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$700K /mo

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Content creation service

Content delivery service for marketing agencies.

article-writing.co · Popularity 73

$100K /mo Reported

Notion form builder tool

Form builder integrating smoothly with Notion.

noteforms.com · Popularity 33

$40K /mo Reported

Remote employee recruitment agency

Remote recruitment agency for full-time global talent.

distantjob.com · Popularity 31

$700K /mo Reported

Affordable virtual worker marketplace

Online job board for Filipino virtual workers.

onlinejobs.ph · Popularity 15

$1M /mo Reported

Idea	Revenue	Popularity Score ⓘ The popularity score is calculated based on the number of views and upvotes across all stories in our database	Model	Growth	Customers	Tools	Details	Solo score A 0–100 estimate of how well-suited a business is to being run solo (or very lean). It blends team leanness, business model, growth channels, capital intensity, revenue per operator, tooling leverage and recency into one score. Higher = more solopreneur-friendly.
Content creation service article-writing.co Content delivery service for marketing agencies.	$100K /mo Reported	73 out of 1000	Agency +1	Direct sales SEO	Marketing Agencies +1	+20	Founded 2011 · 25 people · Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Canada	39	Build this
Notion form builder tool noteforms.com Form builder integrating smoothly with Notion.	$40K /mo Reported	33 out of 1000	SaaS +1	Word of mouth SEO +1	Huge Tech Companies +4	+10	Founded 2021 · Solo founder · Built in 6 days	87	Build this
Remote employee recruitment agency distantjob.com Remote recruitment agency for full-time global talent.	$700K /mo Reported	31 out of 1000	Agency +1	Direct sales SEO +1	SMBs +1	+17	Founded 2008 · 26 people · Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Canada	50	Build this
Affordable virtual worker marketplace onlinejobs.ph Online job board for Filipino virtual workers.	$1M /mo Reported	15 out of 1000	Marketplace +1	Word of mouth Outsourcing +1	Entrepreneurs +4	+26	Founded 2009 · 49 people · $5K to start	60	Build this

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