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Starter Story on Newsletters
How I Started A $1K/Month Blog And Newsletter Sharing Stories From Self-Taught Developers
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?Hey! I’m Pete, I live in Scotland and I started No CS Degree. It’s a website a lot like Starter Story where I interview self-taught web developers…
Getting Fired Led Me To Build A Crypto Newsletter That Makes $360K/Year
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?Hello, my name is Dillon and I co-founded CoinSnacks, a crypto-focused newsletter that is read by more than 70,000 people weekly. Since launching in…
Starter Story on Startups
How 'Sharing In Public' Led Me To My First Customers [Zero Paid Advertising]
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?Hey folks! My name is Dominik Sobe and I am the solo founder of multiple bootstrapped and profitable software products which are all run under my…
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Sharing Your Stuff On The Internet in 2018
I published my first piece of content in November 2017, and since then have published 80+ articles that have been seen nearly one million times (including Reddit views, which I’ll get to later).
How I Find And Hire Freelancers (On An Extreme Budget)
Hi, my name’s Pat Walls and I’m the founder of StarterStory.com and Pigeon for Gmail. If you’re reading this, you might be interested in the idea of hiring freelancers, and you even might have already…
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