🚀 $630K ARR - Simple Image API - 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.

Right now, Bannerbear is at $630K ARR, this it’s revenue chart from the “open” page -

Before we dive in, quick word from Roku:

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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 story of Bannerbear:

and more…

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