How to make $10K/month as a first-time founder

Hey — It’s Pat.

I spent the last week across the pond in London. Sipping on tea (not coffee), eating biscuits (crackers), riding the tube (bus), and meeting internet friends IRL.

Please enjoy today's case studies and welcome to Sunday Breakfast!

Estimated read time: 1 minute 22 seconds.

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1. The Orange Juice 🍊

How to make $10K/month as a first-time founder

Now here’s a business I think anyone can start.

Think about everything you know how to do REALLY well in your FT job:

– Quickbooks
– Notion
– Asana
– Figma

Now just go and teach others how to do that exact thing.

This guy took everything he knew about ONE business software,

And turned it into a $10K/month business.

Check out the breakdown (and how you can do it too!)

2. The Coffee ☕

$500K per year saas alternative

I’m 100% convinced you can make a ton of money by building a 70% cheaper alternative to any saas.

Here’s how I’d do it:

1) think of $1B saas
2) search reddit for “[saas] alternative”
3) find problems people are sharing
4) start building.

This guy built a 6-figure business with his alternative to a VERY popular tool.

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3. The Eggs 🍳

$430K ARR plugin you’ve never heard of

Some of the best businesses are hidden in plain sight.

You’ve probably used this plugin in 100s of times while shopping online without even knowing it.

This is a cool breakdown of how he:

1) spotted a problem and

2) built a simple solution.

If you ever wanted to build a “boring” saas,

This case study is for you!

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