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Founder's Insights on Scaling a B2B API Fintech Product
FinancesGermany
Andrey Korchak
December 7, 2023
Founder's Journey to Revolutionize the Travel Industry
TravelUnited States
Ivan Saprov
November 17, 2023
How Crypto Hype Misled A Startup From Solving Real Problems
FinancesSpainNo Market Need$0-$10k/mo
Dennis Ramírez Bernal
October 18, 2023
An Agency Founder's Journey from $24K MRR to Zero
ServicesUnited StatesLack of Focus$10k-$25k/mo
Mat Sherman
September 12, 2023
Spending $95K to Build a Product With No Demand
EntertainmentUnited StatesNo Market Need$0-$10k/mo
Jonny Boyarsky
September 12, 2023
The Danger of Fake It 'Til You Make It
e-CommerceUnited StatesOther
Drew Chapin
May 8, 2023
Lost in the Idea Maze After Joining YC & Raising $462,000
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Rob Picard
February 7, 2023
Building a Nutrition B2B SaaS That No One Demanded
HealthUnited StatesBad Market Fit$0-$10k/mo
Alex Hu
January 31, 2023
Going From University Professor to Agency Founder
ServicesUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Ziad Foty
January 24, 2023
Spending $477,924 on Building & Growing a Finance Blog
FinancesRomania$0-$10k/mo
Ionut Neagu
October 30, 2022
Bootstrapping a Twitter-Related SaaS to $41K/Mo
Social MediaFrance$25k-$100k/mo
Tom Jacquesson
May 28, 2022
Building India’s Leading Social Commerce Platform
e-CommerceIndia
Neha Suyal
May 24, 2022
Growing a Digital Product Business to $10K/Mo
e-CommerceGermany$10k-$25k/mo
Maximilian Fleitmann
May 5, 2022
A Female Founder’s Reflections of Shutting Down an Education NPO
EducationUnited StatesOther
Becky Lebret
March 17, 2022
Building a Collaborative Branding Platform and Serving Unicorn Startup Brands
DesignLatvia
Janis Verzemnieks
January 26, 2022
Building & Selling a SaaS for +$1M in 8 Months
MarketingSingapore$10k-$25k/mo
Danny Postma
January 18, 2022
Making $24k in MRR by Building a Second Brain for Teams
ProductivityRemote$10k-$25k/mo
Michael Dubakov
January 11, 2022
Disturbing Virtual Office Status Quo with +200k Collaborative Hours Hosted
ProductivityRemote
Arkadiy Baltser
January 11, 2022
Helping 3,000+ Businesses Talk to Their Customers with a No-Code Chat Marketing Tool
MarketingIndia
Mitul Makadia
January 4, 2022
Growing an All-In-One No-Code Tool After Raising $1.5M
Software & HardwareUnited States
Mark Magnuson
December 21, 2021
Growing the Fastest Calendar SaaS to Thousands of Users
ProductivityRemote
John Li
December 21, 2021
Growing a Photobooth Startup to Six Figures per Month
ServicesUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Brandon Wong
December 14, 2021
Growing a Form Builder to +100 Customers in 8 Months
Software & HardwareDenmark$0-$10k/mo
Peter Suhm
December 14, 2021
How a Non-Technical SaaS Founder Built a $1.5M ARR Business Working From 30+ Countries
Software & HardwareRemote$100k-$500k/mo
Amar Ghose
December 7, 2021
Bootstrapping a Ruby on Rails Educational Platform to $60k MRR
EducationUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Chris Oliver
November 30, 2021
Bootstrapping a User Feedback SaaS to $20,000 MRR in 3 Years
Software & HardwareNetherlands$10k-$25k/mo
Mike Slaats
November 30, 2021
Growing a B2B Productivity Chrome Extension 20x Year-on-Year
ProductivityAustralia
Nick Nikolaiev
November 23, 2021
Shutting Down a VC-Backed Startup to Build an $11k/mo Bootstrapped Business
ProductivityUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Will Goto
November 16, 2021
Bootstrapping a Freemium No-Code Form Builder to $6k MRR
Software & HardwareBelgium$0-$10k/mo
Marie Martens
November 9, 2021
Building the Bootstrapped SaaS Founder Ecosystem Since 2011
EducationUnited States
Rob Walling
November 2, 2021
Failing at a Humanitarian Moonshot Aimed to Help Syrian People
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Business Model
Mark D. Jacobsen
November 2, 2021
Raising $2.6M to Build an AI-Powered Music Stock
MusicUnited States
Alexey Kochetkov
October 26, 2021
Reaching $6k in MRR Providing Cold Emails as a Service
MarketingRemote$0-$10k/mo
Laura van den Herrewegen
October 26, 2021
Bootstrapping a Startup Agency to 40 Employees
ServicesUnited States
Andrew Verboncouer
October 19, 2021
Being Early in the Market & Raising $8M as an AI-Generated Content SaaS
MarketingUnited States
Jeff Coyle
October 19, 2021
Building the New Auto Insurance in Mexico to +10k Subscribers
ServicesMexico
Cristina Carvallo
October 12, 2021
Helping College Athletes Connect with Brands for Sponsorship
EntertainmentUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Tyler Shooshani
October 12, 2021
Bootstrapping a Server Backup Company to Five Figures per Month
Software & HardwareUnited Kingdom$10k-$25k/mo
Simon Bennett
October 5, 2021
Building a Free Photo Editor and Making $100k/mo as a Solo Founder
DesignCzech Republic$100k-$500k/mo
Ivan Kutskir
September 28, 2021
