Starter Story’s Sunday Breakfast #63

Growing a business to $40M while living on a boat ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ PRESENTED BY Good morning, and happy Sunday. To make the weekend more enjoyable, we're delighted to share the Starter Story's Sunday Breakfast 🥞 with you. What is the Sunday Breakfast? It's 5 bite-sized case studies to motivate you for the week ahead. You can read it in 2 minutes or less. Together with AE Studio The AI team you didn’t know your company needed – until now. AE Studio’s dev and AI teams will help create the perfect software and AI solutions for you. [Learn more.]( And now, let's check this week's stories! 1. The orange juice 🍊 [Growing a business to $40M while living on a boat]( This couple set sail from South Africa with no sailing experience and started living port-to-port. Once their savings were almost zero, they knew it was time to find some income streams. By that time, catamarans were a rising trend, quickly becoming one of the most popular boats among Americans. And since they had years of experience living in one, decided to start a business helping people find the right boat for them. Networking, and attending events have been huge for the business, especially in the early days. An example of how turning your passion into a business can be extremely lucrative and at the same time provide you with an unfair advantage. 2. The coffee ☕️ [Growing a side project to $15K/mo]( And it all started because of the fear of missing out on the hottest trend. Seeing the current AI frenzy all over his Twitter timeline, this founder decided to build an AI feature for his main product. But the feature grew into a standalone product that has tripled his main project’s revenue in just 6 months. His strategy to hit $10K in just one month and $15K after a few months? (1) A build-in-public strategy helped him attract a decent number of followers, so on launch day, with just a couple of tweets, his new site received 15k visits. (2) A viral post on Hacker News. (3) A Product Hunt launch. Together with AE Studio Work with world-class AI experts from Harvard, MIT, and Stanford Not sure how to implement the right AI strategy for your product? AE Studio's world-class team of software builders will craft and implement the optimal AI solution for your business. Their development, design, and data science product studio works closely with founders and executives to create custom software, AI/ML, and BCI solutions. From custom-built MVPs to bespoke AI/ML solutions, see how you can leverage AI to achieve your business objectives. [Schedule a Free Scoping Session.]( 3. The eggs 🍳 [This solo founder built a $61K/mo tool and sold the business]( And now travels the world with his wife and kids while working on a new project. But it wasn’t always peaches and cream. His revenue was virtually zero for years. As a solo founder, he had to do everything: code, create outreach campaigns, conduct demos, etc. Pretty hard to scale that way. Until one day, a client reached out asking if it was possible to have a white-label version of the tool and re-sell it. That was it, now he could scale a sales team without having to hire and manage employees. 4. The toast 🥪 How to keep growing by 50% even when the competition gets tough This bootstrapped business managed to grow from $20K to $35K per month in one year. 🔐 [Join Starter Story today and unlock all our content]( 5. The pancakes 🥞 This guy makes over $100K/year working part time That’s the power of service businesses. 🔐 [Join Starter Story today and unlock all our content]( Enjoy your Sunday, and have a great week ahead! Pat Founder, StarterStory.com More Starter Story Internet's most extensive business knowledge database[All 3,000+ case studies]( - [SaaS case studies]( - [Blogger case studies]( - [E-Commerce case studies]( Business ideas[Low capital ideas]( - [Make money blogging]( - [E-Commerce ideas]( Starter Story[Advertise with us]( - [Share your story]( - [About us]( - [Impact]( Did someone forward this email to you? [Sign up here]( for our newsletter. [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( Starter Story - 662 S Millward St, Jackson, WY 83001 Click [here]( if you want to stop receiving emails from us.