growth-hacking

Interview with Maddox Schniddlecoffer, college founder who built and sold a $15K/month gaming website

Maddox turned a small, messy hobby site into a reliable revenue stream and then sold it for a five-figure exit. The lessons here are not aspirational fluff. They are a practical, repeatable playbook for solo builders who want an AI-powered launch system for creators that actually moves the needle. This

UGC strategy

Interview with a $150K/Month App Founder, the Operator Behind 200 UGC Creators at Once

Most people still talk about growth like it is a tooling problem. Pick the right dashboard. Add one more automation. Buy another course made by somebody who last touched reality in 2022. Meanwhile, the people actually scaling consumer apps are building systems around content volume, creator management, and repeatable execution.

AI business opportunities

Interview with Shaan Puri, My First Million Co-Host, on AI Business Opportunities Beyond Software

The most interesting AI business opportunities may involve improving physical products and processes, not launching another content generator. In My First Million episode 880, co-hosts Shaan Puri and Sam Parr explore that thesis through companies including ZURU Tech, Isomorphic Labs, and Ohalo, with Puri arguing that the next major opening

Robert Greene

Interview with Robert Greene, Author on His Near-Death Experience and Living With Purpose

Interview with Robert Greene, Author on His Near-Death Experience and Living With Purpose Robert Greene’s near-death experience led him toward a different question: not how to gain more control, but how to experience more of being alive. In his conversation with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri on My First

AI startup

Interview with Bogdan, GetEbook Founder: The AI Wrapper Business Model Behind a Reported $130K

The GetEbook AI business model combines ebook creation software, subscriptions, credit purchases, and digital product upsells, with Meta Ads driving customer acquisition. In a Starter Story interview with host Gus, founder Bogdan reported more than $130,000 in revenue in less than four months, rather than $130,000 in monthly

solo founder

Interview with Sanskar Tiwari, Solo Founder Building a Portfolio of Tiny Apps to a Reported $1M

Building a portfolio of tiny apps worked for Sanskar Tiwari through repeated launches, narrow features, and distribution inside existing platforms. In his Starter Story interview with host Gus, the Bangalore-based founder behind MagicSlides, SheetAI, and other tools reported more than $1 million in cumulative revenue over six years, with eight

entrepreneurship

Interview with Sam Parr, the $10M-a-Year Entrepreneur Who Runs on Urgency, Systems, and a Mild Hatred of Wasted Time

There is a certain kind of builder who gets physically annoyed by overthinking. Not in a poetic way. In a real, practical, borderline unhealthy way. Sam Parr is one of those people. His whole operating style is built around one idea: if something matters, it should move. That is what

solo builder

Interview with Jake Glacer, the Solo Builder Behind a $50K a Month Alarm Clock App

Table of Contents * 😵 Why This Even Matters * 🛠️ The Setup * 💡 The Idea * ⚡ The Build * 📈 The Marketing * 🤖 The Product and AI Piece * 🧠 The Real Talk * ❓FAQ * 🔧 Final Takeaway 😵 Why This Even Matters Why should anyone care about a simple alarm clock app? Because this is the kind of business story people usually

AI launch systems

Interview with Sarah Pearl, Founder of a $300K per Month Manifestation App

Table of Contents * 🔥 Why This Even Matters for Builders * 🧰 The Setup: What Sarah Built and What Powered It * 🧠 Finding the Idea: Why This App Worked * ⚡ Building Fast: MVP First, Perfection Later * 📣 Distribution First: The Real Engine Behind the App * 🎯 Marketing That Converts: Content, Demos, and ManyChat * 🌊 The Bigger Trend: Why

SaaS

Interview with Matt Robinson, the Meta Engineer Who Left for His $30K/Month Golf SaaS

Most advice about building a business beside a full-time job is either suspiciously vague or written by someone whose definition of “side hustle” involves a team of contractors and a podcast microphone. Matt Robinson took the more useful route. He found an annoying problem inside a hobby he already cared

app building

Interview with Michael, the College Builder Behind a $100K/Month Height Predictor App

Most people looking for an AI-powered launch system for creators assume the answer involves a complicated product, expensive automation, and a dashboard with enough tabs to make a small airline nervous. Michael’s story offers a more useful version of reality: find a question people genuinely care about, make a

