Solo founder portfolio building
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- Marc Lou open-sources MailCheap at $0.10 per 1,000 emails
The Beehiiv replacement he built in a few prompts is now public, and the pitch is a shot at per-subscriber pricing.
- Jack Ellis says he vibe-coded an X clone for $300 in tokens
One line, one number, and a screenshot. Everything that makes a social product hard is still missing.
- Pigford says his SEO service hit nearly $400K ARR in 10 days
One offer post, open DMs, and a price that has moved twice before the landing page exists.
- Tibo fixed a week of X envy with one customer interview
The same feature that got a shrug on the timeline blew away a paying customer.
- Pigford says every sale so far has come through Twitter
One week of selling, no public product, no launch page, and the whole channel is DMs.
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- Marc Lou says he made $217,071 in September, solo
Seventeen products, a 90% margin, and two of them carrying almost everything.
- Arvid Kahl sells Podscan to AudioHook, a customer
The buyer was already powering part of its platform with Podscan, and Kahl is staying on to lead the product.
- Marc Lou says he passed $5M net worth at 33
Two other solo founders posted their own numbers the same week, and the shape of all three is the same.
- Marc Lou builds revenue-gated chats that unlock as you earn
Entry is verified revenue, and the groups open up as your last 30 days of income grows.
- Tibo says a product flat at $2k MRR for six months hit $15k
Six months of nothing, then one month of what he calls insane growth, from a founder who says he does $1m a month across his products.
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