My First Dollar
The weekly email that helps you earn your first dollar online. Startup ideas, vibe coding, and lessons from building a $30k/mo SaaS.
Written by
Rob Hallam
Connect
Aug 25, 2026
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2 min read
You just haven't found it yet. Here's how, in about two minutes.
Aug 18, 2026
Everyone can tell, and there are 3 free fixes for it.
Aug 11, 2026
Everyone expects a week like that to die by Friday.
Aug 4, 2026
1 min read
It took twenty seconds to type. Nobody else built it.
Jul 28, 2026
Strangers started asking to pay for something I built for myself.
Jul 21, 2026
And the 14,000-view post that quietly outsold it.
Jul 14, 2026
4 things that actually worked for me and every founder I've interviewed.
Jul 7, 2026
The thing most founders get wrong about why nobody's buying.
Jun 30, 2026
3 min read
Then I stopped inventing and started copying. Here's what happened.