Raising +$1M and Failing to Build a Wellness Mobile Interface
HealthUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Andrew Murray
September 21, 2021
Raising $3M to Build and Grow a Platform for Device Protection
ServicesUnited States
Jared Brier and Eric Schneider
September 14, 2021
Making $15k/mo Helping Brands Understand Customer Reviews
Software & HardwareRomania$10k-$25k/mo
Adrian Balcan
September 7, 2021
Pivoting and Growing a Remote Client Portal SaaS for Agencies
Software & HardwareRemote
Robin Vander Heyden
September 7, 2021
Pre-Selling a Programming Course and Making $550k in Revenue
EducationCanada$25k-$100k/mo
Josh Comeau
August 31, 2021
Making +$15k/mo Helping Businesses Sell More on Amazon
Software & HardwareUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Akhil Suresh
August 31, 2021
+$20M/mo Selling Health Products to Help People Feel Better
HealthUnited States+$500k/mo
David Schmidt
August 24, 2021
Seven Figures a Month Selling Cleaning and Sanitizing Products
e-CommerceUnited States+$500k/mo
Jeff Stripp
August 24, 2021
Growing an Employee Scheduling Tool to Five-Figures a Month
Software & HardwareGermany$10k-$25k/mo
Tadeus Gregorian
August 17, 2021
Surviving COVID and Becoming the Digital Experiences Marketplace
Software & HardwareSweden
Andreas Hassellof
August 17, 2021
Growing a Financial Comparison Company to $100k/Month
FinancesRemote$100k-$500k/mo
Johannes Larsson
August 10, 2021
Turning a $300 Investment into a $60M Sunglasses Empire
e-CommerceSpain+$500k/mo
Alejandro Betancourt
August 10, 2021
Growing a B2B Lead Generation Agency to $18k/Mo
MarketingMacedonia$10k-$25k/mo
Dancho Dimkov
August 3, 2021
Making $80k/mo Building the World's First Relaxation Beverage
Food & BeverageUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Sol Broady
August 3, 2021
Growing a SEO Productized Service to $12K in MRR
MarketingRemote$10k-$25k/mo
Julian
July 27, 2021
Failing to Scale an Indian AgriTech Startup with $335k ARR
e-CommerceIndiaBad Management
Tarun Gupta
July 27, 2021
Starting a Running Retreat Business Just Before the Pandemic Hit
HealthUnited States
Jake Tuber
July 20, 2021
Bootstrapping a Side Hustle to $3k MRR with No-Code Tools
EducationScotland$10k-$25k/mo
Joshua Tiernan
July 20, 2021
Making $17k/mo While Helping People Get Better at Coding
EducationUnited Kingdom$10k-$25k/mo
Matt Studdert
July 13, 2021
How to Avoid Creative Burnout and Build a +$1k MRR Business
ProductivityArgentina$0-$10k/mo
Fernando Pessagno
July 13, 2021
How Flexiple Reached $1M ARR in 4 Years and $2M in 4 Months
Software & HardwareIndia$100k-$500k/mo
Karthik Sridharan
July 6, 2021
How to Make Six Figures a Year Playing Golf and Drinking Cocktails
EducationUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Sean Ogle
July 6, 2021
Growing a Self-Improvement Blog to $25k/Mo
EducationUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Ed Latimore
June 29, 2021
Failing to Sell a GovTech Product Because of No Market Need
Software & HardwareRussiaNo Market Need
Stepa Mitaki
June 29, 2021
How Pandemic Panic Led to a $10K Paid Community Launch
EducationGermany$0-$10k/mo
Monica Lent
June 22, 2021
Spending $12K to Build a Product With Poor Market Fit
ProductivityTurkeyBad Market Fit
Ömer Taban
June 22, 2021
Launching a BodyBuilding App Without a Clear Marketing Strategy
HealthUnited KingdomLack of Experience
Jack Ellis
June 15, 2021
Reaching $8k MRR in a Year Selling Software to Real Estate Agents
MarketingUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Molly Wolchansky
June 15, 2021
Raising $300k to Build a Marketplace Without a Focus on Revenue
MarketingUnited StatesBad Business Model
Matthew Anderson
June 8, 2021
Aiming to Build a Design Agency From Scratch to Seven Figures
DesignRemote$25k-$100k/mo
Garik Avetisyan
June 8, 2021
Reaching +200k Monthly Visits as a 10-Year Old Running Blog
HealthUnited States
Jason Fitzgerald
June 1, 2021
Losing €150,000 Building a Community for Young Entrepreneurs
EducationGermanyBad Market Fit
Fabian Tausch
June 1, 2021
From a Failing Referral SaaS to $25k MRR Fully Bootstrapped
MarketingUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Kevin Yun
May 25, 2021
Failing to Build a Profitable Marketplace Using No-Code Tools
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Michael Novotny
May 25, 2021
Building a No-Code Ad Production & Design Tool to $50k in 2 Months
MarketingUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Victoria Duben
May 25, 2021
From Meeting on Tinder to Building a Designers Marketplace
DesignUnited States
Roman Sevastyanov
May 18, 2021
Beating COVID and Growing a Travel-Related Startup
TravelUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Cody Candee
May 18, 2021
Bootstrapping a Swag Empire to Millions in Monthly Revenue
DesignUnited States+$500k/mo
Michael Martocci
May 18, 2021
Raising €250k to Build an HR Platform & Failing to Find Product-Market Fit
