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Embarque makes $500k ARR
The SEO content writing and strategy service company is experienced fast growth and has hit half a million dollars in annual revenue now. Congrats to Julian and the rest of the Embarque team!
Cyberleads hits $250k ARR
Alex West has reached $250k ARR with his CyberLeads product which shows you which startups have just raised capital.
After years of failure he finally started to make things customers wanted instead of just things he wanted to build. You can see the results for yourself.
Daniel Vassallo denied a mortage
The popular creator shared a tweet where he shows $300k in cash isn't enough to make a 20% down payment on a house in the US.
Someone please create a mortgage for founders or I'll have to do it.
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Makerlog acquired by Josh Manders
The community for makers created by Sergio Mattei has been acquired by fellow Makerlog member Josh Manders.
Josh plans to make all current premium features free and to run Makerlog in order for it to act as lead gen for his other tools for makers. Also, happy birthday to Sergio who just turned 22!
Podcast of the Week
We had an AMA in the High Signal community with Kyle . He's making $25,000/month right now with his Gravity SaaS boiler plates.
We talked about the stresses of VC life, how he became a bootstrapper and a nomad and how he's been successful selling boiler plate code to developers. You can listen to the podcast here​
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Check out my newsletter for indie startups - I share 5 of the most interesting stories every Wednesday and Friday. Some of the top SaaS founders read it. I've also started interviewing successful bootstrappers.
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