Senja
senja.io
Collect, manage and share text and video testimonials.
Olly Meakings
Co-founder of Senja, bootstrapping a testimonial tool in public to $1M ARR
About Olly Meakings
Olly Meakings is a London-based marketer and the co-founder of Senja, a platform for collecting, managing and embedding text and video testimonials.
He partnered with developer Wilson Wilson after they met on X through #buildinpublic. Olly took on marketing and customer understanding while Wilson built the product, and the duo grew Senja from its first paying customer in June 2022 to $50K MRR by October 2024 without meeting in person.
Olly shares Senja's numbers and lessons openly on X, and by 2026 his profile reported Senja at $1M ARR. After Wilson left to start Ferndesk, Olly continued to lead Senja.
Products by Olly Meakings
Revenue
Olly Meakings has publicly reported $1M ARR (as of 2026). Source
- Revenue (monthly, log scale)
- First product
- Started 2022
- 2022First product: Launched Senja
- 2022Revenue: Joined Senja; $1K MRR in December≈ $1K/mo
- 2023Revenue: Ramen profitable at $7.5K MRR≈ $7.5K/mo
- 2023Revenue: Senja passed $10K MRR (August, per Wilson Wilson's profile)≈ $10K/mo
- 2024Revenue: Senja crossed $50K MRR≈ $50K/mo
- 2026Revenue: Senja at $1M ARR≈ $83K/mo x.com
Timeline
- 2022 — Joined Wilson Wilson on Senja; reached $1K MRR in December.
- 2023 — Hit ramen profitability at $7.5K MRR in July.
- 2024 — Senja crossed $50K MRR in October.
- 2026 — Reported Senja at $1M ARR.
How Olly builds
- Build in public to earn trust and distribution.
- Obsess over understanding customers.
- Pair marketing and engineering co-founders.
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Who is Olly Meakings?
Olly Meakings is the London-based co-founder of Senja, the testimonial collection tool, where he leads marketing.
How much does Senja make?
Olly's X profile reports Senja at $1M ARR as of 2026, up from $50K MRR in October 2024.
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