Software & HardwareBelgiumNo Market Need
Pierre Tillement
May 11, 2021
Building a Fitness Empire to a Multi Six-Figure Business in 10 Years
HealthUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Joel Runyon
May 11, 2021
From Screwed MVP to an $8k MRR Bootstrapped Startup in 3 Years
EducationSwitzerland$0-$10k/mo
Dominic Monn
May 11, 2021
Scaling an AI Writing Assistant to $90k MRR in 8 Months
Software & HardwareUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Chris Lu
May 4, 2021
From Pivot To Pandemic: How The Kimp Team Launched & Scaled
DesignCanada
Senthu Velnayagam
May 4, 2021
Spending Thousands While Failing to Build a Meal-Planning App
HealthUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Lola Ojabowale
May 4, 2021
How to Burn $55k by Confusing Market Validation with Market Hype
EducationUnited StatesNo Market Need
Wes Wagner
April 27, 2021
Making $10k/Month Building the All-in-One Tool for Freelancers
ServicesIndia$0-$10k/mo
Naman Sarawagi
April 27, 2021
How a Startup Failed due to Being Early in the eBook Market
ProductivityNetherlandsLack of Focus
Marc Köhlbrugge
April 20, 2021
Making $100k/Mo Designing and Building an Active Chair
DesignUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Turner Osler
April 20, 2021
Growing an Online Coworking to €5k/Mo with No-Code Tools
EducationSpain$0-$10k/mo
Bosco Soler
April 20, 2021
Trying to Raise Money Without Building the Product First
Software & HardwareUnited StatesPoor Product
Dane Jensen
April 13, 2021
Acquiring & Growing a Scraping SaaS to $400k/Mo
Software & HardwareUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Zoltán Bettenbuk
April 13, 2021
Building a VRBO Competitor Without a Clear Value Proposition
TravelUnited StatesLack of Experience
Gene Maryushenko
April 13, 2021
How a Machine Learning Developer Started a Cold Email Service Business
MarketingUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Andrew Pierno
April 6, 2021
Improving Streamers Game: Why a Remarketing Tool wasn't well Received by Fans
MarketingBrazilBad Market Fit
Isaac Medeiros
April 6, 2021
A Juicy $3,000 Mistake: Starting with a Product before Market Validation
Food & BeverageThailandNo Market Need
Wit Sumathavanit
March 30, 2021
Growing a Waitlist to 50k Users after Pivoting during COVID
Software & HardwareFrance$0-$10k/mo
Julien Berthomier
March 30, 2021
Building a TikTok Analytics Platform While Losing Motivation to Market the Product
MarketingRussiaLack of Experience
Vladimir Esaulov
March 23, 2021
Creating Video Content for YC Companies and Achieving 1.2 Billion views
Social MediaAustralia
Michael Pirone
March 23, 2021
Building a Product Too Difficult to Use: How Signups Didn't Translate to Active Users
AnalyticsIndonesiaDependence on Others
Andrew Kamphey
March 16, 2021
From AR/VR to Dropshipping: Two Side Projects Affected by Timing and Politics
Software & HardwareBelgiumNo Market Need
Toby Allen
March 16, 2021
Building a Product After Seeing a Market Need: How Salonist Thrived in the Asian Market
Software & HardwareIndia
Neeraj Gupta
March 16, 2021
Turning a Failed Blog into a Multiple Six-Figure Business
EducationUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Biron Clark
March 9, 2021
A Startup Rollercoaster: How Lernin Games Failed to Dominate the Game-Based Learning Industry
EducationSpainBad Business Model
Jordi Miró
March 9, 2021
Starting a Dual-Sided Marketplace: The Struggle to Balance Supply and Demand
EducationHungaryCompetition
Andrew Davison
March 3, 2021
Building a Multi-Million Dollar Company with Zero Industry Experience
HealthAustralia+$500k/mo
Gareth Mahon
March 3, 2021
Transitioning from Desk Job to Building a $60k/mo Cleaning Business
ServicesUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Finn Pegler
February 24, 2021
Building a Business While in High School: A 5-year journey full of learnings
EducationUnited StatesBad Business Model
Duncan Hamra
February 24, 2021
How Focusing on Many Fronts Made a $6k MRR Business Shut Down
EducationUnited KingdomLack of Focus
Ben Tossell
February 17, 2021
Building a Growth Agency that Doubles in Size Every Year
MarketingUnited States
Mostafa ElBermawy
February 17, 2021
Growing a Food Delivery Startup to $10K/mo and Shutting it Down
Food & BeverageUnited StatesLack of Experience
Kevin Wang
December 31, 2020
Building and Growing the Airbnb for Car Maintenance
TransportationNew Zealand
Andy Bowie
December 31, 2020
Bootstrapping a privacy-protection service to $3000 MRR
Software & HardwareFrance$0-$10k/mo
Son NK
December 31, 2020
Raising $5.5M to Build the Community Platform for Creators
Software & HardwareUnited States
Andrew Guttormsen
December 29, 2020
Raising $300K to Build the Lambda School for LATAM
EducationArgentina
Martin Borchardt
December 29, 2020
10 Years into Selling Info Products to Creative People
EducationUnited States
Alex Hillman
December 29, 2020
Launching and Growing a SaaS after 2 Years of Development
