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cover of episode Bootstrapper Hits $3.5m, 0 Team Members using new 3x Growth Formula

Bootstrapper Hits $3.5m, 0 Team Members using new 3x Growth Formula

2025/6/12
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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
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John Rush: 我通过构建和运营AI代理，实现了350万美元的年度经常性收入（ARR）。我的策略核心是利用AI代理实现业务流程的自动化，从而大幅减少人力需求。我坚信未来属于那些能够有效利用AI代理的创始人。我的增长策略主要包括三个方面：30%来自SEO，我利用自己的SEO工具来提升网站流量；30%来自交叉推广，通过将不同产品推荐给现有客户来实现增长；30%来自社交媒体，通过公开构建过程和用户分享来扩大影响力。此外，我还强调倾听用户反馈的重要性，通过与用户保持密切沟通，不断改进产品并建立忠诚的客户群体。我目前主要关注优化客户支持流程，计划开发AI支持代理来解决客户问题，从而解放团队，投入到新产品的开发和市场推广中。我致力于构建一个完整的生态系统，为创始人提供从产品构建到运营、增长和盈利所需的各种工具。

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John Rush, formerly a CTO in VC-backed startups, now runs a $3.5 million ARR business with minimal employees, leveraging AI agents. His flagship product, SEOBot, generates almost $120k MRR with a team of only two. He shares his revenue growth using screen recordings of his Stripe dashboard.
  • $3.5 million ARR achieved in over a year
  • SEOBot generates nearly $120k MRR
  • 2-person team runs SEOBot
  • Utilizes AI agents to automate operations

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John Rush went from building 7 VC-backed startups as a CTO to creating a $3.5 million ARR empire of 20+ AI tools, with his biggest product SEO bot generating $120,000 monthly recurring revenue using just a 2-person team.

He reveals his exact 30-30-30 growth formula (30% SEO, 30% cross-promotion, 30% social media) and how his listing bot makes over $50,000 per month selling one-time payments to 1,000 new customers monthly who want access to his database of 20,000+ directories.

In this episode, John screen-shares his actual Stripe dashboard showing the revenue growth and breaks down how he achieves $720,000 in annual revenue per employee by building AI agents that run his entire operation on autopilot.