$360K/year celebrity database, $72K/year hair blog, 14yr old starts lego side project!

Hey starters - happy November!

This week, we feature 4 amazing stories + 45 businesses you can start while keeping your day job!

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#1: This solo-founder makes $360K/year selling celebrity contact details:

Jordan started Contact Any Celebrity - a member's only online database of celebrity contact information. 

He started the business as a hobby in 1997 selling autograph collections and is now doing $360K/year with two employees. 

What's worked? Freemium model - They offer a free 7-day trial and if members cancel, they offer their print book as a downsell.

Check out Jordan's full story here!

Pat @ Starter Story: Want to learn how to make money through digital subscriptions and content? We put together a full breakdown for you here!

#2: Katie started a $72K/year blog about embracing gray hair:

We just published our interview with KatieGoesPlatnium - a wildly successful hair blog.

The bulk of her income comes through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, and advertising:

• $72K/year in revenue
• Started the business with $500
• Email open rate of 70%

Her secret? An active Facebook Community - This is the main source of traffic to her blog where she's doing an average of 2.5K visitors per month:

KatieGoesPlatinum Monthly Traffic

Check out Katie's full interview here!

#3: Matthew turned his passion for legos into a $20K/year business at 14 years old:

Matthew started Summerfield's Toys - a lego reselling business.

At the age of 14, he started selling his legos on eBay and validated his business idea by making $200 shortly after listing his legos (more money than he'd ever had as a 14yrold).

Now, he's selling through various marketplaces such as BrickLink, eBay, and FB Marketplace, making $20K/year as a high school senior.

Check out Matthew's story here!

Pat @ Starter Story: Want to see 40+ business ideas for teens and young entrepreneurs? We put together a full list for you here!

#4: Three friends bootstrapped a $9.6M/year business selling signs:

Gevorg started Front Signs - a leading sign-making company in Los Angeles.

They started the business in Armenia and decided to expand into the US market - they're now doing $9.6M/year with over 500K customers worldwide.

Their secret? A rockstar sales team - they've grown their team to 42 employees with the core focus of establishing trust in their B2B market and retaining customers.

Check out their full interview here!

Pat @ Starter Story: Want to read more successful food business ideas? We put together a list of 43 business ideas for food lovers here!

#5: 45 Business Ideas You Can Start While Keeping Your Day Job

Some of the most successful businesses started as side projects.

We went through our database and identified 45 entrepreneurs that started businesses while they had a full-time job.

Check out the full list here!

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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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