Software & HardwareArgentina
Artur Maklyarevsky
December 29, 2020
Growing a Marketplace for Activity Centers to £1M/mo
TravelUnited Kingdom+$500k/mo
Daniel Steele
December 24, 2020
Building and Shutting Down a Startup in an Industry Hit Hard by COVID
HealthArmeniaFailure to Pivot
Margaret Rostamian
December 16, 2020
Bootstrapping a SaaS to $145,000/Year in a Competitive Industry
AnalyticsNetherlands$10k-$25k/mo
François Mommens
December 10, 2020
The Downtrend of Uptrend: A $15,000 failure in timing, branding, and lack of tools
MarketingSingaporeBad Marketing
Maverick Lim
December 3, 2020
How lack of focus meant $400k burnt and InoVVorX’s shut down
Software & HardwareIndiaLack of Funds
Maxim Dsouza
November 19, 2020
Bootstrapping a SaaS to $4k/mo in a competitive market
Software & HardwareRussia$0-$10k/mo
Alexander Isora
November 19, 2020
From $40k/mo to $70k in debt - Why this advertising agency shut down
Social MediaUnited StatesMismanagement of Funds
Derric Haynie
November 11, 2020
Growing a SaaS-Related Paid Newsletter to $8k/mo in 4 Months
Software & HardwareUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Kevin Conti
November 5, 2020
Bootstrapping a privacy-first Google Analytics alternative to $4k/mo
Software & HardwareRemote$0-$10k/mo
Marko Saric
October 26, 2020
Kamua: +$6,000/mo Automating Video Editing
Software & HardwareUnited Kingdom$0-$10k/mo
Paul Robert Cary
October 21, 2020
Turning a Personal Problem into a $100k/mo SaaS
Software & HardwarePakistan$100k-$500k/mo
Usman Butt
October 15, 2020
How we went from $1M raised and 100k users to shut down
Social MediaUnited StatesMismanagement of Funds
Devan Sood
October 15, 2020
From $20k/mo to 0 - How incorrect market focus killed the encrypted Google Doc alternative
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Business Model
Justin Hunter
October 1, 2020
Stronger U: Earning $600k/month teaching proper dieting
Food & BeverageUnited States+$500k/mo
Mike Doehla
October 1, 2020
Habitual’s Biggest Mistake: Underestimating the power of marketing
ProductivityDenmarkBad Marketing
Holger Sindbaek
September 17, 2020
Turning Pain into $5k/mo Revenues: Pathways’ success story
HealthUnited Kingdom$0-$10k/mo
Sandip Sekhon
September 17, 2020
Buttercloth: Quitting a full-time job to start a $6M/year clothing brand
e-CommerceUnited States+$500k/mo
Danh Tran
September 8, 2020
How Depression Killed Thepresence, a Visual Website Builder
Software & HardwareRussiaOther
Miloslav Voloskov
September 8, 2020
How Money Management Killed Adleaf Technologies
EducationIndiaMismanagement of Funds
Chetan Vashistth
September 1, 2020
Turning $8k into a $30k/mo Drug and Alcohol Testing Business
HealthUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Chuck Marting
September 1, 2020
From losing a business partner to shutting down a $20k/mo SaaS
Software & HardwareUnited KingdomLack of Funds
Pablo Fernández
August 26, 2020
Shutting Down a $3,500/mo Business due to Overwhelm and Overwork
EntertainmentUnited StatesLack of Funds
Michael Hawthorne
August 19, 2020
Making a Living by Helping Small Businesses Find Softwares
Software & HardwareUnited States
Carlos Crameri
August 5, 2020
Making $12k/mo & Spending 50k/mo - Behind the Failed “Evernote for Rental”
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Business Model
Steven Glod
July 22, 2020
How this Postcard Marketing Internal Tool became a $54k/mo Co
MarketingUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Jordan Crawford
July 16, 2020
Building a £5,000/mo marketplace for letting agents
Software & HardwareUnited Kingdom$0-$10k/mo
Raj Dosanjh
July 8, 2020
Swoop: Turning a problem into a transportation startup
TransportationUnited States
Amir Ghorbani
July 2, 2020
How COVID-19 Killed this App Side Hustle
HealthUnited StatesDependence on Others
Andrew Laux
June 24, 2020
Turning an internal email tool into a +$8k/mo SaaS
Software & HardwareIndia$0-$10k/mo
Gaurav Sharma
June 18, 2020
Burning $125k building a gaming content site
EntertainmentBulgariaBad Market Fit
Kyril Kotashev
June 10, 2020
Growing a SaaS to $40,000/year while freelancing
FinancesCanada$0-$10k/mo
Jen Yip
June 3, 2020
Building a cloud management PaaS and raising €750K
Software & HardwareRomania$10k-$25k/mo
Alin Dobra
May 27, 2020
Shutting down Cuddli, a dating app for geeks with 100k users
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Business Model
Robert Walker
May 20, 2020
Behind the growth of Tuff, a growth marketing agency
MarketingUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Ellen Jantsch
May 20, 2020
Quitting my job to make $5000/month with side-projects
ProductivityItaly$0-$10k/mo
Fabrizio Rinaldi
May 6, 2020
From side project to raising $450k - Building the remote work future
Software & HardwareUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Luke Thomas
April 22, 2020
101 Studios: My first failed edutainment startup
EducationUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Matt “GundayMonday” Sever
April 1, 2020
How I learned to code in 1 year, launched my SaaS and got my first users
Software & HardwareUnited States
Brian Casel
April 1, 2020
NE Lounge: $16,000 Amazon FBA Learning Lesson
e-CommerceUnited StatesNo Market Need
Jake Lang
March 26, 2020
Wavve: Making $76k a Month Turning Podcasts into Videos
Software & HardwareUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Baird Hall
March 26, 2020
lemlist: Making $1,000,000 a year from a cold email SaaS
Software & HardwareFrance$25k-$100k/mo
Guillaume Moubeche
March 20, 2020
Teamometer: $3k invested, 2 years gone and a HR SaaS no one needed
Software & HardwareBrazilNo Market Need
Sergio Schüler
March 19, 2020
From $2k/Month to Failure - The story of Kaya.gs, the disruptive crowd-funded Go server
EntertainmentArgentinaPoor Product
Gabriel Benmergui
March 12, 2020
Dream Client Academy: Growing A Consulting Firm To $31k/Month At 21 Years Old
MarketingUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Alex Albarran
March 1, 2020
From $0 in 6 months to 1M downloads and $21,000/month - The story of Habitify, the habit tracker app
ProductivityVietnam$10k-$25k/mo
Alan Nguyen
March 1, 2020
$100,000 Burnt and Shut Down: How co-founders relationship killed MotionThink
ProductivityUnited StatesBad Management
Andrew Chen
March 1, 2020
Branch: $400k/mo selling furniture for startups
e-CommerceUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Sib Mahapatra
February 19, 2020
3 years & $50,000 burnt on KOLOS, an iPad racing wheel nobody wanted
Software & HardwareBulgariaNo Market Need
Ivaylo Kalburdzhiev
February 19, 2020
Scalefusion: $400k/month configuring businesses’ devices
Software & HardwareIndia$100k-$500k/mo
Harishanker Kannan
February 12, 2020
Community Coders: Failing to build a profitable business while in University
EducationCanadaBad Management
Kaito Cunningham
January 29, 2020
Price2Spy: The Serbian price monitoring SaaS that makes $155k/month
Software & HardwareSerbia$100k-$500k/mo
Misha Krunic
January 29, 2020
350 clients, $212,000 and 5 employees - The story of the modern chimney company
ServicesUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Mitchell Blackmon
January 14, 2020
From 200k ARR and $20M acquisition offer to 0 – What happened to Yottio, the “Zoom for broadcast TV”?
Software & HardwareUnited StatesLack of Funds
Jon Lawrence
January 14, 2020
Ansaro: How we failed to build a HR-related SaaS after 2 years, $3M raised & a team of 6
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Sam Stone
January 8, 2020
ScrapingBee: From 2 failed startups to $3,000/month in 4 months
Software & HardwareFrance$0-$10k/mo
Pierre de Wulf
January 2, 2020
CROSSNET: From Childhood Friends to +$2M in Sales
e-CommerceUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Chris Meade
December 26, 2019
Swipes: 6 years running a business that lacked product-market fit
ProductivityBulgariaBad Market Fit
Stefan Vladimirov
December 26, 2019
Playdate: From 5k Users to Zombie - The startup that burnt $40k and shut down
Social MediaUnited StatesLack of Funds
Logan Rado
December 20, 2019
Okami Pack: The Never Launched Kickstarter — $44K Lost
e-CommerceUnited StatesLack of Funds
Tim Chard
December 5, 2019
GawkBox: 3 years, $4.4M raised, $1M+ revenue - Lessons from first-time founder
EntertainmentUnited StatesLack of Funds
Christopher Brownridge
November 28, 2019
Waydev: Growing 40%/Month and Disrupting the Dev Analytics Space
AnalyticsRomania
Alex Circei
November 25, 2019
VO2 Sportswear: Making £250k/year but Running out of Cash
e-CommerceUnited KingdomLack of Funds
Matthew Tomkin
November 20, 2019
Sport Draftr: Shutting Down & Losing £45,000 Due to Legislation Changes
EntertainmentUnited KingdomLegal Challenges
Will Laurenson
November 6, 2019
MealSurfers: Exiting a $7K/Month Food Startup
Food & BeverageCanada$0-$10k/mo
Ali Jiwani
November 4, 2019
Tali: Burning Through $750k with Little Return due to Lack of Market Fit
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Matthew Volm
October 11, 2019
Gulp: Lessons learned from burning $15K in college
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Business Model
Jeff Orr
October 10, 2019
Imaginovation: A 100% Organically Bootstrapped Business Making 7 Figures
Software & HardwareUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Michael Georgiou
October 3, 2019
Readership: The Marketing Tool with No Market
AnalyticsUnited StatesNo Market Need
Gregg Blanchard
October 3, 2019
Flexiple: $80K/month connecting startups with developers
Software & HardwareIndia$25k-$100k/mo
Suvansh Bansal
September 26, 2019
Mangools: Bootstrapping a SaaS to +$250K/month on a Competitive Market
Software & HardwareSlovakia$100k-$500k/mo
Peter Hrbacik
September 19, 2019
Helping +10,000 Companies Reduce Customer Queue Time
Software & HardwareSingapore
Rohit Garg
September 10, 2019
