Founder Growth Stories Archives - GrowthMentor https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/category/founder-growth-stories/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:09:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://www.growthmentor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-apple-icon-57x57-1-1-150x150.png Founder Growth Stories Archives - GrowthMentor https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/category/founder-growth-stories/ 32 32 How Kaffekassan Scaled to $2M ARR by Reinventing a ‘Boring’ Industry https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/kaffekassan-growth-story/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:09:25 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-baas-hit-2500-users-copy/ Oskar Söderlund shares how he modernized school fundraising, overcame early challenges, and used TikTok to drive Kaffekassan’s viral growth.

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]]> How Boss as a Service Went Viral Twice and Scaled to 2,500+ Users https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-baas-hit-2500-users/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:33:51 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/emailtooltester-growth-journey-1m-copy/ Manasvini Krishna shares how she grew Boss as a Service to 2,500+ users, went viral on Hacker News - twice - and turned a personal productivity struggle into a successful business.

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]]> How Bridify Grew to 40,000+ Users in 12 Months https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-bridify-scaled-to-40000-users-in-a-year/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:04:02 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/emailtooltester-growth-journey-1m-copy/ Raffael Schulz shares how he grew Bridify to 40,000+ users in 12 months, leveraged UGC ads, and disrupted the wedding industry with a swipe-based dress discovery app.

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]]> Tooltester’s Path to $1.5 Million ARR Through a Strategic Pivot https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/emailtooltester-growth-journey-1m/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:50:54 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/truely-1m-revenue-growth-story-copy/ Robert Brandl shares how he scaled Tooltester to $1.5M ARR, navigated SEO challenges, and successfully pivoted to EmailTooltester for sustainable growth.

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]]> How Truely is Positioned for Rapid Growth in Its First Year https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/truely-1m-revenue-growth-story/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:59:42 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=793509 JP Bisson shares actionable insights from raising $3.5M pre-launch to leveraging mentorship and tackling challenges for rapid growth.

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]]> How a Solo Founder Achieved 400% Growth in 6 Months https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/solo-founder-400-percent-growth/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:57:12 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=793762 Minh Pham, founder of SEOmatic, shares actionable insights on scaling 400% in 6 months, from redefining positioning to leveraging mentorship and overcoming solo founder challenges.

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]]> Beating Founder Burnout by Walking the Camino de Santiago Frances — 900km Across Spain https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/camino-santiago-founder-burnout/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:42:22 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=793007 Walking 900km across Spain to rediscover purpose after startup founder burnout.

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]]> GTM Playbook: Growth Journalism [Case Study] https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/gtm-playbook-growth-journalism-case-study/ Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:40:42 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=787878 A go to market playbook case study, from idea, to execution, and results.

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]]> What It Was Like Doing Y Combinator a Second Time https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/doing-y-combinator-a-second-time/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/doing-y-combinator-a-second-time/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:22:50 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=9876 Nate Matherson went through Y Combinator back in 2016 and he just did it again going through the S21 batch. Here's what it was like going through it a second time.

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/doing-y-combinator-a-second-time/feed/ 0 How to Launch on Product Hunt: How 15 Founders Got Product of the Day https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/product-hunt-launch/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/product-hunt-launch/#respond Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:59:45 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=24390 We spoke to 15 founders with number #1 Product Hunt Products of the day. They shared their experiences of getting thousands of new users, attracting new audiences, and securing investment thanks to their successful launches. This step-by-step Product Hunt launch guide summarizes what they learned.

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