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The Startup Ideas Podcast (SIP) 🧃
RT @gregisenberg: How to build a $100K/month iOS app (playbook below):
Over the next 18 months, we'll see 200+ apps hit $100k/month solving problems that were impossible to solve until right now.
AI can now solve hyper-specific problems for tiny audiences. Problems so specific only 50,000 people on earth have them. But those 50,000 will pay $40/month for a perfect solution.
Meanwhile, the "For You Page" killed the need for followers. Any creator with zero audience can go viral tomorrow. One video about your niche app can deliver 1,000 paying customers overnight.
This is the perfect storm. Micro-problems can finally be solved. Micro-apps can finally find their people.
*Disclaimer*
No, this won't work for everyone.
Not everyone will make $100k MRR app. But there is a tremendous amount of opportunity, and my point is this is how i'd approach it:
The playbook:
1) Daily habit (not occasional use)
Not "track calories." Think "photograph your psoriasis patches every morning to track flare triggers." Not "meditate" but "record your stutter severity after each phone call."
The winning apps solve micro-problems inside daily routines. The person checking if their dog's food has ingredients that trigger seizures. The runner who needs to know if today's pollen will trigger their exercise-induced asthma.
Find the tiny, specific thing someone does at the exact same time every day.
2) AI-powered narrow wedge
One problem. One perfect solution. "AI that tells if this supplement will interfere with your Adderall." "AI that identifies which FODMAP ingredients are in this restaurant dish." The narrower you go, the more people will pay.
Start with one use case that takes 10 seconds to understand.
3) One channel, 3 formats
TikTok or Instagram. Pick one. Test three content types daily. When something hits, make 50 versions. The apps making $100K/month mastered one platform before touching another.
4) 100 obsessed users
100 people who use it daily and would riot if you shut down. They'll bring the next 100. Those bring 400. But without the first 100 fanatics, you have nothing.
Use organic audience to bring these people there.
5) Charge immediately
Paywall goes up week one. $7-40/month. Free users give garbage feedback. Paying users tell you exactly what to build. If nobody pays for your broken MVP, they won't pay for your polished version either.
90-day timeline:
Days 1-10: Find the habit, validate demand (reddit, tiktok, @ideabrowser)
Days 11-30: Ship the ugliest working version (use bolt/lovable/vibecode app/rork)
While you're doing this you're building organic audience. Figuring out formats, focusing on 1 channel, working with creators.
Days 31-60: Get 100 users, obsess over them
Days 61-90: Double down on what's working
TLDR;
Pick a daily micro-problem this weekend. Ship something that solves it by next weekend. Charge for it the weekend after.
(full episode is below or on the latest episode @startupideaspod on yt etc)
Enjoy the sauce. People charge for this sorta sauce. It's free for you.
The App Store is open for the first time in years. Go claim your piece.
Im rooting for you.
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RT @gregisenberg: How to build a $100K/month iOS app (playbook below):
Over the next 18 months, we'll see 200+ apps hit $100k/month solving problems that were impossible to solve until right now.
AI can now solve hyper-specific problems for tiny audiences. Problems so specific only 50,000 people on earth have them. But those 50,000 will pay $40/month for a perfect solution.
Meanwhile, the "For You Page" killed the need for followers. Any creator with zero audience can go viral tomorrow. One video about your niche app can deliver 1,000 paying customers overnight.
This is the perfect storm. Micro-problems can finally be solved. Micro-apps can finally find their people.
*Disclaimer*
No, this won't work for everyone.
Not everyone will make $100k MRR app. But there is a tremendous amount of opportunity, and my point is this is how i'd approach it:
The playbook:
1) Daily habit (not occasional use)
Not "track calories." Think "photograph your psoriasis patches every morning to track flare triggers." Not "meditate" but "record your stutter severity after each phone call."
The winning apps solve micro-problems inside daily routines. The person checking if their dog's food has ingredients that trigger seizures. The runner who needs to know if today's pollen will trigger their exercise-induced asthma.
Find the tiny, specific thing someone does at the exact same time every day.
2) AI-powered narrow wedge
One problem. One perfect solution. "AI that tells if this supplement will interfere with your Adderall." "AI that identifies which FODMAP ingredients are in this restaurant dish." The narrower you go, the more people will pay.
Start with one use case that takes 10 seconds to understand.
3) One channel, 3 formats
TikTok or Instagram. Pick one. Test three content types daily. When something hits, make 50 versions. The apps making $100K/month mastered one platform before touching another.
4) 100 obsessed users
100 people who use it daily and would riot if you shut down. They'll bring the next 100. Those bring 400. But without the first 100 fanatics, you have nothing.
Use organic audience to bring these people there.
5) Charge immediately
Paywall goes up week one. $7-40/month. Free users give garbage feedback. Paying users tell you exactly what to build. If nobody pays for your broken MVP, they won't pay for your polished version either.
90-day timeline:
Days 1-10: Find the habit, validate demand (reddit, tiktok, @ideabrowser)
Days 11-30: Ship the ugliest working version (use bolt/lovable/vibecode app/rork)
While you're doing this you're building organic audience. Figuring out formats, focusing on 1 channel, working with creators.
Days 31-60: Get 100 users, obsess over them
Days 61-90: Double down on what's working
TLDR;
Pick a daily micro-problem this weekend. Ship something that solves it by next weekend. Charge for it the weekend after.
(full episode is below or on the latest episode @startupideaspod on yt etc)
Enjoy the sauce. People charge for this sorta sauce. It's free for you.
The App Store is open for the first time in years. Go claim your piece.
Im rooting for you.
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Amazing prompt! https://t.co/WYIkDFpViY
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Amazing prompt! https://t.co/WYIkDFpViY
🎨 SOLARIZED SILHOUETTE 🎨
Prompt :
[SUBJECT] as a Solarized Silhouette against a vibrant, high-contrast background. The subject itself is entirely in shadow, defined by its outline against the backdrop of [COLOR1] and [COLOR2]
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Take 4!
When the camera rides with you! https://t.co/LARFdN4xfW
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Take 4!
When the camera rides with you! https://t.co/LARFdN4xfW
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RT @MrDasOnX: Animated the amazing image with pixverse v5!
Prompt: A cinematic animation of three children riding bicycles along a shoreline during a golden sunset. The scene shows their silhouettes in motion, with the glowing orange sky and calm water reflecting the light. The camera slowly pans from left to right, creating a sense of depth and movement. Gentle ripples in the water shimmer with golden reflections, and soft ambient wind enhances the atmosphere. The overall mood is nostalgic, warm, and dreamlike, like a coming-of-age film sequence.
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RT @MrDasOnX: Animated the amazing image with pixverse v5!
Prompt: A cinematic animation of three children riding bicycles along a shoreline during a golden sunset. The scene shows their silhouettes in motion, with the glowing orange sky and calm water reflecting the light. The camera slowly pans from left to right, creating a sense of depth and movement. Gentle ripples in the water shimmer with golden reflections, and soft ambient wind enhances the atmosphere. The overall mood is nostalgic, warm, and dreamlike, like a coming-of-age film sequence.
Amazing prompt! https://t.co/WYIkDFpViY tweet
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Take 5! https://t.co/mrXVTmO5pw
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Take 5! https://t.co/mrXVTmO5pw
Take 4!
When the camera rides with you! https://t.co/LARFdN4xfW tweet