Jon Bonas

Hard truth: having money makes you and your opinions more relevant.

@theroborourke @ChrisDo has been for the last 10 years

Who has been your #1 page to follow this year for business / sales advice for designers?

@theroborourke holy crap this is sexy

After 4-5 years finally have them both in the same country / place 😍

@StevenCravotta Earned money as an app founder, now working for a venture studio with rev share etc. Depends on job, but definitely can still be employable

Earning your first $1 as a digital founder will make you unemployable Change my mind.

@theroborourke Incredible work, been following your journey and it's truly inspiring

$93k in Oct. And probably my last revenue screen share for a while. Pretty proud of this figure. Started this year with a few specific business goals: - Start a new sales funnel business - Do all sales calls, content, and funnels myself - No launches / discounts / deals / webinars - Sell the exact same way I teach others to sell I also run the business fully myself with just one full time staff member and one VA + video editor. Basically the same business systems that any freelancer or agency could also be using. It was a bet with myself that my way of setting up and running a sales funnel could get someone to $1m yearly revenue. And while it is a "coaching" business... I run it a lot more like an agency. We do full personal onboarding, private channels, specific outputs we help build together etc. Very cool, and really happy to do this. For sure took a ton of work and a decent of stress... but very fun also. Now will slow things down on the growth side and work hard to improve all our systems, training, tracking etc. Make sure everyone already in gets the best possible results and that we keep building our own reputation. Goal for end of 2026 is $150k profit (clean) each money BY getting people the best results possible. I will probably just do an update every quarter from now on. Thanks everyone - tons of support on here and I hope I have delivered (and more!) to everyone who has been a part of this so far 🫡

@tomosman @joonian Cam back to Lithuania after being in the UK for 10+ years and I forgot how safe it can actually be to walk the streets. Turns out you can actually get used to stabbings etc. as part of your daily life...nobody should though

@joonian poland has 37 million people, 1.48 per 100k spain has 47 million people, 4.51 the Uk is at 109

This describes one of the main issues i hear from friends in the Uk. My view is that if women/girls can't walk in public safely, you don't have a first world country. The Uk is currently the rape capital of Europe by a wide margin. Every other issue is downstream from this imo

@tomosman Time flies damn! Look good though, happy b brother, much love!

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@marclou Masterclass from @Airbnb in reputation management, branding and influencer marketing 👏

Airbnb just blew my mind. Last month, my wife and I booked a place ($277 per night) for 4 weeks in the south of France. The place was nice, but we kept having issues: slow wifi, broken appliances, noisy neighbors. We messaged the hosts every time something happened (this is important). They were kind and fixed everything they could. I didn't leave a review after the stay because I'm a labrador and I don't like to share negative stuff. If I had to, it would be 3 out of 5. Airbnb reached out by email asking what went wrong. They knew we had constant issues. I think they analyze threads between hosts and guests using AI. I didn't reply to the first email. A few days later, they refunded the ENTIRE stay ($7,756) without us asking anything.

@0xPaulius Still crazy to see how well you're crushing bud

Actual footage of me vibe coding Creator Hunter back in October >> not knowing it’ll do $10K next month just start

@duolingo Wow

Learn Chinese and try Super Duolingo today!

@iamgdsa In what timeframe? All time?

this is literally how many views those apps made with TikTok marketing: AstroApp ➝ 2124.69M Pray ➝ 772.14M Rizz AI ➝ 566.06M Art Workout ➝ 474.26M Locket ➝ 377.77M Knowunity ➝ 376.59M Jammable ➝ 369.85M Coconote ➝ 311.93M Tripbff ➝ 302.82M POV Camera ➝ 289.08M Fitted ➝ 284.89M GymBros ➝ 280.71M Innertune ➝ 242.19M Turbo Learn AI ➝ 238.92M Bible Chat ➝ 188.74M SUSH ➝ 175.34M Hallow App ➝ 166.39M Yope ➝ 146.04M Cray cray ➝ 136.12M Cosmos ➝ 123.66M Dippy AI ➝ 115.16M Sitly ➝ 112.84M Minutes AI ➝ 112.69M Couple Joy ➝ 108.64M Fig ➝ 101.76M Crushon AI ➝ 85.19M BePresent ➝ 82.11M Raena AI ➝ 74.91M Pengu ➝ 54.41M status app ➝ 52.28M Ditto ➝ 48.94M Gigi ➝ 46.03M SpicyCubes ➝ 45.71M Tone AI ➝ 44.69M Tolan Alien ➝ 44.26M Musa Period App ➝ 43.76M Juduku ➝ 42.46M Einstein AI ➝ 38.09M LingoLooper ➝ 36.37M Feynman AI ➝ 34.16M Daze ➝ 32.75M Brainly ➝ 32.29M Partiful ➝ 31.98M Counter AI ➝ 26.08M Vaste ➝ 24.43M Studley ➝ 19.94M Juicy Chat AI ➝ 19.81M Sizzle ➝ 13.63M Pray Screen ➝ 12.75M … below is the full detailed viral TikTok strategy of 100+ apps:

