Marc Loou gives away free book on making $3M from 36 startups, 90% of them failures
marclou · x · 2026-09-11
Indie hacker Marc Lou has released a free mini-book, I've made $3M with my 36 startups, recounting ten years of entrepreneurship: 36 startups, 90% of them failures, several burnouts, and seven years in a "void state" where almost nobody bought his products before things finally clicked through years of small bets.
He stresses that social media algorithms only surface success stories and offers no formula — just his failures and the few things that worked. The book is free as PDF/EPUB with about 5,759 downloads so far.
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