It's possible for a solo developer to build a profitable microstartup to pay the bills and live life on their own terms! MicroFounder surfaces the best new microstartups built by solo developers and offers tools & community for people starting their journey.
Hi PH!
I first launched my site MicroFounder here on Product Hunt a year ago and today, 200 startups in our little community have just reached collectively $1.7 million per month! 🥳🎉
It continues to be not only possible for a solo developer to build a profitable microstartup to pay the bills and live life on their own terms, but it's getting increasingly more simple with all the tools and helpful communities around us.
🎒 Design work around your life
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The main goal for most microfounders is to live a flexible life:
🥰 work on things that are exciting to you in this time of your life
🗓 plan your days and weeks however you want
✈️ take a week off and fly to Lisbon
💻 No coding skills needed anymore
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While I started the community for software engineers to build their products, I have learned that knowing how to code is not needed anymore – anyone can build a side project these days and earn money to live, whether it be through no-code tools or just producing content, like paid newsletters.
🔐 Side projects give you security
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With more and more uncertainty & layoffs happening in the job market, what a freedom it is to have a small product that pays your bills and gives you the freedom to spend your days and years how you want.
🥳 Introducing MicroFounder 2.0
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I think reaching collectively $1.7 million per month is a great time to launch MicroFounder 2.0 and let you know what I've built into it:
💾 Startup database with filters (revenue, type, ...)
🙋 Q&A with successful solo founders (idea? first customers? advice?)
🙋 Community & discussions (super helpful to have other people on the same journey to support you)
It's possible for a̶ ̶s̶o̶l̶o̶ ̶d̶e̶v̶e̶l̶o̶p̶e̶r̶ anyone to build a profitable microstartup to pay the bills and live life on their own terms!
About MicroFounder 2.0 on Product Hunt
“Build a startup as a solo developer”
MicroFounder 2.0 launched on Product Hunt on April 28th, 2023 and earned 132 upvotes and 13 comments, placing #15 on the daily leaderboard. It's possible for a solo developer to build a profitable microstartup to pay the bills and live life on their own terms! MicroFounder surfaces the best new microstartups built by solo developers and offers tools & community for people starting their journey.
On the analytics side, MicroFounder 2.0 competes within Marketing, Growth Hacking and Startup Lessons — topics that collectively have 619.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how MicroFounder 2.0 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted MicroFounder 2.0?
MicroFounder 2.0 was hunted by Rauno Metsa. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.