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idk who needs to hear this but ur last months revenue is not MRR

@gabriel_mlx huge congrats brother, you should be extremely proud of yourself; just one thing because i keep seeing people confusing the two. your monthly recurring revenue (MRR) is $423 and your monthly revenue (MR) is $4k, they are not the same. it literally says it in the screenshot too.

I started building an app 90 days ago Today it makes ~$4000 MRR Here's what I would tell myself if I could go back:

@quinnslcm brooooooo

Dating in 2026

@zach_yadegari Congrats brother ❤️🫶🏻

Cal AI has been acquired by MyFitnessPal 🚨 Henry and I started Cal AI as 17-year old high school students with one mission: make calorie tracking easier with AI. In just 18 months, we’ve helped millions of people lose millions of pounds. And we broke $50m in ARR along the way. We are at an incredible inflection point in history where ANYBODY can build a product that can improve lives and make millions. As founders, we get a lot of praise. The truth is that this would not have been possible without our incredible 30+ person team. We are so proud of what this team has accomplished, and are thankful to everyone that has been instrumental in Cal AI’s development and success. Cal AI will continue as a separate app from MyFitnessPal. The combined team will share resources to continue helping people achieve their fitness goals!

@mobamby @24labs @aribk24 🫡🫡

stepping away from @24labs @aribk24 + I first met at 16years old on discord talking about stocks he went and built Musicfy I took the agency route we weren’t building the same things yet we stayed close traveled the world helped each other in parallel March of 2024 we decided to launch Studio1 for 24labs We shipped a few winners that are now still winning I’m grateful for Arib + the whole team the reps, the lessons, the friendships can’t get that anywhere else now to a new chapter…

@rafkramer hard paywall no free trial?

this is the “quick cashgrab” app i mentioned on the superwall podcast btw mentioned it had just been approved that day (the pod recording was 2-3 weeks ago) now here we are, from a fresh app with $0 in rev to this, all about executing fast big swing app next 🔜 iykyk

@lottsnomad Had to learn this the hard way

if your app requires discipline, motivation, or habit change to succeed, you’ll always struggle to grow friction compounds against you

@quinnslcm banger

POV: a multi billion dollar company just told you that they don’t have budget for posts and were hoping for an organic relationship

@jackfriks damn this is a banger

app creation cycle: > get an idea for an app > you want it in your life > start building it > it’s so cool > you are so excited > keep building > 1 week later polishing it up > really excited about your app > push to app store > it goes live!!! > now you have to market it > fuck this is no longer as exciting > makes some tiktoks > the first 10-100 flop > what am i doing again? > quit or keep going > if keep going: reads jack friks pinned tweet finally > realizes it might take 100 iterations or 1000 to understand how to market organically on tiktok and instagram > buckles up and commit to making daily posts (not just the same thing everyday, iterating based off other proven viral content > gets first 1000 downloads after a month of posting > starting to understand how content works organically > makes a random vid on a random tuesday before going to bed > wakes up and it hit 3M views > 3000 new app downloads while sleeping > +$400 MRR > realizes it’s possible to make it > keeps going to $10k mrr in 12-18 months ….. is this gunna be you????? the main thing with this story is that at one point after making the app everything loses its excitement for a little while cause now you have to play a new game outside of your own head to move the needle forward. many people give up here when the boulder is only halfway up -or 20% of the way up- the hill. this happens a lot and you could remake the same video for 1 year then say you tried.. but it takes constant iteration to find content to bring downloads to your app and a willingness to consistently try new content if you want to get 1000 downloads overnight for $0 there has never been better time to use your autonomy, you can reach incredible heights all on your own two feet glhf

@olegrows Appreciate you brother ❤️❤️

@Sronds oh man I love how this onboarding feels makes me want to go get my future wife PS. i already know what youssef is building and you'll be blown away when he'll reveal it 🤫

boys. can anyone guess what app i'm building?

@makingofamaker go kill it

I created a wall of fame for early supporters (calling them Good OGs) to recognize them for believing in Good XP 🙏 Thanks @Sronds Valeriya ❤️

Nano Banana vs Nano Banana Pro We’re cooked. 💀

@quinnslcm bruuuuuh

time heals and haircuts do too (4 years ago)

@mobamby @quinnslcm No u

@Sronds @quinnslcm goat

my co-founder (who’s an amazing engineer) has been deeply interested in getting better at distribution myself, who has been in distribution since I was 13 have fallen in love with product and design as of the past year it’s not obvious in the start but iron sharpening iron pays its weight in gold i learn things from him im not skilled in vice versa we create amazing products that has twice the impact on both ends I have had to immerse myself in areas I suck in but now i see how i want to use my other domain expertise to share that with the world

@jackfriks gg my man

got extremely lucky to hit my 60 day goal of $0-$5000/month in 15 days but officially hit it! pushing new app update today where i remade the whole app as a cozy couples home :) been working non stop on it and think it may blow up again (fingers crossed)

all of y’all need to have this mentality if you want to win

@quinnslcm HAHAHA MY MAN

glass half full

@mattwelter Facts

a winner is just a loser who tried again