TWITS #91

Author

Jaisal Rathee
December 17, 2025

Yooo, it’s Jaisal. Welcome back to This Week in Tiny Startups #91.

— Jaisal (@ratheejaisal)

Before we begin, a quick shout-out to…

📣 Gaffa (Promoted)

Gaffa is a simple REST API for browser automation that makes scraping and automating data extraction with real browsers simple.

💸 2 New Income Reports

Discover real life examples of profitable tiny startups…

1 / AI research tool hit $10M ARR

This AI research tool for students and academics just hit $10M in ARR.

  • Launched in 2021

  • Funded (Raised a small pre-seed round)

  • Solo-founder

  • Just hit $10M ARR

  • Source

Bonus: the founder shares How to go from $0 to $5M ARR Profitably (step by step) in this X thread. Some insane value dropped, definitely give it a read.

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2 / “Simple” collection of premium themes made over $160k

This “simple” collection of beautiful Astro and Tailwind CSS themes has made over $160k in total revenue since launch back in 2023.

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Do you have a revenue generating startup or side-project?

📣 Attio (Promoted)

Powered by the next-generation CRM

Connect your email, and you’ll instantly get a CRM with enriched customer insights and a platform that grows with your business.

With AI at the core, Attio lets you:

  1. Prospect and route leads with research agents

  2. Get real-time insights during customer calls

  3. Build powerful automations for your complex workflows

😻 Posts We Loved This Week

Here’s what stood out…

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1. Rob hit $61k MRR with his bootstrapped SaaS

Rob hit $61k MRR in 53 days with his “tiny” bootstrapped SaaS. He shares the exact steps they took to get customers. Click through to read more :)

2. Piotr hit $20k with Dirstarter

Piotr hit $20k in total revenue with Dirstarter, a Next.js directory building template in less than one year.

3. Shri crossed $65k ARR with his tiny startup

Shri just crossed $65k ARR with Guidejar, a SaaS that helps you create interactive, how-to guides. Insane numbers! Can’t wait to see him at $100k soon.

4. The power of going viral on social media

Jeff launched a new product line that went viral on social media and resulted in him completely selling out within days. Crazy stuff. Never underestimate the power of social media.

5. From $0 to $1k MRR

Fred just hit $1k MRR with Supabird, his Twitter (X) growth tool. He shares the marketing strategies he used to reach $1k MRR in this thread. Click through to read more…

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— Jaisal (@ratheejaisal)

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