Stone: The e-Commerce that mastered word of mouth to $40k/month
e-CommerceUnited Kingdom$25k-$100k/mo
Stefan Johnson
September 5, 2019
Mongoose Cricket: Shutting down after investing +$130K in glitzy marketing
e-CommerceUnited KingdomBad Marketing
Thomas Evans
August 21, 2019
Standuply: Making $80K a month with a problem-solving Slack-first App
Software & HardwareRussia$25k-$100k/mo
Alex Kistenev
August 13, 2019
ClaimCompass: Disrupting the Airline Business and Making $100k/month
TravelBulgaria$100k-$500k/mo
Alexander Sumin
August 7, 2019
JustReachOut: Bootstrapping a PR SaaS up to $360k/year
MarketingUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Dmitry Dragilev
August 1, 2019
140 Canvas: +17,000 visitors, 20 sales - The failed non-validated startup
e-CommerceUnited KingdomNo Market Need
Harry Dry
July 18, 2019
Festivilia: From Failed Startup, to $11 Launch, to $15,000 in Revenue
EntertainmentNigeria$0-$10k/mo
Tobi Ogunwande
July 5, 2019
OneUp: How to bootstrap and be profitable in a VC-funded market
Social MediaUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Davis Baer
June 26, 2019
Singulution: Burning $30,000 & 10 Months - Why you need to start lean
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Hunt Burdick
June 26, 2019
Encharge: $3,950 in Pre-Orders - How to validate a SaaS idea
MarketingBulgaria$0-$10k/mo
Kalo Yankulov
June 20, 2019
Narcine: Building an Electric Vehicle as a Side Project
TransportationBulgaria$0-$10k/mo
Ognyan Bozhilov
June 13, 2019
NOX: From $183,000/year to $0 - How not to deal with competition
e-CommerceSingaporeMismanagement of Funds
Jeremiah Lam
June 13, 2019
GrowthMentor: Bootstrapping a Marketplace for Mentors
EducationGreece$0-$10k/mo
Foti Panagio
June 7, 2019
WedMap: From $100K Jobs to Failed Airbnb for Weddings
Software & HardwareSwitzerlandLack of Funds
Tauras Sinkus
May 31, 2019
Campertunity: Building & Growing the Airbnb of Camping
TravelCanada$0-$10k/mo
Nora Lozano
May 21, 2019
Aura: Bootstrapping a SaaS Tool to $14,160/Month while Studying
Software & HardwareUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Dillon Carter
May 17, 2019
Profitabilly: Shutting Down a Profitable Side-Project
Software & HardwareIndonesiaLack of Focus
Natagon
May 9, 2019
Rankd SEO: How to Build and Validate a Backlink Database in Less than a Month
AnalyticsLatvia$0-$10k/mo
Martins Sulcs
May 1, 2019
Emit: Raising $17,000 for a Productivity-Orientated Smartwatch
e-CommerceUnited Kingdom$0-$10k/mo
Stephen Titus
April 10, 2019
Tailor: Working for 2 Months on a Failed A/B Testing Software
AnalyticsUnited KingdomBad Marketing
Joe D’elia
April 8, 2019
Hubrif: Lost $10K Building the Netflix for African Short Films
EntertainmentNigeriaBad Business Model
Tobi Ogunwande
April 5, 2019
REPitchbook: Building a SaaS Priced at $1,500/Month and Making $0
Software & HardwareCanadaPoor Product
Charlie Reese
March 28, 2019
NerdPilots: Growing an Agency to $25,000/Month While Running 4 other Businesses
DesignUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Kevin Pereira
March 25, 2019
Growth Cave: Bootstrapping a Digital Marketing Agency in College
MarketingUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Lucas Lee-Tyson
March 5, 2019
Genm: Growing a $49/Month Digital Marketing Internships System
EducationCanada$100k-$500k/mo
Moe Abbas
March 1, 2019
10er: Bootstrapping The Danish Patreon to $2,000/month
Software & HardwareDenmark$0-$10k/mo
Mikkel Malmberg
February 21, 2019
40 Aprons: Failures Behind Growing a Food Blog by 4,000%
Food & BeverageUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Cheryl Malik
February 21, 2019
Beardbrand: Bootstrapped e-Commerce Making $100,000/Month
e-CommerceUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Eric Bandholz
February 21, 2019
Browserless: Making $4,000/month With the Chrome-As-A-Service
Software & HardwareUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Joel Griffith
February 21, 2019
Bugfender: Scaling an Internal Remote Logger to €9,000/Month
Software & HardwareSpain$10k-$25k/mo
Jordi Giménez
February 21, 2019
Canary: Quitting a $130,000 Job to Build an App for Musicians
MusicUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Nick O'Hara
February 21, 2019
Combat Flip Flops: Leaving the Army & Starting a +$350K/month eCommerce
e-CommerceUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Matthew Griffin
February 21, 2019
Content Snare: Leaving His Job to Build a +$5,000/Month SaaS
Software & HardwareAustralia$0-$10k/mo
James Rose
February 21, 2019
Dick At Your Door: Making $25k/month Selling Chocolate Dicks
e-CommerceUnited States$10k-$25k/mo
Adam Elliot
February 21, 2019
Gadget Flow: Building a Site in 24 Hours and Growing it to +$2M/Year
Software & HardwareUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Evan Varsamis
February 21, 2019
Hubstaff: Growing a Time Tracking Software to $316,000/Month
ProductivityUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Dave Nevogt