@rezkhere ads

Holy shit... I think I created a monster. 1. Upload your product 2. Select from past successful ads in your niche/from competitors. 3. Get as good or better ads for your brand Comment 'ads' and I will DM you the access. Also share your product below. Imma make you some ads :)

It's so much easier to go through life knowing it will all work out. Everything that happens, good or bad, is simply part of it and necessary. So now everything becomes exciting. What a cheat code.

@nickbakeddesign This timeline is actually insane 🤯

FCK YEAH!!!!!! $2,000,000 in revenue! > Leave $300k job at Meta in Feb 2023 > Started at $0 > Start a cleaning cleaning > Start a virtual assistant business > Start roasting designs for free on X > Start a $50/m design subscription agency > Launch indie design kit > Start a small design agency called GetBaked > Start Baked Design in August 2023 > Grow from $0/m to $160k/m in 6 months > $100,000/m+ revenue 14 of 18 months of Baked > First $1M on May 11, 2024 > $2M on April 26, 2025 > Profit margin 80% > 812 days later still hungry for more!

@0xPaulius Just because you do it quicker and with less effort than the old fashioned way doesn't make it any less good, so ignore the noise and keep crushing it man

“not a software product” - AI Email Agent outreach - deep search - AI matching weird still seeing haters for AI code and what u can do w it

Gentle reminder

I still get surprised sometimes seeing that you don't need to have an original idea for an app to make money. Copy what already works, improve and/or adapt to a different audience, profit.

@AdamBartas The placement of the mug makes me so damn uncomfortable

What's better than morning coffee...

@iamgdsa Incredible thread, this approach alone can bring full financial freedom, wonder how many people who bookmarked this will actually follow this. My bet is 0.2%

How to build your first $10K MRR AI wrapper mobile app... ...and become financially independent in 2025: [the B2C mobile app edition] Step 1: Pick an AI wrapper idea: • Don’t overthink. Inspiration is everywhere • It's best to base yourself on something that’s already making $200k+ MRR • Study top-grossing categories to see what others pay for • Copy existing app with a twist (more in extended thread) Step 2: Pre-Build Distribution: • Create 4 TikTok/Reel accounts with those formats: • 1. Green screen founder format • 2. Build-in-public founder format • 3. 2x Faceless re-purposed content with long hooks • Get a list of 500+ nano/micro influencers in the niche • Reach out & negotiate bulk deals to lower cost (the more niche the cheaper) • In case audience is on Twitter also build-in-public there (more in extended thread) Step 3: Learn to Code: • Learn just enough to go live on the AppStore • Skip uni and bootcamps => watch YouTube / Learn with Chat • Download Cursor and start to vibe code asap • Even faster no-code with AI gen tools • Build and ship 1 app a week/month Alternative: find a nerd to do it 4 you. Step 4: Launch the MVP (asap): • Build in 1 or 2 weeks or less using templates • Hard paywall / no trial / no bs • Design virality into your app screens (copy AMO, NGL, …) • Prompt everything from logo to appstore images (more on this in extended thread) Step 5: Scale Distribution to $10K+ MRR: • Pre-distribution gave you insights on which format and hook works • Scale 5 to 10 accounts on what got you traction • Increase micro creator partnership / create relationships • As soon as you make $; Scale with an army of face ambassadors • + faceless accounts (more in extended thread) Never been easier to make a $10k MRR app with ZERO previous experience. Could be the most significant arbitrage opportunity in 100+ years:

I think digital dementia will become a real thing in the next ~5 years due to AI. Just the other day caught myself relying way too much on ChatGPT to come up with ideas. I can actually feel my ideation and creative muscle atrophy 💀