8M ARR and serves thousands of companies worldwide.

Find Yasser on X: https://x.com/yasser_elsaid_

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:50 The Hardest Milestone

2:11 What Tesla and Meta Didn't Teach Him

3:51 From Side Project to Chatbase

6:21 Posting With 16 Followers

7:45 Where Self-Belief Comes From

9:42 Managing Virality

10:22 Staying Locked In During Hypergrowth

12:07 Sleep and Balance? Not Yet.

13:49 Why He Didn't Sell at $1M ARR

16:16 Finding a Clear Path

17:52 Reaching Out to Peter Levels

19:18 Best Founder Advice He Got

21:13 What Makes a Perfect Product

24:02 PLG Explained

27:02 How to Build a Product That Sells Itself

28:52 Launching Features to Capture New Markets

31:42 The Shopify Partnership

34:41 Influencer Marketing: What Stopped Working

36:26 Best Channels for B2B SaaS

39:29 Why a Developer Started Doing Video

41:13 When to Stop Making Every Decision

43:05 Why Most Agencies Failed Him

44:16 Hiring Rule: 100% or Nothing

46:04 Cutting Churn From 27% to 8.8%

48:32 The $100M Vision

49:45 The Future of AI Agents

52:38 Why Founders Should Embrace Boredom

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In this video, Marcus shares the best SaaS marketing strategy to get your first 1000 customers without ads.

Marcus Jones grew one of the biggest YouTube education channels to nearly 500K subscribers and launched his SaaS, Velio, to 1000 paying users in just 60 days with only 2 YouTube videos.

In this conversation, he breaks down his complete playbook:

- The 6 things that actually matter on YouTube

- How to find video ideas with built-in demand

- Why most founders make "solution aware" videos instead of "problem aware" ones,

- The exact video structure that has generated over 7 figures in sales.

Whether you're a SaaS founder, app builder, or indie hacker trying to grow without paid ads, this is the roadmap.

Marcus Jones' YouTube Channel: @Marcus-Jones

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Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:05 - Why start YouTube as a founder?

2:00 - The real problem with YouTube advice

3:51 - The 6 things that actually matter

4:28 - #1: How often should you post?

6:24 - #2: What makes people choose you?

10:33 - How to find your X factor

15:10 - #3: The consistency trap

19:00 - When quitting is smart

21:33 - Aristotle's rule for YouTube

25:07 - #4: Retention isn't production quality

30:17 - #5: Why your packaging is broken

32:44 - How long to spend on thumbnails?

34:14 - His team behind the scenes

34:50 - A/B testing that actually works

38:09 - When to start hiring

40:43 - #6: The one thing that trumps everything

44:02 - Finding ideas with built-in demand

47:03 - The metric nobody talks about

52:44 - You don't need data skills for this

55:31 - How he got 1000 users with 2 videos

57:36 - Problem-aware vs solution-aware videos

1:01:12 - The video structure that made 7 figures

1:06:45 - Starting from zero: the exact plan

1:13:38 - Stealing formats from other niches

1:18:09 - The biggest mistake to avoid

1:20:15 - The mindset that keeps you going

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Loic spent 5 years building SaaS products nobody used. Then he cracked the code: partner with a creator, focus on the problem, and scale with a playbook he can repeat.

His first real SaaS (Minea) went from $0 to $750K MRR. 100% bootstrapped. No VC. Just a small team and a YouTube creator as co-founder.

7 months ago he left to start again from scratch. Today he just hit $1M ARR with Drop Magic.

In this episode he breaks down every plateau he hit ($0, $30K, $100K, $300K, $500K, $750K) and the specific strategy he used to break through each one.

