I SOLD my AI startup for $65,000 (I made it in 48h)

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Published 2024-05-15
I made an AI startup in 48 hours and sold it for $65,000 just 3 months later. Enough savings for at least one year. You only need to win once 😄

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Finding the idea
01:36 - Making the Prototype
04:10 - Making the Landing page copy
05:45 - Launching on Twitter
08:11 - Launching on ProductHunt
10:42 - After the launch
11:54 - The sale
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Screen Recording: screen.studio/@5WvNJ
Camera: iPhone Pro Max 15
Microphone: Rode VideoMic Go 2
Light: Aputure

All Comments (21)
  • @Jeannen
    Hi everyone! If you have any question let me know in the comments, I will reply everyone! :) Just wanted to add a few extra points to conclude the video: 1) About making an AI logo app today: I know some people will be tempted to launch an AI logo making app after watching this. This is probably a terrible idea! It worked for me mainly because of the timing. The fact that I was first to market gave me a massive advantage. I didnt do much marketing other than adding the app to a few repertories. But today, most people heard about it already. Does it means you should only launch app using shiny new tech? No! Opportunities like this happens once every 2 years. Don't rely on it! Instead, learn proper distribution channels like Ads, SEO, cold messaging, etc. 2) About shipping apps fast: I know devs are tempted to make what they think is the best app possible, but keep in mind that unless you've got paying users telling you what they want, you're gambling your time. If you spend 6 months making an app no one wants, you will never make your time back. It's way better to launch something with 1 or 2 features in a week, then talk to users to improve it. Read "The Mom Test" if you want to learn about talking to users. Have a great day, and remember, you just need to win once to change your life. The video took me over 100 hours of work, so let me know if you enjoyed it, that way I know if I should make more or not :)
  • @philkellr
    No way this is your first video. This is insanely good. Both the editing, but more importantly the story telling is superb. And 800 views within 5h is reflecting this IMO.
  • @FlorinPop
    Amazing video editing + storytelling! You’re a natural!
  • @Maebbie
    next year "I SOLD my YOUTUBE channel for $65,000"
  • This must be the best 'first channel video' in the whole history of youtube.
  • @robj3d3
    Brilliant story telling, and incredible editing. Awesome job! I can see the effort that went into this video 🙌
  • @TatiOnTheRun
    Loved every bit of this. Brutality honest with every step of the journey and hid nothing. Bravo Nico! ✨
  • @dimas.8300
    Congrats, thanks for being so open about the process. Must be a dream come true to sell your product like this. Keep on building!
  • @ashokasec
    insane story telling the detailing of each procedure how it went from zero to hero god damnn!!!!
  • @TheCodeholic
    Absolutely well deserved. You worked hard, you used cutting edge technologies, you promoted the product, but most importantly you chose the topic which had demand and you were the first to promoted that. Well Done! Would be interesting to see the legal part of the story. Maybe you can make a video on that as well. Did you register the company to receive payments? When you sold the product, did payment was made on your personal account or the company account? The legal part is as interesting as the development part. Thank you
  • @playonceditch
    I like coming across random content because algorithm and not only is it good but it happens to guide me step by step with what im working on. Subbed.
  • @Matpodks
    It has been 6 months that I’m juggling between full time university and full time consultant contracts and I had kinda lost faith and was thinking about getting a regular job as a marketing strategist. But watching this 14 minutes video, I’m now cranked up for another round. Thanks for the inspiration ❤
  • @0drone
    Nice! I had the same idea on my backlog. Glad it worked out.
  • @VeriousSmithIII
    I saw the post on twitter and came here to watch immediately. Congrats man! Very inspiring story and great job on the video creation as well.
  • @averywlittle
    Awesome to hear about your journey! It's impressive you were able to learn to code and then quickly build a product! Best of luck in the future.
  • @zarkarkas
    amazing story and video editing 🙌 I spent almost 4 years on a project with 2 other friends but still we didn't make it.. we wanted to make an ambitious project but failed in marketing and partially executing it. So now basically back to base 1 and thinking of smaller projects to deliver faster and get feedback early on from the market 💪
  • @neutr1no
    great video Nico. I remember your previous one which had great content but was rather raw. This is a huge improvement! Looking forward to the next ones
  • @premiumdomains
    This was very well done. Acquire should use this as their ad. It's that good.
  • @ladonteprince
    Excellent story and pointing to resources. Love it and your process
  • @anthony_riera
    Incredible story telling and editing, you're killing it with your first video mate! Can wan't to see what's coming next 👀