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figuring out how to live as a solo founder Current goal: 20% MRR 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ $1k

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Joined September 2017
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I present you my setup for the next few months at my parents Lock in!
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Had a great chat with @brol1dev last week! He's a very impressive developer that is now solo-building Scroll Survival! His attention to detail really shines in this project. “You, as a founder, you need to do it yourself.”
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Going back parents home. Taking care of dad. Trying to make it as a solopreneur at the same time. Let’s do this!
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Thanks for the support
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I just won $20K USD!! 🥈 in #BuildInPublic at #Shipaton I had to make this video to remind me what a privilege it is to be on this journey Day 7 on my road to $1K MRR with my app
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FOMO because I optimized my app for iPhone Duo but i don't have one The closest I've got was seeing it in the Apple store 🙃
On the hunt for fun iPhone Duo optimized apps if you guys have seen any or devs have TestFlights! 🙏🏻 loving this phone, it's so fun!
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What an unreal week I’ll be sharing the story to my grandkids of how one day I was promoting my app in Times Square 🥹 And… at the same time I’m only half way the top of the mountain
From shipping apps to taking over Times Square. Our #Shipaton winners got the billboards, the live demos, and a visit from Shippy. Not your average hackathon prize. What a way to close out #NewYorkAppWeek! 📷
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The best part to cap off New York App Week
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How I spent a “regular” day #BuildInPublic in Times Square for the #Shipaton finale
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Come to Times Square today to check out my app and many more! 😤 #BuildInPublic #Shipaton
🤖 Made with AI
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🤝 congratulations @taiomi , very well deserved! I am happy I got 2nd place 🥈 in #BuildInPublic tho! This is a dream come true! Great event @RevenueCat wondering if i should try again in #Shipaton 2027 👀
🏗️ #BuildInPublic winner: Boop by @taiomi Taiwo took building in public out into the world with his 100 Boops challenge, handing pet owners printed portraits and letting their feedback shape the app. One judge: "The amount of effort he puts into building in public is unmatched."
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Scroll Survival got 2nd place in #BuildInPublic at @RevenueCat #Shipaton 🎉 🎉 > $20K USD > Flew to New York > Demoing the app in Times Square tomorrow! This is how I feel about it today 😄
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Shipaton 2026 winners, 6/20: #BuildInPublic The award for sharing your build while the feedback can still change it. I build in public too, mostly my bugs :-) Boop: point your phone at a cat or a dog on your walk, it finds the breed and saves it as a sticker in your book. Taiwo took it out on the street with his 100 Boops challenge, handing printed portraits to the owners. The judges called his effort unmatched. Scroll Survival: your focus sessions grow a village. Eric shared daily updates and a public roadmap, and the community feedback became dark mode, widgets and a story consequence when you end a session early. FeedbackThread: reviews, bug reports and feature requests in one queue, with public boards. Aivars built it on livestreams. Pricing nerd note: Boop has the lowest India price, compared to the US, of every winner I checked. Pro Yearly is $19.99 in the US, ₹199 (about $2) in India and ₺150 in Turkey, and every product follows the same rule per country. Proper work. That's what PricePush does for every country at once: you set one price, it suggests a fair one per country and pushes them to the App Store and Google Play. Free for one app, pricepush[.]app Congrats @taiomi @brol1dev @Aivars_Meijers #Shipaton #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #iOSDev
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Are you in NY for app week? Let’s connect! I’m a solo founder figuring it out 🙂 Looking forward to meeting a lot of people 🤝
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Apple reviews had been so quick I sent my latest update for review last Wednesday and still no response The heck is going on? 😡
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Quit my job December 2025. Solo founder now. Living on savings. ✅ Shipped a mobile app with actual users > From $100 to $1,000 MRR by end of year 💪 > $10K MRR by mid next year 😱 Showing up here every day until I get there Can I make it?
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I've been scared of slowing down and taking a bit of time to rest Why? Now that i have an app with real users i don't want my MRR to drop Do you also get that feeling? Wondering how you deal with it. I grinded for more than 60 days straight I decided to take the rest of this week off. Might not be completely off, still may do some stuff but i wont work 10+ hrs daily
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is the first time i get this many views in a site It's a metric I'm not really paying attention to but was nice to see this message to start the week 😀
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