Profitable Founder
Twice a week (Wed/Sun), I interview the best indie hackers and tech founders so you can steal their playbook and apply it to your own journey.
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Episodes
36 episodes
I make $1M/year selling access to APIs I don't own
👉 Try Distribb for Free: distribb.ioMiki previously built a VC-backed company with hundreds of employees, then quit to start over bootstrapped. He launched Zernio, a social me...
I Make $5M/Year Giving My SaaS Away for Free
👋 Apply to join Profitable Founder Community: tally.so/r/dWZ5JzMarie and Philip (her co-founder and life partner) launched Tally, a free form builder, from their living room during COVID lockdowns...
I made $46K in 35 days with OpenClaw 🦞
🔷 Try Distribb for Free: https://distribb.io?utm_source=yt-nevo Nevo David built Postiz, an open-source social media scheduler, and grew it from $0 to $66K MRR. It took him 3 years to go from 0 to $20K MRR. The last $46K took 35 days. Thanks t...
I built a $1M Startup in 117 days (I had 16 followers)
🔷 Try Distribb for Free: https://distribb.io?utm_source=yt-yasser Yasser Elsaid built ChatBase from 0 to $1M ARR in 117 days with just 16 followers on X. No funding, no sales team, no connections. In this episode, he shares the mindset that got ...
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How I got 1,000 paying users for my SaaS with only 2 videos (copy me)
Get 50% off your first month on Velio using the code « florian »: https://velio.co/?ref=florian59 In this video, Marcus shares the best SaaS marketing strategy to get your first 1000 customers without ads. Marcus Jones grew one of the biggest Yo...
I Built a SaaS From 0 to $83K MRR in 7 Months
🔷 Download Loic's Playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/loic-berthelot Loic spent 5 years building SaaS products nobody used. Then he cracked the code: partner with a creator, focus on the problem, and scale with a playbook he can repeat. His fi...
How I Make Money with OpenClaw (+Free Skill)
🔷 Get the Free Larry Skill: https://floriandarroman.com/larry/ Oliver built Larry, an OpenClaw agent that automates his entire marketing funnel from a recycled gaming PC. TikTok slideshows, conversion tracking through RevenueCat, app onboarding...
39 OpenClaw Use Cases to Automate Your Business (and Life)
🦞 Get started with OpenClaw (Free Guide): https://floriandarroman.com/openclaw-starter-kit/ Kitze was one of the first OpenClaw users, and also the biggest tinkerer you'll find on the internet. Combine both, and you get the perfect cocktail for...
$10M/Year Founder Shares His Exact Playbook (He Did It Twice)
🔷 Download Andrew's $10M Playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/andrew-gazdecki/ Andrew Gazdecki built Bizness Apps from nothing to a $10M exit with 75 employees across 6 countries. Then he founded Acquire.com, which has now facilitated over $1B...
I Built an AI Agents Army with OpenClaw to Run my $28k/mo Startup
👋 Get the FREE OpenClaw Starter Guide → https://floriandarroman.com/openclaw-starter-kit/ Bhanu built and sold Feather for $250K, grew SiteGPT to $18K MRR, and now uses an army of AI agents running 24/7 on OpenClaw to hit $1M ARR. In this episod...
How we built a SaaS to $8M a year (at 24yo)
🔹 Are we friends on Instagram? https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ My guest today is Nick Lawton. He grew SideShift to $8M ARR with his 2 co-founders. In this episode, you'll discover: - How Nick and his co-founders built an $8M ARR sta...
Distribution Cheatcode: 1 Podcast → 150 Posts → Customers on Autopilot
🔹 Download the Playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/how-to-dominate-your-niche/ Cody Schneider built 20+ profitable businesses by making himself impossible to ignore in his niche. In this episode, he reveals the exact 3 steps playbook that tur...
How I Built a SaaS to $200K/Month (My Exact Playbook)
Try Outrank: https://outrank.so/?via=floriandarroman Eugene Zolotarenko failed for 3 years before building Outrank to $200K/month with Tibo. He shares the exact framework for creating products people actually pay for, why most founders focus on t...
I Built and Sold 4 Apps for $500K (My Exact Playbook)
🔹 Download The Mobile Apps Flipping Playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/lotts Lotanna Ezeike built and sold 4 mobile apps for over $500K in the last 18 months. In this episode, he breaks down his complete build-to-flip playbook: how to find id...
I Built a SaaS from 0 to $60K MRR in 53 Days (Here's My 7-Step Playbook)
Download the 7-Steps Launch playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/rob-hoffman Rob Hoffman runs 3 profitable startups making $400K/month. In this episode, he breaks down his exact 7-step playbook for launching a profitable bootstrapped SaaS. The...
I Built 2 SaaS Apps to $50K MRR: Here's My 90-Day Playbook
🔹 Get your weekly founder's playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/newsletter This is Romà n Czerny. He cloned a Shopify app, grew it to $500K ARR and sold it for 7 figures 2 years later. Then he did it again. But this time with a new strategy. ...
The $100M Playbook Used by Lovable, Gamma & n8n (Influencer Flywheel)
🔹 Get Jeddi's Playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/jeddi Jeddi Mees helped 600+ startups scale with influencer marketing. In this episode, he breaks down the exact B2B influencer playbook used by Lovable, Gamma, and n8n to hit $100M+. You'll le...
I Quit My Job, Flew to Brazil, and Built a $14k/Month SaaS
🔹 Try SuperX for FREE: https://superx.so/?via=florian Six months ago, Rob Hallam quit his job, flew to Brazil with no plan, and went all-in on building SuperX. He's now at $14K/month by posting daily on X, sharing his exact process, and staying...
I built a B2B SaaS solo to $24K/month
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I Copy/Pasted a Mobile App and Now Make $13k/Month
🔸 Get your Post Bridge 7-day free trial → https://post-bridge.com?atp=florian🔸 Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/f...
I exited a $1.5M/year startup at 22yo. Now I'm back to a 9 to 5.
🔸 Get your Free Build in Public Playbook : https://floriandarroman.com/free-guide🔸 Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.in...
How I Used Instagram to Make $26K in 30 Days
🔸 Get your Free Build in Public Playbook : https://floriandarroman.com/free-guide🔸 Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.in...
I sold my startup for $8M. Then built 5 more making $400k+/month.
🔹 Get Free Backlinks on Linkuma: https://www.linkuma.com/en/?fpr=jttfw🔸 Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flo...
Why I Left My $350K Job at 27 (to do this)
🔸 Get your Free Build in Public Playbook : https://floriandarroman.com/free-guide🔸 Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagra...
Hacker Residency: Building the Bridge Between Silicon Valley and Bootstrapping
🔹 Get access to my in-depth insights from the best founders: https://floriandarroman.com/newsletter Travis Fischer sold 2 companies (one VC-backed, one bootstrapped) and learned the hard way that raising venture capital isn't for everyone. Now...