You will learn:

• Why having a creator as co-founder is the ultimate cheat code in 2026

• The exact playbook he used 3 times to scale SaaS products

• How he went from $0 to $1K MRR in 5 days

• Why he almost burned out at $300K and how hiring C-levels saved him

• The "wow moment" framework that makes products sell themselves

Loic Berthelot:

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Find me:

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:56 Breaking the $0 plateau

2:46 $30K: creator partnership unlock

3:32 5 years coding for nobody

5:04 Why he never gave up

6:13 Luck vs putting in work

8:35 What is Minea (the SaaS)

10:09 Breaking the $100K plateau

13:45 $100K to $300K with YouTubers

15:17 $300K: webinars that scaled

16:52 When ads actually worked

17:52 $500K to $750K: raising prices

19:33 $60K MRR in 24 hours

20:36 Key lessons at $750K MRR

22:11 Almost burned out at $300K

23:24 Team evolution by revenue stage

25:19 Hiring C-levels changes everything

27:25 Letting go as a founder

29:04 Shopify-style release cycles

30:21 Why he left Minea

31:48 Drop Magic hits $1M ARR

33:09 Why every SaaS needs a creator

35:25 Back to coding with AI

38:25 Aligning incentives with equity

39:35 First $1K in five days

40:40 The wow moment that sells

42:36 Build slow when distribution is locked

43:18 Building in public benefits

44:56 Blime: the creator outreach tool

45:48 The exact playbook to repeat

49:23 Make your customers successful

51:39 Team over project, always

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Oliver built Larry, an OpenClaw agent that automates his entire marketing funnel from a recycled gaming PC.

TikTok slideshows, conversion tracking through RevenueCat, app onboarding optimization.

In this episode Oliver gives the full Larry funnel, how he actually made money, security mistakes to avoid, the Claude Max vs API debate, and how to install his free skill today.

🔗 Oliver's article: https://x.com/oliverhenry/status/2022011925903667547

🔗 Oliver on X: https://x.com/oliverhenry

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:54 Discovering OpenClaw on a gaming PC

4:03 Why WhatsApp over Discord

5:45 One agent, no sub-agent names

8:28 How Larry got his name

9:04 The 7M impression article

12:00 How Larry actually makes money

25:15 The free Larry skill explained

32:07 AI slideshows and video content

38:58 RevenueCat full funnel tracking

43:04 OpenClaw replaces entire teams

46:06 The next 5 years of AI

49:58 The OpenClaw addiction is real

53:34 War rooms and agent collaboration

57:26 Biggest mistakes to avoid

59:31 What is SSH and why you need it

1:00:50 Security: skills, VPS, and API keys

1:06:50 Claude Max vs API costs

1:10:03 Anthropic almost banned OpenClaw users

1:14:00 Advice for beginners

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Kitze was one of the first OpenClaw users, and also the biggest tinkerer you'll find on the internet.

Combine both, and you get the perfect cocktail for 39 real OpenClaw use cases: from hiring a snow shoveling contractor by venting to his agent, to building a custom Android launcher, a safe email inbox, a dental history visualizer, and a filtered podcast feed.

This is the most practical OpenClaw deep dive we've done.

Whether you have a business or just want to automate your life, this episode will spark ideas.

Links:

Tinkerer Club: https://tinkerer.club/

Kitze's YouTube: @TiredOfWebdev

Find him on X: https://x.com/thekitze

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:11 Why you should try OpenClaw

2:08 Missed mortgage & 3 appointments

3:50 The #1 beginner mistake

4:16 Tinker Club daily challenges

5:07 Current setup: Discord, Telegram & custom app

8:44 Why Kitze skips memory

9:54 Email bot archives investor email

11:42 Twitter DMs to sponsor to invoice to email

13:21 Taking ownership of your setup

15:20 Skills, slash commands & vibe engineering

19:10 Vienna meetup: 30+ use cases

20:37 Batched refund emails

20:55 Bot gets its own phone number

21:12 5 LLMs judge every email for prompt injection

24:28 Staying safe from prompt injection

27:03 Is OpenClaw worth $200/month?

29:48 Opus for chat, Codex for coding

30:25 Landing page built via Telegram

33:42 Mac Studio vs. Mac Mini

34:20 Self-hosting with Tinker Club

37:00 Snow shoveling deep dive

38:44 Bridge between virtual and physical

41:52 Robots will prompt us, not the other way around

45:15 Autonomous domain buying

45:40 Wise API card with monthly budget

47:08 Automate repetitive tasks, skip simple if/else

48:15 Airport parking auto-booked

48:33 Text it to print anything

48:45 Multilingual cleaning service bot

49:17 Home Assistant via natural language

50:12 Home smartness dashboard

50:17 HTML dashboards cast to any TV

51:21 Router admin

52:09 Weight sensors for room context

52:47 Wardrobe agent

53:41 Smart laundry baskets

54:26 Auto grocery ordering

55:09 Whoop sleep dashboard

55:16 Blood test PDF analysis

55:54 Benji the personal life OS

57:23 It's all one OpenClaw installation

58:14 Dental history visualization

59:23 "If you can't find 3 use cases, you won't survive"

