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1Jan 24, '23Shoutout to all the people who said I got lucky.79.9×2.5M16k8911.4k
2Feb 2, '23Everyone’s quitting alcohol. The next trend will be quitting caffeine.77.7×2.4M6.9k435279
3Jun 17, '24If you make $1,000,000/year in California, this is how much you have to pay to Uncle Sam. Highway f*ing robbery.77×2.4M7.4k5781.6k
4Aug 15, '24Print this out and put it in the Louvre.56.2×1.8M14k1.3k7.5k
5Dec 13, '23My salary as an employee: Year 1: $54K (Big 4 accounting) Year 2: $60K (worked at startup) Year 3: $80K (startup) Year 4: $105K (software engineer) Year 5: $115K (software engineer53.3×1.7M6.4k4372.7k
6Oct 16, '235 years ago today, I quit my $125K/year software engineering job. I had less than $10,000 in savings. I canceled the lease on my $2,200/month NYC apartment. And I moved into a $15047.6×1.5M2.3k1191.1k
7Jul 23, '24Success is made up of a million boring little tasks:43.9×1.4M9.6k8775.1k
8Jan 27, '23Here's how much it costs me to run a $1M/year online business:41.6×1.3M5.9k6225.8k
9Jan 20, '23My salary over the last 13 years:37.2×1.2M8.1k5981.9k
10Sep 14, '24I know MrBeast kinda got canceled for this document, but it's an amazing read and insight into why he is so successful. MUST READ for anyone creating content, on any platform.35.4×1.1M3.6k2068.3k
11Jul 2, '24This is why you should start your own business34.2×1.1M8.7k6753.1k
12Feb 238 years ago, I started a side project inside of a tiny Starbucks. Today, Starter Story is being acquired by @HubSpot. Here’s how it happened.31.5×993k4.3k1621.2k
13Feb 16, '23Here's a list of the 24 startups I've tried to build over the years and why they failed:30.7×969k3.8k3562.1k
14Mar 19, '24This website does literally one thing and makes $126,000/year.28.9×910k3.9k1913.2k
15Jul 20, '23Dear Reddit, I'm sorry for stealing your users. But you made me a millionaire. This is the story of how I stole millions of users from one subreddit, in plain sight.28.2×888k1.5k1232.6k
16Jun 29, '23How I built a $1M business on 2 hours a day. This is the story of how I changed my life from a Starbucks:27.2×857k1.9k1632.9k
17Sep 28, '23I made 2 million from my "silly little website project" 😀26.5×835k2.5k50591
18Mar 20, '24Tomorrow, Reddit will IPO at a valuation of $6.4B. Everyone is excited. What they don't know is how Reddit turned ME into a millionaire. This is the story of how I stole millions o20.2×637k1.3k931.9k
19Apr 24, '23Friends and family on your startup journey: $0/mo: "Wtf are you doing?" $1k/mo: "How does this thing even make money?" $3k/mo: "Why quit your $100k job to make $3k/mo?" $10k/mo: "B19.4×612k3.2k273701
20Dec 3, '24Just do it.19.3×609k7.5k6217.8k
21Jul 23, '24Proof that you can build a $1M saas in ANY category:18.6×587k3.3k1835.4k
22Sep 10, '24I'm still convinced you can become a millionaire simply by doing the pomodoro technique over and over.18.6×587k4.8k1612.8k
23Jan 24, '24It blows my mind how many businesses like this the internet has created.18.6×585k1.5k40960
24Aug 26, '24All of these websites make $1M and were started by ONE PERSON.18.5×584k2.8k1464.6k
25Jul 26, '23How to feel like you’re getting ahead but actually procrastinate17.8×560k2.2k130436
26Mar 21, '24A simple website with a good domain name could replace your salary.17.6×555k2.3k1291.9k
27Jan 23, '24This $25M+ business was validated in 3 hours for $5: Problem: You’re stuck in NYC with all your bags, but no hotel Solution: Bag storage as a service. How the founder validates: 1.17.5×551k2.2k1652.2k
28Jul 14, '24IT FINALLY EXISTS Tennis player / solopreneur paradise: 8 clay tennis courts coworking area full cafe & restaurant 12 PB courts full gym w/ 10 squat racks sauna cold plunge poo15.6×490k2.2k581k
