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By Solopreneurs is designed as a content-first platform where every article comes from real founders. Expect practical insights, proven strategies, and the exact tools successful solopreneurs rely on.

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Find the apps, software, platforms, and services founders actually use to run their startups with honest reviews and recommendations.

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From validating an idea to scaling a business, learn how experienced solopreneurs tackled the same challenges you face now.

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In-depth case studies on how successful founders built their businesses, with lessons you can apply to your own startup.

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Every founder has their go-to stack. The tools, workflows, and routines that made building their company possible. For some, it’s a mix of productivity software, automation hacks, and daily habits that kept them focused when resources were scarce.

For others, it’s the customer support strategies, growth frameworks, or marketing methods. We dig into those choices in depth so you can see exactly what worked, why it worked, and how you can adapt it to your own journey.

Why I Created By Solopreneurs

I’ve been a solopreneur for more than eight years, building SaaS companies (and a poster business). It’s what I still do today. Along the way, I’ve sold two of my projects and continue to run others.

What I always missed was a place where solopreneurs could share the tools, guides, and real experiences that make the journey easier. That’s why I started By Solopreneurs, to create the kind of resource I wish I’d had when I was starting out.

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Latest Articles

  • Coda vs Notion for Solopreneurs

    Coda vs Notion for Solopreneurs

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    Andreas

    Picking between Coda and Notion isn’t about finding a perfect tool. It’s about matching the work a solo operator repeats every week. The key jobs stay the same for most: deliver projects, document and share knowledge, track people or deals with a light CRM, and automate repetitive tasks that waste time. Coda works like…

  • Andy Yen: The Proton Founder Story

    Andy Yen: The Proton Founder Story

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    Andreas

    Andy Yen stood in the hum of CERN’s labs, ideas and data flying between scientists from more than a hundred countries. Email wasn’t just messages – it kept projects moving and careers tied together. He saw the risk hidden in plain sight: every message left a trail that could expose sensitive research to the…

  • Contra Review for Hiring Framer Designers

    Contra Review for Hiring Framer Designers

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    Andreas

    Contra feels like walking into a design-first space built for finding Framer pros. Upwork sprawls and wastes time. Contra skews toward visual and product designers who work with no-code tools, Framer included. It values fewer listings, stronger talent, and portfolios with live sites and interactive prototypes instead of static shots. The showcase matters most…

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