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Hope
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$1.8M/YEAR
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$18M/YEAR
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Tom
$2.64M/YEAR
Rob
$480K/YEAR
Mac
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charlie
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$1.14M/YEAR
Nishith
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Evan
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$3.78M/YEAR
Alan
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Holger
$180K/YEAR
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$360K/YEAR
Valentin
$150K/YEAR
Amy
$2.5M/YEAR
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$4.2M/YEAR
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$720K/YEAR
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$720K/YEAR
Edward
$9M/YEAR
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$6M/YEAR
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$8.4M/YEAR
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$36M/YEAR
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$1.68M/YEAR
Kevin
$1.2M/YEAR
Fida
$24M/YEAR
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$3.6M/YEAR
Wen
$360K/YEAR
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$3M/YEAR
Patrick
$12M/YEAR
Yash
$600K/YEAR
Garret
$480K/YEAR
Rob
$12M/YEAR
Evan
$3.3M/YEAR
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$648K/YEAR
Cédric
$6.6M/YEAR
Alex
$600K/YEAR
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$4.56M/YEAR
Oleksii
$360K/YEAR
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$12.2M/YEAR
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$180K/YEAR
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$1.8M/YEAR
Chris
$5.4M/YEAR
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$144K/YEAR
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$1.98M/YEAR
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$4.2M/YEAR
Jim
$3.6M/YEAR
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$252K/YEAR
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$1.02M/YEAR
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$144M/YEAR
Shannon
$504K/YEAR
Michael
$1.2M/YEAR
Alexi
$1.8M/YEAR
Bill
$22.5M/YEAR
Robert
$3.6M/YEAR
Suresh
$6M/YEAR
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$6.84M/YEAR
Scott
$300K/YEAR
Catherine
$144K/YEAR
Will
$4.8M/YEAR
John
$1.2M/YEAR
Parker
$4.8M/YEAR
Raj
$19.2M/YEAR
Max
$720K/YEAR
Stefan
$1.2M/YEAR
Jerremy
$1.92M/YEAR
Donald
$6M/YEAR
Tony
$840K/YEAR
Kelsey
$240K/YEAR
Alistair
$210K/YEAR
Koko
$1.2M/YEAR
Paige
$174K/YEAR
Sylvestre
$480K/YEAR
Rachel
$4.8M/YEAR
Tyler
$50.4M/YEAR
Barbara
$480K/YEAR
Adam
$1.2M/YEAR
Alex
$192K/YEAR
Codie
$3M/YEAR
Jae
$500K/YEAR
Cam
$600K/YEAR
Alan
$180K/YEAR
Mark
$1.8M/YEAR
Mike
$6M/YEAR
Alex
$3M/YEAR
Evgenia
$6M/YEAR
Alan
$300K/YEAR
Monika
$1.2M/YEAR
Taime
$480K/YEAR
Jacob
$600K/YEAR
Robert
$480K/YEAR
Brad
$132K/YEAR
Juan
$1.2M/YEAR
Alex
$324K/YEAR
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$192K/YEAR
Alexander
$1.2M/YEAR
Mark
$300K/YEAR
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$1.62M/YEAR
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$1.2M/YEAR
Kent
$3.6M/YEAR
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$936K/YEAR
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$1.32M/YEAR
Eric
$18M/YEAR
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$3M/YEAR
Pat
$360K/YEAR
Brice
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$1.2M/YEAR
Jonathan
$1.2M/YEAR
Luke
$2.28M/YEAR
Jaime
$4.2M/YEAR
Samuel
$360K/YEAR
Laura
$132K/YEAR
Christian
$1.8M/YEAR
Dave
$12M/YEAR
Raghuraman
$720K/YEAR
Bob
$48M/YEAR
Matt
$9.25M/YEAR
Adam
$2.4M/YEAR
Alex
$840K/YEAR
Srikanth
$9M/YEAR
Gilbert
$1.44M/YEAR
Buford
$600K/YEAR
Carl
$840K/YEAR
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$2.4M/YEAR
Ben
$12M/YEAR
Justin
$2.1M/YEAR
Maximilien
$3M/YEAR
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$660K/YEAR
Dan
$420K/YEAR
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$1.5M/YEAR
Mr.
