His Resurrected Project Now Makes $1000/Month

Franco Valdes is the founder of Carta Maps, software that lets you build custom maps and embed them anywhere 🗺️

For example, you could upload a list of all parks in your country/region and Carta Maps would create a visual representation of them.

In a recent tweet, Franco shares that the tool has been making ~$1k/month for several months now 🤑

Elsewhere he shares…

About 4 years ago… we had a client with a pretty complex requirement for their new website. They were a nationwide service-based company that offered commercial cleaning services.

They wanted to dynamically show coverage areas based on a list of zip codes or counties onto a Google map.

🎯 He helped achieve the goal and…

I figured other companies would want to display their footprint similarly so I bought a domain and planned on monetizing the API.

While he did build it…

As many other ideas I have had, this one too, fell short… I never really finished the project.

But then…

[In] 2022, a friend of mine was asking me about how he could plot postal codes on a map. Took me a minute but then realized I had already built this!

This reenergized Franco and he re-built Carta Maps as a complete no-code solution 💪

Based on another write up, it looks like he’s mainly been finding customers via search ads. 

Also…

Churn is high but expected since I really haven’t found [Product-Market Fit].

He’s sticking with the project though and I can see him achieving much greater success with it down the line.

Two takeaways from Franco’s story 👇

First, he came up with the idea while working on a client project, which is a common theme among the stories we cover in this newsletter.

So if you’re not sure what idea to pursue, consider taking on some freelance work. A client project is likely to spark something ⚡️

Second, think about the projects you worked on in the past, perhaps some you even abandoned. 

Could you resurrect one and give it another shot? 🤔

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