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Doubling down on directories to hit
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Piotr Kulpinski built an open-source directory and turned that into a boilerplate. Now, these products are bringing in a total of $13k/mo. Here's how.
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Hitting $23k MRR in six months after five
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Rob Hallam saw a pattern in his agency's leadgen, then partnered up and built a tool to leverage it. Now, his tool is at $23k MRR. Here's how.
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Featured
Building a mobile SDK and expanding it into an 8-figure-ARR portfolio
Jonathan Rhyne built a mobile SDK and built on it for eight years before getting acqui-hired and quadrupling revenue. Here's how he got here.
Featured
Rebuilding after his ARR plummeted by $600k
Trevor Longino's agency went from $0 to $700k ARR, then back down to $120k. Now, he's finally in the upper six figures again. Here's the story.
Featured
Doubling down on directories to hit
$13k/mo
Piotr Kulpinski built an open-source directory and turned that into a boilerplate. Now, these products are bringing in a total of $13k/mo. Here's how.
Featured
Hitting $23k MRR in six months after five
failures
Rob Hallam saw a pattern in his agency's leadgen, then partnered up and built a tool to leverage it. Now, his tool is at $23k MRR. Here's how.