A glowing trail winding up a misty mountain toward a sunlit peak, beside a desk with an iMac. The long climb to a million, built in public.

Building $1M in public

A new online business every week. Real builds. Real revenue. In public.

Every week I build and launch a new online business with AI. I show how I do it and post the real numbers. Most will probably flop. Maybe one works.

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Live Revenue Tracker Updated: Oct 5, 2026
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0%
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Builds Shipped
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Current Week
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Week 19 of 52 Picking now

Week 19's build. Picked Monday, shipped Friday, and Medicare enrollment opens in ten days, so the calendar gets a vote this week.

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Lock the pick Monday, ship Friday Oct 9

Week 19 opens with eighteen builds on the board and the loudest deadline of the year ten days out: Medicare enrollment opens October 15, Medicare Decoder's entire season, with Scammer Checker aimed at the same protect-your-parents audience. Whatever ships Friday, some of this week's hours already belong to that window. The whiteboard is otherwise open and the idea box is live. Picked Monday, shipped Friday, numbers published either way.

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I pick the idea Monday and build all week. Not totally sure what it is yet. Subscribe if you want to watch it happen.

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Build #18 · Wk 18Case Study Works build card
Case Study WorksLive

Complex work. Clear proof. Case study writing and design for biotech, medtech, and pharma: fixed-scope packages from $1,495, bought online, first draft within two business days of a complete intake. Fifteen years of my day-job expertise, finally productized.

$0Shipped Oct 2, 2026
Build #17 · Wk 17Who's the Weirdo? build card
Who's the Weirdo?Live

Everyone's weird. Can you predict how weird? A daily game of questionable crowd predictions: five questions, about a minute, a new game every day. The portfolio's first game, and its first pure audience play.

$0Shipped Sep 25, 2026
Build #16 · Wk 16Scammer Checker build card
Scammer CheckerLive

Something feel off? Check it before you click. Paste a suspicious message, link, or call and get clear warning signs and next steps, checked entirely in your browser. Free checker, $19 family kit, $499 organization kit.

$0Shipped Sep 18, 2026
Build #15 · Wk 15Boring Millionaires build card
Boring MillionairesLive

Wealth doesn't care if it's interesting. The researched record of unglamorous wealth: 33 documented case studies of people who got rich pumping septic tanks and renting dumpsters, real names, real revenue, sources on every entry.

$0Shipped Sep 11, 2026
Build #14 · Wk 14JotThread build card
JotThreadLive

The capture layer for Claude. Type /jot mid-conversation and notes, decisions, and tasks get filed by project into one Markdown file you own. $29 once, no subscription.

$0Shipped Sep 4, 2026
Build #13 · Wk 13BuiltByBadge build card
BuiltByBadgeLive

Your sites don't know about each other. A skill for Claude, ChatGPT, and coding agents that puts your badge on every site you ship, all pointing home to one hub. Started life as week 8's directory pick, pivoted.

$0Shipped Aug 28, 2026
Build #12 · Wk 12The Directory build card
The DirectoryPivoted

The dataset build that refused to fit in a week. Five weeks in the mines, then the honest call: pivot to the sharper idea. Everything it taught shipped as BuiltByBadge, build #13. The number stays on the board because the work happened.

$0Done: became BuiltByBadge
Build #11 · Wk 11Medicare Decoder build card
Medicare DecoderLive

Nine questions, five minutes, a plain-English read on which Medicare path fits. Free, no signup, and answers never leave the browser.

$0Shipped Jul 19, 2026
Build #10 · Wk 10PitchLite build card
PitchLiteLive

The 500-character podcast pitch playbook, written from the host's side of the inbox. With a free host-trained pitch checker.

$0Shipped Jul 18, 2026

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