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Starter Story

by Pat Walls

Want to know how real people build real businesses? That's what we do at Starter Story. Every episode, we sit down with founders who've actually done it. They share the real numbers, the real mistakes, and the strategies that actually moved the needle. We've talked to thousands of entrepreneurs – app builders, bootstrapped SaaS founders, agency owners, and everything in between. If someone is building something interesting, we want to know how. New episodes weekly. Hit subscribe.

Latest episodes

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I built this website in 8 hours with Claude. Now it makes $40K/month

Frank had never built software in his life. Until one weekend, he got a crazy idea and decided to just build it with Claude. Today, the app he built in just a few hours

Sep 27
16 min

This Simple Widget Makes $50K/Month

Tom built a tiny widget that solves one painful problem. He launched it about 1 year ago, and today it makes $55K per month – 100% bootstrapped. This video is the story o

Sep 20
13 min

How I Work: $140K/Month App Developer

Jay built nomadtable, a mobile app that makes $140K/month. Before that he was a software engineer, until one trip changed his life forever. This episode is a day in the l

Sep 16
8 min

This app replaced my 9-5 ($155K/year)

Ken spent nearly his entire career in big tech before to build a mobile app. In his first year since he launched, he hit his $10K/month goal, and grew the game to $155K i

Sep 13
14 min

How I Built This $160K/Month Gym App

Mauro built a gym app that last month made $160,000. What sets him apart is not the product or marketing... but his app development approach. He treats the product like a

Sep 9
17 min

I make $25K/month from one simple website

Meet Roman. He built Career Hound, a simple job board website that makes around $25K/month. It's a saturated idea, but the reason he's successful is NOT about the product

Sep 6
14 min

I was stuck at $100 for 2 years until I made one change. Now my app makes $10K/month

Piotr built Visualizee, an AI rendering tool that lets architects and designers generate realistic home renders in seconds. This might sound like a success story... but P

Sep 2
13 min

The Insanely Obvious Secret Behind This $69K/Month SaaS

Gaurav built Fastlane, a marketing SaaS for indie developers. He’s grown it to $1M ARR and thousands of users, but the real story is about what he did to build it. In a f

Aug 30
17 min

I make $32K/month from 3 simple, boring websites

Rashid built three simple websites that make over $32,000 per month. But what's actually interesting is that he built essentially three identical websites. They all solve

Aug 23
14 min

He built 100 apps and made $0. Can he fix it in 30 days?

Meet Gaurabh. He built almost 100 apps in 60 days. But... he had a problem. Despite shipping all these projects, he has made exactly ZERO dollars. What happened? What was

Aug 22
14 min

How I Work: $22K/Month Solopreneur

Rob builds apps, travels the world, and is an inspiration to all indie builders in the game. Over the past few years, he has been documenting his journey of building a $2

Aug 20
9 min

I Spent 24 Hours With iOS Millionaires

I traveled to New York to spend 24 hours with the guys who built and sold Cal AI for millions. The video answers one main question: now that AI lets anyone build an app,

Aug 16
13 min

I Copied A Huge App. Now I Make $80K/Month

Tomer took one of the most successful apps in the world and built it for his local market. Today, just 12 months after launching, he's already doing over $80K/month. Th

Aug 9
13 min

How I Work: $40K/Month Solopreneur

Over the past few years, Jack Friks has completely changed his life through bootstrapping and building apps on the internet. In this video, we do a deep into how he works

Aug 2
10 min

$18K/Month From This Ridiculously Simple App Idea

Ryan is a former product designer who quit his job to finally build his own app. With the help of AI coding tools, the first app he ever built hit $18K/month. But here'

Jul 26
15 min

This Stupidly Simple App Makes $100K/Month

Michael built one of the most unbelievable app ideas I've ever seen. And today he makes over $100K per month. But the real story is the IDEA. What's the secret? How does

Jul 19
17 min

Should I Quit My Job At Meta For My $30K/Month SaaS?

I traveled to Los Angeles to meet a guy who built a $30K/month golf app while he had a full-time job at a big tech company. But now he's facing a big decision: should he

Jul 15
15 min

She Built This $300K/Month App in 60 Days

Sarah turned a simple idea into an app called Stella. In JUST 2 months she hit $340K/Month. But... there’s a bigger story here: building apps is getting easier and easier

Jul 12
16 min

This Insanely Simple App Makes $50K/Month

Jake Glacer built one of the simplest apps I've ever seen. You almost can't believe it makes any money. But Jake found a viral idea, started marketing from the very begin

Jul 5
19 min

How I Work: $10M/Year Serial Entrepreneur

Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur who makes over $10M/year from his companies. Everyone who follows him wonders the same thing: how does he get so much done? This is a da

Jul 1
11 min

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