Built 40 apps to 50M downloads. Now running a $950K/yr app with zero employees - just AI agents. Founder @ Fload. Ex Revolut https://nitter.cf/t.co/1ZV6fmM5eE
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Ryan Thorpe retweeted
MY APP IS IN TIMES SQUARE! 🇺🇸🗽
Unreal to see this but my #shipaton app is currently advertised in the big apple!
Thank you #buildinpublic and @RevenueCat this is going to be a hard one to top!
Ryan Thorpe retweeted
Is your App ready for profitable ads?
Somewhere in the world, your app is profitable - you just don't know which country yet.
Our agents map it and tell you how close you are. Then take action.
Find out with a free ad audit.
Ryan Thorpe retweeted
Paste your App Store link. Get 5 things to fix.
Our agents pull your listing, your keywords, your reviews and your competitors - and send back the five moves that actually move installs.
Free.
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✨ Would you like a Fload hat and a @creem_io t-shirt signed by all the Uneed Residency participants?
Drop a comment to get a chance to win!
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Random draw in 48h
Ryan Thorpe retweeted
3/ App brokers are at every table now. Two years ago, M&A brokers for apps were nowhere. It was individual app operators like myself just reaching out to app owners and negotiating app deals.
Now there are dedicated brokers sitting next to the operators. The market is maturing fast - and as more apps come to market, app acquisitions are accelerating.
Liquidity in buying and selling apps is going up massively.
Ryan Thorpe retweeted
If you’re running an app, it’s important to connect your App Store, Stripe, etc. to fload.com
It helps answer:
- ARPU
- Trial funnel effectiveness
- Churn patterns
- And 100s of other app questions
It’s like hiring a full-time employee for your app at $50/month.
Ryan Thorpe retweeted
every so often you talk to a person about what you're building and just walk away feeling so.. deflated
DON'T BE THIS PERSON
people are working on their passions for so many different reasons. try to empathize w them, throw out ideas, brainstorm, connect dots, and always try to tap into their excitement 🔥
the absolute worst thing you can do when hearing an idea is to try and crush it to appear smart
i love @signulll's framing here so much
some people just get it. you throw ideas in the air, they catch them, toss them back, stretch them, remix them. they understand that thinking is a live process, not a checklist. every conversation feels like a high bandwidth exploration, open-ended, dynamic, fun. my friends are in this category.
then there are the ones who default to critique. the ones who immediately point out flaws, who force you to preface everything with disclaimers like “this is just a thought experiment, let’s see where it goes man.” they treat every idea like a proposal up for review instead of a stepping stone to something interesting.
the first group is amazing. the second is mostly careerist employees, trained to evaluate rather than create, like a quarterly performance review.
Ryan Thorpe retweeted
Today at Growth Hacking Lab, members will learn directly from Ryan Thorpe @helloryanj , the growth lead behind Reflectly, who has built & sold 20+ apps. (50M+ downloads)
He’ll also break down his new venture Fload - aiming to become the first AI employee for your app.
Ryan Thorpe retweeted
The trend of 2025? Quiet emigration. No noise, no drama - just disappearing.
Those who shout rarely leave. Those who leave do it quietly.
What’s the antidote?
Vision. Mission. Something to be excited about.
“We’ll have flying taxis and the best healthcare system in the world.”
Not: “We might reduce waiting lists… some year.”
Growth creates revenue. Vision attracts growth.
Ryan Thorpe retweeted
Ambitious, but never bet against Revolut
Revolut wants to become the ‘world’s leading market maker’ in challenge to Wall Street trib.al/kAfQaqf
Ryan Thorpe retweeted
How anyone can become a millionaire in 2025, using these Nomad Millionaire steps.
A thread 🧵
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Ryan Thorpe retweeted
Monzo’s early employees worked harder, took the most risk and set the company up for success.
To block from selling is borderline criminal. @TSMonzo, do better.
sifted.eu/articles/monzo-emp…
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Announcing...this year's "top consumer apps"!
These are the products that claimed the coveted #1 spot in the U.S. for at least a day.
2023 saw a major shakeup - only 15 apps made the list, down from 37 in 2022.
Here's what this says about the state of consumer apps 👇
