Starter Story
Starter Story
Welcome to Starter Story
See exactly how an online business goes from zero to millions.
The largest database of million dollar online business ideas - all started by ordinary people.
Matt
$6M/YEAR
Mumtaz
$168K/YEAR
Jonathan
$360K/YEAR
Piotr
$600K/YEAR
Rasmus
$600K/YEAR
Mark
$300K/YEAR
Andy
$3.3M/YEAR
Ethan
$4.8M/YEAR
Angus
$150K/YEAR
Brian
$720K/YEAR
Paul
$9.6M/YEAR
Jamey
$20.7M/YEAR
Sophia
$156K/YEAR
John
$444K/YEAR
Bitu
$12M/YEAR
Justin
$420K/YEAR
Ross
$9.6M/YEAR
TJ
$720K/YEAR
Monica
$240K/YEAR
Danielle
$4.56M/YEAR
Jesse
$636K/YEAR
Luis
$300K/YEAR
Dayana
$180K/YEAR
Oscar
$6M/YEAR
Garret
$480K/YEAR
Danielle
$540K/YEAR
Emilie
$300K/YEAR
Deepak
$3.6M/YEAR
Mark
$360K/YEAR
Katie
$480K/YEAR
Natalie
$216K/YEAR
Katrin
$480K/YEAR
Alexi
$1.8M/YEAR
Janine
$240K/YEAR
Patrick
$1.5M/YEAR
Lani
$240K/YEAR
Nick
$420K/YEAR
Matt
$420K/YEAR
Rajiv
$1.2M/YEAR
Sandeep
$1.56M/YEAR
Aaron
$3.78M/YEAR
Nicky
$12M/YEAR
Eva
$180K/YEAR
Divakar
$1.2M/YEAR
Aayush
$420K/YEAR
Krik
$180K/YEAR
Derek
$240K/YEAR
Antonio
$1.5M/YEAR
Pavel
$180K/YEAR
Todd
$480K/YEAR
Niall
$252K/YEAR
Kyle
$2.16M/YEAR
Marshall
$300K/YEAR
Billy
$3.9M/YEAR
Michael
$6M/YEAR
Tripp
$204K/YEAR
Justin
$3.8M/YEAR
Luke
$600K/YEAR
JP
$1.5M/YEAR
Tyler
$1.8M/YEAR
Daniel
$4.99M/YEAR
Bryan
$144K/YEAR
Lewis
$180K/YEAR
Braxton
$1.2M/YEAR
Kyle
$180K/YEAR
Michael
$1.06M/YEAR
Lyla
$168K/YEAR
Kirsten
$6M/YEAR
Brian
$168K/YEAR
John
$712K/YEAR
Scott
$300K/YEAR
Malcolm
$360K/YEAR
Joe
$6M/YEAR
Uladzislau
$5.4M/YEAR
Aaron
$28.8M/YEAR
Dr.
$6M/YEAR
Moshe
$900K/YEAR
Zack
$3.6M/YEAR
Brad
$480K/YEAR
Juan
$9M/YEAR
Aaron
$7.2M/YEAR
Ľubomír
$480K/YEAR
Matt
$720K/YEAR
Stephen
$192K/YEAR
Stuart
$7.2M/YEAR
Akhil
$300K/YEAR
Erik
$1.2M/YEAR
Alex
$960K/YEAR
Jean-Loup
$216K/YEAR
Wes
$161K/YEAR
h.resendez
$1.92M/YEAR
Vladimir
$1.2M/YEAR
Eddie
$2.04M/YEAR
Milena
$420K/YEAR
Steven
$12M/YEAR
Andrei
$300K/YEAR
Jeffery
$12M/YEAR
John
$2.42M/YEAR
Andy
$1.8M/YEAR
Matthew
$720K/YEAR
Amy
$2.5M/YEAR
Zachary
$780K/YEAR
Gregg
$4.8M/YEAR
Laura
$6M/YEAR
Kelly
$300K/YEAR
Jodie
$180K/YEAR
Alex
$1.2M/YEAR
Giacomo
$6.6M/YEAR
Vivian
$600K/YEAR
Drew
$4.8M/YEAR
Edwin
$1.26M/YEAR
Matt
$3.3M/YEAR
Mark
$10.8M/YEAR
Patrick
$4.92M/YEAR
Andrew
$150K/YEAR
Sarah
$144K/YEAR
Jackson
$324K/YEAR
Steve
$960K/YEAR
Neel
$1.2M/YEAR
Cassy
$480K/YEAR
Michael
$516K/YEAR
Jerry
$360K/YEAR
Kent
$6.96M/YEAR
Rumana
$1.8M/YEAR
Justas
$540K/YEAR
Matt
$2.4M/YEAR
Mohit
$2.1M/YEAR
Kaila
$240K/YEAR
Jeremy
$192K/YEAR
Alex
$600K/YEAR
Rebecca
$480K/YEAR
David
$480K/YEAR
Guillaume
$1.2M/YEAR
Chris
$1.8M/YEAR
Igor
$6M/YEAR
Dahlia
$2.4M/YEAR
Chris
$2.4M/YEAR
Tomide
$180K/YEAR
Ross
$420K/YEAR
Munir
$240K/YEAR
Mary
$792K/YEAR
$360K/YEAR
Kaevon
$14.4M/YEAR
Anshul
$1.2M/YEAR
Carrie
$240K/YEAR
Phil
$6.6M/YEAR
JUAN
$600K/YEAR
Ricardo
$24M/YEAR
James
$228K/YEAR
Salman
$6M/YEAR
Lilia
$60M/YEAR
Holly
$504K/YEAR
Chris
$1.44M/YEAR
Ritesh
$2.8M/YEAR
Michael
$3.6M/YEAR
Thomas
$2M/YEAR
Chris
$840K/YEAR
Ivan
$156K/YEAR
Alessandro
$4.2M/YEAR
Brittney
$420K/YEAR
Rob
$480K/YEAR
Tudor
$600K/YEAR
Pat
$3M/YEAR
THIERRY
$10.1M/YEAR
Jim
$3.6M/YEAR
jackson
$888K/YEAR
Chris
$1.14M/YEAR
Stacy
$216K/YEAR
David
$1.2M/YEAR
Abeer
$600K/YEAR
Adam
$18M/YEAR
Raimonds
$1.8M/YEAR
Ali
$14.4M/YEAR
Dan
$792K/YEAR
Yash
$600K/YEAR
Corbin
$360K/YEAR
Brandon
$6M/YEAR
Ishan
$720K/YEAR
Olguy
$150K/YEAR
Ellis
$1.8M/YEAR
Alert
$7.8M/YEAR
Jon
$780K/YEAR
Rob
$9M/YEAR
Rob
$4.2M/YEAR
Mason
$312K/YEAR
Janet
$600K/YEAR
Matej
$600K/YEAR
Adrian
$2.1M/YEAR
Phaiboon
$1.44M/YEAR
Michael
$1.08M/YEAR
Pranay
$1.8M/YEAR
saleh
$600K/YEAR
