{"podcast":{"title":"Starter Story","slug":"starter-story-7259465","podcast_index_feed_id":7259465,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN8535676281","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a196f48c-fc12-11ef-bfca-6722a053f567/image/4e37950f40192dd1f75b2819c69c0444.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Starter Story","episode_count":169,"summary":"Sharing ideas that make money!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T16:18:41.425371+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/starter-story-7259465"},"episode":{"title":"I Make $250K/Month From 20 Apps | Starter Story","slug":"i-make-250k-month-from-20-apps-starter-story","published_at":"2026-07-11T03:33:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/starter-story-7259465/i-make-250k-month-from-20-apps-starter-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/starter-story-7259465","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN3680104735.mp3?updated=1778669166","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN3680104735.mp3?updated=1778669166","summary":"I Make $250K/Month From 20 Apps This is how John Rush runs 20+ different businesses, making $3M per year combined. Serious about B2B? Download the free SOC-2 checklist → https://go.starterstory.com/vantajohn 🛠️ Want to start building with AI? Check out Starter Story Build → https://build.starterstory.com/build/ai-build-accelerator?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=johnrush Follow John's Journey: https://x.com/johnrushx 🔔 Follow the Second Channel: ‪@StarterStoryBuild‬ 🏁 We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:58 - Who is John Rush 1:43 - Backstory 2:59 - Main projects 3:34 - Full ideation blueprint 5:17 - The 'Co-maker' strategy 6:22 - Start securing $100k/year B2B deals 7:56 - Marketing 9:34 - The 'Cross-promo' strategy 10:23 - How John uses AI 11:53 - Tech Stack and profit margins 13:33 - VC VS Bootstrapping 14:19 - Day in the life 15:06 - Biggest lesson learned 15:58 - Advice to entrepreneurs 17:07 - Final word Sharing ideas that make money! ---------------- --- Keywords: indie hacker, business growth, saas business, passive income, revenue stories, software business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"I Make $250K/Month From 20 Apps This is how John Rush runs 20+ different businesses, making $3M per year combined. Serious about B2B? Download the free SO…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1381,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/starter-story-7259465/episodes/i-make-250k-month-from-20-apps-starter-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/starter-story-7259465/i-make-250k-month-from-20-apps-starter-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}