I rebuilt a $1B app and now make $14K/month

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About this video

Denis Yurchak was scrolling Twitter in March when he saw Pieter Levels tweet about Skype shutting down and how big of a loss it would be. Six months later, he runs a $15K MRR with 10,000 users mini-skype.

This video breaks down his weekend MVP sprint, how he automated support to stay solo, and why timing a product launch around a billion-dollar company shutdown created instant demand.

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:54 Who is Denis
• 1:13 Numbers behind Yadaphone
• 1:59 What is Yadaphone
• 3:09 Non-technical background
• 4:08 The $100K tweet
• 5:08 Building the app in a weekend
• 6:30 How to get users overnight
• 7:51 What made Yadaphone successful
• 8:39 Denis' successful app playbook
• 11:54 Tech stack
• 12:33 Do this from Day 1
• 13:44 The final word