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Solo Founder Declines Billion-Dollar Acquisition Offer After 60-Day Build

The Wire·Oct 31, 2025

Matthew Chen, working alone, built a product in two months that attracted an acquisition offer from an unnamed billion-dollar company. He turned it down. "They saw what I was able to build as a solo founder in just 2 months and knew they needed to get me early," Chen said. He plans to continue building independently....

EARNINGS

ColdIQ Reaches $6M ARR in Under Two Years With Fewer Than 10 Employees

Alex Vacca's B2B revenue scaling company ColdIQ has hit $6M in annual recurring revenue with a distributed team of fewer than 10 across 10 countries — a revenue-per-employee figure north of $600,000. The company serves over 400 businesses.

Oct 30, 2025
TREND

Infosys Alumnus Outearns Six-Figure Salary by 35% as AI Solopreneur

Martin Musiol, formerly of Infosys, reports that 2025 is his first year outearning his previous six-figure salary — by 35% — through consulting and SaaS products built with Cursor, Gemini, and ChatGPT. He is booked through June 2026.

Oct 31, 2025
$3.7M
Avg. Lean AI RPE
10x SaaS standard
9 months
Fastest to $1M ARR
vs. 24 for traditional
41%
Bootstrapped exits
of sold businesses in 2025
$100M
Cursor ARR
21 months, 20 people

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