Bootstrapped SaaS: $12M ARR Across 5 Products With a Team of 10

About this episode

Tibo Louis-Lucas shares his journey from failed startups to building a successful bootstrapped SaaS portfolio generating $1M a month.

Two failed startups. 250K euros in debt. Stuck in Paris with a sick baby and no plan. Tibo Louis-Lucas walked away from a stable CTO job and shipped 11 products in 4 months on unemployment benefits. Today TMAKER is a bootstrapped SaaS startup portfolio doing $1M a month across 5 products with a team of 10. Tibo breaks down the exact signal that told him Tweet Hunter was the one after 10 failures, the JK Molina equity deal that took it from $3K to $20K MRR in 3 weeks, why he regrets selling Tweet Hunter and Taplio for $8 million, and the co-maker model that powers his bootstrapped SaaS startup today. Plus: why Tibo says SEO is the most durable distribution channel for a bootstrapped SaaS startup, even as LLMs reshape search. TMAKER is a bootstrapped SaaS startup studio of 5 products. Outrank crossed $200K MRR. Revid does over $600K a month. The portfolio crossed $1M a month a few weeks before this conversation. This episode is brought to you by: 💖 Gearheart → Book a free consult and get the first 20 hours free 🔍 Respona → Get featured in AI answers on ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews 🔑 Key Lessons 🚀 Distribution is the reusable bootstrapped SaaS startup asset: Tibo built one…

People in this episode

Host: Omer Khan

Guest: Tibo Louis-Lucas

Topics covered

• bootstrapped SaaS
• entrepreneurship
• product-market fit
• SEO
• recurring revenue

Keywords

• bootstrapped SaaS
• TMAKER
• Tweet Hunter
• recurring revenue
• SEO
• entrepreneurship
• product-market fit

Sponsors

Gearheart, Respona

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TMAKER, Tweet Hunter, Taplio

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