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Hunter J. Isaacson
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- 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
- I’m 25 and already feel like my life is over Glad I’m not the only one
- 26 now Built 12 apps 7 flopped 3 did great 2 changed everything Still going Never stopping
- Rule #1 of building an app: Don’t build an app Build a dopamine laced minigame
- If your MVP has a dark mode, you’re already overbuilding
- I co-founded two 8 figure apps in 3 years Ask me anything
- 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
00:00 - 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. 100
- 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
