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My first product had 13k users and it still took 7 months to make $1,000. My second one got there in 30 days. Here’s what I changed:
in college i built an AI video editor. 13k users, #4 on Product Hunt, looked great on paper. took us 7 months to make $1k.
we were builders, so when revenue didn’t come we just... built more. new feature every week, revenue flat every month. turns out good products don’t sell themselves. they just sit there while nobody finds out.
my new product hit $1k in its first month. we only changed two things:
- we treat growth like shipping. content and distribution every week, not “later.” our posts did 1M+ views in the first few weeks
- we focus on people, not features. instead of “what do we build next” we ask “is this person actually getting results?” if not, fixing that is the roadmap
revenue was never hiding behind the next feature lol
anyone else been stuck in the “just one more feature” loop? what got you out?
(the product is Backdoor textbackdoor.com , an AI agent that gets you startup interviews over text. can drop the link if anyone’s curious)
u/Historical-Deer-4062 — 6 days ago