Archive - Happy Bootstrapping Newsletter

Kaffeemacher: How Benjamin Hohlmann Built a €10 Million Business with YouTube and Zero Ad Budget

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #53

Mar 23 • Andreas Lehr

Choosy: How Vanessa Westphal Built the Most-Used Meal Planner in the DACH Region with a Team of 3

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #52

Mar 16 • Andreas Lehr

doloc.io and Cloud Backup for Podio: How Daniel Schreiber Runs Two SaaS Products on the Side

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #51

Mar 9 • Andreas Lehr

Visito.me: How Sven Feliks left Mercedes After 14 Years to Build an All-in-One Platform for Restaurants

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #50

Mar 2 • Andreas Lehr

February 2026

widdix: How Andreas Wittig Bootstraps Four AWS Products with His Brother – 1,800 Customers, Zero Employees

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #49

Feb 23 • Andreas Lehr

"Paid Self-Fulfillment": Alex Schäfer on the Journey from Corporate to Full-Time Auto YouTuber "CarRanger"

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #48

Feb 16 • Andreas Lehr

Pentacode: How Lorenz Strasser Bootstrapped an HR Software Managing 60,000 Employees – Without a Single Investor

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #47

Feb 9 • Andreas Lehr

Weinwunder: How Andreas Krause Builds an Online Shop for Wines You Can't Get in Germany – As a Side Business

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #46

Feb 2 • Andreas Lehr

January 2026

The Trailblazers: How Jannis Johannmeier Built a PR Agency with €2.5 Million Revenue and Zero Sales Budget

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #45

Jan 26 • Andreas Lehr

Sonuby Weather: How Julian Meier Builds a Weather App with $1,400 MRR as an Indie Developer

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #43

Jan 19 • Andreas Lehr

alfima.io: How Alexander Bünk Shut Down His 42-Employee Agency and Built a €63K MRR SaaS in 7 Months

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #42

Jan 12 • Andreas Lehr

kcalculator.de: How Jannis Kuhrt Builds B2B SaaS Alongside Full-Time Job and Family

"Happy Bootstrapping" Volume #41

Jan 5 • Andreas Lehr

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