How Yahia Bakour Grew a Stock Alert Platform to 170K Users

January 21st, 2025

Founded By
Yahia Bakour
Monthly Revenue
$20K
Founders
2
Profitable
Yes
Year Started
2019
Customer
B2B & B2C

Who is Yahia Bakour?

Yahia Bakour, the founder of StockAlarm, is a former senior software engineer at Amazon who left his role to focus full-time on the startup. Originally from a background in computer engineering, Yahia co-founded StockAlarm while in college after identifying potential in a LinkedIn post about a similar project.

What problem does StockAlarm solve?

StockAlarm takes the tedious task out of constantly checking stock prices by sending alerts for stock movements, saving traders countless hours and allowing them to focus on more important activities.

Stock Alarm App

Stock Alarm App

How did Yahia come up with the idea for StockAlarm?

The idea for Stock Alarm began when Yahia was exploring the world of stock trading while still a college student. During his final year, he stumbled upon a LinkedIn post about an existing stock alert application that a fellow student, Morgan, had launched. Yahia had been tinkering with a similar concept using makeshift tools like Google Sheets but was intrigued by Morgan's app, despite it lacking some essential features. This prompted him to reach out with suggestions, leading to an unexpected offer to join as a co-founder tasked with improving and growing the...

Sorry, you need to login and/or become a member to view the rest of this content.

Sources (4)

blog.acquire.com indiehackers.com founderclub.com listennotes.com
3 articles · 1 podcast
blog.acquire.com
blog.acquire.com Article · 2024
Startup Acquisition Stories with Yahia Bakour, Co-founder of stockalarm.io
Believe it or not, customers sometimes want to receive phone calls from applications. Especially if they’re calling themselves. Yahia ...
indiehackers.com
indiehackers.com Article · 2022
Choosing the right time to go full- time on a side-hustle — Yahia Bakour of Stock Alarm ($20K/mo)
I caught up with [@yahiabakour](https://www.indiehackers.com/yahiabakour) of [Stock Alarm](https://stockalarm.io/), who quit his _very_ c...
founderclub.com
founderclub.com Article · 2023
How a Monitoring Platform Attracted 170,000 Users and Earned 20K MRR
Stock Alarm, a real-time stock market monitoring platform, attracted 170,000 users and earned 20K MRR. Founded by Yahia Bakour, the platf...
listennotes.com
listennotes.com Podcast · 2023
#268 – Trading Stocks, Quitting Amazon, and Making $20k/Month with Yahia Bakour of Stock Alarm
Yahia Bakour (@mynameisyahia) talks trading stocks, quitting a $250k/year job at Amazon to become an indie hacker, how to join an existin...