This app made over $1M

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About this video

Ania Wysocka experienced a panic attack in university and decided to build a mental health app. Today, Rootd has been downloaded more than 4M times, and has made over $1M!

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:55 Who is Ania & what she built
• 1:11 Idea for Rootd
• 1:51 How Ania validated the idea
• 2:40 Ania's validation framework
• 3:16 Building as a non-technical person
• 4:11 Building the full app
• 5:10 Growth timeline of Rootd
• 5:38 Building alongside a 9-5
• 6:29 Build your own app
• 7:10 Growth: from 0 to 4M downloads
• 8:42 Growth hack: being helpful on social media
• 9:18 Ania's successful app playbook
• 10:32 The most important metric
• 11:28 What is Rootd
• 13:03 Listen to users
• 14:26 The final word