Stagetimer
👤 Lukas & Liz Hermann (Full-stack dev Lukas scratched a studio itch, validated on the AV subreddit where his buyers live; Liz runs sales and support.)🌐 sitelukashermann.dev𝕏
A married couple in Germany turned a weekend timer MVP into $20K/mo — used by SpaceX, TED, and Netflix crews.
Will it work? · our read
Niche and sticky. A one-page tool became a $240K/yr business by owning a dull niche and pricing to how the trade actually works. The ceiling is low-millions, but the SEO-and-brand moat is real.
01How the money moves
AV crew needs a synced timer for a live show
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Finds Stagetimer via Google or the AV subreddit; uses free tier
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Buys a 30-day event license or yearly plan
02The numbers
$20K/moStatedMRR, 2,000 customers
2025-09
the sentence on the page
stagetimer.io Doubles to 20k MRR: Lukas' Learnings on AI, Employees, and Sales Happy Bootstrapping
Founder-stated in 2025 interviews; bootstrapped, 2-person team. happybootstrapping (2025)
$20K MRR (about $240K ARR), founder-stated 2025 — bootstrapped, 2 people.
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- The CENTS scorecard — where it's strong, where it's soft
- The founder's key move, and the counter-move
- How it could die — the evidence, and how sure we are
- The case against our own call
- A 🚀 launchpad prompt — the case, as a plan for your business
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Happy Bootstrapping: Stagetimer doubles to $20K MRR (2025)Indie Hackers: Bootstrapping to $10K MRR with 2 employeesLukas Hermann: Bootstrapping a SaaS business in Germanystagetimer.io pricing (one-time licenses + yearly)
Revenue ($20K MRR, 2,000 customers, churn 12% to <3%) is founder-stated in 2025 interviews (Happy Bootstrapping, Indie Hackers), not audited — sourced STATED, not filed. Founding: timer born Nov 2020, first paid plan June 2021; year set to 2020. Customer logos (SpaceX, TED, Netflix, IKEA) are from stagetimer.io's own site. Pricing has shifted away from pure monthly to one-time licenses plus yearly plans; exact tier prices vary, so ranges shown are approximate. [inference] tags: CENTS grades and the low-millions market-ceiling read are our judgment, not the founder's. We never score you.