I Built a SaaS From 0 to $83K MRR in 7 Months

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🔷 Download Loic's Playbook: https://floriandarroman.com/loic-berthelot Loic spent 5 years building SaaS products nobody used. Then he cracked the code: partner with a creator, focus on the problem, and scale with a playbook he can repeat. His first real SaaS (Minea) went from $0 to $750K MRR. 100% bootstrapped. No VC. Just a small team and a YouTube creator as co-founder. 7 months ago he left to start again from scratch. Today he just hit $1M ARR with Drop Magic. In this episode he breaks down every plateau he hit ($0, $30K, $100K, $300K, $500K, $750K) and the specific strategy he used to break through each one. You will learn: • Why having a creator as co-founder is the ultimate cheat code in 2026 • The exact playbook he used 3 times to scale SaaS products • How he went from $0 to $1K MRR in 5 days • Why he almost burned out at $300K and how hiring C-levels saved him • The "wow moment" framework that makes products sell themselves Loic Berthelot: Find Loic on X: https://x.com/LoicBerthelot Try Dropmagic: https://dropmagic.ai/?ref=florian Find me: On X: https://x.com/floriandarroman On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:56 Breaking the $0 plateau 2:46 $30K: creator partnership unlock 3:32 5 years coding for nobody 5:04 Why he never gave up 6:13 Luck vs putting in work 8:35 What is Minea (the SaaS) 10:09 Breaking the $100K plateau 13:45 $100K to $300K with YouTubers 15:17 $300K: webinars that scaled 16:52 When ads actually worked 17:52 $500K to $750K: raising prices 19:33 $60K MRR in 24 hours 20:36 Key lessons at $750K MRR 22:11 Almost burned out at $300K 23:24 Team evolution by revenue stage 25:19 Hiring C-levels changes everything 27:25 Letting go as a founder 29:04 Shopify-style release cycles 30:21 Why he left Minea 31:48 Drop Magic hits $1M ARR 33:09 Why every SaaS needs a creator 35:25 Back to coding with AI 38:25 Aligning incentives with equity 39:35 First $1K in five days 40:40 The wow moment that sells 42:36 Build slow when distribution is locked 43:18 Building in public benefits 44:56 Blime: the creator outreach tool 45:48 The exact playbook to repeat 49:23 Make your customers successful 51:39 Team over project, always