1:00:31 "I feel like I can do anything"

1:02:15 Creativity is the only skill that matters

1:02:24 Agent-written thread, 170K impressions

1:03:18 OpenClaw as a mirror of yourself

1:04:51 OpenClaw for SaaS churn reduction

1:06:02 Parents' tea business via Telegram

1:06:52 Dog care bot

1:07:12 Mac Studio dashboard + mobile app

1:08:31 Skill syncing across devices

1:08:42 Pi-Hole via Telegram in 30 minutes

1:10:07 Self-hosted Excalidraw

1:10:25 N8N deployed in 1 minute from bed

1:10:43 Why Kitze ditched Notion for markdown

1:11:25 Self-hosted Wikipedia of your life

1:12:46 Android tablet bypasses CAPTCHAs via ADB

1:13:30 Bluetooth room-tracking sensors

1:14:08 Custom podcast filter, no politics, no ads

1:14:52 Pebble ring, dictate while biking

1:15:39 Watch complication for OpenClaw

1:16:18 Android phone as OpenClaw extension

1:17:37 Text a request, native app appears

1:18:07 Dynamic Android launcher

1:19:02 Multi-agent management dashboard

1:19:17 Clauser, the agent-only browser

1:19:42 Tamagotchi face for OpenClaw

1:19:53 iPad on a Roomba as mobile camera

1:20:04 Tinker Club: calls, challenges, emergency meetings

1:21:07 When did Kitze start?

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Andrew Gazdecki built Bizness Apps from nothing to a $10M exit with 75 employees across 6 countries.

Then he founded Acquire.com, which has now facilitated over $1B in closed deals.

In this episode, he breaks down exactly what a $10M startup looks like, why distribution beats product every time, and what he would build if he started over in 2026.

Find Andrew on X: https://x.com/agazdecki

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:24 - What Separates $10M Founders

03:42 - How Long It Takes (3-4 Years Average)

06:13 - Andrew's Story (Business Apps to Altcoin to Acquire.com)

07:07 - Business Apps: Timing and the Distribution Model

09:14 - Timing is the #1 Factor

11:43 - When He Knew It Was Working (First 30 Days)

13:06 - Scaling from Solo to 75 Employees

14:20 - Mentorship (Christian Freeland and 10X CEO)

16:10 - How to Find a Mentor

18:14 - CEO Peer Groups

20:14 - Plan or Go Day by Day?

20:47 - The Monthly Journal Hack

23:27 - Life After the Exit

25:05 - What Problems Disappear After Selling

26:54 - Relationship with Money

28:06 - Biggest Lie About Entrepreneurship

29:05 - Distribution Over Product (Deep Dive)

31:09 - Finding Unique Distribution Channels

33:38 - Acquire.com: $1B+ in Deals

34:20 - Storytelling as Marketing

38:39 - How to Find Startup Ideas

41:01 - The Data: B2B vs B2C, Solo vs Team

43:04 - Which Industries Get Acquired Most

43:49 - VC vs Bootstrapped

44:23 - Most Surprising Data Point (Competition Drives Multiples)

46:05 - What to Build (B2B SaaS, Lean, Bootstrapped)

46:39 - Red Flags That Kill Deals

49:33 - Non-US Companies (Not a Red Flag)

50:17 - When to Sell

51:55 - If Andrew Started Over in 2026

53:52 - Final Advice

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Bhanu built and sold Feather for $250K, grew SiteGPT to $18K MRR, and now uses an army of AI agents running 24/7 on OpenClaw to hit $1M ARR.