February 21, 2019
Hyperstarter: Making $6,000/Month Profit From Crowdfunding Business
MarketingUnited Kingdom$0-$10k/mo
Giles Dawe
February 21, 2019
IWantThatFlight: Turning a Script into a +$110,000/Month Site
TravelAustralia$100k-$500k/mo
Garth Adams
February 21, 2019
Joker Greeting: Making $30,000/Month Selling Prank Cards
e-CommerceUnited States$25k-$100k/mo
Travis Peterson
February 21, 2019
LeadsBridge: Bootstrapping a $150,000/Month Lead Generation Business
Software & HardwareItaly$100k-$500k/mo
Stefan Des
February 21, 2019
Lets Reach Success: How Lidiya Built a Personal Development Blog Earning $2,000/Month
EducationNetherlands$0-$10k/mo
Lidiya K
February 21, 2019
LiveAgent: Making +$250K in MRR with a Spin-Off Project
Software & HardwareSlovakia$100k-$500k/mo
David Cacik
February 21, 2019
Matboard and More: Digitizing a Startup & Making $170,000/Month
e-CommerceUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Mehdi Kajbaf
February 21, 2019
MetricSpot: Bootstrapping a $3,000/Month Site Working Remotely
Software & HardwareSpain$0-$10k/mo
Angel Diaz
February 21, 2019
ONAK: Raising €235,000 for Foldable Origami Canoes
e-CommerceBelgium
Thomas Weyn
February 21, 2019
One Hour Professor: How Ron Makes $10K/Month With 6 Different Websites
EducationUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Ron Stefanski
February 21, 2019
Pagestead: Bootstrapped Site Builder Making $7,000/Month
Software & HardwareThailand$0-$10k/mo
Mattijs Naus
February 21, 2019
Park.io: Making $125,000/Month Selling Hacker TLDs
Software & HardwareUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Mike Carson
February 21, 2019
PEAR Cards: Raising $19,000 With a Card-Based Tool
ProductivityUnited States
Matthew Roberts
February 21, 2019
Posture Keeper: Creating a Business to Solve My Back Pain
e-CommerceUnited States
Shirley Tan
February 21, 2019
Pull Reminders: Bootstrapping a Side Project into GitHub Marketplace
Software & HardwareUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Abi Noda
February 21, 2019
Puppet Pelts: Mistakes Behind $9,000/Month Selling Puppet Skins
e-CommerceUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Laurie Nickerson
February 21, 2019
Rayna Tours: Bootstrapping a Travel Marketplace in 10 Years
TravelDubai$100k-$500k/mo
Manoj Tulsani
February 21, 2019
Reroute Lifestyle: Find Niche, Create Content, Build Community
TravelUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Krista Aoki
February 21, 2019
Scream Pretty: Doubling Jewelry e-Commerce Sales With Instagram Influencers
e-CommerceUnited Kingdom
Lucy Lee
February 21, 2019
Seomator: Growing a SaaS to $4k/month in a Highly Competitive Market
Software & HardwareUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Nick Sawinyh
February 21, 2019
SPUDS: Graduating and Raising $15,000 for a New Clothing Brand
e-CommerceUnited States$0-$10k/mo
Paul Dickey
February 21, 2019
Trackin: Solo Founding a +$167,000/Month Food Startup
Food & BeverageUnited States$100k-$500k/mo
Bruno Didier
February 21, 2019
Urban Masterclass: Making $10,296 Teaching How to Make and Sell Music
MusicNetherlands$0-$10k/mo
Chris Schwartze
February 21, 2019
Lieferoo: Failing to Become the Next Uber for Awkward Items
TransportationGermanyBad Marketing
Aazar Shad
February 2, 2019
Tandem: Failing to Build an App in the Digital Health Industry
HealthUnited StatesNo Market Need
Will Sun
February 2, 2019
Twitch Highlights: How Tzelon Failed to Build a SaaS for Twitch Streamers
EntertainmentIsraelBad Marketing
Tzelon Machluf
February 2, 2019
WantRemoteJob: Burning $6K Building a Failed Job Board
Software & HardwareLatviaBad Market Fit
Vyacheslav Grzhybovsky
February 2, 2019
Jobridge: How to Lose $20,000 Building an Offline-Online Job Board
Software & HardwareIndiaBad Business Model
Jasmeet Singh
January 15, 2019
Haptly: Failing to Build the Technical Product after 10 Months
Software & HardwareNew ZealandLack of Experience
Nelson Shaw
December 18, 2018
Chowdy: Shutting Down a +$110,000/Month Food Startup
Food & BeverageCanadaLegal Challenges
Steven Long
October 26, 2018
Zor Technology: 16 Years Old Boy Fails to Build an Import Business
Software & HardwareAustraliaLegal Challenges
Mathew Carpenter
October 18, 2018
The Punjab Kitchen: Failing to Overcome Competitors Prices
Food & BeverageIndiaCompetition
Amit Gogia
August 31, 2018
Taleship: Shut Down +600 Users Startup due to Hurricane Maria
Social MediaPuerto RicoLack of Focus
Sergio Mattei Diaz
August 14, 2018
Eventloot: Failing to Listen Feedback Means $20,000 Loss
Software & HardwareUnited StatesNo Market Need
Justin Anyanwu
July 19, 2018
Hashtag Pirate: Shutting Down After Instagram API Change
Social MediaSpainDependence on Others
Nicolas Elec Attallah
July 13, 2018
Muun: Co-Working SaaS Killed by Big Competitors
Software & HardwareNetherlandsBad Marketing
Eelco
June 24, 2018
Phez: Losing $29,014 Creating the Bitcoin-Rewarding Reddit
