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🤑 Indie hacker earns $1M/year from a side project with no employees
Chris Bulen
May 28, 2024
🎉 Hey there, Startups.fyi Visionaries! 🚀
It’s Chris again, your guide through the boundless world of entrepreneurial triumphs and digital dreams here at Startups.fyi. Before we kick off this edition, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge Memorial Day, a significant holiday yesturday for our readers in the USA.
As we reflect on Memorial Day, let's take a moment to honor and remember those who have served and sacrificed for our country. To our USA readers, we hope you enjoyed your well-deserved 3-day weekend!
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🦄 Startups.fyi Spotlight 💰
🚀 Discover this easy-to-use tool designed to provide personalized document translation in your preferred language. Launched in 2023 by a solo founder, this full-time project promises seamless translation services without the hassle (pre-revenue).
🧐 Naming things is hard: we're making it easier. Use Garple to get a short, easy to say, distinctive domain for your next big idea. Two clicks and it's yours, then you can get back to building your business.*
😲 Here is an AI-powered tool, where you'll find a personalized AI companion to bond with and confide in. Developed by a solo founder and launched in 2024, this innovative project respects your innermost thoughts and desires, and you experience a unique connection like never before (pre-revenue).
🤖 Reduce the time spent on CV optimization tasks. Here is an AI-powered tool that helps in analyzing, and crafting a well-structured CV and providing a personalized enhancement for your CV. This side-project was launched in 2023 and it generates $100/month for its multi-founders.
💹 Manage your schedule with this easy-to-use AI tool that offers a personalized AI assistant which can help save time and organize all your daily activities. Started in 2023, this no-code tool makes its solo founder $156/month.
📌 This platform is an all-in-one solution for engaging website visitors. It helps you to chat with your website visitors via their favorite channels. This side-project was launched in 2021 and makes the solo founder $343/month.
🌐 Finding it hard to gain more views on your article? This software platform creates well-researched content and is consistent in producing high-quality, and factual articles for your blog thereby improving your website's SEO. Launched in 2024, this full-time project generates $2000/month for its multi-founders.
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🎯 Here is a simple platform that secures, manages, and generates documents in a more smarter and versatile way than PDF or pieces of paper. This full-time project was launched in 2020 and makes $48,000/month for its multi-founders.
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🤠 Startups.fyi Roundup 🐴
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🚀 From side hustle to success story, Tailor Hassan shares how he crossed $100,000 after two years of indie hacking
📈 Tibo shares the story of Ivan Kutskir, an indie hacker who earns $1M/year from a side project with no employees
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