SolidGigs 
Hypefury 
Friendly 
Lasso 
signature.email 
Rezi 
GA Insights 
PDFShift 
Liinks 
Bannerbear 
HostiFi 
Simple Analytics 
Browserflow 
Plausible 
Plutio 
Hyperping SolidGigs
16 startups built by solo developers with the time it took them to reach $5,000 in monthly recurring revenue (MRR)
Of course, it depends on where you live and what your life circumstances are, but I think $5,000 MRR is something that at least lets you buy some food and pay the rent.
So potentially this could be the amount of money for many developers to go full-time on their solo startup.
Yes, but revenue ~= profit for most founders who are building their startups as solo developers.
Based on these examples we can see that the median to reach $5,000 MRR is 12 months.
| Months to $5,000 MRR | ||
|---|---|---|
| Startup | Months | Current MRR |
|
SolidGigs
|
7 | $11k/mo |
|
Hypefury
|
8 | $22k/mo |
|
Friendly
|
9 | $14k/mo |
|
Lasso
|
9 | $9.5k/mo |
|
signature.email
|
10 | $10k/mo |
|
Rezi
|
11 | $122k/mo |
|
GA Insights
|
12 | $6.5k/mo |
|
PDFShift
|
12 | $7.1k/mo |
|
Liinks
|
14 | $4.5k/mo |
|
Bannerbear
|
14 | $37k/mo |
|
HostiFi
|
17 | $155k/mo |
|
Simple Analytics
|
18 | $7.2k/mo |
|
Browserflow
|
22 | $7k/mo |
|
Plausible
|
24 | $100k/mo |
|
Plutio
|
24 | $16k/mo |
|
Hyperping
|
42 | $7.7k/mo |
When the founder started working on the product (started finding their first clients or writing code.)
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