http://www.meetingshed.com - bootstrapped, some interest and a few users, not enough to start a business. I keep it running because I use the VPS I set up for it for other stuff.
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#23Breeze - http://letsbreeze.com, it's Basecamp and Trello mashup.
Originally it was developed for a final thesis about agile project management. Launched in September last year, totally bootstrapped and already have paying customers.
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#24http://www.improvely.com, http://www.w3counter.com, and two dozen other sites over the years. Revenue in the millions over the past 8 years I've been self-employed, and I'm not taking a pay cut versus what I'd earn in industry if I had gone that route instead.
I've run into many limitations that have prevented me from offering products, service plans and sales strategies that would've been profitable but required more employees. I could hire, but I enjoy what I do, and switching from what I do to hiring and managing sales/support/ops teams is a totally different job I wouldn't enjoy so much.
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#25I built a company that develops iOS apps. My most successful app so far is http://www.tinypiano.com/ with 6 million (free) downloads (launched Feb 2012). The app is monetizing via ads and in-app purchases. I do this full time. My goal was to make an app that achieves 10 million downloads. It looks like it should hit that mark sometime this year. Another goal was to make enough money to buy a house. Assuming all goes…
You mean buy a house in cash? Or afford a mortgage on your own?
He most likely means buying it in cash.
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#26Rob Walling is a solo entrepreneur that hires Virtual Assistants, coders, designers etc.. in order to create/manage his own products (i.e. http://hittail.com http://www.dotnetinvoice.com/ and others).
You can get more info about how he is doing by reading his blog http://www.softwarebyrob.com or better listening to the podcast http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ he co-host with Mike Tabber (another solo entrepeneur, his site http://www.singlefounder.com/ )
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#27http://Sweetsoundtrack.com - I often hear music I like in movies and want to add them to my personal collection. This website allows users to look up a movie, and quickly find information about the songs and artists featured in the soundtrack. I started to make a little revenue - enough to cover my hosting costs. I'd love to hear any feedback.
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#28I built a company that develops iOS apps. My most successful app so far is http://www.tinypiano.com/ with 6 million (free) downloads (launched Feb 2012). The app is monetizing via ads and in-app purchases. I do this full time. My goal was to make an app that achieves 10 million downloads. It looks like it should hit that mark sometime this year. Another goal was to make enough money to buy a house. Assuming all goes…
You mean buy a house in cash? Or afford a mortgage on your own?
Good question. I guess I meant that I'd be able to pay off enough of the mortgage such that my monthly payment would be close to my current rent. :) If it turns out that I do better than expected, then I'll pay for it in cash. If not, then I can work longer. In any case, the app is doing well enough that it's now my full time job.
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#29http://Sweetsoundtrack.com - I often hear music I like in movies and want to add them to my personal collection. This website allows users to look up a movie, and quickly find information about the songs and artists featured in the soundtrack. I started to make a little revenue - enough to cover my hosting costs. I'd love to hear any feedback.
I often search for songs (in google) by some of their lyrics. Maybe you can add that ability.
Also searching for a movie based on actor would help.
When I searched for Scarface, I got 3 hits. Mousing-over I was able to see the year of movie, but maybe a picture next to the hits would help.
Looking at the list: http://sweetsoundtrack.com/Movies/scarface-1983 Maybe you could add a link to lyrics?
And finally, it might be good to have a little song-preview next to each song, so that if user isn't sure by the name, they can listen to a part of it. (not sure if there are legal issues with this)
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#30I built http://pineapple.io all on my own in a matter of months (I also learned rails just so I could build it). I am definitely seeing the 'end' of the cap where I simply can't put more time into it. So far I have held up really well though, and I implement most of if not all the changes that people want to see (if I feel they are a good fit, that is). But yes, my traffic is growing every day with more and more user…
Can I ask how are you processing website screenshots on that page?