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News
$95k in 48 hours
Congrats to Jonathan for making $95k and counting with his leaderboard website outbid.lol . It's a bit like the million dollar homepage all over again! You can check his revenue stats on his /about page . Someone actually offered him $100k for it early on but he turned it down like a boss 😎
You pay to add your product to the website and it's ordered by who pays the most. A couple of companies have paid over $10k! And this is a site put together in a few hours.
I swear I had a similar idea a few months back but alas, I did not ship. Lesson - always ship your ideas, even if they are crazy-simple. What's the worst that will happen?
TrustMRR sub-reddit
There's now a sub-reddit just for TrustMRR listings. If buying startups is your thing or you're curious about the market, check it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrustMRR_Listings/
$6k for SoberTracker
Congrats to Terekhin for making $6k last month and having his best month as a founder. His app, SoberTracker, helps people quit booze with an app that keeps your data private. Nice.
TransistorFM adds MCP
This looks really cool. If you have a podcast hosted by Transistor you can now use their MCP to update your show, query podcast data etc. For instance, you can open your LLM and ask "how many downloads did I get last month?"
I've seen newsletter platforms like Kit and Beehive add MCPs this year so it's cool to see this functionality become more widespread.
New founder meet-up in Manchester
Nice to see this founder meet-up in Manchester carry on under new management. There should be a great place to meet other entrepreneurs socially in every city: https://luma.com/32ci1g1g
Funny post of the week
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