Summary

The author shares their experience with Starter Story, a platform offering in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs, and discusses the benefits of a premium subscription.

Abstract

The author has been following Starter Story, a website featuring detailed interviews with entrepreneurs, for an extended period. Initially, they took advantage of the free access to three interviews per month but eventually opted for the premium plan, which costs $139 per year. The subscription provides access to a wealth of resources, including a job board, business ideas, and an SEO course. The author finds the success stories inspiring and educational, highlighting specific case studies that resonated with them. They appreciate the diversity of businesses featured and the candidness of the interviews, which can help readers avoid common entrepreneurial pitfalls. The author recommends Starter Story to those interested in business success stories and notes the value in having a curated collection of such content in one place.

Opinions

The author highly recommends Starter Story, especially its premium subscription, finding it a worthwhile investment.
They believe the entrepreneur interviews are inspiring and can motivate readers to start their own projects.
The case studies are seen as educational, providing insights into the successes and mistakes of other entrepreneurs.
The author appreciates the variety of businesses showcased on the platform, ranging from blogs to retail stores.
They find it particularly interesting to read about Starter Story's own success and growth.
The author suggests that the value of Starter Story lies not only in the case studies but also in the additional resources available to members.
They encourage readers to consider joining Starter Story to access the comprehensive collection of business success stories and resources.

I Joined Starter Story

My Honest Opinion

I’ve been eyeing Starter Story online for a long time. It’s a website that has hundreds of entrepreneur interviews. Really interesting stuff.

The interviews go in depth about how the business started, what they did, how they did it, how much they’re making, etc.

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Some of them even ask if they’re hiring now, which is an opportunity for people to connect with those companies to land a startup job.

Pretty cool.

Here’s what I think about it all..

How It Works

I explained the gist of the website above.

They make you pay to access all their interviews but you can read three base studies per month for free.

I was doing the three a month free reads for months and months until one month I wanted a little more.

So, I sprung for the paid subscription.

It was $139 for the year for the premium plan.

And, I don’t regret it.

Here are some of the things you get from your subscription:

I have been a paid member for a few months now and have only gotten the chance to look at the Case Studies but you have access to a lot more including their job board, access to 2,000+ business ideas, SEO course and more (as a premium member)

What I like about Starter Story

Here’s what I personally get from reading these entrepreneur success stories (called case studies)…

First, they’re incredibly inspiring.

I’m a sucker for reading a success story.

It really inspires you and sometimes gives you the push to start a project you’ve been delaying.

It’s really educational.

You can learn a lot from the entrepreneur stories. They are candid interviews and reading about the mistakes others make can help you not make them yourself.

Some of my favorites are..

RYROB growing to 500K monthly visitors and $35K/month
Let’s Reach Success hitting $5K/month (I’ve been following her for a while)
Starter Story making $45K/month

I really like how they have a bunch of different businesses featured from blogs, food trucks, candle businesses, ecommerce stores, retail, and more.

It was neat to read Starter Story’s journey, too.

I had no idea they were earning nearly $600K per year and how they got to that point. That story was an interesting read.

What do you think?

You can find business success stories all across the web, on podcasts, in the media, etc.

But, the beauty of Starter Story is that they have a collection of those stories all in one place plus, you get access to way more than just reading the case studies once you join as a member.

Would to pay to read about the success of other businesses?

Here’s a link to Starter Story in case you’d like to learn more and join.

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