The $0–$500 Startup Database

A list of businesses that started for under $500, and making $10K+/month

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Military thriller book publisher

Military thrillers from veteran-turned-author.

frontline-books.com

$20K /mo Reported

Idea	Revenue	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.
Military thriller book publisher frontline-books.com Military thrillers from veteran-turned-author.	$20K /mo Reported	Book sales +2	Email marketing Email List Growth +1	Thriller Readers +2		Founded 2015 · 2 people · Tampa, Florida, USA, United States	65	Build this

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