🔥 Supademo's 6 figures in under a year

Hey Guy & Farzan here 👋

Hope you’ve eased into 2024. We have a lovely set of founder stories for you today. Grab a coffee, and let’s get into it.

Read time: 8-10 mins.

In the mail:

1. Founder Story: Supademo’s story of 6 figures in under a year 🔥

2. Founder Playbook: The nuts story of ICON’s founder Jason Ballard 🚀

3. Founder story: How Pat built a $1M business from Starbucks ❤️

4. Founder story: $189K/year from 7 income streams 😎

5. Founder short: This business idea is crazy genius 🏆

6. Founder quote: On what you think about in the shower 💡

1. Founder story

🔥 How Supademo 10x’d in revenue and grew to with 100’s of paying customers and 6-figure revenue in less than 1 year

Joseph Lee's journey with Supademo is nothing short of inspirational. Starting in 2023 in Vancouver, Canada, and Kansas City, USA, Supademo has soared, raising $1M USD and growing its customer base from 80 to hundreds in less than a year.

Here's the exhilarating roadmap of Supademo's ascent:

🌱 Early Beginnings:
With just a vision and determination, Joseph embarked on his entrepreneurial journey.

💡 Innovative Product:
Supademo revolutionized how interactive product demos and guides are shared, winning customers over with its simplicity and efficiency.

🚀 Rapid Growth:
Leveraging the viral nature of their product, Supademo saw a 10x increase in revenue, crossing the six-figure mark in annual recurring revenue.

🔗 Organic Traction:
Focusing on high-quality, SEO-optimized content, Supademo grew its monthly organic visitors to 2000 in just six months.

🤝 Customer Centricity:
Constantly seeking and incorporating user feedback, the team at Supademo tailored their product to solve real customer pain points.

💪 Persistence and Adaptation:
Facing challenges head-on and learning from each step, the journey was as important as the destination.

🔍 Lesson for Founders:
Joseph's advice? Know your ideal customer profile intimately, engage with their content, build community and authority, and focus on solving their pain points with a beautiful product.

👉 Read the full story on Founderoo.

2. Founder playbook

 🚀 Revolutionizing Tomorrow, Today: The trailblazing journey of ICON's Jason Ballard.

Two problems. One groundbreaking solution." - Jason Ballard, the visionary behind ICON, isn't just tackling the housing crisis; he's also eyeing habitable homes on Mars and the Moon!

From a nature-loving extrovert to a pioneering CEO, Jason's path to founding ICON is as unconventional as it gets. Here's a snapshot of his incredible journey:

1. 🌱 Graduation in Biology, diving into Conservation Biology.

2. 🏘️ Transitioning from environmental consultancy to carpentry and aiding the homeless.

3. 🏡 Co-founding TreeHouse, focusing on sustainable living.

4. 💡 A eureka moment: merging robotics and advanced materials to revolutionize housing!

ICON's Milestones:

• 🎉 Founded in 2017 with a dream of dignified housing for all.

• 🤝 NASA collaboration for extraterrestrial 3D-printed homes.

• 🏗️ Launching the groundbreaking Vulcan II 3D printer.

• 🏡 Completing a 100-home community with cutting-edge technology.

💡 Key Lesson: 
"Embrace the unconventional." Jason's diverse experiences shaped his innovative approach, proving that a varied background can be a powerful asset in entrepreneurship.

👉 Read the full story on Founderoo.

3. Founder story

❤️ How Pat Walls built a $1M business from a Starbucks.

In an inspiring YouTube video, Pat Walls shares his journey from a routine 9-to-5 job to building "Starter Story," a million-dollar business. Starting with just two hours a day at Starbucks, Pat's dedication and deep work transformed his passion for entrepreneurship into a successful venture. A pivotal $112,000 sponsorship deal led him to quit his job and fully commit to Starter Story. The video highlights the power of perseverance and taking small, focused steps towards realizing big dreams.

4. Founder story

😎 See how this 28-year-old makes $189K a year from 7 income streams.

Josh Ellwood, aged 28, made a bold move in 2021 by leaving his engineering career to focus on his side businesses. He understood that climbing the career ladder in his regular job would mean less personal time. In 2021, Josh's hard work paid off, earning him around $189,000 from seven different income sources. Now, he enjoys a more flexible schedule, working only 3.5 days a week and has already earned about $167,000 this year alone. Josh lives near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, enjoying life with his wife and dog.

5. Founder short

🏆 This is the story of a guy making Millions selling fake private jet pictures. This story is crazy genius.

6. Founder quote 💡

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Guy + Farzan 👋 
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