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Profitable Founder

Florian Darroman

Business

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 36

Twice a week (Wed/Sun), I interview the best indie hackers and tech founders so you can steal their playbook and apply it to your own journey.

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🇫🇷 France - entrepreneurship
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27/07/2026
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I make $1M/year selling access to APIs I don't own

Sunday, May 17, 2026 • Duration 47:46

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Miki previously built a VC-backed company with hundreds of employees, then quit to start over bootstrapped. He launched Zernio, a social media API that lets SaaS companies plug into Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube without dealing with the bureaucracy themselves.

In 10 months, he scaled it to $1M ARR using Google Ads from day one, even when his acquisition cost was double his lifetime value.

Find Miki on X: https://x.com/paletmiki
Try Zernio: https://zernio.com

👋 Apply to join Profitable Founder Community: https://tally.so/r/dWZ5Jz

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro
0:53 - Zero to $1M ARR in 10 months
1:19 - Running ads from day one
1:46 - From VC-backed to bootstrapped
2:51 - Why he quit the VC path
4:22 - The two projects before Zernio
5:19 - How he finds startup ideas
7:15 - What Zernio actually does
8:22 - Real use case breakdown
9:26 - The full growth timeline
11:14 - Google Ads and SEO strategy
14:03 - Balancing growth and churn
15:36 - Building the team
16:43 - The month MRR doubled
18:28 - Managing ad spend without going broke
20:11 - What VC taught him about bootstrapping
21:16 - The Google Ads funnel explained
22:50 - How he built V1 in a weekend
25:30 - First keywords and first campaigns
25:54 - Why he ignored acquisition cost
28:02 - Combining ads with SEO
29:56 - Other distribution channels
31:26 - Talking to customers daily
32:25 - 150 support tickets a day
34:12 - Why he rebranded
35:41 - The real cost of rebranding
37:02 - Building from Europe
39:20 - Vision and next steps
40:58 - Biggest lessons from 7 years of building
43:38 - How much time he wastes on Twitter
44:26 - The playbook to do it again from zero
46:08 - Advice for founders who are struggling

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I Make $5M/Year Giving My SaaS Away for Free

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 • Duration 53:54

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Marie and Philip (her co-founder and life partner) launched Tally, a free form builder, from their living room during COVID lockdowns.

Five years later, they hit $5M ARR with just 10 people and zero funding.

In this episode, Mari shares how giving their product away for free became their biggest growth engine, why she said no to their most requested feature for 5 years, and the unexpected channel that 5x'd their revenue almost overnight.

Try Tally for Free: tally.cello.so/QZlNWuM7kjG
Find Marie on X: x.com/MarieMartens

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Chapters:

0:00 - Intro
1:04 - From corporate job to startup life
6:44 - The failed startup before Tally
9:43 - How Tally was born during COVID
11:08 - Why simplicity is their biggest edge
13:11 - The freemium flywheel that drives growth
15:28 - How they decide what to build
17:46 - Getting real feedback from users
22:41 - Building in public: does it actually help?
25:37 - Key lessons from 5 years of building
28:39 - The channel that changed everything
32:35 - Making freemium actually work
38:28 - What they would do differently
42:27 - Building a team after years as a duo
47:31 - The future of Tally and the SaaS apocalypse
50:24 - How to protect your SaaS from AI

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How we built a SaaS to $8M a year (at 24yo)

Sunday, February 8, 2026 • Duration 51:11

🔹 Are we friends on Instagram? https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ My guest today is Nick Lawton. He grew SideShift to $8M ARR with his 2 co-founders. In this episode, you'll discover: - How Nick and his co-founders built an $8M ARR startup - How to use UGC for promote your product - His complete playbook to build a $1M startup in 2026 Find Nick on X: https://x.com/nicholasnlawton Try SideShift: https://sideshift.app/?utm_source=florian Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:03 - Breaking Into College Dorms 2:27 - The Door-to-Door Grind 3:01 - Expanding to 10+ Campuses 4:46 - Tech Twitter Changed Everything 6:13 - The Unexpected Pivot 8:40 - The #1 Lesson That Scaled Us 11:03 - Managing Two Businesses at Once 13:35 - B2C vs B2B: What Actually Works 15:48 - Are We Profitable? 16:55 - How $8M Changed My Life 18:28 - Bootstrapped vs Funded 21:09 - Our First Round 22:15 - The UGC Money Machine 26:04 - Why Niche Creators Are Wrong 29:35 - $0 Budget? Start Here 31:59 - The New Creator Role 32:36 - The Hidden Bottleneck 34:15 - 90M Views in 30 Days 36:34 - The Real Starting Budget 39:23 - How I would build a $1M Startup in 2026 43:29 - Personal Brand vs Product 44:51 - What Kind of Founder? 46:14 - Finding Your Technical Partner 48:43 - Stop Doing This 50:24 - Nothing Beats This --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz

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Distribution Cheatcode: 1 Podcast → 150 Posts → Customers on Autopilot