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One
side project can
change your life
- it changed mine.
If we haven’t met before - Hi, my name’s Pat 👋
One day in 2017, I got off my day job and walked to the nearest Starbucks.
I powered up my laptop, and
got started on a side project
I'd been thinking about for years.
^ this was me getting started on a side project that would change my life
I started off at
zero.
I knew absolutely nothing about building, launching, and especially marketing.
At first, I felt lost and unfocused. I had no direction. And getting traction felt nearly impossible.
Especially because I was trying to balance a full time job, work out, have a social life, and pay off $60K in debt.
That didn’t leave a lot of time to really sit down and focus on
anything.
But I knew I wanted one thing:
the freedom and flexibility to work on whatever I want, whenever I want, and from wherever I want...
And I believed a side project could get me there.
12 months later, I'd launched a side project that eventually
replaced my full time job income.
I couldn't believe it... In my eyes, I'd made it!
At that point, I made the decision to quit my job, buy back my time, and go all in.
I've since turned that side project into a million dollar business that's impacted over 100M people.
I genuinely look forward to Mondays - I get to wake up every day and do what I love.
I get messages every day from people saying my work changed their lives.
And I make more money in a single year than I would’ve made in 10 years working as a software engineer.
I know, it's
absolutely insane.
I think it’s fair to say that this side project completely changed my life.
And I fundamentally believe that if you take it seriously, anybody can start a side project that changes their life too.
So how do you do it? How do you unlock the power of the side project, the one that could turn into millions? Well, it’s pretty simple…
What if you could see
exactly
how side projects turn into millions in revenue?
Imagine being able to see exactly which ideas make money (and which don't)...
Imagine avoiding wasting years working on the wrong thing.
And feeling confident that you know exactly what you need to do with your project.
With Starter Story, you'll get access to the most intimate details behind 4,418+ successful online businesses, and:
- Learn how founders uncovered the idea that turned them into a millionaire… and exactly what that felt like.
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- See exactly how $1M businesses grew… never waste months on the wrong marketing channel.
- Surround yourself with success... soak up the knowledge and learnings of the most successful founders in the world.
case study
$175K
/month
How I Make $2M/Year As A Solopreneur
Justin
breaks down:
Setting up a one person business
Creating a scalable content machine
case study
$12M
/month
How I Started A $144M Brand At 23 Years Old
Dylan
breaks down:
Validating a product with FB ads
Finding a supplier that can scale
case study
$4K
/month
How My Product Hunt Launch Generated $5.8K
Luc
breaks down:
Launching on Product Hunt
Creating a profitable newsletter
case study
$35K
/month
How I Built A $420K/Year Productized Service
Jaclyn
breaks down:
Setting up a productized service
Landing first client with cold email
Over
4,233
more case studies like these...
What if you could surround yourself with founders who have
already been there?
Building a business is lonely. And it’s easy to feel stuck.
>
"How do I take the first step?"
>
"How do I know I'm working on the
right
thing?"
>
"How do I know I'm making the
right
progress every day?"
Finally, a place where you can ask these questions confidentially, get advice, and see exactly how successful founders did it before you.
You’re no longer building alone, because you have thousands of founders who are telling you to keep going.
