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Starter Story · September 20 · 13 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 of how spotting one real problem and building the simplest possible solution turned into a real business. *90+ Million-dollar problems (business ideas):* https://clickhubspot.com/tu8n Say hi to Tom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holliday-505469161/ Check out Avenue: https://www.avenue2.au/ Follow Avenue on IG: https://www.instagram.com/avenue2.au 🔔 Follow the Second Channel: @StarterStoryBuild 🏁 We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs Chapters: Chapters 00:00:00 The simple app I found on X 00:01:03 What's your story? 00:01:28 What's the app? 00:01:59 Solving an age old problem 00:02:29 Revenue breakdown 00:02:50 Problems worth solving 00:03:29 Founder background 00:04:13 Finding the idea 00:04:51 Build timeline 00:05:45 Hiring without revenue? 00:06:18 Growth and marketing 00:07:29 Building for the trades 00:08:29 Tom's advice for building apps 00:09:10 Tools and tech stack 00:09:51 App demo 00:10:29 Final advice 00:11:19 Gus reflections This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.

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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 of how spotting one real problem and building the simplest possible solution turned into a real business.

*90+ Million-dollar problems (business ideas):* https://clickhubspot.com/tu8n

Say hi to Tom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holliday-505469161/
Check out Avenue: https://www.avenue2.au/
Follow Avenue on IG: https://www.instagram.com/avenue2.au

🔔 Follow the Second Channel: @StarterStoryBuild
🏁 We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs

Chapters:

Chapters

  • 00:00:00 The simple app I found on X
  • 00:01:03 What's your story?
  • 00:01:28 What's the app?
  • 00:01:59 Solving an age old problem
  • 00:02:29 Revenue breakdown
  • 00:02:50 Problems worth solving
  • 00:03:29 Founder background
  • 00:04:13 Finding the idea
  • 00:04:51 Build timeline
  • 00:05:45 Hiring without revenue?
  • 00:06:18 Growth and marketing
  • 00:07:29 Building for the trades
  • 00:08:29 Tom's advice for building apps
  • 00:09:10 Tools and tech stack
  • 00:09:51 App demo
  • 00:10:29 Final advice
  • 00:11:19 Gus reflections

This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.

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