$780K/year selling kid shoes, $108K/year Facebook Page, $1.8M/year Twitch streamer biz.

Hey starters - happy October!

This week, we're featuring 4 inspiring stories + 100 one-person business ideas:

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#1: Alberto started a $1.8M/year platform to interact with live streamers

We just caught up with Alberto with Streamloots - a marketplace where you can buy real-time interactions with live streamers. 

In just two weeks, they created their first MVP and validated their idea with three landing pages.

They now have a community of more than 12K+ active streamers and earn $1.8M/year in revenue.

Their secret? Viral loops - when one streamer uses the platform, they bring their entire audience. Check out one example of how many users this generates below:

Check out Streamloots full story here!

Pat @ Starter Story: Want to see 50 examples of million-dollar business ideas you can start? We put together a full list here!

#2: Two friends turned a Facebook page into a $108K/year meme t-shirt business:

Dominic and Aleksander started Dogecore  - a meme t-shirt eCommerce business. 

What started as a fun Facebook page to post funny pictures of dogs 8 years ago turned into a $108K/year multimedia t-shirt brand. 

Their secret? A loyal audience - they were able to launch their product to their existing 200K followers on Facebook, which skyrocketed sales. 

Check out Dominic and Aleksander's full interview here!

Pat @ Starter Story: Want to start an apparel brand? Check out these 3 friends that started a $2.4M/year t-shirt and hoodie business.

#3: Lau started a $780K/year children's footwear brand:

We just published our interview with Lau Garcia, founder of  Zapato FEROZ.

After the first product launch went well, they decided to create a crowdfunding campaign and raised their goal of $15K in just 24 hours.

Here's what the business is looking like now:

• $780K/year in revenue
• Two employees
• Started the business with just $10K
• Average 1K site visitors per day (more traffic deets below):

Zapato website traffic stats

Check out Lau's story here - it's one you won't want to miss!

#4: This former Tesla employee built an $18M/year survey and research platform:

Aaron started Tap Research - a technology that helps you make decisions about consumer insights. 

They now generate $18M/year in revenue and delivering over 1M surveys per month to their clients.

Their secret?  A direct outbound sales approach - through this strategy, their average customer spend is around 6 figures+. 

Check out Aaron's full interview here.

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#5: 100 Profitable One-Person Business Ideas:

Can't find a business partner or want to start something on your own?

We went through our database of successful businesses and found the best examples of solo founders.

Check out the full list here!

#6: Are you ready to boost your revenue?

I want to give a shoutout to our long-time sponsor Klaviyo.

Using Klaviyo will open up a massive, untapped sales channel and bring you closer to your customers!

I'm a huge fan of the product (I use it for Starter Story and love the segmentation/drip features). I've also been able to collect so many emails using their website form integration - my list growing over 3k/month now 😲

Here are just some of the impressive businesses we've interviewed that use Klaviyo for email marketing and are raving about the product - all great interviews you should check out as well!

• Brumate ($1.1M/mo at 23 years old)
• Sheets & Giggles ($76k/mo in just 6 months)
• Beardbrand ($100k+/mo - 1.5M YouTube subscribers)
• Abs Protein Pancakes ($25k/mo passive income business)
• Xero Shoes ($460k/mo - featured on Shark Tank)
• The Longhairs ($30k/mo)
• Framed Tweets ($25k/mo)

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(And thank you for your support 🙏)

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Thanks for reading! See you next week.

- Pat Walls, Founder @ Starter Story

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