Hope
$18M/YEAR
Camden
$240K/YEAR
Christina
$402K/YEAR
Dimitri
$2.4M/YEAR
Praveen
$204K/YEAR
Adam
$18M/YEAR
Philip
$1M/YEAR
Tom,
$3.6M/YEAR
Carole
$396K/YEAR
Yuki
$192K/YEAR
Milena
$420K/YEAR
Scott
$2.1M/YEAR
Corey
$516K/YEAR
Gil
$144K/YEAR
John
$360K/YEAR
Pavel
$180K/YEAR
Vladimir
$1.2M/YEAR
Michael
$1.54M/YEAR
Sam
$136K/YEAR
Mark
$1.02M/YEAR
Michael
$180K/YEAR
Lisa
$3M/YEAR
Pavel
$6M/YEAR
Mia
$600K/YEAR
Mike
$240K/YEAR
Will
$6M/YEAR
Michael
$360K/YEAR
Ajay
$5.4M/YEAR
Varun
$276K/YEAR
Amana
$600K/YEAR
Jim
$3.6M/YEAR
Nathan
$3.48M/YEAR
Michael
$3M/YEAR
Diego
$1.44M/YEAR
Asaf
$10M/YEAR
Karan
$816K/YEAR
Janet
$144K/YEAR
Xavier
$3.6M/YEAR
Kyra
$768K/YEAR
Andrew
$1.5M/YEAR
Apaar
$1.44M/YEAR
Charlie
$2.4M/YEAR
Ellen
$960K/YEAR
Chris
$8.4M/YEAR
Usama
$144K/YEAR
Abhishek
$180K/YEAR
Michael
$3M/YEAR
Marti
$480K/YEAR
Nate
$840K/YEAR
Joachim
$600K/YEAR
Loni
$3.3M/YEAR
Arpit
$16M/YEAR
Aziza
$240K/YEAR
Sarah
$1.8M/YEAR
Brandon
$18M/YEAR
Serena
$168K/YEAR
Tom
$2.64M/YEAR
Rob
$480K/YEAR
Mac
$732K/YEAR
charlie
$696K/YEAR
Chris
$1.14M/YEAR
Nishith
$300K/YEAR
Lindzi
$1.3M/YEAR
Evan
$300K/YEAR
Paul
$180K/YEAR
Aaron
$3.78M/YEAR
Alan
$300K/YEAR
Cory
$2.28M/YEAR
Holger
$180K/YEAR
Bradley
$360K/YEAR
Valentin
$150K/YEAR
Amy
$2.5M/YEAR
Kristin
$660K/YEAR
Neeraj
$1M/YEAR
Michael
$4.2M/YEAR
Justin
$720K/YEAR
Rishi
$36M/YEAR
Godson
$168K/YEAR
Chris
$2.7M/YEAR
Craig
$720K/YEAR
Edward
$9M/YEAR
Kervin
$166K/YEAR
Jared
$6M/YEAR
Eddie
$2.4M/YEAR
Jim
$6M/YEAR
Matt
$420K/YEAR
Ritesh
$2.8M/YEAR
Vasily
$1.2M/YEAR
Devjeet
$540K/YEAR
Mark
$8.4M/YEAR
Matt
$36M/YEAR
Will
$1.68M/YEAR
Kevin
$1.2M/YEAR
Fida
$24M/YEAR
Michael
$3.6M/YEAR
Wen
$360K/YEAR
Fabien
$3M/YEAR
Patrick
$12M/YEAR
Yash
$600K/YEAR
Garret
$480K/YEAR
Rob
$12M/YEAR
Evan
$3.3M/YEAR
Melodi
$648K/YEAR
Cédric
$6.6M/YEAR
Alex
$600K/YEAR
Danielle
$4.56M/YEAR
Oleksii
$360K/YEAR
Jessica
$12.2M/YEAR
Jodie
$180K/YEAR
Shane
$1.8M/YEAR
Chris
$5.4M/YEAR
Lianna
$144K/YEAR
Sean
$1.98M/YEAR
Alessandro
$4.2M/YEAR
Jim
$3.6M/YEAR
Miriam
$252K/YEAR
Oliver
$1.02M/YEAR
Dylan
$144M/YEAR
Shannon
$504K/YEAR
Michael
$1.2M/YEAR
Alexi
$1.8M/YEAR
Bill
$22.5M/YEAR
Robert
$3.6M/YEAR
Suresh
$6M/YEAR
Kyle
$6.84M/YEAR
Scott
$300K/YEAR
Catherine
$144K/YEAR
Will
$4.8M/YEAR
John
$1.2M/YEAR
Parker
$4.8M/YEAR
Raj
$19.2M/YEAR
Max
$720K/YEAR
Stefan
$1.2M/YEAR
Jerremy
$1.92M/YEAR
Donald
$6M/YEAR
Tony
$840K/YEAR
Kelsey
$240K/YEAR
Alistair
$210K/YEAR
Koko
$1.2M/YEAR
Paige
$174K/YEAR
Sylvestre
$480K/YEAR
Rachel
$4.8M/YEAR
Tyler
$50.4M/YEAR
Barbara
$480K/YEAR
Adam
$1.2M/YEAR
Alex
$192K/YEAR
Codie
$3M/YEAR
Jae
$500K/YEAR
Cam
$600K/YEAR
Alan
$180K/YEAR
Mark
$1.8M/YEAR
Mike
$6M/YEAR
Alex
$3M/YEAR
Evgenia
$6M/YEAR
Alan
$300K/YEAR
Monika
$1.2M/YEAR
Taime
$480K/YEAR
Jacob
$600K/YEAR
Robert
$480K/YEAR
Brad
$132K/YEAR
Juan
$1.2M/YEAR
Alex
$324K/YEAR
Hilary
$192K/YEAR
Alexander
$1.2M/YEAR
Mark
$300K/YEAR
Jamie
$1.62M/YEAR
Guillaume
$1.2M/YEAR
Kent
$3.6M/YEAR
Steve
$936K/YEAR
Jay
$1.32M/YEAR
Eric
$18M/YEAR
Justin
$3M/YEAR
Pat
$360K/YEAR
Brice
$342K/YEAR
Marko
$1.2M/YEAR
Jonathan
$1.2M/YEAR
Luke
$2.28M/YEAR
Jaime
$4.2M/YEAR
Samuel
$360K/YEAR
Laura
$132K/YEAR
Christian
$1.8M/YEAR
Dave
$12M/YEAR
Raghuraman
$720K/YEAR
Bob
$48M/YEAR
Matt
$9.25M/YEAR
Adam
$2.4M/YEAR
Alex
$840K/YEAR
Srikanth
$9M/YEAR
Gilbert
$1.44M/YEAR
Buford
$600K/YEAR
Carl
$840K/YEAR
Benjamin
$2.4M/YEAR
Ben
$12M/YEAR
Justin
$2.1M/YEAR
Maximilien
$3M/YEAR
Karsten
$660K/YEAR
Dan
$420K/YEAR
David
$1.5M/YEAR
Mr.
$360K/YEAR
Sina
$1.2M/YEAR
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QALO (sold $100M of product)
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Growth In Reverse (33k subs)
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Token