Ahmed
$1.2M/YEAR
Cary
$300K/YEAR
Kiri
$600K/YEAR
Peter
$3.65M/YEAR
Yun
$12M/YEAR
Amar
$1.44M/YEAR
Travis
$1.2M/YEAR
Stefan
$1.2M/YEAR
One side project can change your life - it changed mine.
If we haven’t met before - Hi, my name’s Pat 👋
One day in 2017, I got off my day job and walked to the nearest Starbucks.
I powered up my laptop, and got started on a side project I'd been thinking about for years.
^ this was me getting started on a side project that would change my life
I started off at zero. I knew absolutely nothing about building, launching, and especially marketing.
At first, I felt lost and unfocused. I had no direction. And getting traction felt nearly impossible.
Especially because I was trying to balance a full time job, work out, have a social life, and pay off $60K in debt.
That didn’t leave a lot of time to really sit down and focus on anything.
But I knew I wanted one thing: the freedom and flexibility to work on whatever I want, whenever I want, and from wherever I want...
And I believed a side project could get me there.
12 months later, I'd launched a side project that eventually replaced my full time job income.
I couldn't believe it... In my eyes, I'd made it! At that point, I made the decision to quit my job, buy back my time, and go all in.
I've since turned that side project into a million dollar business that's impacted over 100M people.
I genuinely look forward to Mondays - I get to wake up every day and do what I love. I get messages every day from people saying my work changed their lives.
And I make more money in a single year than I would’ve made in 10 years working as a software engineer.
I know, it's absolutely insane.
I think it’s fair to say that this side project completely changed my life.
And I fundamentally believe that if you take it seriously, anybody can start a side project that changes their life too.
So how do you do it? How do you unlock the power of the side project, the one that could turn into millions? Well, it’s pretty simple…
What if you could see exactly how side projects turn into millions in revenue?
Imagine being able to see exactly which ideas make money (and which don't)...
Imagine avoiding wasting years working on the wrong thing.
And feeling confident that you know exactly what you need to do with your project.
With Starter Story, you'll get access to the most intimate details behind 4,418+ successful online businesses, and:
  • Learn how founders uncovered the idea that turned them into a millionaire… and exactly what that felt like.
  • Get the lowdown on what niches actually make money… and get the confidence that you're working on the right thing.
  • See exactly how $1M businesses grew… never waste months on the wrong marketing channel.
  • Surround yourself with success... soak up the knowledge and learnings of the most successful founders in the world.
case study $175K /month
How I Make $2M/Year As A Solopreneur
Justin breaks down:
Setting up a one person business
Creating a scalable content machine
case study $12M /month
How I Started A $144M Brand At 23 Years Old
Dylan breaks down:
Validating a product with FB ads
Finding a supplier that can scale
case study $4K /month
How My Product Hunt Launch Generated $5.8K
Luc breaks down:
Launching on Product Hunt
Creating a profitable newsletter
Over 4,340 more case studies like these...
What if you could surround yourself with founders who have already been there?
Building a business is lonely. And it’s easy to feel stuck.
> "How do I take the first step?"
