Hey!

This morning I want to quickly dispel a common thing I hear:

“You're only successful because of your audience."

Yes, audience obviously helps.

BUT

When I started, I had:

• Less than 100 followers

• $50K in debt

• 2 failed startups

• No team

• No rich parents

• No mentors

• A FT job I hated

• A side project making $0

• A mind full of self-doubt

We all gotta start somewhere.

The audience came later, when I started building and sharing and going. 

It's time to start building, my friend! 

Welcome to Sunday Breakfast!

Should he quit his job for a SaaS?

This guy DM'd me with a question.

"My app makes $30K/month. But I'm also a senior engineer at a huge tech company. Should I go all in?"

So I flew out to a golf course to meet him.

I get it... it's a BIG decision. 

Comfy job? or Pursue your business dreams?

I told him what I thought.

And a few weeks later... he told me what he chose!

She built a $300K/month app... insanely fast

This is one of the fastest growth stories we've ever put on the channel.

She had never built an app before.

She built the MVP in a few days.

And just two months later...

Her app is already over $300K/month 

Check out the whole story here

The way people start businesses has changed.

Today we're launching The Idea Database: a free, searchable archive of 4,500+ real businesses making money.

Inside you will be able to filter, sort, and explore by businesses revenue, starting cost, growth channel, niche, and the tools founders used to build.

All the stuff you need to validate your idea and start building.

We're so pumped for this. It's the start of something new at Starter Story.

And we're giving you access, 100% for free!

So what are you waiting for? :)

Explore The Idea Database right here!

Niche $85K/month App

I love an app that serves a niche customer

And this one is about as tiny as it gets.

I bet you haven't really thought much about this category (unless you own one).

In just a few years, this app grew to over $1M/year with thousands of customers. 

He grew it past $1M/year with ~1,500 customers.

Check it out

Check out this cool $3K/month app

Everyone wants to build the next big thing.

But this guy built the smallest possible thing.

It does literally ONE thing

And it's already pulling in $3K/month.

A lot to learn from this one.

Take a look at it here

This tiny side project makes $1.5K/month

I love this simple project. 

It's just a plugin – inside a tool millions of people use. 

It does exactly one thing, for exactly one problem.

And I think that's the secret to why it makes money.

Check this one out!