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

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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 😄
🔗 My projects: jeannen.com/apps
🚀 Facebook Ads for SaaS: makerads.guide
💡 Free Newsletter to learn marketing: jeannen.beehiiv.com
🐦 Twitter: / nico_jeannen
👔 LinkedIn: / nico-jeannen
Acquire's Website to sell your startup: acquire.com
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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 Mc Pro

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@Jeannen Ай бұрын

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 :)

@davidbogea Ай бұрын

Great job man 🙏🏼

@commerit Ай бұрын

Good one Nico

@Anythinggoesmusic755 Ай бұрын

hie friend i also create many mini apps and product but i always fail in marketing my all hardwork is wasted can you tell me how can i market my SaaS for free so even some visitor come to visit my saas pls

@Gojo7hehe6 Ай бұрын

hey am 18 collage dropout and am learning programming online i have learned html css javascript react python now what should i do next and whats that ai and machine learning thing am medical student by the way but am more intrested in technology moderenization hope you reply i cant afford mentor

@umerrashid3307 Ай бұрын

Good job. Being programer myself, it's amazing for motivation. Definitely carryon.

@philkellr Ай бұрын

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.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Philipp!!

@footballuniverse6522 Ай бұрын

23k now! insane

@blasterzm Ай бұрын

It's obvious he deleted previous videos

@philkellr Ай бұрын

@@blasterzm not true. I know Nico and all he’s done are some quick loom videos. This one took weeks with learning to edit

@theonepercentsociety0 Ай бұрын

Honestly, this is what I call a full package.

@Maebbie Ай бұрын

next year "I SOLD my KZfaq channel for $65,000"

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Hahaha, not for KZfaq but in the process of selling another app soon!

@Maebbie Ай бұрын

@@Jeannen thats the spirit!

@eealliance5997 Ай бұрын

@@Jeannen how do you sell them? I have some few ones I want to sell

@alexanderheppening Ай бұрын

This must be the best 'first channel video' in the whole history of youtube.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Hahaha, thanks! 😄 Technically I have a few unlisted gaming videos when I was a kid, does that count? 😆

@TatiOnTheRun 17 күн бұрын

Loved every bit of this. Brutality honest with every step of the journey and hid nothing. Bravo Nico! ✨

@Matpodks Ай бұрын

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 ❤

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

It's ok to find a job if you need $, just never forget why you started entrepreneurship in the first place :)

@ashokasec Ай бұрын

insane story telling the detailing of each procedure how it went from zero to hero god damnn!!!!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 🤩

@darrenjames6309 Ай бұрын

It wasnt insane, it was very sane and well put together.

@clins1994 Ай бұрын

@@darrenjames6309 figure of speech bruh

@tomlyvety67 9 күн бұрын

This must be the best 'first channel video' in the whole history of youtube

@Jeannen 8 күн бұрын

Technically I posted some video that got no views 10 years ago, does that count? 😆

@FlorinPop Ай бұрын

Amazing video editing + storytelling! You’re a natural!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

I wouldnt say natural, I had to re-shoot it 3 times to get the tone right haha Just lots of trial and error!

@Taddy_Mason Ай бұрын

What kind of video editing tools and effects to use?

@_ProjectHadassah 11 сағат бұрын

@@Jeannen I appreciate your honesty :)

@robj3d3 Ай бұрын

Brilliant story telling, and incredible editing. Awesome job! I can see the effort that went into this video 🙌

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Rob!!

@MaktabahAlIstiqamah Ай бұрын

@@JeannenDid you do the editing yourself?

@0drone Ай бұрын

Nice! I had the same idea on my backlog. Glad it worked out.

@dimas.8300 Ай бұрын

Congrats, thanks for being so open about the process. Must be a dream come true to sell your product like this. Keep on building!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

It was! Really lowered my stress, my life now is not even comparable to before haha

@playonceditch Ай бұрын

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.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Hope the next videos will help you too then!

@ladonteprince Ай бұрын

Excellent story and pointing to resources. Love it and your process

@zarkarkas Ай бұрын

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 💪

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Get some feedback from the market asap, read the pinned comment if not already done, I added a bunch of tips :)

@TheCodeholic Ай бұрын

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

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! Not sure a video about the legals would be interesting because it really depends on your country But I had a company, so everything was under it :)

@averywlittle 17 күн бұрын

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.

@ChristopherOkhravi 17 күн бұрын

Impressive story. Thank you for sharing.

@premiumdomains Ай бұрын

This was very well done. Acquire should use this as their ad. It's that good.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Haha, I'd be fine with it 😁

@86moonnight 8 күн бұрын

I can see why it worked. Look at your new youtube channel. It shows perfectionism from he first video...

