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HE PROMISED HIMSELF HE'D BUILD ONE APP EVERY MONTH. HIS 7TH STARTUP SOLD FOR $1M

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The post leverages a compelling narrative of entrepreneurial success, focusing on a specific, impressive achievement (selling a startup for $1M) and a relatable, ambitious goal (building an app every month). This combination of aspiration and concrete results is highly engaging for founders and aspiring entrepreneurs.

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This post tells the story of an entrepreneur who built and sold multiple app startups, culminating in one selling for over $1 million. It highlights his strategy of building one app per month and showcases the success of his seventh startup.

Structure

1Introduction of the entrepreneur's ambitious goal to build an app monthly.
2Showcasing the success of his 7th startup selling for $1M.
3Detailing the progression of his previous app sales and revenue.
4Highlighting the specific apps and their sale prices.
5Mentioning the creator's platform, Starter Story, as a source of business insights.

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I sat down with Domenico the guy who flipped 6 micro-SaaS apps while working a 9-to-5, then sold his 7th for over $1M. At first he gave himself one rule: build, validate, and sell a new app every 30 days. Pitch 2.0 (a pitch deck generator) → $300 in revenue, sold for $2,500. OneTap.ai (an Excel formula generator) → $7K in revenue, sold for $25K. yourcoverletter.com → sold for $7K in 40 days. recapitogpt.com (AI summarizer) → sold for $34K. tweetsbot.io → sold for $5K. AIwebdesigner.io → sold for $12K. Then came Softgen.ai - one of the first AI web coding apps. He grew it from $20K ARR to $500K ARR in 3 months and sold it for nearly 3x ARR. Over $1M exit. His playbook is dead simple: 1. Set the sell timeline up front 2. Validate with a yep.so landing page (15% conversion = green light) 3. Build one feature, ship to email list, loop on feedback 4. Grow with build-in-public on X 5. Package the asset (ARR, margins, LTV, CAC) and sell The wildest part? He did the first 6 while still clocking into a day job, using Pomodoro intervals to stay sane. His advice for young founders: when life punches you in the face, switch perspective. He got a job offer rescinded in 2024 that’s the week he went all-in on Softgen.