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The Startup Series is a digital magazine spotlighting real stories from early-stage founders, creators, and innovators. From scrappy beginnings to scaling strategies, we break down how businesses actually get built.

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How Elliot Boucher Edusign Grew Edusign to $6 Million Discover how Elliot Boucher built Edusign from a small student idea into a $6M ARR SaaS.

From making his first euros at twelve to a SaaS platform with millions in revenue, Elliot Boucherโ€™s story shows how early tinkering and a long-term vision paid off.
https://startupseries.io/elliot-boucher-edusign-6m-arr/

13.11.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Simon Squibb's 10 Brutally Honest Ways to Build a $10K a Month Business From using fear and pain as motivation to owning equity and treating customers like gold, these Simon Squibb's lessons to build a business.

Entrepreneur Simon Squibb argues that resourcefulness beats resources. His 10-point blueprint shows you can hit $10k per month without a trust fund.
https://startupseries.io/simon-squibb-10k-business-lessons/

13.11.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Kristin Hanes Built a $20,000 a Month Blog While Sailing The World Kristin Hanes built The Wayward Home into a $20K a month blog after being laid off from radio. Learn how she used SEO, syndication, and digital products to grow a nomadic lifestyle business that now supports full-time travel.

After losing her radio job, Kristin Hanes turned life on a sailboat into a blog earning $20k a month and enabling full-time travel.

https://startupseries.io/how-kristin-hanes-built-a-20000-a-month-blog-while-sailing-the-world/

12.11.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Matt Moss' Birthday Gift Became An App With 50m Users The Locket app lets you share real-time photos with close friends and family directly on their home screens. Learn how founder Matt Moss turned a birthday gift into a viral social app with over 30 million users and $12.5M in funding.

Mattโ€ฏMossโ€™s longโ€‘distance relationship inspired Locket, an app that topped charts and amassed tens of millions of users before monetizing.

https://startupseries.io/how-matt-moss-birthday-gift-became-an-app-with-50m-users/

12.11.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Simon Hamp Built a Mobile App Builder & Made $100K in Three Months In late 2022, Simon Hamp walked away from a stable salary at a startup where he'd spent almost six years, building something new, a way for PHP developers to create native mobile apps without learning new languages or frameworks.

Leaving a stable job for entrepreneurship, Simonโ€ฏHamp created a tool that lets PHP devs build native apps and quickly hit six figures in revenue.

https://startupseries.io/mobile-app-builder-made-100k-in-three-months/

12.11.2025 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Logan Forsyth Grew a Social Media Agency to $5M a Year The content agency that scaled to $5M a year with zero ads, zero funding, and a system built for creators, not campaigns.

Discover how a focus on short form content and a 100 person "content machine" helped Loganโ€ฏForsyth build a $5m a year social media agency.

https://startupseries.io/how-logan-forsyth-grew-a-social-media-agency-to-5m-a-year/

11.11.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Elliot Boucher Edusign Grew Edusign to $6 Million Discover how Elliot Boucher built Edusign from a small student idea into a $6M ARR SaaS.

How Elliot Boucher turned boring attendance sheets into a $6M SaaS success story built on empathy, SEO, and hard work.

https://startupseries.io/elliot-boucher-edusign-6m-arr

11.11.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Two Friends Created a $500K per Month Pet Business With Dropshipping Discover how dropshipping pet supplies can lead to success. Find out tips and tricks from real entrepreneurs.

Failed dropshipping stores didnโ€™t stop Andreas and Alexander by focusing on pets and persistence, they built a business bringing in nearly $500k a month.

https://startupseries.io/how-two-friends-created-a-150k-per-month-pet-business-with-dropshipping/

11.11.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alex Hormoziโ€™s AI Playbook for Building Unkillable Businesses Alex Hormozi talks to Replit founder Amjad Masad about how to build durable, cash-efficient companies in the age of AI.

โ€œAI doesnโ€™t replace people. It replaces inefficiency.โ€

Hormoziโ€™s latest conversation shows exactly what that means for founders.

Read the full breakdown โ†’ https://startupseries.io/alex-hormozi-ai-entrepreneurship-playbook/

10.11.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Dylan Jacob Built BrรผMate into a $1.1M/Month Drinkware Powerhouse by 23 Explore the rise of BrรผMate and its founder Dylan Jacob, a true brute in the world of insulated drinkware innovation.