> "How do I know I'm working on the right thing?"
> "How do I know I'm making the right progress every day?"
Finally, a place where you can ask these questions confidentially, get advice, and see exactly how successful founders did it before you.
You’re no longer building alone, because you have thousands of founders who are telling you to keep going.
Matt
$6M/YEAR
Mumtaz
$168K/YEAR
Jonathan
$360K/YEAR
Piotr
$600K/YEAR
Rasmus
$600K/YEAR
Mark
$300K/YEAR
Andy
$3.3M/YEAR
Ethan
$4.8M/YEAR
Angus
$150K/YEAR
Brian
$720K/YEAR
Paul
$9.6M/YEAR
Jamey
$20.7M/YEAR
Sophia
$156K/YEAR
John
$444K/YEAR
Bitu
$12M/YEAR
Justin
$420K/YEAR
Ross
$9.6M/YEAR
TJ
$720K/YEAR
Monica
$240K/YEAR
Danielle
$4.56M/YEAR
Jesse
$636K/YEAR
Luis
$300K/YEAR
Dayana
$180K/YEAR
Oscar
$6M/YEAR
Garret
$480K/YEAR
Danielle
$540K/YEAR
Emilie
$300K/YEAR
Deepak
$3.6M/YEAR
Mark
$360K/YEAR
Katie
$480K/YEAR
Natalie
$216K/YEAR
Katrin
$480K/YEAR
Alexi
$1.8M/YEAR
Janine
$240K/YEAR
Patrick
$1.5M/YEAR
Lani
$240K/YEAR
Nick
$420K/YEAR
Matt
$420K/YEAR
Rajiv
$1.2M/YEAR
Sandeep
$1.56M/YEAR
Aaron
$3.78M/YEAR
Nicky
$12M/YEAR
Eva
$180K/YEAR
Divakar
$1.2M/YEAR
Aayush
$420K/YEAR
Krik
$180K/YEAR
Derek
$240K/YEAR
Antonio
$1.5M/YEAR
Pavel
$180K/YEAR
Todd
$480K/YEAR
Niall
$252K/YEAR
Kyle
$2.16M/YEAR
Marshall
$300K/YEAR
Billy
$3.9M/YEAR
Michael
$6M/YEAR
Tripp
$204K/YEAR
Justin
$3.8M/YEAR
Luke
$600K/YEAR
JP
$1.5M/YEAR
Tyler
$1.8M/YEAR
Daniel
$4.99M/YEAR
Bryan
$144K/YEAR
Lewis
$180K/YEAR
Braxton
$1.2M/YEAR
Kyle
$180K/YEAR
Michael
$1.06M/YEAR
Lyla
$168K/YEAR
Kirsten
$6M/YEAR
Brian
$168K/YEAR
John
$712K/YEAR
Scott
$300K/YEAR
Malcolm
$360K/YEAR
Joe
$6M/YEAR
Uladzislau
$5.4M/YEAR
Aaron
$28.8M/YEAR
Dr.
$6M/YEAR
Moshe
$900K/YEAR
Zack
$3.6M/YEAR
Brad
$480K/YEAR
Juan
$9M/YEAR
Aaron
$7.2M/YEAR
Ľubomír
$480K/YEAR
Matt
$720K/YEAR
Stephen
$192K/YEAR
Stuart
$7.2M/YEAR
Akhil
$300K/YEAR
Erik
$1.2M/YEAR
Alex
$960K/YEAR
Jean-Loup
$216K/YEAR
Wes
$161K/YEAR
h.resendez
$1.92M/YEAR
Vladimir
$1.2M/YEAR
Eddie
$2.04M/YEAR
Milena
$420K/YEAR
Steven
$12M/YEAR
Andrei
$300K/YEAR
Jeffery
$12M/YEAR
John
$2.42M/YEAR
Andy
$1.8M/YEAR
Matthew
$720K/YEAR
Amy
$2.5M/YEAR
Zachary
$780K/YEAR
Gregg
$4.8M/YEAR
Laura
$6M/YEAR
Kelly
$300K/YEAR
Jodie
$180K/YEAR
Alex
$1.2M/YEAR
Giacomo
$6.6M/YEAR
Vivian
$600K/YEAR
Drew
$4.8M/YEAR
Edwin
$1.26M/YEAR
Matt
$3.3M/YEAR
Mark
$10.8M/YEAR
Patrick
$4.92M/YEAR
Andrew
$150K/YEAR
Sarah
$144K/YEAR
Jackson
$324K/YEAR
Steve
$960K/YEAR
Neel
$1.2M/YEAR
Cassy
$480K/YEAR
Michael
$516K/YEAR
Jerry
$360K/YEAR
Kent
$6.96M/YEAR
Rumana
$1.8M/YEAR
Justas
$540K/YEAR
Matt
$2.4M/YEAR
Mohit
$2.1M/YEAR
Kaila
$240K/YEAR
Jeremy
$192K/YEAR
Alex
$600K/YEAR
Rebecca
$480K/YEAR
David
$480K/YEAR
Guillaume
$1.2M/YEAR
Chris
$1.8M/YEAR
Igor
$6M/YEAR
Dahlia
$2.4M/YEAR
Chris
$2.4M/YEAR
Tomide
$180K/YEAR
Ross
$420K/YEAR
Munir
$240K/YEAR
Mary
$792K/YEAR
$360K/YEAR
Kaevon
$14.4M/YEAR
Anshul
$1.2M/YEAR
Carrie
$240K/YEAR
Phil
$6.6M/YEAR
JUAN
$600K/YEAR
Ricardo
$24M/YEAR
James
$228K/YEAR
Salman
$6M/YEAR
Lilia
$60M/YEAR
Holly
$504K/YEAR
Chris
$1.44M/YEAR
Ritesh
$2.8M/YEAR
Michael
$3.6M/YEAR
Thomas
$2M/YEAR
Chris
$840K/YEAR
Ivan
$156K/YEAR
Alessandro
$4.2M/YEAR
Brittney
$420K/YEAR
Rob
$480K/YEAR
Tudor
$600K/YEAR
Pat
$3M/YEAR
THIERRY
$10.1M/YEAR
Jim
$3.6M/YEAR
jackson
$888K/YEAR
Chris
$1.14M/YEAR
Stacy
$216K/YEAR
David
$1.2M/YEAR
Abeer
$600K/YEAR
Adam
$18M/YEAR
Raimonds
$1.8M/YEAR
Ali
$14.4M/YEAR
Dan
$792K/YEAR
Yash
$600K/YEAR
Corbin
$360K/YEAR
Brandon
$6M/YEAR
Ishan
$720K/YEAR
Olguy
$150K/YEAR
Ellis
$1.8M/YEAR
Alert
$7.8M/YEAR
Jon
$780K/YEAR
Rob
$9M/YEAR
Rob
