Goutham Jay ⚡

I got to $5,000 in monthly revenue, but it took me 3 years & a burnout I started a business in 2021 as a naive 23-year-old with 0 experience My family comes from a middle-class background, so I learned everything about running a business from other entrepreneurs & books I've…

This is how I use Cursor rules to help me build a new SaaS: (First I create a feature spec using Grok/ChatGPT in arch .md) - 𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 .𝘮𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 & 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯…

A friend is a solo startup founder Less than 2k followers on X. No active social media presence Used Reddit & FB groups to market his product Made $80,000 in revenue in 6 months You don't need an audience to build a successful business 🙌

I'm down with a fever today But I don't have to inform my boss or apply for leave One of the best perks of running a lifestyle business - working on your own terms 🙌

When I feel low, I just come to X to see the indie hackers here Some are quitting their job today Some are trying to get to ramen profitability today Some have reached their MRR milestones today Some exit their SaaS today Regardless of their journey, I always get inspired!

I find it super tough How do you work on your business after 9-5? I mostly get exhausted after work 😅

I spoke to a startup founder who's doing $20M ARR & has raised VC But now they want to start a bootstrapped SaaS without investors And they're happy if it gets to 100k ARR Is something wrong with VC? 👀

I think building an audience is overrated Yes you can easily sell them your products But you have to show up everyday. Managing an audience is a full time job There are channels like SEO, cold outreach, ads which work as you sleep You just have to find what works for you

Not everything is rosy when you build a startup Last week I made $27 in subscription for a consumer iOS app in 1 week But this week I had my first customer churn 🥲

it's amazing what you can do in 2025 1. you can search for a pain point on reddit 2. build a solution for it in a week using AI 3. sell it back on reddit to see if people pay for it everything can be done solo. you don't need any team. you don't need funding just patience

A question to solo startup founders: Once you've made enough money to reach financial independence, what motivates you to build new products or set higher revenue milestones?

I was able to make $27 in just 1.5 weeks with just ASO I don't know how to code iOS apps. I used AI! App store is super underrated for building new startups

I've been building Famewall as a solo founder for over 2.5 years now During the time, I've seen big competitors & also new small competitors that pop up Unfortunately, a lot of them have even shut down their business & some left the business I feel like I could do it for 2+…

Made my first $ in the app store in 1 week with 0 marketing 🤩

I was at my low I felt like I got lucky with my first startup & couldn't make money with a new business So I took 2 weeks to build a new product I didn't actively promote it on X Instead went to FB groups. Made $300 in 1 week Anyone can make money. It's all just in your head

I had a strange experience with this "customer" The customer greeted me & spoke praise about Famewall I thanked them. After some time, they asked if any discounts were available I answered that the price on the website was kept low to make it affordable No reply. They came…

I made my first internet money without building any product I listened to a recruiter who told me how difficult it was to hire a "good" software graduate I cold DM'd engineering graduates, screened them with my own dev skills & set an interview He got hired & I was wired $300!

How I found my first 100 users: 1. Found desperate people with "the specific pain" I wanted to solve 2. I reached out on social media DMs directly (no automation) 3. Build "the painkiller feature" based on all their feedback 4. Showed it to them first 5. Signed up!