ShipFast
Revenue
~$50K/mo
Solo (FR), build in public
Audience
~215K+ followers on X
Launched
2023
Age at launch
~30
01Started from
Where it started
French full-stack developer, laid off (Tai Lopez team), depressed at his parents' home, then off to Bali with ~$20K.
- Tech level
- Full-stack developer (UTT Troyes)
- Starting money
- ~$20,000 in savings
- How it was built
- 100% solo with Next.js and Stripe, building in public, with demo videos that went viral.
- Funding
- None: bootstrapped from ~$20K in savings.
- Tools
- Next.jsStripeno-code / AI
02Journey
The journey
Rock bottom
Laid off
Let go from the Tai Lopez team, he goes through depression while living with his parents.
Bali
A fresh start
With ~$20K in savings, he moves to Bali and starts shipping products on his own.
2023
ShipFast
At ~30, he launches ShipFast, a Next.js boilerplate to launch a SaaS in a few days.
Jan. 2024
16 products
He has shipped 16 products in 2 years, growing through Product Hunt, Twitter and his videos.
2024-2025
~$50K a month
His solo portfolio of 20+ products makes ~$50K a month, followed by ~215K people on X.
03Lessons
What you can take from it
- 01
Ship a lot: the hit comes from volume (16 products in 2 years).
- 02
Show your product in short demo videos: they drove his growth.
- 03
Share your numbers openly: transparency builds an audience that buys.
“I shipped 16 products in the last 2 years.”
Figures come from public sources (press, the founders’ own posts) and are sometimes self-reported.
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