From his first prototype to a multimillionโ€‘dollar brand, Dylan Jacobโ€™s BrรผMate story is a masterclass in productโ€“market fit and niching down.

https://startupseries.io/dylan-jacob-brumate/

10.11.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Philipp Keller Built His Startup On Twitter & Made $3.5K On Launch Day Launched with one tweet, one Notion doc, and a total lack of confidence, now Backl.io makes $5K/month helping others climb the SEO ladder.

Product manager Philipp Keller built Backl.io on Twitter with zero marketing budget, his lean launch generated $3.5k day one and grew into a steady SaaS.

https://startupseries.io/how-philipp-keller-built-his-backlio-on-twitter-made-3-5k-on-launch-day/

10.11.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Calday Bootstrapped to $5,000 a Month With a Simple Scheduling Tool A bootstrapped scheduling tool making $5,000 a month by keeping things simple, useful, and just functional enough to get paid.

A minimalist scheduling app that just works: learn how Calday solved a boring problem and reached $5,000 a month without fancy AI or huge funding.

https://startupseries.io/how-calday-bootstrapped-to-5k-a-month-with-a-simple-scheduling-tool/

10.11.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Blake Anderson Made $5m Apps by Asking ChatGPT How Blake Anderson used ChatGPT to teach himself coding, build viral apps like Rizz GPT and UMAX, and turn $200 into $5 million.

He didnโ€™t know how to code, so he asked ChatGPT to teach him. One year later, Blake Anderson was running a $5 million app business.

https://startupseries.io/how-blake-anderson-made-5-million-in-apps-using-chatgpt/

09.11.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Damon Chen Accidentally Made $80,000 a Month Talking to PDFs Discover how Damon Chen built PDF.ai into an $80,000 a month AI startup by teaching PDFs how to talk back.

Damon Chen turned a simple โ€œwhat ifโ€, chatting with PDFs, into an $80k/month venture. Discover how PDF.ai makes static files conversational.

https://startupseries.io/how-damon-chen-accidentally-made-80000-a-month-talking-to-pdfs/

09.11.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Nate Herk Turned Four Simple AI Agents Into $23,000 in Sales The story of how Nate Herk built and sold four small automations that saved clients time and proved the real-world potential of AI entrepreneurship.

When a YouTube viewer requested a custom AI agent, Nate Herk saw a business opportunity. Read how his side projects evolved into $23k in sales.

https://startupseries.io/how-nate-herk-sold-ai-agents/

09.11.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Elliot Boucher Edusign Grew Edusign to $6 Million Discover how Elliot Boucher built Edusign from a small student idea into a $6M ARR SaaS.

From making his first euros at twelve to a SaaS platform with millions in revenue, Elliot Boucherโ€™s story shows how early tinkering and a long-term vision paid off.

https://startupseries.io/elliot-boucher-edusign-6m-arr/

09.11.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Rich Watson Built NVSTly Into a 5 Figure MRR Business Discover how Rich Watson built NVSTly, a social trading platform making five figures a month, after recovering from a road rage incident.

When youโ€™re stuck at home with a broken jaw, you can either binge Netflix or build a five-figure startup. Rich Watson chose the latter. Hereโ€™s how NVSTly was born.

https://startupseries.io/nvstly-rich-watson-5-figure-mrr/

08.11.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Simon Squibb's 10 Brutally Honest Ways to Build a $10K a Month Business From using fear and pain as motivation to owning equity and treating customers like gold, these Simon Squibb's lessons to build a business.

Think $10k/month is out of reach? Simon Squibb shares 10 brutally honest strategies that turn scrappy beginnings into sustainable income.

https://startupseries.io/simon-squibb-10k-business-lessons/

08.11.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Kristin Hanes Built a $20,000 a Month Blog While Sailing The World Kristin Hanes built The Wayward Home into a $20K a month blog after being laid off from radio. Learn how she used SEO, syndication, and digital products to grow a nomadic lifestyle business that now supports full-time travel.

After losing her radio job, Kristin Hanes turned life on a sailboat into a blog earning $20k a month and enabling full-time travel. Here's how she did it.

https://startupseries.io/how-kristin-hanes-built-a-20000-a-month-blog-while-sailing-the-world/

08.11.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Simon Squibb's 10 Brutally Honest Ways to Build a $10K a Month Business From using fear and pain as motivation to owning equity and treating customers like gold, these Simon Squibb's lessons to build a business.

What if being broke was your biggest advantage? Discover how Simon Squibb flipped that script to build a $10k a month business and how you can too.

https://startupseries.io/simon-squibb-10k-business-lessons/

07.11.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Two Special Forces Veterans Built a ยฃ40m Outdoor Brand The ThruDark founder story follows veterans Louis Tinsley and Staz as they turn built a ยฃ40m outdoor brand.

