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App that charges you money for not reaching your goal ($22K MRR)
Plus: Accountability group ($1.1K MRR), AI Tools ($869 MRR) and many more
Chase
February 03, 2023
Hi Friends 😀
This is Chase from The Day 1 Lab, where I share examples of useful and interesting online businesses and side-projects (and how much 💵 they make) every week!
In each edition, we will go through startups and projects in different categories.
Today, we will be looking at startups in the productivity space!
Project Highlights ⭐️
Gamified goal-reminder platform that only charges you money if you did not reach your goal
👨🚀Founder: Daniel Reeves, Multiple founders
🌎️Location: USA
💰️Funding: Bootstrapped
💳️Monetization: Incentive-based payment
🏘️Category: iOS/Android app
💡Biggest lesson: Lots of money can be made from solving your own pain point if it is shared by many others.
Playground (💵~$1.1K MRR)
Anti-procrastination community with your accountability partner
👨🚀Founder: Ida Radovanovic, Solo-founder
🌎️Location: Serbia
💰️Funding: Bootstrapped
💳️Monetization: Membership
🏘️Category: Online community
💡Biggest lesson: A successful startup should be based on using your belief to help others achieve their goals.
aitools.fyi (💵~$869 MRR)
Find your favorite AI tools on one platform!
👨🚀Founder: Rishit Patel, Solo-founder
🌎️Location: Canada
💰️Funding: Bootstrapped
💳️Monetization: Sponsorship
🏘️Category: Website directory
💡Biggest lesson: Apply an existing business model (e.g. website directory) to a rapidly growing field (e.g. AI)
Send selected web content to Kindle to reduce computer screen time
👨🚀Founders: Daniel Nguyen, Solo Founder
🌎️Location: Vietnam
💰️Funding: Bootstrapped
💳️Monetization: Subscription
🏘️Category: Browser extension, iOS/Android app
💡Biggest lesson: The idea for the app came from solving the founder’s own problem: not wanting his left eye to go blind, when his right eye already is.
Daily planner/brain dump that organize your thoughts in Kanban view
👨🚀Founder: Chris Raroque, Solo-founder
🌎️Location: USA
💰️Funding: Bootstrapped
💳️Monetization: Subscription
🏘️Category: Web app, iOS app
💡Biggest lesson: Have a 10+year mindset to build your project helps founders to focus on the big picture of building the best version of the project
Useful tools around the web 🌐
A mix of AI, automated content plan, endless inspiration generation and viral post templates for your LinkedIn content.
Simple design habit tracker app that maximize commitment to foster habits.
Smart calendar & task manager that dynamically schedules your tasks between your events.
The Calendly for Task Management - the internal ticketing system to coordinate seamlessly.
Take notes, create action items, see what’s next on your calendar, and more all -inside the video meeting itself!
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