@neutr1no Ай бұрын

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

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! Yes that was just a recording without editing, I will put it on a secondary channel or something

@healthbarsarchive Ай бұрын

Pieter Levels is an inspiration to almost every indie hackers. Never knew you have a youtube channel Nico, the story is amazing.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

He is! When I started, I read every post from him! And thanks a lot!

@RogerGarciaPages Ай бұрын

Good for you! I am in a similar process atm! so yes, good to know your process and insights! merci!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks, and good luck!!

@dontgetrekt 18 күн бұрын

Great video dude, subscribed. Baffling this is your first video lol. Congrats on successfully building and selling apps too. You are a motivation to many

@VeriousSmithIII Ай бұрын

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.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

@vlaneARTstream Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story. It gives me hope that my project will be successful.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

You got it!

@emmanuelodekunle7964 Ай бұрын

hi. what are you working on

@anthony_riera Ай бұрын

Incredible story telling and editing, you're killing it with your first video mate! Can wan't to see what's coming next 👀

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot man 🤩

@thegrumpydeveloper Ай бұрын

Great thanks for sharing the story! Would even enjoy hearing about your video creation and editing process and how you managed to learn so much so quickly! Great work

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Tons of people asked me so I will make a post on Twitter about it soon!

@mirzaakbarsiddikov3112 Ай бұрын

Fantastic video! I was amazed to learn this is your first one. Great job!

@Jeannen 25 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot! 😄

@mikestrives 20 күн бұрын

Man the storytelling is on point. Congratz 🎉

@kalloszsolty Ай бұрын

You should've kept it. I also run an AI app generating photos. Funnily enough, I also launched it in December 2022. Teamed up with a product owner from the beginning for equity and he multiplied the revenue with 5X. It took us 1 year and like 50 AB tests... Of course it all depends on how burned you were. Cash is better than a heart attack. Take care and good luck! Looking forwards for the next episode

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

I was also starting to run low on savings, even if the app generated $, that was still super stressful, so the 80k gave me a nice security 😄

@lolalucxyz Ай бұрын

Isn't an app like that just a frontend for an existing generative model? Eg all it does is use it's own parameters/maybe modify the user prompt a bit. I'd expect apps like this to die incredibly quickly as the market gets flooded. Selling quickly seems like the winning move to me for something an experienced dev could probably replicate + improve on in a few days.

@kalloszsolty Ай бұрын

@@lolalucxyz more or less yes, the hardest part now is to compete with all the 50 apps that does the same. It also needs an admin portal, a content person, ways of promoting, a backend that you either maintain or pay a lot for. For us it was easier as we were one of the first to introduce AI filters that could produce training like photos in 10 seconds instead of 10 minutes. But it also took us a year to break even with profits and I didn't even calculate ours, the founders work in it

@limited06 Ай бұрын

@@lolalucxyz Yeah its pretty wild this "novel" idea, is just crafting a prompt and sending an API request. Sure, there's a lot of people that don't want to do that / have the skillset, but seems wild that it can become an app / appealing project for investors. But hey, these guys have done it and it sounds successful so I'm pleased for them.

@Green-Tomatoes Ай бұрын

Wow, congratulations, I hope that now you can have more time to yourself and are not being as stressed as before.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

I’m still working almost non-stop but I don’t have to worry about running out of $ in 6 months, makes a heck of a difference 😄

@c-ybueze2868 Ай бұрын

I was screaming when i saw your upvotes counting 😍😍. This is great

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Hahaha, I spent lots of time on this specific moment, wanted to be sure everything was perfect!

@Anne-kz4fi Ай бұрын

This was like watching a documentary. Quite an experience to have! And congratulations on the sale.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Ooh, thanks! 😄

@LeoAIHub Ай бұрын

I finished this videos and went looking for another one 😅 found out this is your first lol! What a way to start! Great things ahead for you buddy! Good luck!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Yes, that's my first video, more to come soon! 😄

@techcreators3223 Ай бұрын

Awesome and Congrats Nico🎉

@mrbizzy Ай бұрын

awesome video! there was definitely more room for more content at the end, things you learnt etc, I could have continued watching for another 10 mins

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

That was. the original plan, but it would have taken me way too long and I was getting a bit burned out, so instead I added the conclusion in the first comment 😅

@mrbizzy Ай бұрын

@@Jeannen Awesome job dude! you nailed it!

@cutemartinj Ай бұрын

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing your story and congratulations on the sale!! Keep going man 💪🏻

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

@hackercabin Ай бұрын

Too good. This has inspired me to ship something fast that I've been pondering for too long.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Just launch something and get market feedback asap :)

@DevBhalodia1 Ай бұрын

amazing work, simple idea but great execution

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@TheEamonKeane Ай бұрын

Lovely! Thanks for sharing

@blackminds6452 Ай бұрын

I am thankful for your inspiration to think about launching my own AI chat platform. I've been working on it for a year to complete it, but I was afraid that people wouldn't like it.

