Hi everyone! If you have any question let me know in the comments, I will reply everyone! :) Just wanted to add a few extra points to conclude the video: 1) About making an AI logo app today: I know some people will be tempted to launch an AI logo making app after watching this. This is probably a terrible idea! It worked for me mainly because of the timing. The fact that I was first to market gave me a massive advantage. I didnt do much marketing other than adding the app to a few repertories. But today, most people heard about it already. Does it means you should only launch app using shiny new tech? No! Opportunities like this happens once every 2 years. Don't rely on it! Instead, learn proper distribution channels like Ads, SEO, cold messaging, etc. 2) About shipping apps fast: I know devs are tempted to make what they think is the best app possible, but keep in mind that unless you've got paying users telling you what they want, you're gambling your time. If you spend 6 months making an app no one wants, you will never make your time back. It's way better to launch something with 1 or 2 features in a week, then talk to users to improve it. Read "The Mom Test" if you want to learn about talking to users. Have a great day, and remember, you just need to win once to change your life. The video took me over 100 hours of work, so let me know if you enjoyed it, that way I know if I should make more or not :)

@davidbogea

Ай бұрын

Great job man 🙏🏼

@commerit

Ай бұрын

Good one Nico

@Anythinggoesmusic755

Ай бұрын

hie friend i also create many mini apps and product but i always fail in marketing my all hardwork is wasted can you tell me how can i market my SaaS for free so even some visitor come to visit my saas pls

@Gojo7hehe6

Ай бұрын

hey am 18 collage dropout and am learning programming online i have learned html css javascript react python now what should i do next and whats that ai and machine learning thing am medical student by the way but am more intrested in technology moderenization hope you reply i cant afford mentor

@umerrashid3307

Ай бұрын

Good job. Being programer myself, it's amazing for motivation. Definitely carryon.

No way this is your first video. This is insanely good. Both the editing, but more importantly the story telling is superb. And 800 views within 5h is reflecting this IMO.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Philipp!!

@footballuniverse6522

Ай бұрын

23k now! insane

@blasterzm

Ай бұрын

It's obvious he deleted previous videos

@philkellr

Ай бұрын

@@blasterzm not true. I know Nico and all he’s done are some quick loom videos. This one took weeks with learning to edit

@theonepercentsociety0

Ай бұрын

Honestly, this is what I call a full package.

next year "I SOLD my KZread channel for $65,000"

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Hahaha, not for KZread but in the process of selling another app soon!

@Maebbie

Ай бұрын

@@Jeannen thats the spirit!

@eealliance5997

Ай бұрын

​@@Jeannen how do you sell them? I have some few ones I want to sell

Amazing video editing + storytelling! You’re a natural!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

I wouldnt say natural, I had to re-shoot it 3 times to get the tone right haha Just lots of trial and error!

@Taddy_Mason

Ай бұрын

What kind of video editing tools and effects to use?

@_ProjectHadassah

7 күн бұрын

​@@Jeannen I appreciate your honesty :)

Loved every bit of this. Brutality honest with every step of the journey and hid nothing. Bravo Nico! ✨

This must be the best 'first channel video' in the whole history of youtube.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Hahaha, thanks! 😄 Technically I have a few unlisted gaming videos when I was a kid, does that count? 😆

Congrats, thanks for being so open about the process. Must be a dream come true to sell your product like this. Keep on building!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

It was! Really lowered my stress, my life now is not even comparable to before haha

Brilliant story telling, and incredible editing. Awesome job! I can see the effort that went into this video 🙌

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Rob!!

@MaktabahAlIstiqamah

Ай бұрын

@@JeannenDid you do the editing yourself?

Excellent story and pointing to resources. Love it and your process

Awesome to hear about your journey! It's impressive you were able to learn to code and then quickly build a product! Best of luck in the future.

I like coming across random content because algorithm and not only is it good but it happens to guide me step by step with what im working on. Subbed.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Hope the next videos will help you too then!

Nice! I had the same idea on my backlog. Glad it worked out.

It has been 6 months that I’m juggling between full time university and full time consultant contracts and I had kinda lost faith and was thinking about getting a regular job as a marketing strategist. But watching this 14 minutes video, I’m now cranked up for another round. Thanks for the inspiration ❤

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

It's ok to find a job if you need $, just never forget why you started entrepreneurship in the first place :)

insane story telling the detailing of each procedure how it went from zero to hero god damnn!!!!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 🤩

@darrenjames6309

Ай бұрын

It wasnt insane, it was very sane and well put together.

@clins1994

Ай бұрын

@@darrenjames6309 figure of speech bruh

great video Nico. I remember your previous one which had great content but was rather raw. This is a huge improvement! Looking forward to the next ones

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! Yes that was just a recording without editing, I will put it on a secondary channel or something

amazing story and video editing 🙌 I spent almost 4 years on a project with 2 other friends but still we didn't make it.. we wanted to make an ambitious project but failed in marketing and partially executing it. So now basically back to base 1 and thinking of smaller projects to deliver faster and get feedback early on from the market 💪

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Get some feedback from the market asap, read the pinned comment if not already done, I added a bunch of tips :)

I saw the post on twitter and came here to watch immediately. Congrats man! Very inspiring story and great job on the video creation as well.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

Great video dude, subscribed. Baffling this is your first video lol. Congrats on successfully building and selling apps too. You are a motivation to many

This was very well done. Acquire should use this as their ad. It's that good.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Haha, I'd be fine with it 😁

Absolutely well deserved. You worked hard, you used cutting edge technologies, you promoted the product, but most importantly you chose the topic which had demand and you were the first to promoted that. Well Done! Would be interesting to see the legal part of the story. Maybe you can make a video on that as well. Did you register the company to receive payments? When you sold the product, did payment was made on your personal account or the company account? The legal part is as interesting as the development part. Thank you

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! Not sure a video about the legals would be interesting because it really depends on your country But I had a company, so everything was under it :)

Good for you! I am in a similar process atm! so yes, good to know your process and insights! merci!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks, and good luck!!

