Marc Lou hits $3M from 36 solo bootstrapped startups at 85% margin after 10 years
marclou · x · 2026-09-07
Indie maker Marc Lou announced his 36 bootstrapped startups have collectively earned $3M with an 85% margin, built solo over 10 years. After failing for 5 years as an entrepreneur, he took a job in 2021, got inspired by @levelsio, and restarted by shipping tiny products in public. Top projects per TrustMRR: ShipFast boilerplate ($1.3M total), CodeFast course ($826k), TrustMRR verified-revenue database ($27k MRR), and DataFast analytics ($30k MRR).
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