Founder stories
$10K MRRin 6 months
3 milestones
Couple Makes $60K Helping Solopreneurs with AI Marketing Wrapper
Founder
FT
FounderPal Team
Co-Founders•Technical•USA
Commitment
Side ProjectExperience
First-timeProduct
AI marketing strategy tool for solopreneurs.
Type
SaaSIndustry
AI / MLModel
SubscriptionMarketing Strategy
How FounderPal acquired customers
Primary Channel
Product Hunt
Tech Stack
Tools used to build FounderPal.ai
BubbleOpenAI APIStripe
The Full Story
My co-founder and I built FounderPal.ai, an AI marketing strategy tool for solopreneurs. The initial version only incurred a monthly cost of $150.
No-Code Validation
We built it on Bubble (no-code) to validate quickly without writing code.
Multi-Channel Launch
On launch day, we followed a carefully planned strategy: Product Hunt, targeted email campaign, and Twitter. We hit the Product Hunt homepage.
- Total revenue: $60K
- Monthly costs: $150
- Built with: No-code (Bubble)
Key Takeaways
1
No-code tools like Bubble can get you to revenue faster
2
Keep costs low in the early days - we spent $150/month
3
Multi-channel launch (Product Hunt + Email + Twitter) works
4
Solve a clear problem for solopreneurs who will pay
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Milestone Journey
FounderPal achieved 3 milestones on the path to $10K MRR
First Customer
$50
7 days
June 2023
93% faster
vs avg 3 months+23 days to next milestone
$1K MRR
$1,000
1 month
June 2023
91% faster
vs avg 11 months+5 months to next milestone
$10K MRR
$10,000
6 months
December 2023
72% faster
vs avg 1 year6 months
Total journey time
3
Milestones achieved
FounderPal's Path to $10K MRRPremium
The journey, decisions, and context behind this milestone
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