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A solo finance writer

Built a paid newsletter with a free top-of-funnel daily and a $25/mo premium tier.

Crossed $18K MRR in 7 months — left her bank job in month 9

A weekend to launch, 7 months to MRR

The story

Beehiiv runs the publication and paid subscriptions. Claude drafts the first pass of every issue from her research doc. Opus Clip turns her weekly podcast into shorts that drive ~30% of new free signups.

Why this matters

The exact stack behind it.

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Founder stack — what they used

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