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See exactly how an online business goes from
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The largest database of million dollar online business ideas - all started by ordinary people.
Hope
$18M/YEAR
Camden
$240K/YEAR
Christina
$402K/YEAR
Dimitri
$2.4M/YEAR
Praveen
$204K/YEAR
Adam
$18M/YEAR
Philip
$1M/YEAR
Tom,
$3.6M/YEAR
Carole
$396K/YEAR
Yuki
$192K/YEAR
Milena
$420K/YEAR
Scott
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One day in 2017, I got off my day job and walked to the nearest Starbucks.
I powered up my laptop, and
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I'd been thinking about for years.
^ this was me getting started on a side project that would change my life
I started off at
zero.
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12 months later, I'd launched a side project that eventually
replaced my full time job income.
I couldn't believe it... In my eyes, I'd made it!
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I've since turned that side project into a million dollar business that's impacted over 100M people.
I genuinely look forward to Mondays - I get to wake up every day and do what I love.
I get messages every day from people saying my work changed their lives.
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I know, it's
absolutely insane.
I think it’s fair to say that this side project completely changed my life.
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Luc
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case study
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Jaclyn
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>
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>
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$180K/YEAR
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Marti
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Nate
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Loni
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Arpit
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Aziza
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Sarah
$1.8M/YEAR
Brandon
$18M/YEAR
Serena
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Tom
$2.64M/YEAR
Rob
$480K/YEAR
Mac
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charlie
$696K/YEAR
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Raj
$19.2M/YEAR
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Kelsey
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Alistair
$210K/YEAR
Koko
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Paige
$174K/YEAR
Sylvestre
$480K/YEAR
Rachel
$4.8M/YEAR
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$50.4M/YEAR
Barbara
$480K/YEAR
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$1.2M/YEAR
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$192K/YEAR
Codie
$3M/YEAR
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$500K/YEAR
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$600K/YEAR
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$180K/YEAR
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$1.8M/YEAR
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$3M/YEAR
Evgenia
$6M/YEAR
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Taime
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Jacob
$600K/YEAR
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$1.32M/YEAR
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$18M/YEAR
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$3M/YEAR
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