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Solo founder earns $30k MRR, 500k ARR with a testimonial platform, and a VC-backed AI co-pilot
Chris Bulen & Daniel Ebohon
October 20, 2025
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🎥 Here is a browser-based video recorder that helps you record videos right from your computer, especially during meetings (Pre-revenue)
🔗 Create free dynamic Links, QR codes, and Bio Pages, and get instant analytics with this easy-to-use tool that is making over $50/month for the founder
💳 A no-code tool for controlling your recurring expenses in a world full of unnecessary subscriptions makes $200/month for the UK-based solo founder
🤖 Here is your very own AI co-pilot that helps you quickly find and fix the cause of system problems. Launched in 2025, fully VC funded, and makes around $350 MRR
✉️ This no-code tool is an online service where you upload a letter or document, and it prints and posts it for you, no need for the post office again. This tool is making the founder $1,500/month
📞 Solo founder makes $30,000 MRR with a simple software platform helps respond to new leads instantly, so the sales team can engage while the lead is still hot
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