This tiny project turned into a $14M/year saas

Hey it’s Pat,

I was researching a bunch of business on Starter Story this week. And I realized something…

You can build a software company in basically ANY industry.

Think about it. Everyone needs software:

– gyms
– churches
– moms
– schools
– restaurants
– sales teams
– real estate agents

I could go on, but here’s my point:

There are endless niches and sub-niches waiting for a solution to their problems.

And your next saas could be the exact thing they need.

Today: 5 founders who found their niche and built a micro-saas around it.

(spoiler alert: they make a ton of money)

Welcome to Sunday Breakfast!

p.s. ready to build a business?

Starter Story has thousands of case studies you can use to research your next business.

You can figure out exactly how other founders built their business and use their experience to build yours:

• Starting costs

• Marketing channels

• How to validate an idea

• Mistakes to avoid

• And much more...

The best part is that these are business built by regular people like you and me.

It's time to build...

Join Starter Story today!

1. The Orange Juice 🍊

This tiny project turned into a $14M/year saas

So this guy worked at tech companies for most of his career.

And just as he was ready to quit and go out on his own, he had a golden opportunity:

The owner of the business he worked for wanted to sell.

It was a tiny company and he was (luckily) able to buy the business.

But he had HUGE goals.

When he took over the business, they were barely profitable.

Within a year, he redesigned the entire business model.

And not long after, they were making hundreds of thousands per month.

He eventually grew it all the way up to $1M per MONTH!

Read the entire case study here

2. The Coffee ☕

This podcast software company makes $230K/mo

Over the last 10 years, the podcast industry has grown from ~$500M to nearly $2B.

Crazy, right?

Well, whenever there is an explosion like this, that means there are opportunities to build businesses around it (pro tip!)

This guy ran his own podcast studio, but he hated trying to find guests.

So… he built a simple tool to help podcasters book good guests and promote their shows.

He got over 1,000 users within a couple of months completely organically.

And today he makes over $2.5M/year

See how he did it here

See exactly how an online business goes from zero to millions.

✔ Learn how founders came up with the idea that turned them into millionaires… and exactly what that felt like.

✔ Get the lowdown on what niches actually make money… and get the confidence that you're working on the right thing.

✔ See exactly how $1M businesses grew… never waste months on the wrong marketing channel.

✔ Surround yourself with success... soak up the knowledge and learnings of the most successful founders in the world.

Click HERE to learn more about it.

3. The Eggs 🍳

These friends built a $1M/year app for music nerds:

So these guys all moved to Indonesia after college.

They wanted to have a great time and live cheaply.

And on the side they built a ton of apps and projects, hoping one would take off!

One day they had this idea:

What if we built an app for music nerds like us?

Their first version kind of sucked.

But they found product-market-fit when they figured out that musicians needed to track their data – super smart!

Today they have over 6,000 paying customers and sync with EVERY music platform.

Dive into their story here.

One Side Project Can Change Your Life

Building a business is tough man...

• "What's my first step?"
• "Am I working on right thing?"
• "Did I make a mistake?"

So I built something that makes it easier

At Starter Story, we have 1000s of case studies so you can see exactly how to build a $1M business.

I wish this existed when I was first starting out.

Join Starter Story today!

4. The Toast 🥪

They built a $1.5M/year WordPress plugin holding company:

This couple decided to quit their jobs (at the same time!) and start a web design company.

After a few years of struggling, they wanted to figure out how to scale.

That’s when they had a brilliant idea:

Let’s build a bunch of WordPress plugins and sell them!

This is really smart because:

(1) 50% of the websites are built with WP

(2) every website NEED plugins.

In a few years they built over 19 different plugins.

And each one generates ~$6.5K MRR

To date, they’ve sold over $6M worth of plugins –– amazing.

Read all about it here.

5. The Pancakes 🥞

This HYPER NICHE App makes $200K/year

So there’s an old saying: “riches are in niches.”

But this founder took it to the next level.

She built an app for pregnant Christian women who are also into hypno-therapy.

It kinda sounds like this app would NOT work… right?

Well, I’ve never been more wrong.

She’s gotten 100,000 women to use this app.

And today she does over $10K per month.

You’ve gotta this entire case study

That's it!

I hope you have the best Sunday, and are getting ready for a great week ahead!

Pat

Founder, StarterStory.com

What if you could see exactly how side projects turn into millions in revenue?

✔ Learn how founders came up with the idea that turned them into millionaires… and exactly what that felt like.

✔ Get the lowdown on what niches actually make money… and get the confidence that you're working on the right thing.

✔ See exactly how $1M businesses grew… never waste months on the wrong marketing channel.

✔ Surround yourself with success... soak up the knowledge and learnings of the most successful founders in the world.

Click HERE to learn more about it.

More Starter Story

Internet's most extensive business knowledge database
All 3,000+ case studies - SaaS case studies - Blogger case studies - E-Commerce case studies

Business ideas
Low capital ideas - Make money blogging - E-Commerce ideas

Starter Story
Advertise with us - Share your story - About us - Impact

Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here for our newsletter.

Starter Story - 4920 W Cypress St Ste 104 - #5143 - Tampa, FL 33607

Click here if you want to stop receiving emails from us.

This tiny project turned into a $14M/year saas

See exactly how an online business goes from zero to millions.

What if you could see exactly how side projects turn into millions in revenue?

More Starter Story

Older messages

i hated this question

why i rent

binge drinking

He makes $3M/year sending emails

tell us what you think?

You Might Also Like

Data Fetcher 3.0 is here! GPT-4o, GraphQL pagination, better references 🌟

2024 Theory GTM Survey

How to Win a Competitive Deal

Universe Hints, Dysmorphia, The Talking Dead 🪐

📂 TRMNL — the e-ink display for your favorite apps

Threads scheduling has arrived 🧵

a 12 year old kicked my butt

[CEI] Chrome Extension Ideas #147

🦍 Massive Ecommerce sale

$3M revenue with just 6 contractors