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#slow-growth case studies
2 sourced case studies tagged #slow-growth. Every number links inline to the page it came from; self-reported figures are labelled as such.
- Bear Blog: a no-frills blogging platform that chose to grow slowly and stay small
- Web3Forms: a contact-form API that grew 'really slowly' to verified $44K MRR
Consumer apps9 sources · 2 min
Bear Blog: a no-frills blogging platform that chose to grow slowly and stay small
Herman Martinus launched Bear on Show HN in 2020 and still runs it as an independent, ad-free, no-VC business. His posts show what that looks like: modest profit, public promises, a license change after copycat forks, and a fight with AI scrapers.
bloggingbootstrappedsolo-founder
Developer tools2 sources · 2 min
Web3Forms: a contact-form API that grew 'really slowly' to verified $44K MRR
Surjith S M built a backend-free contact form for his own static sites over a Christmas break. Years of SEO and daily support later, Paddle-verified revenue on TrustMRR shows a slow side project that compounded.
formsapijamstack
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