They swapped camouflage for commerce and built a ยฃ40m outdoor brand. ThruDark proves the battlefield and the boardroom arenโ€™t that different.

https://startupseries.io/thrudark-founder-story-40m-outdoor-brand/

07.11.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Matt Moss' Birthday Gift Became An App With 50m Users The Locket app lets you share real-time photos with close friends and family directly on their home screens. Learn how founder Matt Moss turned a birthday gift into a viral social app with over 30 million users and $12.5M in funding.

What started as a personal birthday gift turned into Locket, a viral app with over 30 million users and $12.5m in funding. Here's how it happened.

https://startupseries.io/how-matt-moss-birthday-gift-became-an-app-with-50m-users/

07.11.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Simon Hamp Built a Mobile App Builder & Made $100K in Three Months In late 2022, Simon Hamp walked away from a stable salary at a startup where he'd spent almost six years, building something new, a way for PHP developers to create native mobile apps without learning new languages or frameworks.

With no savings and zero income lined up, Simon Hamp built a noโ€‘code mobileโ€‘app builder that made $100k in just three months.

https://startupseries.io/mobile-app-builder-made-100k-in-three-months/

07.11.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Logan Forsyth Grew a Social Media Agency to $5M a Year The content agency that scaled to $5M a year with zero ads, zero funding, and a system built for creators, not campaigns.

Logan Forsythโ€™s content agency scaled to $5m a year without ads or funding by designing systems for creators, not campaigns.

https://startupseries.io/how-logan-forsyth-grew-a-social-media-agency-to-5m-a-year/

07.11.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alex Hormoziโ€™s AI Playbook for Building Unkillable Businesses Alex Hormozi talks to Replit founder Amjad Masad about how to build durable, cash-efficient companies in the age of AI.

Alex Hormozi on what it takes to build an โ€œunkillableโ€ business in the AI age.

The lessons from his talk with Replit founder Amjad Masad are worth reading ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://startupseries.io/alex-hormozi-ai-entrepreneurship-playbook/

06.11.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How EDGE Skills Grew Into a $58k a Month AI Coaching Platform In 3 Years Chiara Operto created EDGE Skills to help students break into finance using AI-powered coaching and real mentoring, now it earns $58K a month with no funding, no ads, and a fast-growing community.

Chiara Operto built Edge Skills into a $58k a month AI coaching platform by helping students from any background land elite careers.

https://startupseries.io/how-edge-skills-grew-into-a-58k-a-month-ai-coaching-platform-in-3-years/

06.11.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Two Friends Created a $500K per Month Pet Business With Dropshipping Discover how dropshipping pet supplies can lead to success. Find out tips and tricks from real entrepreneurs.

Two friends turned their dropshipping experiments into a pet brand earning over $150โ€ฏk per month. See the simple tweaks and marketing that made it work.

https://startupseries.io/how-two-friends-created-a-150k-per-month-pet-business-with-dropshipping/

06.11.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Dylan Jacob Built BrรผMate into a $1.1M/Month Drinkware Powerhouse by 23 Explore the rise of BrรผMate and its founder Dylan Jacob, a true brute in the world of insulated drinkware innovation.

At 23, Dylan Jacob was already running BrรผMate, an insulated drinkware brand raking in $1.1โ€ฏM per month. Discover his bootstrapping secrets and relentless iteration.

https://startupseries.io/dylan-jacob-brumate/

06.11.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alex Hormoziโ€™s AI Playbook for Building Unkillable Businesses Alex Hormozi talks to Replit founder Amjad Masad about how to build durable, cash-efficient companies in the age of AI.

Alex Hormozi on what it takes to build an โ€œunkillableโ€ business in the AI age.

The lessons from his talk with Replit founder Amjad Masad are worth reading ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://startupseries.io/alex-hormozi-ai-entrepreneurship-playbook/

05.11.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Philipp Keller Built His Startup On Twitter & Made $3.5K On Launch Day Launched with one tweet, one Notion doc, and a total lack of confidence, now Backl.io makes $5K/month helping others climb the SEO ladder.

Launched with a single tweet and a Notion doc, Backl.io made $3.5k on launch day and now earns $5k/month helping users climb the SEO ladder.

https://startupseries.io/how-philipp-keller-built-his-backlio-on-twitter-made-3-5k-on-launch-day/

05.11.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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