29Mar 14, '24Shoutout to all the people who tell me I got lucky.15.4×487k4.1k125615
30Mar 25, '24Holy moly... this guy makes $291,000 A MONTH teaching people how to code: – Problem: learning how to code is boring (and expensive) – Solution: GAMIFIED coding courses (for cheap) 15.4×484k1.6k1052.9k
31Aug 29, '24Bullshit. Do it simpler. Do it smarter. Do it faster. Do it better. Do it cheaper. Do it in a new country. Do it with better design. Do it automated. Do it personalized. Do it with15×472k4.9k5505.2k
32Dec 4, '23I never thought I’d live in a place like Tampa Florida. In my 20s, I lived in the “coastal elite” cities: NYC, SF, LA, etc. But 3 years ago, I chased a girl all the way down to Flo13.7×432k1.1k16335
33Sep 29, '235 years ago: 5,000 people watched me live build a startup on Twitch. From my 1BR apartment in NYC. I found an idea, coded it, and launched to #1 on Product Hunt. All within 24 hour13.6×428k1.1k48625
34Dec 17, '23TIL there is a subreddit dedicated to TVs being mounted too high. It has 164k members. I love the internet.13.6×428k3.1k204214
35Oct 8, '25It's becoming disgustingly obvious. Almost everyone I bring on the channel did the same thing. THEY COPIED PROVEN APPS copied a proven app that shut down copied a proven app and sw13.1×411k3.2k1853.9k
36Sep 23, '24If you're a software engineer and looking for a business idea, I beg you to read THIS:12.9×405k3.3k1353.7k
37Jan 14, '24I LOVE this simple $30k/year side project: - Problem: magicians can't get work - Solution: Simple online directory (built on Webflow) - Pricing: $299/year to get listed - Validatio12.5×395k1.8k1003.7k
38May 3, '23POV: you’re 26 years old, working 80 hours per week, and $65,000 in credit card debt. This is the story of how a little piece of paper changed my life. It all starts in 2017 on a 612.5×393k1.2k1221.1k
39Mar 7, '24Friends and family on your startup journey: $0/mo: "Wtf are you doing?" $1k/mo: "That's cute!" $3k/mo: "Why u quit your six-figure stable paycheck to make $3k/mo?" $10k/mo: "Busine12.4×390k1.2k86500
40Feb 6, '25This guy is 27 and thinks he failed at the game. This is everything that's wrong with social media:12.3×389k2.4k801.5k
41Jul 8, '24I built a $1M business that changed my life by doing deep work for 2 hours every day (before my full time job) for 365 days in a row. AMA12.3×387k1.4k481.1k
42Mar 5, '24I made 3 million from my "silly little website project"11.8×370k1.4k18556
44Mar 29, '24$30K MRR SaaS built off one idea: Find a VC-backed billion dollar SaaS. And build a simpler, cheaper version. Superhuman costs $30/mo. Mailman costs $8/mo. 90% of the features for 11.4×361k1.3k872.7k
45Oct 14, '24Is there an AI tool that can help you quickly generate beautiful UI mockups? Mockups like this:11.4×359k1.3k473k
46Dec 2, '232 hours of deep work every day, no matter what.11.2×351k1.2k30170
47Mar 6, '25I'm trying to understand MCPs. So they allow you to interface with APIs with prompts rather than writing raw code that interfaces with the API. But how is it better than using an L11×346k1.2k321.3k
48Nov 11, '23PSA: You should hire young, hungry people. One year ago, I hired this unemployed 23-year-old kid to help me create TikToks. And today, we are celebrating with $100 steaks at the 2n10.8×340k1.2k53397
49Jun 4, '24Wow... $15K/month AI app built in 12 hours: – designed in figma (free) – built with no code (bubble, $30/mo) – live tweeted building the product (attention!!) – startup costs: $20010.7×339k1.9k953.2k
50Feb 5, '25This dude built a $1M app in 5 hours, sold the biz, and now lives out of a van 🚐 I toured his van and learned about: – The $1M ARR app he built (1:31) – Why he was miserable in a 10.7×338k3.1k2256.1k
