Episodes
Four years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
26 episodes in 2025
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20m How I Used Twitter to Hit $10K/Month
Solo developer Rob Hallam explains how he scaled his SaaS tool, SuperX, to over $13,000 in monthly recurring revenue by mastering the art of building in public on X. Through transparent reve…
7 statements 4 featured
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20m How I grew my mobile app to $17K per month
Eighteen-year-old founder George Lampropoulos shares how he leveraged AI vibe coding tools and a targeted micro-influencer marketing playbook to build and scale Wrestle AI to $17,000 in mont…
16 statements 7 featured
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18m I Built 4 SaaS Apps to $100K MRR: Here's My Exact Playbook
Serial entrepreneur Thibault breaks down his repeatable 12-step playbook for scaling multiple SaaS applications to over $100K MRR. He explains how rapid prototyping, daily user dialogue, con…
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16m How I Built It: $30K/month Micro-SaaS (Subscribr Breakdown)
In this Starter Story interview, software entrepreneur Gil explains how he built Subscribr, an AI scriptwriting micro-SaaS generating over $30,000 per month in recurring revenue. He shares h…
10 statements 4 featured
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15m How I Built It: $400K/Month Mobile App (Gravl)
Software engineer Julian breaks down how he built and scaled Gravl, an AI-powered workout app generating over $440,000 monthly, through smart competitor reverse-engineering, viral Reddit val…
16 statements 5 featured
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16m I flipped 4 apps and made $500,000
In this Starter Story interview, entrepreneur Lotz details his repeatable framework for building lightweight consumer mobile apps, scaling them to $10,000-$20,000 in monthly recurring revenu…
15 statements 4 featured
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23m The $1M Mobile App Playbook
Bootstrap founder Steven shares his complete three-step playbook for researching market demand, generating millions of organic video views, and running profitable paid ads to scale and exit …
14 statements 5 featured
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15m I Quit YouTube & Built a $1M App (Without My Audience)
In this Starter Story interview, former prominent YouTuber Sebastian Georgiou explains how he walked away from nearly one million subscribers to bootstrap a software company in private, scal…
6 statements 3 featured
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15m How I Made $65K in 3 Days
In this Starter Story interview, Supergrow co-founder Devin shares how he bootstrapped a LinkedIn personal branding tool, generated $65,000 in three days via a lifetime deal launch, and conv…
16 statements 7 featured
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15m This app made over $1M
In this Starter Story interview, non-technical founder Anya explains how she transformed her personal experience with panic attacks into Rooted, an anxiety-relief app with over four million …
8 statements 3 featured 1 assessments
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15m How I Built It: $9K/Month Micro-SaaS
In this Starter Story interview, independent software developer Leandro breaks down how he built Sync to Sheets, a single-feature micro-SaaS generating $9,000 per month. He shares actionable…
9 statements 4 featured
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24m How to Use AI to Find a $1M Idea [Reddit, Claude]
Pat Walls and growth marketer Steph France demonstrate the 'Gold Mining Framework,' a systematic AI workflow that transforms raw consumer pain points from Reddit into validated startup ideas…
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18m I Make $250K/Month From 20 Apps
In this interview, serial entrepreneur John Rush breaks down how he left venture-backed startups to build a 26-app bootstrapped portfolio generating $250,000 per month and $3 million in ARR.…
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18m From Zero to $42K/Month in 90 Days with AI
In this Starter Story interview, entrepreneur CJ details how he built and scaled his AI documentation platform, CodeGuide, from zero to $42,000 in monthly recurring revenue in just 90 days. …
12 statements 3 featured 1 assessments 1 contradicted
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15m I Got Rejected From YC, Then Built a $200M Startup
This Starter Story episode chronicles how Saba Keynejad bootstrapped Veed.io into a $40M+ ARR video editing powerhouse through extreme frugality, brute-force SEO, and turning a critical Y Co…
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17m My Coding Game Makes $1M Per Month
Starter Story host Pat Walls interviews Lane Wagoner, founder of boot.dev, who reveals how he bootstrapped an interactive backend developer education platform into a $5.7 million per year bu…
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20m I Spent 24 Hours With Roblox Millionaires
Host Pat Walls travels to Austin, Texas, to investigate whether young Roblox developers and agency founders are genuinely building million-dollar businesses, documenting their revenue dashbo…
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18m My Apps Make $4.5M/Year With $0 Marketing
In this Starter Story interview, entrepreneur Erikas explains how he scaled a portfolio of Shopify applications to $4.5 million in ARR with zero marketing spend by leveraging superior UX des…
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17m I Make $60K/Month with 4 Apps
In this interview, indie founder Jure explains how he built four profitable online businesses generating $60,000 per month by combining two-week rapid MVP development with viral organic shor…
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17m I Locked Myself In A Room, Made 17 Apps, & Sold 2 for $265,000
Indie hacker Nico shares his journey of self-teaching programming in two months, building 17 applications in a year, and successfully exiting two micro-SaaS products for $265,000 using lean …
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19m I Built a $10K/Month App from My Mom’s Basement
In this Starter Story interview, solopreneur Jack Fricks explains how he built two software applications generating $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue from his mother's basement. He detail…
17 statements 5 featured 1 assessments
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28m The $10M AI SaaS Playbook
Jenni AI founder David Park breaks down the exact organic short-form video playbook he used to scale his AI SaaS to $10 million in ARR without paid advertising. He provides an actionable gui…
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21m I Quit My Job & Accidentally Built A $10M Business
In this Starter Story interview, entrepreneur Ian Myers explains how he bootstrapped Oceans, an offshore talent agency, into a $10M+ annual revenue business in three years using a zero-dolla…
8 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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18m The Underdog: From $200K in Debt to $1M App Maker
This video chronicles the entrepreneurial journey of solo software developer Adam Lytle, who overcame severe burnout and $200,000 in crippling debt by building a profitable portfolio of recu…
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16m The Underdog: From Life Changing Accident to $100M/Year
This Starter Story feature chronicles how entrepreneur Ryan Chen rebounded from a paralyzing spinal cord injury at nineteen to co-found Neuro, bootstrapping a functional nootropic gum compan…
10 statements 3 featured 4 assessments
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15m How I Built It: $20K/Month AI App as a Non-Technical Founder
In this interview hosted by Starter Story's Pat Walls, entrepreneur Colin McIntosh explains how he launched sheetsresume.com—an AI-powered resume builder generating $20,000 monthly in side-p…
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