Starter Story

This is the story of how Ivan built an AI agent and the specific steps he took to grow it to $10K MRR.

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Follow Ivan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-nedlekovski/
Check out Lancer: https://www.lancer.app/

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

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.

Chapters:
0:00 - Zero to $10K MRR
1:18 - Founder and App overview
2:32 - Ideas and opportunities
5:31 - Build your own AI agent
6:41 - Growth strategy and tactics
9:30 - His distribution playbook
12:20 - Tech stack and costs
13:36 - Final advice
15:24 - Pat's reflections on the episode

This is the story of how Miquel grew Late to $40K/month with just one marketing system.

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Follow Miquel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miquelpalet/
Check out Late: https://getlate.dev/

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

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.

Chapters:
0:00 - Zero to $40K in 7 months
0:50 - Need an app idea?
1:09 - App overview
2:41 - Founder background
3:40 - Distribution overview
4:44 - Is your app compliant?
5:44 - Deep dive on Google
6:50 - The SEO (Organic) Strategy
8:00 - The Paid Ads Strategy
9:20 - Find your $1M idea (free template)
10:06 - Google Playbook for 2026
13:28 - Late demo
14:55 - Tech stack and costs
15:21 - Advice to young founders
16:16 - Pat and Gus reflections
17:31 - Is SEO really dead?
19:19 - Time to build your idea!

Maddox built a $15K/month gaming website. This video breaks down his exact strategy for driving massive traffic to a simple website.

*Learn how the best apps grow →* https://build.starterstory.com/build/playbook-organic-short-form?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=maddox

Follow Maddox: https://x.com/_maddox1337
Check out his new project: https://maddoxcloud.com/

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

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.

Chapters:
0:00 - By the end of the video...
0:45 - Founder Background
1:10 - $15K/month gaming website (stats, revenue)
2:39 - Finding the idea
4:06 - How he built the website
5:10 - Growth strategy with TikTok
6:28 - Math behind a 5M view video
7:29 - Organic short-form playbook
8:33 - Selling the website
9:27 - Website playbook in 2026
10:35 - Tech stack and tools
12:12 - Power of staying consistent
13:01 - What's next?
13:26 - Pat and Gus reflections
15:45 - It's time to BUILD!

Jonathan Fishner built ChartDB, an open source database visualization tool for developers. This video breaks down how to identify and sell to your ICP, no matter how "small" you think the audience is.

*Get our free guide to find a $1M business idea →* https://clickhubspot.com/swt

*Build your own niche app →* https://build.starterstory.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=chartdb

Follow Jonathan: https://x.com/jonathanfishner
Check out ChartDB: http://chartdb.io/

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

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.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Ideas template
1:04 - Founder background
1:35 - What is ChartDB?
2:25 - How to find developer tool ideas
3:55 - Initial growth and marketing
4:51 - Why the hacker news post worked
5:45 - How to find $1M ideas hiding in plain sight
6:36 - Developer Tools Playbook
9:38 - ChartDB demo
10:41 - Tech stack and costs
11:57 - Advice to founders
13:00 - Pat and Gus reflections
15:10 - Build your own niche app

This is the story of how I sold Starter Story :)

I'm sharing more about how and why here: https://go.starterstory.com/workshop

All love,
– Pat & The Starter Story Team