From a Nobody to 1000 Active Users With $0 in Ads

Started with 0 subs and 0 followers. Spent $0 on ads. Now my SaaS has 1K Monthly Active Users (~10K total). Intro Hi, I'm Ravi. I'm originally from Brazil, but I've been living in Japan for the past 8 years, working full-time as a web developer at a Japanese company. And on the side, I've been building a small bootstrapped startup - plus occasionally posting on my YouTube channel, which somehow ended up with 14,000 subscribers. Just a few years ago, I had no idea how any of this worked. How it All Started Back in March 2022, I was basically a complete beginner in anything related to startups, making money online, or content creation. I didn't know the first thing about investing or entrepreneurship. But I was curious. While going down that rabbit hole, I started reading a book called Rich20Something. I was already turning 30 at the time - so I guess I missed the mark on the title

Apr 20, 2025 - 02:12

From a Nobody to 1000 Active Users With $0 in Ads

Started with 0 subs and 0 followers.

Spent $0 on ads.

Now my SaaS has 1K Monthly Active Users (~10K total).

Intro

Hi, I'm Ravi. I'm originally from Brazil, but I've been living in Japan for the past 8 years, working full-time as a web developer at a Japanese company. And on the side, I've been building a small bootstrapped startup - plus occasionally posting on my YouTube channel, which somehow ended up with 14,000 subscribers.

Just a few years ago, I had no idea how any of this worked.

How it All Started

Back in March 2022, I was basically a complete beginner in anything related to startups, making money online, or content creation. I didn't know the first thing about investing or entrepreneurship. But I was curious.

While going down that rabbit hole, I started reading a book called Rich20Something. I was already turning 30 at the time - so I guess I missed the mark on the title