scaling million-dollar startup from Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷

in new video:
- how I thought startup life looked like and how it is in reality
- why don't I push myself if I am tired
- why I decided to visit a conference for digital nomads

https://youtu.be/BdHvB4ON1_0

$30,000 MRR 🚀

4 months ago → $10K
2 months ago → $20K
today → $30K

April is peak tax season—refund stress, filing panic, and a record wave of Americans Googling “how to leave the US”

demand has never been higher, and like patient surfers we’d been balanced on our boards, eyes on the horizon, ready to paddle the moment the swell arrived

to every customer who entrusts us with something as personal—and sensitive—as taxes: you’re the power behind this ride

→ this milestone also marks our new chapter

until now I ran every piece of marketing myself; from here on I’m delegating, bringing fresh hands onboard so SavvyNomad can scale faster and guide even more nomads to freedom

the next swell is already forming 🌊

how my startup made $47,770 in March while I was working from Rio 🇧🇷

in the new video:

→ reasons behind the best month in terms of net revenue ($47,770) and added new MRR (+$4,600) 📈

→ how we doubled our search traffic and what are the next steps in marketing 🪜

→ personal updates and beautiful Rio ☀️

https://youtu.be/-1cQnM_Tdy8

Seven days hiking Brazil’s billion-year Chapada Diamantina—endless climbs, roaring waterfalls, and views so raw they brought tears

I caught it all on camera, the new video is live—hike it with me

https://youtu.be/92agVB-2x-A

how my startup made $70K in April (our best month ever) 👇

in the new update:
→ reasons behind record-breaking April ($69.9k revenue, +$6.48k added MRR, 96 new subscribers)
→ key learnings from finally cracked subscriber attribution
→ customer support lessons: turning our first one-star review into a five-star win

https://bo-ventures.beehiiv.com/p/april-2025-results

we got our first 1-star review—and I’m proud of it

a customer was convinced we’d lost her Green Card
↳ understandably, she was stressed, disappointed, and quickly left us 1-star reviews everywhere (I would do the same)

turns out, the Green Card had just mistakenly landed in another office mailbox

after three intense days of constant communication and managing the issue as our top priority, we solved the mystery

seeing our efforts, the customer changed every one-star review into a glowing 5-star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

proud because great support isn’t about never making mistakes—it’s about how you handle them

500 customers at SavvyNomad.io

I am grateful to everyone

We are getting bigger and bigger every day 📈

since I was a kid, I dreamed of visiting the Amazon Forest 🌿

recently, that dream came true

I spent three days deep in the jungle - watching wild animals, fishing for piranhas, tasting fruits I’ve never seen before, and waking up to the sound of the forest.

it was raw, beautiful, and completely unforgettable

and yes - I brought my camera with me

https://youtu.be/DwLpk1Vwkco

how my startup made $74K in May (our best month ever) 👇

in the new update:
→ why our revenue stayed high even after the tax-season spike (Revenue: $74.2K, MRR: +$6.5K, Total MRR: $38.2K)
→ wow Google’s AI updates caused a 22% SEO traffic drop, and why we’re betting on YouTube for diversification
→ our first attributed customers from ChatGPT, and why AI-driven search is changing the SEO game
→ launching our first free tool to attract organic backlinks and traffic

https://bohdandrozdov.me/p/may-2025-results

$40k MRR with a twist of irony

ironically, we crossed this milestone while I was detained and deported from the U.S., the very country whose citizens our business helps to live better lives abroad

we achieved this thanks to record-breaking performance in April and May, driven by the high season, new product launches, and improved marketing efforts

next steps?

diversifying marketing channels, stabilizing and reducing churn, and preparing to launch an exciting new product expansion later this year

50% of our $1 million ARR for SavvyNomad.io 🎉 🎉 🎉

I still remember when I first began publicly sharing this journey, and we were celebrating single-digit percentage growth

↳ now, reaching half of our journey to $1 million ARR is incredibly exciting

our growth remains strong, consistently climbing 15–25% MoM, which is great for a fully bootstrapped business without external funding

in a world where everyone seems focused on a 996 grind in California, especially in the AI startup space
↳ I'm grateful to lead a different kind of entrepreneurial life

I'm happily maintaining my nomadic lifestyle - taking days off to hike, prioritizing daily morning workouts, and enjoying meaningful time with family and friends - all while surpassing our revenue targets ahead of schedule

what's next for achieving the remaining 50% of our ARR goal?

→ double down: reinforce what's working by scaling up our proven channels and operational support

→ diversify and experiment: expand into new marketing channels, particularly through video content and strategic media assets.

excited for what's ahead!

the bigger we get, the more often I’m asked when we’ll raise money

hopefully never

we’ve grown to $45K MRR by bootstrapping, and staying independent has been our best strategic decision so far

in the new video, I break down exactly why we’re saying “no” to VC money:

→ hidden costs of fundraising
→ infinite-game mindset of bootstrapping
→ how to decide what’s best for your startup: raise or bootstrap?

https://youtu.be/gbSPlbnedKQ

how my startup added $7K MRR in June (our best month ever) 👇

in this month's update:

→ how we broke $45K in MRR (+$7K new MRR), even with 29% fewer new customers

→ what went wrong with Google Ads, causing a huge spike in sign-ups but fewer paying conversions (4,133 sign-ups, just 21 customers)

→ how Google's AI Overviews doubled our organic impressions but halved our CTR, and our next steps to leverage it

https://bohdandrozdov.me/p/june-2025-results