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I share stories of small bootstrapped teams (under 15 people) making over $1M in annual revenue.

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How One Developer Built a $6M AI Chatbot Business in Just 2 Years

How One Developer Built a $6M AI Chatbot Business in Just 2 Years

How a college student reached $64,000/mo in 6 months by being an AI first mover

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung
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After 12 Failed Startups, A Solo Developer Create an API Service that made $1M ARR

After 12 Failed Startups, A Solo Developer Create an API Service that made $1M ARR

How BannerBear Found Product-Market Fit: From Failed Projects to $1M ARR

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung
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Another victory of bootstrap, the story of tally.so

Another victory of bootstrap, the story of tally.so

How they boostrapped tally from $0 to $2M ARR

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung
How ConvertKit Hit $597K MRR: Two Repositioning Pivots + Direct Sales = SaaS Gold

How ConvertKit Hit $597K MRR: Two Repositioning Pivots + Direct Sales = SaaS Gold

18 months of decline to 10x growth: The counterintuitive positioning pivot and direct sales strategy that built a $7M ARR SaaS

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung

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How a 19-year-old engineer's "selling should be as easy as tweeting" vision built a billion-dollar creator commerce empire

How a 19-year-old engineer's "selling should be as easy as tweeting" vision built a billion-dollar creator commerce empire

The story of Gumroad started as a weekend project and now it's making over $21m per year.

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung
How ConvertKit Hit $597K MRR: Two Repositioning Pivots + Direct Sales = SaaS Gold

How ConvertKit Hit $597K MRR: Two Repositioning Pivots + Direct Sales = SaaS Gold

18 months of decline to 10x growth: The counterintuitive positioning pivot and direct sales strategy that built a $7M ARR SaaS

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung
bootstrappedbootstrapped
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After 12 Failed Startups, A Solo Developer Create an API Service that made $1M ARR

After 12 Failed Startups, A Solo Developer Create an API Service that made $1M ARR

How BannerBear Found Product-Market Fit: From Failed Projects to $1M ARR

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung
College FounderCollege Founder
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How One Developer Built a $6M AI Chatbot Business in Just 2 Years

How One Developer Built a $6M AI Chatbot Business in Just 2 Years

How a college student reached $64,000/mo in 6 months by being an AI first mover

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung
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Another victory of bootstrap, the story of tally.so

Another victory of bootstrap, the story of tally.so

How they boostrapped tally from $0 to $2M ARR

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung
How a bootstrapped company grows into success, generating more than 3.4 million ARR

How a bootstrapped company grows into success, generating more than 3.4 million ARR

A bootstrapped journey from launch to $3.4M ARR of Canny.io

Jet Cheung
Jet Cheung
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Welcome to IncomeStory

Welcome to IncomeStory

A letter to subscribers of IncomeStory

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Jet Cheung