Starter Story · 2026-07-15

Should I Quit My Job At Meta For My $30K/Month SaaS?

Matt Robinson, a senior software engineer on Meta's AI team, built Live Tourney, a web app golf courses use to run tournaments (QR-code scorecards, live leaderboards), nights and weekends over ~4 years after his course's pro said Golf Genius was too complicated and expensive. It has ~150 golf courses, ~$350K ARR and an ~$800K run rate based on the start of the year. The episode is mostly about whether to quit his job; in a follow-up call he says he is going all in.

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Live Tourney · B2B · tournament software for golf courses

Ask your golf pro why they skip the known tool, then build the simpler one

~150 golf courses and ~$350K ARR after about 4 years

“I knew there was a product on the market that I'd used before called Golf Genius, and I asked our pro why we weren't using it. And he told me it was just too complicated and too expensive.”

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Starter Story · 2026-07-15

Live Tourney · B2B · tournament software for golf courses

Print a QR code on scorecards that opens a live leaderboard, no app install

“They'll scan a QR code on their scorecard and they land right here on the leaderboards.”

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Starter Story · 2026-07-15

Live Tourney · B2B · tournament software for golf courses

Keep your job and build every morning from 6 to 9 a.m.

Reached ~$350K ARR before quitting; became unsustainable with two young kids

“For me, it was the morning, like 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and just wake up early and get it done.”

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Starter Story · 2026-07-15

Live Tourney · B2B · tournament software for golf courses

Start posting about the product on LinkedIn after leaving the day job

“I've never been able to talk about it on like LinkedIn or any social media, or anything like that. So kind of doing more of that”

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Starter Story · 2026-07-15

Numbers mentioned

Subject	Metric	Value	Quote
Live Tourney	customers Golf courses that have started using the product	150 golf courses approximate	“We've got about 150 golf courses that have started using our product.”
Live Tourney	arr	USD 350K approximate	“We're at about 350K of ARR”
Live Tourney	revenue Run rate based on the start of the year	USD 800K/year projection	“based on how we've been doing the start of the year, we're about an $800,000 run rate”
Live Tourney	revenue Host's framing; consistent with the guest's ~$350K ARR	USD 30K/month approximate	“So you are the owner of Live Tourney, golf SaaS making $30,000 a month?”