behind the change.

Product

Starter Story

The researched database of real, profitable businesses.

1 change documented · latest archive capture Jul 3, 2026

Pat WallsFounder, Starter Storystarterstory.com
Our reading

Starter Story moved its homepage from selling access to case studies and community toward demonstrating a free, live database of revenue-generating projects.

Decisions, newest first

  1. Pat Walls · Founder, Starter StoryOther

    Starter Story made its database the product, and made it free.

    Compare Starter Story before and after it replaced a founder-membership pitch with a free, live database of revenue-generating projects.

    4,502 case studies and a founder community2,855+ live projects, free to explore

    Archive captures: May 11, 2026 → Jul 3, 2026

In their words

“If anything, we're going to have more resources, bigger interviews, more shows, better production, more tools, and more experiments.”

Pat Walls · What Pat said after the acquisition · Feb 2026 · Starter Story

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