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  • The App I Built In 12 Hours Makes $15K/month

    Louis Pereira shipped the MVP of his app in just 12 hours. He got traction and customers on the first day. And today, he’s making over $15K/month from that same app. This is the story of how a regular dude from India changed his life by building and shipping fast.

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    Follow Louis: https://x.com/louispereira

    Check out Audiopen: https://audiopen.ai/

    14 min
  • The $100K MRR SaaS Playbook (Tibo)

    Tibo runs a portfolio of successful micro-SaaS projects and in this video, we walk through his specific playbook he uses over and over again to launch successful saas companies.

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    Follow Tibo: https://x.com/tibo_maker

    This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.

    19 min
  • I make $120K/year from 3 mobile apps (The Wellness.Company Breakdown)

    Presh has built 3 niche health tracking apps. This video breaks down his philosophy of building for problems you personally experience and why health and wellness niches create sustainable app businesses.

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    Follow Presh: https://x.com/preshdkumar

    Check out The Wellness Company: https://thewellness.company/

    15 min
  • How I Built It: $30K/month Micro-SaaS (Subscribr Breakdown)

    Gil is a developer who left the VC-backed world to bootstrap his own app. He has a simple playbook for building apps: pre-sell first and THEN build. In this video, we break down how he bootstrapped his app to over $30K/month

    Build your own micro-saas → https://build.starterstory.com/build/ai-build-accelerator?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=gil

    Follow Gil: https://x.com/gilhildebrand

    Check out his app: https://subscribr.ai/

    We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs

    This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.

    17 min
  • I Built 3 Apps to $35K/Month With This Playbook (DropMagic AI Breakdown)

    Loïc has co-founded 3 success SaaS apps using the same playbook. This video breaks down what that playbook is and how he used to to grow his apps to over $35K MRR each.

    Build your own simple app → https://build.starterstory.com/build/ai-build-accelerator?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=loic

    Follow Loic: https://x.com/LoicBerthelot

    Follow the Second Channel: @StarterStoryBuild

    We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs

    This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.

    15 min
  • I built 3 apps to $35K/month with this playbook
    Loïc Berthelot spent 5 years building failed before he learned an important lesson: start with problems, not solutions. Since then he co-founded 3 success SaaS apps. This video breaks down the playbook he used to build his apps to over $35K MRR each.
    Build your own simple app → https://build.starterstory.com/build/ai-build-accelerator?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=antonletterly
    Follow Loic: https://x.com/LoicBerthelot
    🔔 Follow the Second Channel: @StarterStoryBuild
    🏁 We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs
    Chapters:
    0:00 - Intro
    1:00 - Who is Loic?
    1:33 - Loic's Apps
    2:38 - Background
    3:45 - Builder-Creator Partnership
    This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.
    15 min
  • I found a successful app, made it 1% different, and now make $12K/month (STOPPR)

    David Attias was working in finance when he discovered an app making $200K/month. He thought the app was genius. So he rebuilt it in a different niche, and five months later, STOPPR is generating $12K/month with zero coding background required. This video breaks down David's full app cloning playbook.


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    David's app: https://www.stoppr.app/
    Follow David: https://x.com/david_attisaas

    We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs

    10 min
  • This simple app makes $250K per month
    Anton built a note-taking app that is designed to be simple and easy to use. This video breaks down his simple product philosophy and how focusing on design and UX created a product users love.
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    Follow Anton: https://x.com/Samarsky
    Check out Letterly: https://letterly.app/
    🔔 Follow the Second Channel: @StarterStoryBuild
    🏁 We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs
    Chapters:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:51 - Black Friday deal!
    1:25 - Who is Anton?
    1:49 - Numbers behind the business
    2:26 - Idea for the app
    3:20 - What makes his app different?
    4:20 - Build your own simple app
    5:00 - Why user experience matters
    7:01 - Simple app playbook
    8:38 - How Letterly works
    10:50 - Tech stack and costs
    11:51 - Final advice
    13:04 - Your turn to build
    This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.
    14 min
  • Our Mobile App Made $85K in 8 months
    Jack and Nick are two brothers who turned their obsession with breathwork into a niche mobile app. But here's what they did different: they validated their idea with content before writing a single line of code.
    Build an app with Rocket → https://www.rocket.new/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=starterstory&utm_campaign=3rdintegration
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    Check out Coherence: https://www.coherencebreath.com/
    🔔 Follow the Second Channel: @StarterStoryBuild
    🏁 We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs
    Chapters:
    0:00 - Intro
    1:26 - Numbers behind the app
    1:50 - Brothers backgrounds
    3:33 - Create content first
    5:45 - Build fast with Rocket
    6:46 - Content before Product Playbook
    8:30 - Piece of content example
    9:19 - Coherence demo
    10:24 - Tech stack
    10:55 - Costs & margins
    11:40 - Advice to founders
    12:14 - Build and launch fast
    This video is an educational case study of these founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.
    13 min
  • Our app flopped, so we rebuilt it and hit $30K MRR
    Eyal and Yahli Hazan built an app that was stuck at $2K MRR for months. The problem? Their app simply wasn't good enough... So they spent 4 months rebuilding it and after relaunching, they hit over $10K MRR in one week. This video breaks down why distribution isn't everything and how to optimize your product based on data.
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    Follow Eyal: https://x.com/eyali__
    Follow Yahli: https://x.com/YahliHazan
    🔔 Follow the Second Channel: @StarterStoryBuild
    🏁 We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs
    Chapters:
    0:00 - Intro
    1:04 - Founder & app backgrounds
    1:59 - Build process
    2:19 - Grab the best deal of the year
    2:56 - Initial distribution
    3:54 - The breakthrough
    4:42 - Starter Story Build
    5:35 - How to build a great product
    6:49 - Great app playbook
    8:13 - Tech stack and tools
    8:42 - Costs & margins
    9:27 - Advice and lessons
    10:10 - Final word
    This video is an educational case study of these founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.
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    11 min

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