<p><b>Startup description</b></p><p>My platform delivers real-time local leads to home service contractors. When someone nearby posts that they need a plumber, roofer, or handyman, the contractor gets an alert on their phone within minutes. Started building it in college after seeing contractors overpay for stale leads on Thumbtack and Angi while real-time local requests went unanswered. Built every layer solo while finishing my CS degree at Colorado State.</p><p><b>Key highlights:<b></b></b></p><ul> <li>Annual revenue: $30,068 (trailing 12 months, May 2025 - Apr 2026)Annual profit</li> <li>Churn rate: 7.7% monthly (about 2 cancellations/month on 28 subs) but some seasonal, and guys high-rate of re-joins</li> <li>CAC: hard to give exact, I ran the sales, now a rep does, estimation ~$200</li> <li>Business margin: 43% net margin (or 85% gross margin)</li> <li>Annual profit: $12,913</li> </ul> <p><b>Team</b></p><p>Solo founder handling all engineering, infrastructure, customer support, and product development. Two independent contractors on outbound sales doing cold outreach to home service contractors. No full-time employees. The entire operation is designed to run with one technical person.</p><p><b>Tech Stack</b></p><ul> <li>Backend: Python, FastAPI (API server and lead processing pipeline).&nbsp;</li> <li>Mobile app: React Native with Capacitor (iOS/Android).&nbsp;</li> <li>Dashboard: FastAPI with server-rendered templates, interactive coverage map, customer analytics.&nbsp;</li> <li>Browser automation: Playwright (lead detection and classification).&nbsp;</li> <li>Database: SQLite (customers, leads, notifications, conversation history).&nbsp;</li> <li>Auth: Firebase (mobile), Cloudflare Access (dashboard).&nbsp;</li> <li>Notifications: Telegram bot, Twilio SMS, push notifications.&nbsp;</li> <li>Payments: Stripe (subscriptions and billing).&nbsp;</li> <li>Infrastructure: Single Linux server, Cloudflare tunnel.&nbsp;</li> <li>Monitoring: Custom health checks with email alerts.</li> </ul> <p><b>Marketing and growth</b></p><p>100% outbound sales. Two contractors cold-call and text home service contractors (plumbers, roofers, handymen, electricians) offering a free trial. Trial system is fully automated: contractor gets real leads delivered to their phone for 7 days, then converts to paid. No paid ads, no SEO, no content marketing. This channel alone grew MRR from $1,774 in Dec 2025 to $6,128 in May 2026. Conversion from trial to paid is the primary growth lever, with significant room to scale by adding more sales reps or expanding to new markets.</p><p><b>Revenue and profit</b></p><ul> <li>MRR: $6,128.&nbsp;</li> <li>ARR (run-rate): $73,532.&nbsp;</li> <li>Trailing 12-month revenue: $30,068.&nbsp;</li> <li>Net income: $12,913 (43% net margin).&nbsp;</li> <li>Gross margin: 85%.&nbsp;</li> <li>ARPU: $219/month.&nbsp;</li> <li>Monthly churn: 7.7%.&nbsp;</li> <li>LTV: $2,845.&nbsp;</li> <li>CAC: ~$214. LTV/CAC: 13x.&nbsp;</li> <li>28 active subscribers. 100% recurring subscription revenue. No one-time payments. Compound monthly growth rate Dec-Apr: 30.7%.&nbsp;</li> <li>Operating costs excluding sales: ~$1,400/month.</li> </ul> <p><b>Return on investment</b></p><p>At the current net margin of ~43%, the business generates roughly $2,600/month in profit at current MRR. A buyer paying $150K would hit payback in approximately 58 months at current levels, but MRR has been growing 30%+ monthly. Maintaining even half that growth rate significantly compresses the payback period. The real ROI accelerator is expanding to new states: infrastructure cost is near zero per new market, so each new territory is almost pure margin. Adding one more sales rep could realistically double the customer base within 6 months.</p><p><b>Startup assets<b></b></b></p><ul> <li>Codebase: full Python backend, React Native mobile app, FastAPI analytics dashboard.&nbsp;</li> <li>Mobile application: published app with push notifications and real-time lead delivery.&nbsp;</li> <li>Website: .com (domain included).&nbsp;</li> <li>Dashboard: analytics platform with live coverage map across active US markets.&nbsp;</li> <li>Customer base: 28 paying subscribers averaging $219/month.&nbsp;</li> <li>Automated trial system: 7-day onboarding pipeline with SMS sequences.&nbsp;</li> <li>Operational accounts: established platform accounts across multiple US states.&nbsp;</li> <li>Database: full customer history, lead history, conversation logs.&nbsp;</li> <li>Browser session storage: authenticated sessions ready to operate.&nbsp;</li> <li>Infrastructure: single-server setup with all deployment scripts included.</li> </ul> <p><b>Risks</b></p><ul> <li>Churn: monthly churn is 7.7%, typical for SMB SaaS. Mitigation: longer contracts, better onboarding, and expanding trade coverage per customer increase stickiness.&nbsp;</li> <li>Customer concentration: the top customer is $500/month (8% of MRR). Mitigation: continued growth dilutes concentration. Solo operator: all knowledge is with the founder. Mitigation: full training and transition support included in the sale.</li> </ul> <p><b>Summary</b></p><p>A profitable, growing, solo-operated SaaS generating $6,100+ MRR with 85% gross margins and 43% net margins. Built and scaled from zero with no outside funding and no paid advertising. Every component is automated: lead detection, classification, delivery, trial onboarding, and billing. The infrastructure runs on a single server for under $1,400/month. LTV/CAC of 13x proves the unit economics work. The opportunity is straightforward: add sales reps, expand to new US markets at near-zero marginal cost, and grow the existing customer base with better retention. This is a turnkey lead generation business ready for a buyer who wants a real, revenue-generating product on day one.</p><p>✅&nbsp;$30,068 TTM revenue</p><p>✅ 27 customers</p><p>✅ Business model: SaaS</p><p>✅ Built with Stripe, Node.js, JavaScript</p>