13 moments in 2024 I'll never forget: 1. I was awarded Product Hunt Maker of the Year 2023, the same…

2. I launched Zenvoice.io, a startup I built in 7 days of live streaming on YouTube (February) The startup is still making $1K/month on autopilot while saving the 0.4% Stripe fee for hundreds of founders.

Marc Lou@marclou · Feb 19, 2024My new startup ZenVoice.io is live 🎉 → Let your customers generate, edit, and download invoices themselves. ✅ No 0.4% Stripe fee ✅ No customer support ✅ 1-minute no-code setup One-time payment for lifetime access. Launch discount is up! 🔥

3. I lost the last paying customer for my 1st SaaS from 2018 (March) This startup paid my rent for almost 5 years.

Marc Lou@marclou · Mar 9, 2024This day has finally come... In 2018, I grew a SaaS to $4,000 MRR. I abandoned it in 2020. It's been making money for the past 4 years with 0 support — true passive income. The last paying customer ($199/mo) just churned today. It paid my bills for years, forever grateful ❤️

4. First mini burnout, I booked a real therapist for 1 month (April)

Marc Lou@marclou · Apr 21, 2024I fucked up. I've been talking about money too much recently. I apologize. I was a fish out of water for 30 years. School was a pain. University was useless. Entrepreneurship was a movie without sound. 6 months ago, everything changed.

5. My Twitter reached 100,000 followers after 2.5 years (June). When I started, It took 8 months to get 1,000 followers.

Marc Lou@marclou · Jun 2, 2024I used to look at 100K followers' accounts as rock stars. It seemed unachievable. So I stopped caring about numbers I can't control. Instead, I built startups for 900 days. This happened: 0 → 1K in 8 months 1K → 10K in 6 months 10K → 100K in 16 months Thank you discipline

6. I was lucky to talk about my 6 years of failure on Starter Story (July)

7. I made $1M as a solo entrepreneur (August)

Marc Lou@marclou · Aug 9, 2024FUCK YEAH I made $1M as a 30-year-old solopreneur. 85% is profit. 80% was made in the last 365 days. It took 7 years, 2 burnouts, 1 depression. Thanks, hard work. Thanks, JavaScript. Thanks, wife.

8. I met my hero @levelsio (September)

Marc Lou@marclou · Sep 23, 2024So I met the final boss of the game @levelsio 🤩 His tweets resonated with me when I was at my lowest. He's why I jumped into the solopreneurship journey and built tiny startups. We had dinner, and he's incredibly kind, humble, and fun. And boy he speaks Portuguese too. Now with half a million followers and half a million dollars a month, he keeps inspiring an entire generation of awesome people chasing freedom with a keyboard. Back to shipping 🫡

9. I launched @DataFast_, the web analytics SaaS for founders (September)

Marc Lou@marclou · Sep 30, 2024I'M OVERTHINKING I'M OVERTHINKING I'M OV... I'M LAUNCHING AN EARLY VERSION OF MY NEW SAAS: 📈 DataFa.st — Grow your startup with data (not guesses). It's an analytics tool for founders to: • Analyze your traffic • Find your best marketing channels • Decide which product to focus on Early version = Cheaper pricing. You'll be grandfathered forever if you subscribe before the official launch day.

10. Burn out (October)

Marc Lou@marclou · Oct 24, 2024Twitter, let's talk?

11. My YouTube channel reached 100,000 subscribers (October)

Marc Lou@marclou · Oct 26, 2024so this is what happens when you don't quit

12. I launched CodeFast (November)

Marc Lou@marclou · Nov 28, 2024I spent 9 months working on this... Introducing CodeFa.st — Build your SaaS in 14 days 🧑‍💻 ✅ Learn to code from 0 ✅ Even if you're a complete beginner ✅ Everything to create an online business It's 50% off for Black Friday — 48 hours left. Enjoy!

13. I'm playing with low calory, no-carb diet (December)

Marc Lou@marclou · Dec 10, 2024I tried a new diet for 2 weeks (didn't change my workout plan): ❌ Cut carbs completely 🍏 Eat only nuts, meat/fish/eggs/tofu, vegetables, and dairy 🍽️ 2 meals per day (breakfast at 10 am, dinner at 2 pm) This happened: - My body fat has decreased to the lowest I've had - My cravings are gone I used to snack between meals (fruits, wheat bix, snacks) because I was hungry even just 1 hour after a meal. I can't believe my cravings are gone, although I eat less than before (from 3 to 2 meals a day).

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