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I Built A Micro-Version Of A $1B SaaS. Now I Make $50K/Month

Name: I Built A Micro-Version Of A $1B SaaS. Now I Make $50K/Month
Uploaded: 2026-05-28
Duration: 11 min 47 s
Description: David and Daniel launched Shipper, an AI app-builder aimed at the same market as the billion-dollar incumbents, on the thesis that capturing 1% of a massive market beats inventing a new one. The episode covers the 'copy and paste a big SaaS' approach, tech stack, growth, and how they found their 1% wedge.

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Synopsis

David and Daniel launched Shipper, an AI app-builder aimed at the same market as the billion-dollar incumbents, on the thesis that capturing 1% of a massive market beats inventing a new one. The episode covers the 'copy and paste a big SaaS' approach, tech stack, growth, and how they found their 1% wedge.

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Bootstrapped micro-SaaS portfolio
David and Daniel's Shipper story argues for taking a narrow 1% wedge from a billion-dollar SaaS market: fewer features, a specific customer, and faster shipping instead of inventing a wholly new category.