It took 3 years of failure.
To hit $1k mrr in 30 days.
This is what I did:
1. Copied a proven product.
2. Exploited a deep human desire.
3. Integrated AppleAds w RevenueCat.
• (Free $100 to get started: zero downside)
4. Exported full transaction data to GCS.
5. Claude analysed country & keyword.
6. Found and scaled winners to $70/day.
7. Failed faster with every project.
8. Hard paywall bc we're not a charity.
9. Donated all profits to charity.
10. Pricing: 49.99/yr, 7.99/wk, 14.99/mo
11. Understood signal to noise.
12. Only sent notis to engaged users.
13. Tried everything, welcomed failure.
14. Average a 5% conversion.
15. Used competitor names as keywords.
16. Split by tiered countries.
17. Measured everything with PostHog.
18. Optimised onboarding to 87% .
19. iOS only, SwiftUI & RevenueCat.
20. Used RevenueCat paywall for AB tests.
21. Obsessed over the UX & UI, liquid glass.
22. 12-15 step onbording was sweet spot.
23. Removed all friction from onboarding.
24. Removed all negativity from my life.
25. Hit the gym 4x a week.
26. Asked review during onboarding (patched).
27. App Store Screenshots with GPT-Image-2.
28. Did not localise pricing (cost me 2 refunds).
29. But made me a lot more money in long run.
30. Ate an extremely restricted diet.
31. Invested in myself & tools: Codex & mobbin.
32. 10g creatine, 3600mg magnesium.
33. Vid D: 2400 IU, Vit C: 1000mg.
34. Made friends on x dot com.
35. Had an offer to do "adult content".
Winning is simply losing on a long enough time frame.