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Now, onto the main topic - Bannerbear

Jon Yongfook is one of the coolest independent, solo SaaS founders.

Just for being so open about his numbers and his journey with his product Bannerbear over the last few years.

The Bannerbear “open” page has so much startup wisdom we all can learn from.

Last time its “open” page had its live revenue chart, Bannerbear was at $630K ARR, now most likely its grown much bigger than that.

Early Days

Revenue looks great today, but the beginning wasn’t easy.

Jon quit his full time job with the hopes of building his own bootstrapped business. But didn’t have any validated ideas yet.

So he tried to do the “12 startups in 12 months” challenge.

He was able to launch 7, but didn’t make any money from them.

Read the full Bannerbear story -

• Pivoting and positioning to the right idea

• Finding “Product-Founder” fit

• What is “Product-Founder” fit and why it matters?

• And more lessons from Bannerbear

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