@Jeannen 25 күн бұрын

The only way to know is to launch :)

@dagorenouf Ай бұрын

Great story Nico, thanks for putting the effort in telling it!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Super busy with my apps but hopefully will release one by next month!

@EddyVinck Ай бұрын

Awesome, will give it a watch!

@ChandravijayAgrawal Ай бұрын

nice video, gave lots of inspiration and info

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@rasikjain7794 Ай бұрын

Excellent video explaining in detail and making it transparent. Enjoyed it. Best wishes.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@Stella74m31r3 Ай бұрын

Super cette première vidéo ! Tu racontes super bien, on ressent bien les émotions et l'urgence, le montage est excellent et ton anglais est impeccable ! Incroyable de voir comment tu as pu tirer ton épingle du jeu alors que tu n'avais encore que très peu d'expérience à l'époque ! Longue vie à cette chaîne KZfaq, et longue vie à tes businesses à venir ^^

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Merci!! J'étais pas sûr que ca allait bien rendre mais j'ai eu beaucoup de retours positifs haha

@datascienceproject 12 күн бұрын

This is quite impressive! As a fellow early SaaS startup worker who watches my CEO carefully, I must admit that this is the way business is done - through fast and bold moves.

@mustafakhundmiri1675 Ай бұрын

Amazing first video, Nico! Did not except you to replicate your Twitter quality on KZfaq. You definitely deserve more views and subscribers! :)

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! 😄 I plan to make more videos like this one since it got lots of views!

@Lurkingstill Ай бұрын

Love it make a video perhaps to let us know how you started programming, what you did to learn it and how long it took before you did your FIRST project. Subbed!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! I will probably make a video about learning to code one day, but I documented everything on my blog back then, you can find it in the "featured" section: jeannen.com 😄

@fcordobaot Ай бұрын

Well done!! Amazing video, came from Twitter 🎉

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

@Greaterinfo 23 күн бұрын

Which Website's API Key did you use ? Like Midjourney or others ?

@iamJoyStix Ай бұрын

That's some impressive work! Thank you for sharing Jeannen :)

@fardeenxyz Ай бұрын

Damn, you killed it with this one Nico! Marc now has some real competition 👀😆

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks man! 😄

@codewithguillaume Ай бұрын

Very coooool Nico :) Just subscribed my friend

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot man 😍

@jaredbtm Ай бұрын

you inspired me man, i will make my own startup

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Do it!

@KelvinMandriaza Ай бұрын

Nice idea bro, i'm waiting for more videos.

@0AwS Ай бұрын

AMAZING WORK KEEP IT UP!!

@wonga07 11 күн бұрын

Oh man your stortelling is incredible. Very inspiring story. Hope to see more videos!

@Yes_Im_Adarsh Ай бұрын

Amazing brother proud of you, I'm really impressed by your story telling & video & audio quality

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! 😁

@oleggca Ай бұрын

awesome story man! inspired me to share mine how i sold two content websites with poor design for over $1mil.

@conpeo 24 күн бұрын

Fantastic story mate! I really wish I could experience that. Thanks a lot for putting names like Aquire of ProductHunt. Very useful!

@Jeannen 23 күн бұрын

Hope you will one day! I might have another similar story soon, where I will add more details if it turns out well 😄

@FastTypingGuy Ай бұрын

Wow! Amazing edit & storytelling Nico.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks man!

@jonasweckerle 23 күн бұрын

Really cool style of the video! How did you make these cool grafics and soundeffects?

@jorge-ferreiro Ай бұрын

great editing! keep it up, much love from SF.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks! 😄

@vrynstudios Ай бұрын

WHAT? First video? Excellent work Nico. Thanks for the inspiration.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Technically I posted some videos a while ago but there was no proper editing, this one is my first 😁

@marc-lou Ай бұрын

Legend strikes again

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

You're the legend, legend

@salahuddinkhudayberdiev Ай бұрын

Legend

@LaTishaStyles Ай бұрын

Great storytelling and editing!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks 😄

@binarybodhi Ай бұрын

Why brother has only 2.41k sub? it should be at-least 241k . Insane content, top editing. Refuse to believe this is your first YT channel

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 😄 Technically I published a few gaming videos 10 years ago, does that count? 😆

@migueld8970 Ай бұрын

Nice video! That got me thinking about selling my AI startup. It did about 30K last 12 months. I'll look into aquire.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Do it! They have tons of info on the website and KZfaq @acquiredotcom

@Antling Ай бұрын

incredible video my friend, thanks for the inspiration!

