@leobassam thanks! And I'm happy to see your Plutio.com makes a good revenue ($13k/mo). It's a very very competitive field you're in.

@hannahkonnn Yep, I hear your point, Hannah! See my comment to Keith here. I will continue to focus on solo projects only.

@fajarsiddiq, that's nice! Where can I find that group?

@raunometsa https://www.indiehackers.com/gro...

@gerryhays1 I've seen few who sold. Some continue to work on their projects, some stepped out completely. But in general I think no – they're not looking to move beyond being a small startup with outside capital. For a lot of creators, it's about independance (you work on something you like and when you're inspired, spending rest of your time living life).

@gerryhays1 But the first couple of years are hard without capital. You need to continue your day job to pay your rent and eat food. And a the same time find the time and motivation to work on your own projects. This is why it's super important to really like your own product, so you'd continue to work on it even if it doesn't make money yet and you don't really see how it will start making money in the next two years, maybe. I think when you're building something that has a value, it will start making you money eventually. Could take some years though.

@haitham_m I know Indie Hackers also lists startups, but I feel community side is more dominant there and I wanted to do just a simple list of bootstrapped startups. Thanks for letting me know about this 500 error, I think it may have to do with MRR input (must be a number). Made a fix so it will be converted to integer now!

@ronanawall Thank you! Haha, well it's $0/mo :) don't know yet how to monetize MakeHub, but 3.0 will have something that people can buy I think :) But you're right – it is very appealing to invest in these companies. I haven't asked them, but I have a feeling they're not really interested in outside capital (I should ask them, maybe I'm wrong) – see my comment to @gerryhays1

PS. Do you plan to cleanse it over time? Some seem bigger than solo. I was particularly intrigued by one or two there at the top end revenue-wise. I figured they were at most a three-person co-founder team, but according to one the founders, they are a seven-person team. Appreciate the definition of "solo" is hard when the lines are blurred on what an employee is. And I still like the list, but it seems more bootstrapped focused than "solo" + bootstrapped.

@lynnastyie I see what you mean, Keith! I think my long-term focus should be probably on solo projects (a couple of co-founders are okay too), because that was the original idea and I want people to see it's possible to build something profitable alone. You make a website, a small SaaS or newsletter and you pay your bills with it. For example Canny is listed now and while they did start out as two co-founders, they're now grown to 9 people (https://canny.io/about).

@eddieaich love this idea! Do you have some more thoughts about this (how would this mentorship work)?

@raunometsa Just shooting from the hip - users sign up and add more info to their profile such as industry, product market, and whether or not they are open to mentoring others. Pre-revenue founders can find founders who are open for mentorship based on product/service, market similarities. Something like that?

@sudeep_chauhan Thank you, Sudeep! Revenue numbers come mostly from the founders themselves (but there are startups who share their revenue on their website too, although not many of them – some I have found like that).