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🔥 The Real Secrets Behind a Teenage Solo Founder's Success in Building a Top App!📇
Chris Bulen & Daniel Ebohon
November 12, 2024
Hi everyone👋
It’s Chris and Daniel again, from Startups.fyi! — What a lovely Tuesday morning!!
Last week, I caught up with a friend who mentioned that his girlfriend was uneasy about how the election result might impact her business. I reminded him that success doesn’t hinge on who’s in office—it’s about nailing those profitable deals and staying adaptable.
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🦄 Startups.fyi Spotlight 💰
1. The Trailblazer 🚀
So You Wanna Be a Millionaire Right? Start here!
You know I can't resist a great side project!
This financial tool is the chatGPT for finance. It is like an education platform for teens, which provides interactive resources and guidance on money management, saving, investing, and budgeting skills.
This idea is great because the financial industry has been one of the leading industries since the beginning of civilization. (This platform is still in their pre-revenue stage)
2. The Quick Brew ⚡️
This App is still in its early stages making just $10/month.
But the idea is crazy, you craft your dream self in seconds with this app. It lets users generate AI images of themselves by crafting unique styles or using those shared by others.
It was launched this year as a side project by a solo founder.
3. The Game Changer 🔥
This solo founder built an AI-powered platform that helps job seekers create and optimize resumes with personalized feedback, automated building, keyword optimization,
and real-time job matching.
Launched in 2022, this platform generates $200/month for its solo founder who runs the business without any employee.
4. 🎯 The Power Play 🎯
This $300/mo AI side project is changing the social media game…
This might be one of my favorite side projects to start because the demand for it is huge.
This AI-powered video editing platform, it helps creators transform long-form content into engaging, captioned short videos for social media, education, and professional use, with automated captions, effects, and music.
Launched this year by its solo founder, This No-code tool can make your short videos go viral within minutes.
Cold Email Setup Offer
Send thousands of cold emails per month
You own the system
No agency retainers
Book 30-50 calls per month
Sign 10+ clients
1/10th the cost of ads
Completely automated
5. The Crowd Favorite 🌟
This tool might be what you need if you are struggling to find quality leads.
The platform is a scraping tool that extracts contact information from social media and Google Maps. It aims to enhance cold outreach and marketing.
Launched this year also, this tool generates $1,500/month for its solo founder.
6. The Hidden Gem 💎
Imagine a tool that puts essential medical information at a healthcare professional’s fingertips in seconds, helping them make faster, smarter clinical decisions for every patient they see.
That’s exactly what this AI-driven platform is.
For anyone interested in healthcare innovation, this is one startup you’ll want to watch closely—or maybe even get involved with.
This tool generates $3,000/month.
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🤠 Startups.fyi Roundup 🐴
🔥 From Teen to Top App
At just 18, Steven Cravotta built a hit app by zeroing in on user engagement and design. His journey is packed with insights you can apply to turn your ideas into a reality. [Explore his story here!]
📈 Scaling SaaS to $300K ARR
Curious about growing your SaaS to six figures? Solo founder Baretto lays out his proven 5-step strategy that brought him over 2,000 customers. [See how he did it and start scaling!]
⚠️ Are These 10 Deadly Mistakes Blocking Your Success?
Struggling on your business journey? You might be falling into one of these costly mistakes that can sideline even the best plans. [Get the list and see what to avoid!
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That’s it for this time! See you again next week.
— Chris (@ChrisBulen)