51Nov 1, '24I built a $1M business by doing the same, boring sh*t every day.10.7×337k3.4k2213.2k
52Feb 12, '25Just met a dude who taught himself to code by building 20 apps in 12 months. All of them failed, except 2, which he sold for a combined quarter of a million. Crazy what you can do 10.5×331k6.5k3102.8k
53Jul 25, '23How it started How it’s going9.6×302k1.2k33246
54Jan 3, '25If you've gotten traction/making money with AI AGENTS, can you share what you built? Curious to see.9.4×295k1.4k762.2k
55Dec 10, '24How to get "lucky"9.2×290k3.8k224751
56Dec 11, '23$4.8M/year SaaS you've never heard of: - Problem: Designing emails sucks -​ Solution: Canva for HTML email - $400k MRR - Freemium + $45/user/mo - ​1M users - 1.8M emails created - 8.6×271k1.2k651.4k
57Jul 19, '24$1M/YEAR business that might have you quit entrepreneurship altogether: – Problem: "i think my dog is anxious" – Solution: all day relaxing music YT channel – 2M subs – 800K views/8.6×270k1.1k481.1k
58Oct 22, '25Wow. I just got off the phone with 2 dudes. In 4 months, they built a $28K MRR iPhone app. But here's the thing: THEY DID NOT BUILD THE APP Instead, they: 1. created an instagram a8.6×270k2k681.9k
59Jun 24, '24Cool... this Telegram bot makes $100K/year: – solves simple, everyday problem – 2M total users – 1.5M monthly chats – pricing: $12/year – solo founder, side project – SUPER easy to8.4×264k1.4k742k
60Sep 12, '24In @levelsio style, I have an 8% success rate.8.3×260k2.2k621.5k
61Feb 10, '25$40K MRR iphone app. Solo founder. He can't code. I gave him a call and we talked for hours. I edited and condensed it down to give you the most alpha: – Why the app store is secre8.0×251k2.5k1626.5k
62Feb 7, '24Wow... this guy acquired a tiny SaaS doing $1,600/mo. And grew it to $1M/year in 2 years. How he did it, in 3 PARTS: PART 1: Fix all the broken sh*t – the biz he acquires: a gaming7.9×248k1.2k631.9k
63Nov 22, '24Stop tinkering:7.7×242k5k4081.6k
64Feb 24, '242 hours of deep work every day, no matter what. Doing this over 5 years now. It changed my life.7.4×232k2.5k130679
65Oct 30, '24It’s never too late to start building.7.0×220k2.3k2251.4k
66Jan 28, '25Just met a dude making $4M/year at 90% profit and never did an ounce of marketing. His playbook: 1. build products within a big platform ecosystem (e.g. wordpress app store) 2. put7.0×220k2.1k872.4k
67Feb 5, '24I turned these two hours into a side project that's generated millions of dollars.7.0×220k1.1k30532
68Aug 2, '23I went from $5/hour bussing tables in Wyoming to building a million dollar business. My salary over the last 15 years:6.9×218k1.1k43254
69Jul 28, '24$1M business idea: Sleep gamification. Pokemon Sleep made $100M in its first year 😱 Basically an iPhone app that tracks your sleep and lets you collect Pokemon & level up if y6.4×201k1.3k62759
70Nov 17, '24Had an idea for a website in 2017. Launched it. Nobody cared. Made $0 for 150 days. Still worked on it every single day. My friends all said "wtf u doing". Then a company paid me $6.2×195k1.5k70563
71Jun 24, '25Just got off the phone with a dude who: - started 12 startups in 12 months - first one got a little bit of traction - but... distribution was tough - so he found a creator in the s6.1×193k1.4k44929
72Dec 15, '23Laptop. Airpods. Earl gray. 2 hours of deep work, every morning. No matter what.6.1×191k1.5k45278
73Jul 17, '2415 websites you've never heard of that make over $1M/year:5.7×180k1.1k512k
74Oct 7, '242,500 days since I started building. 2-4 hours of deep work every day. 1,000+ changes of direction. 9,000+ Git commits. 20+ failed projects. Just. kept. showing up. Results: – quit5.5×172k2.3k1291.2k
