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He built 3 boring websites that pay him $32K/month. He manually built a list of 40,000 investors, launched on Product Hunt, and made $4K in month one. That became AngelMatch.

I met this guy Mike from Australia who runs 5 SaaS apps doing $200K/month combined - fully bootstrapped, no VC, no exits. His whole thesis: “I like to build ideas that can’t fail.” Every app follows the same 10-step playbook. He’s run it on 3 companies, halfway through a 4th (https://t.co/Idk078vzLo), and about to start the 5th (https://t.co/CPqK5GGtRB, a B2B group e-cards tool launching in 2 weeks). The rules he never breaks: > Pick an idea that’s already been done. New ideas need validation. Copied ideas already have proven demand. > Always start with 4 co-founders, split 25% equally. Minimizes founder fallout - the #1 killer of startups. > Tech-heavy team: frontend dev, backend dev, designer, and someone like Mike doing everything else. > Never give an account away free. If they pay, they use it. > Grow to $10K MRR to cover costs, then split all profits between founders. Stay lean forever. The money engine before MRR? Lifetime deals. Sell it for $59-$100 one-time. He raised