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Jon Yongfook

Founder of Bannerbear

Bootstrapper and technical founder of Bannerbear, an image generation API built in public and grown through consistent product–marketing cadence, free tools, and brand-led distribution.

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How Jon Yongfook Grew Bannerbear: Lessons Behind a Bootstrapped $50k MRR Engine

Bannerbear’s growth came from choosing a domain with strong product–founder fit, operating on a strict build–market cadence, and turning free tools into link and traffic engines—while hardening infrastructure after a DDoS. Branding and open updates kept it memorable as an API business matured toward ~$50k MRR over ~3 years.

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