75Jul 2, '24Free business idea for anyone that can code: Build a tiny saas around a SINGLE Zapier integration. Hear me out... So Zapier has 6,000 integrations. 6,000! 1. Find an integration th5.1×162k1.2k522.2k
76Feb 11, '25Just met a dude making $50K/month from 4 businesses: 1. A niche physical product 2. A B2C app 3. An AI agent 4. A B2B saas These businesses have no overlap, other than one thing: T4.9×154k1.9k661.9k
77Apr 23, '25My silent cofounder, my best friend, I love you. RIP Demi 💔4.8×153k2.3k37264
78Apr 19, '24Wow this is cool. You can find business ideas by searching through troves of Reddit data. Product is called Gummy Search and it's basically a search engine for Reddit. 1000s of goo4.8×150k1.2k872.3k
79Nov 27, '24Starter Story Academy in a nutshell:4.6×145k2.6k1991.5k
80Oct 6, '24Saas founders: this is how a $24K MRR idea gets validated. hint: it's not complicated.4.5×143k1.5k661.4k
81Nov 30, '22I made a million from my "silly little website project" 😀4.4×05.3k1451.4k
82Jul 26, '24The checklist I used that (over years) helped me build a $1M business:4.2×132k1.2k56965
83Mar 25, '25Just got off the phone with a guy who: - built a GPT wrapper to $38K/month - WHILE he had a full time job - his boss found out and pulled him into a room and... - did not fire him 4.1×128k1.5k39587
84Aug 5, '24The Underdog: From $10/hr To $1.5M Solopreneur DOCUMENTARY LIVE ON YOUTUBE. GO!!4.0×125k1.1k47753
85Sep 9, '25Crazy. Just got off the phone with a guy making $80K per month. AI SaaS product. 100% organic. ZERO ADS. The secret? - 2 youtube videos a day - Spread across multiple channels - Al4.0×125k1.2k251.3k
86Aug 18, '24Founder doing $30M+/year sent me his "secrets".3.8×120k1.4k831.1k
87Mar 3, '25if you feel stuck, here's a good roadmap. 1. think of a stupid little problem you have 2. build it for yourself: Landing page. Waitlist. MVP with AI tools. 3. tell everyone about i3.7×116k1.8k1111.8k
88Apr 3, '25It would be cool if there was a youtube video of him breaking down how he hit $770K MRR... Oh wait!3.3×104k1.1k581.3k
89Oct 24, '24This AI app removes the "ums" and "uhs" from your videos and makes $500K/year.3.2×102k1.1k44875
90Jan 19, '25I'm betting every single penny on the a-word.3.1×98k1.3k84972
91Sep 29, '24A four minute video that will rewire your brain for success:3.1×96k1.7k2732.4k
92Sep 24, '24To everyone who thinks "they're not ready yet" > one time I met this kid in Thailand > he left his home country Brazil with < $1,000 > HE DID NOT EVEN HAVE A LAPTOP, just a mac min3.0×95k1.1k51569
93Feb 25, '25Overthinking: the single biggest threat facing every single builder on earth.2.9×92k1.1k43845
94Apr 10, '25I'M GONNA VIBE CODE UNTIL I MAKE $100K (Episode 1)2.9×90k1.3k38651
95Aug 6, '24Change my mind2.6×83k1.2k42246
96Oct 17, '21Friends and family on your startup journey: $0/month: "Wtf are you doing?" $1k/mo: "How does this thing even make money?" $3k/mo: "Why would you quit your $100k job to make $3k/mo?2.5×03.3k362315
97Sep 23, '24startup advice: 1. do stuff consistently. 2. be directionally correct. 3. just don't quit.2.5×78k1.6k74332
98Apr 26, '25Friends and family on your startup journey: $0/month: "Wtf are you doing?" $1k/mo: "How does this even make money?" $3k/mo: "You quit your six figure job to make $3k/mo?" $10k/mo: 2.3×71k1.2k48261
99Jan 16, '25build the tiniest possible version. essential features only. build it fast. ship it today. tell everyone you know. prepare to be made fun of. find helpful feedback. go back to the 2.1×68k1.2k83682
100Jul 24, '2095% of people create nothing and have tons of opinions. 5% of people create everything and have very few opinions.1.0×01.4k19069

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