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Three ways to build your own machine

Each path runs from the idea to your first paying customers in five stages, with what we did at each one and a pack you can hand to your AI. General lessons, our results, not typical.

Path · Micro-SaaS
Micro-SaaS: from idea to first paying customers

We've done this: first paying customer May 2026, first $1K month October 2026.

A small data subscription for one narrow kind of professional. This is the path behind our first milestone: passing $1K a month in recurring revenue across the portfolio.

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Path · Media brand
Ad-supported media brand

A blog and YouTube brand built around one topic. We have built one before, and we are rebuilding one now in public: a books-niche content brand.

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Path · Digital products
Digital products: printables and small packs

Small digital products for a specific moment, sold to people planning ahead. Our example: a games-niche content brand.

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