The Snippet is about Solopreneurship for software developers. Each week, I share 3 inspiring stories about solopreneurs, their business, monetization, and distribution.
He made $123,000 with a Next.js SaaS Boilerplate
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Coming up with the right SaaS ideas and marketing your SaaS can be challenging, but if you learn from those who have done it before, you will increase your chances of getting paying users quickly. Here are three solopreneurs who found a painful idea, solved it, and got happy paying users. Marc LouMarc Lou makes $123,000 per month with a Next.js SaaS boilerplate. Marc Lou is shipping startups like a madman. He has built over 20 startups in the last 3 years. 7 of them have made money, and 1 pays much more than the bills. His most successful Startup is ShipFast: A Next.js SaaS boilerplate that helps other developers to ship startups quickly. Shipfast makes $123,000 per month (June 2024). Marc is very good at marketing and distribution and there is a lot to learn from him and his strategies. He markets Shipfast on Twitter actively and passively by sharing the features he has added, the revenue it has made, etc. He has more than 106K followers on Twitter. Florin PopFlorin Pop made $27,031 in 4 months with iCodeThis, a platform used by more than 30,000 developers to improve their coding skills. In 2019, Florin quit his full-time job as a software engineer at SoftVision to focus on his blog and side hustles. He launched iCodeThis in early 2023 to help developers to improve their coding skills in a fun and practical way. Florin has about 138,600 followers on Twitter and 170,000 subscribers on YouTube, he actively and passively talks about iCodeThis on these platforms by sharing new features, challenges, revenue, etc. This has led to more exposure and growth to his platform. Justin WelshJustin Welsh is not a software developer, but there is a lot to learn from him. He is one of the biggest names in the solopreneurship space and his content business has been hugely successful. Justin Welsh Made $2.317 Million in 2023 from his one-person content business at a staggering 90% profit margin. Justin has multiple income streams, but he makes the majority of his money from digital course sales. He has three courses, the LinkedIn Operating System, The Content Operating System, and The Creator MBA. His other sources of income include Coaching, Newsletter Sponsorships (with 195,000 subscribers), Affiliates, and subscriptions. Justin gets most of his customers on social media (LinkedIn and Twitter). He has built a large following on these platforms by sharing valuable and actionable insights about solopreneurship. That’s it for this week, you can learn more about solopreneurship for developers at Arkiana.com Until next time May the odds ever be in your favor. |
The Snippets
The Snippet is about Solopreneurship for software developers. Each week, I share 3 inspiring stories about solopreneurs, their business, monetization, and distribution.
I launched my app Semaj AI on Sunday 9th of June 2024, I did not have any expectations for it, I just wanted to learn how to launch on Product Hunt and get some feedback. I shared my launch on LinkedIn and Twitter, I received some support and feedback for which I am so grateful. Here are the results from my launch and the lessons I learned. UPVOTES I did not expect to get more than 5 upvotes, not because my app is not good enough, but simply because I am new to the platform (Product Hunt) and...