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James Sowers
- Founder of Castaway.fm
- $20,000 monthly revenue
James Sowers is the founder of Castaway.fm.
They help podcasters repurpose their content to reach a bigger audience 
James shared some details of the business with me via email…
Castaway was stuck at $4-6k MRR for a year while I was doing it as a side hustle.
I quit my job in December 2023 to go all-in on it (and a couple other projects) and now it’s up to $20,000 MRR spread across 11 clients… our current pace is a $250k run rate.
We’re adding 1-2 clients per month right now and turning probably 5-6 away because they aren’t a good fit.
James reckons there’s plenty of opportunity for other people to do this 
I asked him to share a few tips to get started and he did so on X…
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