Years ago @nikitabier told me:
“Every year in your twenties is worth 10 million dollars.”
Don’t expect to make that every year but you should take risks, waste zero time, and strive to build something impactful.
Wise words from a wise man
I wanted my first app to be perfect
I spent 2.5 years building it
And it still failed
Then I launched 5 apps in one year
4 of them failed
1 became ngl.link which generated 250M+ downloads and made me a millionaire at 23
Lesson in that
7 years ago:
- $0
- Failed my first few apps
- Clueless on what to build
7 years later:
- $50M+ revenue
- 300M+ downloads
- Bought a house
Keep shipping
3 years ago I was a dead broke college dropout with a failed social app startup.
Today I’m jet skiing around my yacht in Miami on a Monday.
GOD IS THE GREATEST
YC rejected me twice
Famous angel investors ignored me
Product Hunt ghosted my emails at 19
But I still I went on and built the biggest anonymous app in internet history
Then cofounded one of the biggest crypto apps in the world
Fuck the gatekeepers
God is great 🙏
My apps have more than 300M downloads and have made me millions of dollars
Here’s my advice to you
Don’t spend too much time building
Instead, put it in front of the people and let the market decide
Fail fast so you can succeed faster
If you crack distribution you will win.
One of my apps, NGL @ngllink, crossed 250,000,000 downloads in 2.5 years
No ads, no influencers, all organic with an addicting viral loop.
Pre PMF our sole focus was getting 95% of users that downloaded to complete the share loop.
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First 5 years in business:
- Dead broke
- Launched 8 apps – failed most of them
- Raised $150K for an app – still failed
- Started a 9-5 to pay bills
Last 2 years:
- Became a millionaire
- 300M+ downloads
- Bought a house
- Made amazing friends
Thank you God