$4.2M/YEAR
Mason
$312K/YEAR
Janet
$600K/YEAR
Matej
$600K/YEAR
Adrian
$2.1M/YEAR
Phaiboon
$1.44M/YEAR
Michael
$1.08M/YEAR
Pranay
$1.8M/YEAR
saleh
$600K/YEAR
Ahmed
$1.2M/YEAR
Cary
$300K/YEAR
Kiri
$600K/YEAR
Peter
$3.65M/YEAR
Yun
$12M/YEAR
Amar
$1.44M/YEAR
Travis
$1.2M/YEAR
Stefan
$1.2M/YEAR
Don't take our word for it...
Our members say very nice things about Starter Story. Here’s what quite a lot of them had to say.
Sam Parr
My First Million
I love this website.
Alex Lieberman
Morning Brew (sold for $75M)
Want to uncover how to make money and build wealth on the internet? I recommend checking out Starter Story.
Johne Vang
Be The Match
You can't find this information anywhere else.
KC Holiday
QALO (sold $100M of product)
Starter Story is the place to be if you’re looking to get inspired by profitable business ideas started by people just like you.
Chenell Basilio
Growth In Reverse (33k subs)
An incredible community - it's the only reason I have Slack on my phone.
Rand Fishkin
Moz
Love Starter Story's transparency.
Charlie Chang
YouTube ($300K/month)
These are crazy case studies. They’ve helped me grow my business to $300K/month. I see Starter Story’s case studies as the ultimate form of mentorship.
Austin Rief
Morning Brew
What Pat Walls has built with Starter Story is awesome. I love getting their emails.
Harry Dry
Marketing Examples
Real people making real money. Inspires me every day.
Everything you need to get your business off the ground
4,340 Case Studies
This is information you can't find anywhere else. Thousands of case studies breaking down million dollar business ideas that can be started with $0.
Inside Starter Story is $10B worth of knowledge about how regular people turned their idea into a life changing business.
Deep Dives
Find ideas and problems worth solving before they explode.
We have a team of researchers are working around the clock sending you thousands of data points every week on side project ideas that will take off.
For example, our:
  • • 99 Million-Dollar Problems [Report]
  • • 163+ Solopreneurs Making Millions With No Employees [Report]
  • • 104+ Real-World Examples Of 7-Figure Productized Services [Report]
and thousands more business ideas
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Private Slack Community
Connect with thousands of successful founders and like-minded individuals in our private community.
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Our Private Accountability Service helps you stay on track to achieve your Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs), keeping you accountable and on track every day.
Idea Database
Explore our extensive database of 8,628 business ideas, offering a wide range of inspiration and opportunities for your entrepreneurial journey.
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For context, you could spend $5,000+ on courses, accelerators, cohort based programs, books, etc.
Or, you could pay $10,000+ for coaches, accountability partners, and masterminds.
If you want to put our prices into context: think of this as an investment into building the business that could change your life.
If you're not serious about this journey, then Starter Story probably isn’t for you.
But if you’re ready to take this seriously, then investing some money in saving time and increasing your odds of success is a no-brainer.
Especially given (a) how much your life can change, and (b) how much money you stand to make if you do this right.
Anyways, enough spiel - here's the price.