Social MediaUnited StatesBad Business Model
Shanti Braford
June 24, 2018
Fantastic House Buyers: Shutting Down My PropTech Business
ServicesUnited KingdomNo Market Need
Alan Murray
May 21, 2018
WURA: Burning $250,000 Building the Nollywood Netflix
EntertainmentUnited StatesLack of Funds
Michael Ojo
April 29, 2018
Bediwin Information Services: Shutting Down my IT Support Company
Software & HardwareUnited KingdomBad Business Model
James Cort
April 28, 2018
Ink: Burning $16,000 in an Online Tool for Designers
Software & HardwareUnited StatesLack of Focus
Andrew Askins
April 28, 2018
ExploreVR: Losing $6,000 Building the TripAdvisor for VR
Software & HardwareUnited StatesLack of Experience
Andrey Norin
April 27, 2018
Autto.in: Burning $15,000 in Customer Acquisition
TransportationIndiaLack of Funds
Deepak Murthy
April 11, 2018
ABBY: Here’s What Andy Has Learnt
AnalyticsGermanyNo Market Need
Andy Goldschmidt
March 17, 2018
Addressbin: Problems of Being a Technical Solo Founder
Software & HardwareCanadaBad Marketing
Adam Bard
March 17, 2018
AskTina: Failed to Validate the Idea
Software & HardwareUnited KingdomBad Market Fit
Tom Hunt
March 17, 2018
BeehiveID: The $70,000 Startup Killed by Facebook Data
Software & HardwareUnited StatesDependence on Others
Mary Haskett
March 17, 2018
Birdy: No Monetizing Plan = Failure
FinancesUnited StatesLack of Funds
Corey Maass
March 17, 2018
Boston Apartment Hub: Failed to Grow a Side Project
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Jon Sherman
March 17, 2018
Botnim: 2 Co-Founders, 1 Digital Failed Startup
Food & BeverageIsraelBad Market Fit
Shaked Klein Orbach & Gilad Peled
March 17, 2018
Brisk: #1 Error: Being Dependent on Others
Software & HardwareSwedenLack of Focus
Hampus Jakobsson
March 17, 2018
BusyMind: The Startup with No Time
HealthUnited StatesLack of Focus
Kevin Lamping
March 17, 2018
Delite: How and Why it Failed
Software & HardwareUnited StatesNo Market Need
Patrick Walls
March 17, 2018
Eloquis: Losing $20,000 with a Bootstrapped SaaS
Software & HardwareUnited StatesNo Market Need
Rohit Nallapeta
March 17, 2018
Flux: The €85,000 Failed Multi-Messaging Client
Software & HardwareGermanyBad Management
Jan Johannes
March 17, 2018
Gameslog: Overcame Failure and Achieved $30K/Month
EntertainmentGermanyCompetition
Michael Hebenstreit
March 17, 2018
Gymlisted: Coding 8 Months a Thing Nobody Wanted
Software & HardwareCanadaNo Market Need
Tom Zaragoza
March 17, 2018
HitroNaSplet: Time Investment > Revenue = Wrong Direction
Software & HardwareSloveniaLack of Funds
Ales Krivec
March 17, 2018
Hot Barber: $0 in Revenue
Software & HardwareUnited StatesBad Business Model
Julia Enthoven
March 17, 2018
Howell Market: How Bad Partners Killed an e-Commerce
e-CommerceUnited StatesBad Management
Cody Howell
March 17, 2018
KnowNet: How a SWOT Analysis Avoided Failure
EducationUnited StatesCompetition
Rik Ganguly
March 17, 2018
Legaats: Why I Stopped Pursuing My 1st Startup Idea
Social MediaUnited StatesBad Business Model
Deepak Chhugani
March 17, 2018
Lockpick Entertainment: How Overshooting Killed a Gaming Studio
Software & HardwareSwedenCompetition
Jesper Bylund
March 17, 2018
Mishra Motors: Huge Problem, Little Money
TransportationIndiaLack of Funds
Naveen Mishra
March 17, 2018
MotoBox: The Story of 2 Technical Co-Founders
TransportationUnited StatesBad Marketing
Joe Stech
March 17, 2018
Onepagetrip: Monetizing a Startup Is Not That Easy
TravelAustraliaBad Business Model
Ana Santos
March 17, 2018
Phoenix: Failed to Keep It Stupidly Simple
Software & HardwareMexicoNo Market Need
Enrique Benitez
March 17, 2018
QuickHaggle: Failing to Build a Big User Base
Software & HardwarePakistanLack of Funds
Bilal Ahmad
March 17, 2018
Ropero: Starting Big, Failing Bigger
e-CommerceMexicoBad Market Fit
Rafael Soto
March 17, 2018
Sharkius: From $80k/Month To Failure
EntertainmentUnited KingdomBad Marketing
David Kramaley
March 17, 2018
Tandem: My Failed Startup Inspired Success
HealthUnited StatesBad Market Fit
Nick Raushenbush
March 17, 2018
Team Voice: How Not to Bootstrap as a Solo Founder
Software & HardwareCanadaNo Market Need
Kirill Vechtomov
March 17, 2018
The Blogging Manifesto: Loving Your Startup is the Rule
EducationUnited StatesLack of Focus
Ryan Biddulph
March 17, 2018
The Nerd Cave: Losing $100,000 Building a Space for Gamers
EntertainmentAustraliaLack of Funds
David Desi
March 17, 2018
ToyGaroo: Burning $250K Building the Netflix for Toys
e-CommerceUnited StatesBad Business Model
Phil Smy
March 17, 2018
Vivalatina: From Failure to Product-Market Fit Selling Online Jewelry
e-CommerceMexicoBad Marketing
Nicolas Tranchant
March 17, 2018
Waterproof Digital Camera: From $250/Month to Failure
Software & HardwareSloveniaBad Marketing
Primoz Cigler
March 17, 2018
WorldOs: A Product Nobody Cared About
Software & HardwareUnited StatesNo Market Need
Lucas Gonze
March 17, 2018
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