Sunday, February 1, 2026 • Duration 01:09:11

🔹 Download the Playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/how-to-dominate-your-niche/ Cody Schneider built 20+ profitable businesses by making himself impossible to ignore in his niche. In this episode, he reveals the exact 3 steps playbook that turns strangers into buyer-ready customers. (without cold outreach, paid ads, or begging for sales calls). If you're tired of chasing customers, this is how you make them come to you. Find Cody Schneider: on X: https://x.com/codyschneiderxx on YouTube: @codyschneiderx Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:40 - Why You Should Start a Podcast 2:24 - Turn 100 Listeners Into Buyer-Ready Customers 4:08 - The Podcast Flywheel (Newsletter + Clips) 6:28 - How to Repurpose One Episode Into 50+ Posts 10:35 - Building a Content Flywheel from Zero 14:30 - Podcast SEO: How to Rank on Apple & Spotify 16:28 - Content Marketing as a Lifestyle Choice 18:07 - Email Newsletters Make 100X More Than Podcasts 19:40 - Finding What Your Audience Actually Wants 23:25 - Digital Gravity: Getting Customers on Autopilot 24:48 - Podcasts vs Direct Response Marketing 30:18 - Don't Start a Podcast for Your First Customer 32:31 - Why CPCs Increase & Content Compounds 37:09 - How to Get on Bigger Podcasts 46:14 - How to Monetize Your Podcast 58:09 - Starting Over in 2026: My Exact Playbook 1:05:08 - Advice to 22-Year-Old Founders --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz

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How I Built a SaaS to $200K/Month (My Exact Playbook)

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 • Duration 01:05:55

Try Outrank: https://outrank.so/?via=floriandarroman Eugene Zolotarenko failed for 3 years before building Outrank to $200K/month with Tibo. He shares the exact framework for creating products people actually pay for, why most founders focus on the wrong problems, and what changed when he stopped trying to do it alone. Find Eugene on X: https://x.com/eugZolotarenko Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:05 - Why Setting Small Goals Led to Success 3:32 - Why He Thought So Small at the Start 4:25 - The Waiter Who Hated His Job 8:52 - Teaching Himself to Code While Working Random Jobs 12:26 - How He Met Tibo Years Before Partnering 12:53 - 3 Years of Embarrassing Failure 14:56 - How He Made His First Dollar Online 18:14 - What Changed After 3 Years of Failure 23:00 - The First Product That Made Money 24:41 - What Happened to That First Product 26:24 - Finding the Idea for Outrank 28:22 - How He Built It in the Pre-Cursor Era 28:30 - Finding First Customers at $300 MRR 29:38 - Stuck at $300/Month: The DM That Changed Everything 34:52 - What Ideas Did Tibo Bring to the Product 36:59 - What Rob Walling Taught About Beta Testing 37:40 - The Most Hands-Down Time of His Life 40:08 - Beta Launch: Testing with First Customers 41:54 - What He Learned Working with Tibo 42:15 - The #1 Lesson: You Need a MAGICAL Product 43:06 - What Makes a Product Magical 44:34 - Scaling from $13K to $200K MRR 47:57 - Why This Product is Actually Magical 49:09 - If He Had to Start Over: The 90-Day Plan 54:00 - Would He Find Another Tibo 58:35 - The Most Important Thing About Why Outrank Succeeded 59:58 - Advice to His Past Self 1:02:01 - Do Shortcuts Exist 1:02:58 - From Waiter to $200K/Month --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz

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I Built and Sold 4 Apps for $500K (My Exact Playbook)

Sunday, January 25, 2026 • Duration 01:09:26

🔹 Download The Mobile Apps Flipping Playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/lotts Lotanna Ezeike built and sold 4 mobile apps for over $500K in the last 18 months. In this episode, he breaks down his complete build-to-flip playbook: how to find ideas buyers want, validate with zero budget, build lean, scale with UGC, and exit fast. If you're thinking about mobile apps or want to understand the flipping game, this is the blueprint. Find Lotanna Ezeike on X: https://x.com/lottsnomad Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:47 - Why Buyers Over Users 2:12 - The Build-to-Sell Mindset 4:06 - From Failed Startup to App Flipping 5:52 - What Buyers Want 10:03 - What Buyers Look For 13:32 - What Kills Deals 15:58 - Where to Find Buyers 18:01 - Finding Winning Ideas 27:14 - Validation Before Building 30:51 - When to Kill an Idea 34:25 - Building: Shareability vs Retention 41:49 - Distribution with $0 46:47 - Scaling with UGC & Ads 51:08 - How to Exit 52:37 - Pre-Exit Preparation 55:50 - Don't Get Attached 58:45 - Why Y Combinator 1:04:07 - The Chip on My Shoulder 1:07:26 - Action Step: SensorTower --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz

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I Built a SaaS from 0 to $60K MRR in 53 Days (Here's My 7-Step Playbook)