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    A goldmine of data on rising trends and $1M business ideas
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We’ve got a 30-Day Money Back Guarantee, where if you've used the platform, participated in our community and accountability service, and aren’t happy for whatever reason, you can get a full, 100% refund.
Out of the thousands of people that have joined Starter Story, only a very small percentage of people have ever taken us up on this guarantee. We have less than 1% refund rate. For context, other online courses and programs have a 5%+ refund rate.
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Ours is < 1%. Just sayin’ 😉

Starter

Get inspired and learn from thousands of successful case studies.

Get Starter
  • 4,296 founder case studies
    Full access to our database of successful business case studies
  • Deep dives and reports
    A goldmine of data on rising trends and $1M business ideas
Most popular
Academy

Find your $1M idea and build it alongside thousands of founders.

Get Academy
  • Everything in Starter Plan
    Access to all case studies and deep dives
  • Monthly live cohorts
    Validate your idea, learn distribution, and stay accountable alongside 100s others
  • The Starter Story Curriculum
    Unlimited access to every course, workshop, and blueprint.
  • Private highly engaged community
    Get feedback, share your wins, ask questions, and connect with other successful founders.

Founder's Club

Unlimited personalized feedback and support to grow your business, forever.

$4,995 one-time payment

Only pay once

Get Founder's Club
  • Lifetime Access to Starter Story
    Everything in Academy, for life.
  • Personalized Mentorship with Pat
    Set the right goals and get customized advice tailored to your business.
  • Focused Strategy Sessions
    Monthly, quarterly, and yearly planning sessions to stay on track and focus on the most important things.
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