$48M per year for Graza

Hey - It’s Guy & Farzan,

We hope you’re well. It's winter in Sydney, and today, it was a lovely sunny 18 °C. Happy days.

Today, we have:
2 founder stories,
1 founder playbook,
and 1 founder idea.

Estimated reading time: 7 mins

Founder story 1

From a tough upbringing in the Republic of Georgia to living worldwide, see how David has grown ThirstySproat to $2.5M in revenue.

See How David Stepania has:

💵 Grown ThirstySprout to $2.5 million in revenue.
🚀 Built a remote software engineering firm with 35-40 employees.
👥 Partnered with renowned brands like Rover, Mailchimp, and Intuit.
📈 Expanded from a startup to a key player in remote technical talent.
🌐 Created a robust community of startup founders and technical talent.

My Top 5 Takeaways from David's Journey:

👉 Turn adversity into opportunity through resilience and resourcefulness.
👉 Identify global talent to build strong, remote teams.
👉 Leverage personal and professional networks for client acquisition.
👉 Focus on delivering value and building trust within a community.
👉 Adapt and innovate continuously to stay ahead in the tech industry.

"Building a Startup is just another sport." David's vision shows the power of persistence, community, and strategic growth.

Discover the full story of how ThirstySprout empowers startups with top-tier remote engineering teams on Founderoo.

Founder story 2

See how Andrew Benin started the olive oil business Graza, which brings in $48M a year.

Andrew Benin went to Spain for a visit. While there, he found that he really liked good olive oil a lot. So, in 2022, he started a company called Graza that makes just one kind of olive oil. Experts think Graza will make $48.4 million in sales in 2024.

 Founder playbook

See how Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia and grew it to 9.8 Billion monthly visitors

See how Jimmy Wales has:

💵 Built Wikipedia into a platform receiving $180 million in annual donations.
🚀 Attracted over 9.8 billion monthly visitors to Wikipedia
👥 Created a global community of volunteer editors and writers.
📈 Transitioned from Nupedia's failed peer-review model to Wikipedia's open collaboration.
🌐 Established Wikipedia as the world's largest free online encyclopedia.

My top 5 takeaways from Jimmy's journey:

👉 Identify opportunities to democratize knowledge and information access.
👉 Leverage new technologies like wikis to enable open collaboration.
👉 Build trust through transparency, inclusivity, and community governance.
👉 Operate lean by relying on community contributions and minimal infrastructure.
👉 Sustain through donations while avoiding profit motives that compromise values.

"Wikipedia's model demonstrates that openness, transparency and community can create immense value without sacrificing principles for profits." Jimmy's vision revolutionized knowledge sharing.

Discover the full story of how Wikipedia is powering the democratization of information on Founderoo.

Founder idea

Top 10 places to promote your startup for free in 2024, from Jaisal Rathee:

1. http://tinystartups
2. Producthunt
3. Indiehackers
4. Hacker News
5. http://Insanelycooltools
6. r/sideproject
7. r/internetisbeautiful
8. Uneed. best
9. 1000tools
10. Starterstory

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See you next Sunday.

Guy + Farzan
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