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Finding customers · 25 of 110 stories
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A social network for work contacts, owned by Microsoft: members show their job history, and a business or founder posts there to reach people in a specific profession.
Who uses it, and for what
One row per story. The grade is for the claim that the business uses this tool, not for its revenue.
| Story | What it does there | When | Cost stated | Grade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base44 | The founder posted user numbers, revenue and profit publicly; the main source of word-of-mouth growth. | B | TechCrunch, 18 June 2025: 6-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash | ||
| Polsia | Second channel for the founder's public posts: the run-rate updates and the announcement of the US$30 million round. | B | Fortune, 26 March 2026, Allie Garfinkle: The one-person unicorn: Myth, miracle, or the future of startups? | ||
| Chatbase | One of the free channels for building in public before there was a marketing budget. | C | Superframeworks case study, 2026: Bootstrapped to $10M ARR, $1M in 117 Days From a Tweet to 16 Followers | ||
| Tweet Hunter | Listed as a social channel in the founder's tool list; the sister product Taplio is built for it. | C | Starter Story, 18 May 2023: How we built a $3.5M ARR LinkedIn tool that will be acquired for $10M-$15M | ||
| Rytr | One of the social channels used to find the first beta testers. | C | Starter Story, 28 November 2021: I Built A Simple AI Writing Tool That Makes $60K/Year | ||
| Postiz | One of the social channels where the founder posted the product. | C | Nevo David on dev.to, 21 November 2025: I did it! My open-source company now makes $14.2k monthly as a single developer | ||
| Arcads | The founder and team members publish content there to bring in customers. | C | Founderpath, interview by Nathan Latka recorded 16 May 2025, published 8 July 2025: How Arcads Hit $6M ARR With a Five-Person Team and AI Agents | ||
| My AskAI | Founders' posts and direct messages; they say their best clients come through it. | C | Starter Story, 18 June 2024, interview with Mike Heap: I Built A $300K/Year AI Business For Less $50 Bucks | ||
| Neural Frames | Job posts and applicants, for example for a head of growth in July 2025. | C | A public page outside the story's source list | ||
| SEObot | Social channel where the founder reposts the same content; the home page gives it as a contact. | C | Starter Story podcast, 11 November 2025: I Make $250K/Month From 20 Apps, transcript on StationLM | ||
| LocalRank | Company page, linked from the site footer. | C | LocalRank home page, read 13 October 2026 | ||
| SoundBoost.ai | One of three networks where the release was announced in February 2024; about 8,000 views in four days. | C | Berkan Cesur's X timeline, September 2021 to October 2026 | ||
| Glossa.live | Company page that publishes posts about church translation several times a week; 12 followers in October 2026. | C | LinkedIn company page: Glossa | ||
| Voicy | The company has a LinkedIn page, linked from its home page. | C | Voicy home page | ||
| Coachvox AI | The founder searched it for people working in AI when she looked for technical help. | C | Starter Story, 5 September 2023: We Built An AI Coach For Creators And Hit 6-Figures Revenue Pre-Launch | ||
| aiCarousels | The founder posts build-in-public updates there and names it as a channel for aiCarousels users. | C | Fernando Pessagno on X, 27 May 2024: where the users of aiCarousels come from | ||
| Rank Prompt | Company page with 706 followers where it posts about AI visibility and advertised a job opening. | C | Rank Prompt company page on LinkedIn | ||
| traxy | The only data source: traxy reads public likes, comments and reposts on LinkedIn posts without a LinkedIn login. | C | traxy FAQ, read 15 October 2026 | ||
| Supergrow | The founders' posts on LinkedIn brought the first customers; the product publishes to LinkedIn, the platform it depends on. | C | Deven Bhooshan's blog, 21 April 2025: From Zero to $230K ARR: The Indie Hacker's Playbook | ||
| Lancer | The founder found the first users with a LinkedIn post asking for beta testers, and kept posting there. | C | Starter Story, 10 January 2026: I Built an AI Agent That Makes $10K/Month | ||
| Notis | The founder's posts about building with no outside money. | C | Notis changelog, August 2025 to August 2026 | ||
| Adle | The company page posts Spanish-language promotion for Adle and shows 8 employees. | C | LinkedIn company page: Adle (formerly Buzzly) | ||
| DimeADozen | The company page posted updates; one post went viral in 2023, and in August 2023 a post announced the sale. | C | Indie Hackers, Mike Blumenthal, 14 October 2023: Concept to Cash: 6-Figure Exit in 6 months for DimeADozen AI | ||
| Kleo | The co-founders sold to their own LinkedIn followers, who post on LinkedIn themselves, through a waitlist and webinars. | C | Lagless Portal (note.com), 19 July 2026: Issue 86: $62k MRR in 3 months with zero ads and zero Product Hunt | ||
| EasyGen | The founder's LinkedIn posts, with 100 million views by his count, brought most customers; the product writes posts only for LinkedIn. | C | EasyGen home page, read 16 October 2026 |
Grade A: the tool's maker or a payment processor confirms the use. Grade B: an independent report, or the tool is visible in public code. Grade C: the founder or the company says so.
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