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 • Duration 01:16:03

Download the 7-Steps Launch playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/rob-hoffman Rob Hoffman runs 3 profitable startups making $400K/month. In this episode, he breaks down his exact 7-step playbook for launching a profitable bootstrapped SaaS. The same system he used to grow Kleo from 0 to 60K MRR in just 53 days. Find Rob on X: https://x.com/RobHoffman_ Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Who is Rob Hoffman? 3:22 - The 7-Step SaaS Launch Playbook 6:09 - Step 1: Find a Problem to Solve 10:59 - Step 2: Validate It Before Building 16:40 - Step 3: Create Content to Convert Attention 25:27 - The Perfect Hook Formula 32:10 - Step 4: Early Bird Discount Strategy 37:13 - Step 5: Run a High-Converting Webinar 43:49 - Step 6: Talk to 50 Customers 49:41 - Step 7: Repeat the Launch Cycle 52:38 - Common Mistakes to Avoid 57:26 - How Rob's Team Creates Content Everywhere 1:03:15 - Splitting Tasks Between Co-Founders 1:07:21 - How Rob Found His Co-Founders 1:10:42 - The Importance of Learning to Sell 1:13:05 - Rob's advices for you --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz

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I Built 2 SaaS Apps to $50K MRR: Here's My 90-Day Playbook

Sunday, January 18, 2026 • Duration 47:45

🔹 Get your weekly founder's playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/newsletter This is Romàn Czerny. He cloned a Shopify app, grew it to $500K ARR and sold it for 7 figures 2 years later. Then he did it again. But this time with a new strategy. He decided to sell first before building anything. And it worked. he made $7,000 before writing a single line of code. Then grew GojiBerry, from $0 to $50K MRR in 6 months. In this Episode, you'll learn: - How to validate ideas before building (sell first, code later) - How to clone profitable apps and launch in 2 weeks - The cold outreach playbook that gets 50-70% close rates on demos - His exact 90-day plan if he had to start over Find Romàn on X: https://x.com/romanbuildsaas Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:06 Background Before SaaS 02:00 First SaaS Failure 04:43 The Pivot That Worked 06:45 Building in 2 Weeks 08:11 Cold Outreach Playbook 10:24 Customer Service Hack 11:28 The 7-Figure Exit 12:38 How to Sell Without Brokers 15:10 Selling Before Coding 18:02 The Failed Versions 21:00 Distribution Masterclass 23:18 Reddit Strategy 26:00 Why Outreach First 27:12 The Blueprint Hack 29:05 Newsletter vs Influencer Sponsorships 32:06 Affiliate Strategy 34:07 TrustMRR ROI 36:40 The 90-Day Playbook 40:43 Finding Good Ideas 42:12 Automating Outreach 43:06 Vision for 2026 45:50 Biggest Mistakes 46:50 What Moves the Needle --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz

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The $100M Playbook Used by Lovable, Gamma & n8n (Influencer Flywheel)

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 • Duration 01:21:03

🔹 Get Jeddi's Playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/jeddi Jeddi Mees helped 600+ startups scale with influencer marketing. In this episode, he breaks down the exact B2B influencer playbook used by Lovable, Gamma, and n8n to hit $100M+. You'll learn: - How to find & qualify the right influencers for B2B - The cold outreach process (25-30% reply rates) - The UGC farm strategy ($400/month per creator) - How to calculate true ROI (the 2-3x multiplier most miss) - The creator-to-paid-ads flywheel Connect with Jeddi: on X: https://x.com/antinertia on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeddi-mees-i-do-growth/ Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:58 - Why B2B influencer marketing works 2:41 - Who is this playbook for? 4:03 - Distribution channel vs brand awareness 5:32 - How to get started 11:39 - What to do after finding influencers 15:34 - Criteria to choose good influencers 26:50 - What content to create 35:32 - Budget needed 40:21 - Expected ROI 50:50 - Cash flow for bootstrapped founders 55:32 - The UGC farm strategy 1:05:31 - Creator-to-paid-ads flywheel 1:15:44 - Final thoughts --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz

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I Quit My Job, Flew to Brazil, and Built a $14k/Month SaaS

Sunday, January 11, 2026 • Duration 01:49:31

🔹 Try SuperX for FREE: https://superx.so/?via=florian Six months ago, Rob Hallam quit his job, flew to Brazil with no plan, and went all-in on building SuperX. He's now at $14K/month by posting daily on X, sharing his exact process, and staying brutally consistent. In this video, Rob breaks down his 90-day growth framework and how anyone can build a profitable SaaS by leveraging X the right way. Follow Rob: https://x.com/robj3d3 🔹 Get access to my in-depth insights from the best founders: https://floriandarroman.com/newsletter Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:23 I Quit My Job With No Plan 06:11 My Exact 90-Day X Growth Plan 14:17 The Content Loop That Goes Viral 19:05 How to Find Your Authentic Voice 30:24 Why I Posted Daily for 131 Days 40:47 3 Algorithm Glitches to Exploit 48:21 I Inherited a Broken $800/Month Product 59:10 7 Months of Bugs and Doubts 1:06:02 What to Do When Users Hate Your Product 1:10:03 My Biggest Mistake (Don't Do This) 1:15:29 How to Build Features That Go Viral 1:27:55 The Simple Math to $100K MRR 1:35:21 What I learned working with Tibo Maker 1:41:55 What Changed in 12 Months 1:45:43 If You're Tired of Starting Over --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz

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