Hey there, Im back from break over the holidays.
A very happy new year to you and your family. Hope you had a great 2025, and will have an amazing 2026.
Today, Superframeworks returns in full flow.
2026 is going to be very cool for the newsletter, lots of new case studies, deep dives, new ideas, insights and products for you to check out.
Lots of stuff for you to learn from, get inspired by, and bootstrap your own independent business - from 0 to profitability 🚀
Exciting times ahead!
For now, let’s get started with the first post of the year - the story of Karma bot
Karma bot is a simple Slack bot doing $750K ARR.
Your business doesn't have to be complicated.
It doesn't have to be unique
It doesn't have to be ground breaking tech
It doesn't even need AI 🤷🏻
It just has to solve a painful problem.
Like Karma Bot does.
Karma Bot’s value proposition is very clear from their landing page - the help improve connection in remote teams, and help with retention.
They even have an ROI calculator on their website - The money that teams can save because of staff turnover.
Interesting Lessons from their journey:
The business peaked during COVID, and then they had a dip.
They rode on the remote work trend, then fell off. But revenue is picking up again. So this IS the new normal.
It was started as a side project, bootstrapped by a 2 person team.
It is a 8+ year old project - so NOT an overnight success by any means.
They get most of their traffic from the Slack and MS teams apps marketplaces. As I’ve said before - go where money is already changing hands. (Read - Money making ideas for more marketplaces to consider building for)
Their ARPU is $100, so with just 350 users they could reach $35K MRR. As we’ve discussed before, there’s way more value in selling to “higher ups”
Read their full story -
That’s it for this week
See you on Monday
Thanks,
Ayush 🙏
PS: crossed $5K Lifetime revenue for OutlierKit 😄