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What I learned from 56 $250k+ businesses
Some of the key takeaways from the 2025 Bootstrapped Report
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Two Failed Ventures Led to $250k in 11 Months
After two failed ventures taught him hard lessons about entrepreneurship, Phil Hayes-St Clair built The Partnership Lab to $250k in annual revenue in 11 months by teaching founders how to close six-figure partnerships.
She ditched her elite networks to build a $250k biz
Why the local business community mattered more than her corporate rolodex
One bootstrapped biz is solving the nursing crisis
From $40K credit card debt to $4M annual revenue: How one teacher built a bootstrapped business that's solving America's nursing crisis one student at a time.
How a $5,000 Lean Startup Experiment Became Michigan’s Innovation Hub
Launched above a Detroit bail bonds office with borrowed money and Ikea furniture, Bamboo has grown into a community that’s reshaping Michigan’s startup ecosystem.
From Classroom to $25M Software Agency
What happens when a professor trades lesson plans for business plans?
A Baby's Sleep Problem Led to a $3.5M Business
Liz Hilton couldn't sell her baby sleep product through retail or Amazon - until one TikTok video changed everything.
The biggest opportunities in no code tools
Gareth Provonost has been working with no-code tools since Airtable started. Learn how Gareth has built his business around no-code tools and what he sees as the biggest opportunities in no-code tools.
Build an Impact-Driven Career Path
Preeti is the founder of The Great Nepali Diaspora, a community that connects immigrants from Nepal in a professional manner. As Preeti puts it, immigrant communities can have very strong social ties, but not always strong professional ties. With The Great Nepali Diapsora community, Preeti has been able to connect Nepali talent by having over 2,000 members, 47 chapters, and over 75 events.
How do you measure the impact of innovation?
Every innovation has different timelines. It might be an innovation that has immediate impact. It also might be an innovation that takes generations to truly see the full impact.
Building a Business with Linkedin & AI
How Isabella Bedoya has grown her business to over $60k/month in revenue in less than a year with only LinkedIn & AI.
How Melissa Kwan automates webinars without the need of being on camera
What do you do when you run out of leads for your business? It’s a little scary when you don’t know where your next customer might be and you have to learn something new. For Melissa Kwan, enterprise sales are her bread and butter. It’s where she’s made multiple businesses successful and how she’s been able to be a successful entrepreneur. With her current venture, eWebinar, sales are quite a bit different.
The metrics of a successful online community
If you’re building your own online community, it’s really tricky to figure out what metrics to use for success. Thankfully, Circle provides some answers with their 2024 Community Benchmark Report
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My favorite online community platform
Community businesses are becoming a hot trend. Here is Matt's favorite online community platform.