In this episode, he breaks down:

→ How to set up a main agent and let it create specialist sub-agents

→ The dashboard he built just by talking to Telegram

→ How AI agents collaborate, assign tasks, and manage his entire marketing

→ Security tips and mistakes to avoid when getting started

→ Why he stopped hiring and replaced his team with AI agents

🔗 Mission Control HQ: https://missioncontrolhq.ai/

🔗 Follow Bhanu on X: https://x.com/pbteja1998

🔗 OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai/

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:01 Feather ($250K Exit), SiteGPT ($18K MRR), Mission Control HQ

1:41 What is Mission Control HQ?

2:48 Why One Agent Wasn't Enough

5:51 The Lead Agent System (Jarvis)

7:42 Florian's First 24 Hours with OpenClaw

9:11 How to Get Started with OpenClaw

10:33 Don't Install on Your Personal Computer

12:49 Security: Run "openclaw doctor"

14:36 When to Build Mission Control

17:06 Brute: The Retention Specialist Agent

20:10 Sub-Agents: Always Stay Available

23:04 Why Use Opus for Everything

24:45 Did It Actually Help You Make Money?

28:37 100K Emails Auto-Analyzed

30:08 Built the Entire Dashboard

33:43 Activation vs Retention

36:13 Treat It Like an Employee

39:57 From Assistant to Marketing Machine

41:15 The Real Bottleneck Is You

43:45 Excitement About OpenClaw

46:44 OpenClaw + Hardware

48:34 It Updates Itself

49:16 It Created Its Own Notion Account

50:38 Final word

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My guest today is Nick Lawton. He grew SideShift to $8M ARR with his 2 co-founders.

In this episode, you'll discover:

- How Nick and his co-founders built an $8M ARR startup

- How to use UGC for promote your product

- His complete playbook to build a $1M startup in 2026

Find Nick on X: https://x.com/nicholasnlawton

Try SideShift: https://sideshift.app/?utm_source=florian

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:03 - Breaking Into College Dorms

2:27 - The Door-to-Door Grind

3:01 - Expanding to 10+ Campuses

4:46 - Tech Twitter Changed Everything

6:13 - The Unexpected Pivot

8:40 - The #1 Lesson That Scaled Us

11:03 - Managing Two Businesses at Once

13:35 - B2C vs B2B: What Actually Works

15:48 - Are We Profitable?

16:55 - How $8M Changed My Life

18:28 - Bootstrapped vs Funded

21:09 - Our First Round

22:15 - The UGC Money Machine

26:04 - Why Niche Creators Are Wrong

29:35 - $0 Budget? Start Here

31:59 - The New Creator Role

32:36 - The Hidden Bottleneck

34:15 - 90M Views in 30 Days

36:34 - The Real Starting Budget

39:23 - How I would build a $1M Startup in 2026

43:29 - Personal Brand vs Product

44:51 - What Kind of Founder?

46:14 - Finding Your Technical Partner

48:43 - Stop Doing This

50:24 - Nothing Beats This

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Cody Schneider built 20+ profitable businesses by making himself impossible to ignore in his niche.

In this episode, he reveals the exact 3 steps playbook that turns strangers into buyer-ready customers. (without cold outreach, paid ads, or begging for sales calls).

If you're tired of chasing customers, this is how you make them come to you.

Find Cody Schneider:

on X: https://x.com/codyschneiderxx

on YouTube: @codyschneiderx

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

0:40 - Why You Should Start a Podcast

2:24 - Turn 100 Listeners Into Buyer-Ready Customers

4:08 - The Podcast Flywheel (Newsletter + Clips)

6:28 - How to Repurpose One Episode Into 50+ Posts

10:35 - Building a Content Flywheel from Zero

14:30 - Podcast SEO: How to Rank on Apple & Spotify

16:28 - Content Marketing as a Lifestyle Choice

18:07 - Email Newsletters Make 100X More Than Podcasts

19:40 - Finding What Your Audience Actually Wants

23:25 - Digital Gravity: Getting Customers on Autopilot

24:48 - Podcasts vs Direct Response Marketing

30:18 - Don't Start a Podcast for Your First Customer

32:31 - Why CPCs Increase & Content Compounds

37:09 - How to Get on Bigger Podcasts

46:14 - How to Monetize Your Podcast

58:09 - Starting Over in 2026: My Exact Playbook

1:05:08 - Advice to 22-Year-Old Founders

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