SaaS Growth

Interview with Mauro Botanes, Founder of the $160K/Month Symmetry Gym App

Interview with Mauro Botanes, Founder of the $160K/Month Symmetry Gym App Most builders do not have a feature problem. They have a guessing problem dressed up as productivity. A new AI coding tool makes it easier to build almost anything, so naturally the internet responds by building everything. Dark

product-metrics

Interview with Mauro, the 22-Year-Old Builder Behind a $160K/Month Fitness App

There is a particular kind of startup advice that sounds great until someone has to build the thing. “Follow your passion.” “Listen to users.” “Ship fast.” All technically fine. Also incomplete enough to produce a graveyard of features nobody uses. Mauro, the builder behind Symmetry, learned this the expensive way,

solo game dev

Interview with Ken Law, the Solo Mobile Game Developer Who Replaced His 9 to 5 With a $155K Game

Most people hear “AI-powered launch system for creators” and picture another funnel diagram with 14 arrows, three paid subscriptions, and a chatbot pretending it has discovered fire. Ken Law took a more useful route. He used AI tools to get a small game shipped, put it in front of a

solo founder

Interview with Jay Raavi, the $140K/Month NomadTable Solo App Builder

Most solo builders do not need another ceremonial productivity stack, a $97 “AI-powered launch system for creators,” or a desk setup that looks like mission control. They need a problem they genuinely care about, enough space to do focused work, and a way to keep hearing what real customers are

SaaS

Interview with Tom Holliday, the Founder Who Turned a Simple Booking Widget Into an $85K AUD Monthly Business

Most builders do not need another AI-powered launch system for creators, a 47-tab “idea validation” dashboard, or a $97 course explaining that pain points are important. They need a real problem, a clear offer, and enough nerve to put it in front of people who might say no. Tom Holliday

Excel Exercises

Interview with Jake Shimota, Founder of the “Boring” Excel Website Making $30K a Month

Tool fatigue starts when building the launch becomes more work than solving the problem. For creators assembling an AI-powered launch system for creators, Excel Exercises offers a useful reality check: a specific problem, a working product, and a way to charge can matter more than another dashboard. The business teaches

iOS apps

Interview with Yoni Smolyar, Brainrot Cofounder Behind a $400K/Month iOS App

Tool fatigue makes building look complicated before the first useful feature exists. An AI-powered launch system for creators should reduce that mess, not add six subscriptions and a dashboard nobody opens. Brainrot offers a grounded example: solve one familiar problem, build distribution, measure behavior, and use AI to help with

app marketing

Interview with Ben Guez, the Canary Founder Who Turned a Viral Idea into a $25K-a-Month App

Tool fatigue has a predictable ending: another subscription, another unfinished build, and no useful feedback. An AI-powered launch system for creators should shorten the distance between an idea and a real customer, not create a second job managing software. Canary offers a practical case: test an idea through content, ship

developer-tools

Interview with Jonathan Fishner, co-founder of ChartDB — built a niche app to $9K MRR

Developers are taught to hunt for moonshot ideas. Jonathan Fishner did something quieter and smarter: he picked one tiny, painful corner of the developer workflow, made that corner delightful, and let the audience adopt it on their own terms. The result is ChartDB — an open source, self-hosted database visualization tool

AI app growth

Interview with Timo Köhler, Builder of a $50K Per Month AI App

Interview with Timo Köhler, Builder of a $50K Per Month AI App Most solo builders do not need another $97 playbook explaining why they should “build in public” until their thumbs stop working. They need a repeatable way to find customers, know what those customers are worth, and scale without

indie app

Interview with Ryan Yao, the Designer Who Turned a Cat Pomodoro Timer Into an $18K-a-Month App

Most AI-powered launch system for creators conversations start with a pile of tools, a complicated workflow, and someone insisting that the right prompt will replace actual taste. Ryan Yao’s story is more useful than that. He and his girlfriend built Cat on Chair, a playful Pomodoro timer for cat

agentic-saas

Interview with Nevo David, Founder of Postiz and Builder of an Agentic Social Media SaaS

Interview with Nevo David, Founder of Postiz and Builder of an Agentic Social Media SaaS Most advice about building an AI-powered launch system for creators gets stuck in the same loop: add AI, post vaguely about AI, wait for the algorithm to hand over a bag of money. Very elegant.

solopreneur

Interview with Jack Friks, the $40K/Month Solopreneur Building Apps Around His Own Problems

Most solo builders do not need another productivity doctrine, color-coded second brain, or $97 “work four hours a week” PDF written by someone who apparently outsourced reality. They need a way to build useful things, listen to customers, and stay sane long enough for the compounding to happen. Jack Friks

AI apps

Interview with Tomer, the Builder Who Localized an AI Calorie App to $80K a Month

Original ideas are wildly overrated. Not because originality is bad, but because most solo builders use it as a very expensive procrastination device. They spend six months trying to invent a market category, then act surprised when nobody understands the landing page. Tomer took the less glamorous route. He found