@commerit Ай бұрын

Daamn, love these type of stories

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

I have a few more to tell 😁

@thevhejalltd8716 Ай бұрын

Immediately subscribed for your dedication and the passion to build something meaningfull 👌

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! 😄

@CodeZakk Ай бұрын

Thank you please post more content on saas. It is pure gold.btw what is your tech stack or do you use nocode tools??❤❤🎉🎉

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, I will!! I use Nuxt + Tailwind now :)

@oge.elekwa Ай бұрын

Here while it's early! @jeannen, thankyou so much for sharing this. I'm currently working on my AI startup. Had been a bit stagnant for a while so, thankyou for sharing these useful strategies with us. Also, what app did you use for your editing?

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! I used Premiere Pro and After Effect :)

@abslol8827 Ай бұрын

Nico now is the time to push it to the next limit, you have a years savings but don't let that get to you. Now is the time to push it 10x. Good luck I'm on a similar journey, stay hungry.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

$65,000 is just the start :)

@artofantonsfeduns4172 Ай бұрын

great job man congratulations🥳

@Jeannen 25 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@HypeMaster080 Ай бұрын

Very good and informative video. Nice sale!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@AbdullahWins Ай бұрын

👏🏻 congratulations mate! that was epic

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

@arghireduard6588 Ай бұрын

Insane story and dedication to achieve something like that, especially in such a short time. Congrats!!! But I have only one question: why would you sell an app that could make you a lot more than 65k dollars, perhaps even millions? To not say that is very satisfying and fun to have your own app, your own startup and to work on it however you want and improve it continuosly. I mean for me this is a dream, that’s why I don’t understand. But anyways, congratulations for everything, you definitely deserve it!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! 1) I was stressed about $ since my savings were running out 2) I didn't knew how to improve the app, my technical skills were too limited for that 3) I don't really care about logos, I'm not a graphic designer, so no personal affection for the project

@GG-vq7tz Ай бұрын

I normally do never comment on videos but had to give you some credits for this perfect video 👌

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 😄

@Suresh-iu2tx Ай бұрын

Amazing story telling and top notch editing 🤠.. What's your tech stack btw?

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! I started with just JS/CSS/HTML, but now I use Nuxt 3 with Tailwind, much faster to make complex apps

@jimmythepagina7989 Ай бұрын

Great video!!! so captivating! What advice would you give to non-technical folks who want to get into the same game? like where would WE start and would would we learn first?

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Check cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/weeks/0, free course from Harvard about programming. It won't be enough to make apps but it should show you quickly if programming is something you might want to do or not :)

@amirhussain3028 Ай бұрын

Im so glad I saw this video! Im gunna try do the same process and use it to fund my studies! Thank you Did you do any marketing for the company when it got listed on producthunt and gained traction or was it all organic?

@Jeannen 25 күн бұрын

Good luck! And it was all organic :)

@dilermo4943 Ай бұрын

Hi! I appreciate your consistent work of doing this startup 'til the end! Congrats! How did you know how to document or how to make such a clear plan? Did you study some course of start-ups or something like that?

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

I failed over 30 projects, so I started to get an idea of what wasnt working. I just did the opposite! But I did spent quite a bit studying successful startups based on what was publicly available!

@Codeolences Ай бұрын

Amazing video, congratulations on your incredible success!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks! 😄

@amaelftah Ай бұрын

really nice story . please do more content on youtube as it's inspiring

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

It's planned 😃

@amaelftah Ай бұрын

@@Jeannen waiting :D

@LuisCurrupaki Ай бұрын

Great story and nice video editing skills! That was inspiring!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@BotondBereczki Ай бұрын

Nice work. very inspiring

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@adennyh Ай бұрын

Very inspiring, thanks for sharing! :)

@lowe7372 Ай бұрын

Awesome story! Awesome video! You got me hyped!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! 😃

@PreetamNath93 Ай бұрын

What a fantastic video. It's so well done 👏

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

@flix-tw5ow Ай бұрын

I'm wordless. Congrats!

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@PronunciaIngles1 Ай бұрын

Incredible first video. Random question, what analytics software did you use?

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! I use Plausible Analytics

@heryad_me Ай бұрын

this guy made me challenge myself to build my first SaaS in next 5 days, wish me luck :)

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Good luck man!!

@safiamunir5046 Ай бұрын

sure good luck, will be waiting for your product. Am in the learning phase for now.

@heryad_me Ай бұрын

@@safiamunir5046 thank you !, i already finished the landing page for it, wish you all the best

@williambrisa Ай бұрын

hey, thanks for this very interesting video. your process of finding innovative ways to publish things even if they are not finished is very inspiring. I'd love to know how you managed to go from France to the USA. Btw, I also started making videos in english even though it's not my main language and you really confirmed the practice. English is the language of technology.

@Jeannen Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! I’m not living in the US, I left France to live in Asia 😄 And agree, plus much more innovation