Fantastic video! I was amazed to learn this is your first one. Great job!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 😄

This must be the best 'first channel video' in the whole history of youtube

@Jeannen

16 күн бұрын

Technically I posted some video that got no views 10 years ago, does that count? 😆

Awesome and Congrats Nico🎉

Man the storytelling is on point. Congratz 🎉

Great thanks for sharing the story! Would even enjoy hearing about your video creation and editing process and how you managed to learn so much so quickly! Great work

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Tons of people asked me so I will make a post on Twitter about it soon!

I finished this videos and went looking for another one 😅 found out this is your first lol! What a way to start! Great things ahead for you buddy! Good luck!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Yes, that's my first video, more to come soon! 😄

Incredible story telling and editing, you're killing it with your first video mate! Can wan't to see what's coming next 👀

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot man 🤩

Super cette première vidéo ! Tu racontes super bien, on ressent bien les émotions et l'urgence, le montage est excellent et ton anglais est impeccable ! Incroyable de voir comment tu as pu tirer ton épingle du jeu alors que tu n'avais encore que très peu d'expérience à l'époque ! Longue vie à cette chaîne KZread, et longue vie à tes businesses à venir ^^

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Merci!! J'étais pas sûr que ca allait bien rendre mais j'ai eu beaucoup de retours positifs haha

You should've kept it. I also run an AI app generating photos. Funnily enough, I also launched it in December 2022. Teamed up with a product owner from the beginning for equity and he multiplied the revenue with 5X. It took us 1 year and like 50 AB tests... Of course it all depends on how burned you were. Cash is better than a heart attack. Take care and good luck! Looking forwards for the next episode

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

I was also starting to run low on savings, even if the app generated $, that was still super stressful, so the 80k gave me a nice security 😄

@lolalucxyz

Ай бұрын

Isn't an app like that just a frontend for an existing generative model? Eg all it does is use it's own parameters/maybe modify the user prompt a bit. I'd expect apps like this to die incredibly quickly as the market gets flooded. Selling quickly seems like the winning move to me for something an experienced dev could probably replicate + improve on in a few days.

@kalloszsolty

Ай бұрын

@@lolalucxyz more or less yes, the hardest part now is to compete with all the 50 apps that does the same. It also needs an admin portal, a content person, ways of promoting, a backend that you either maintain or pay a lot for. For us it was easier as we were one of the first to introduce AI filters that could produce training like photos in 10 seconds instead of 10 minutes. But it also took us a year to break even with profits and I didn't even calculate ours, the founders work in it

@limited06

Ай бұрын

@@lolalucxyz Yeah its pretty wild this "novel" idea, is just crafting a prompt and sending an API request. Sure, there's a lot of people that don't want to do that / have the skillset, but seems wild that it can become an app / appealing project for investors. But hey, these guys have done it and it sounds successful so I'm pleased for them.

Lovely! Thanks for sharing

I was screaming when i saw your upvotes counting 😍😍. This is great

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Hahaha, I spent lots of time on this specific moment, wanted to be sure everything was perfect!

Awesome, will give it a watch!

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing your story and congratulations on the sale!! Keep going man 💪🏻

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

AMAZING WORK KEEP IT UP!!

Oh man your stortelling is incredible. Very inspiring story. Hope to see more videos!

Thanks for sharing your story. It gives me hope that my project will be successful.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

You got it!

@emmanuelodekunle7964

Ай бұрын

hi. what are you working on

Impressive story. Thank you for sharing.

amazing work, simple idea but great execution

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Legend strikes again

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

You're the legend, legend

@salahuddinkhudayberdiev

Ай бұрын

Legend

Excellent video explaining in detail and making it transparent. Enjoyed it. Best wishes.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Wow, congratulations, I hope that now you can have more time to yourself and are not being as stressed as before.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

I’m still working almost non-stop but I don’t have to worry about running out of $ in 6 months, makes a heck of a difference 😄

Well done!! Amazing video, came from Twitter 🎉

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

awesome video! there was definitely more room for more content at the end, things you learnt etc, I could have continued watching for another 10 mins

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

That was. the original plan, but it would have taken me way too long and I was getting a bit burned out, so instead I added the conclusion in the first comment 😅

@mrbizzy

Ай бұрын

@@Jeannen Awesome job dude! you nailed it!

Too good. This has inspired me to ship something fast that I've been pondering for too long.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Just launch something and get market feedback asap :)

Pieter Levels is an inspiration to almost every indie hackers. Never knew you have a youtube channel Nico, the story is amazing.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

He is! When I started, I read every post from him! And thanks a lot!

Great story Nico, thanks for putting the effort in telling it!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Super busy with my apps but hopefully will release one by next month!

Nice idea bro, i'm waiting for more videos.

This was like watching a documentary. Quite an experience to have! And congratulations on the sale.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Ooh, thanks! 😄

I am thankful for your inspiration to think about launching my own AI chat platform. I've been working on it for a year to complete it, but I was afraid that people wouldn't like it.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

The only way to know is to launch :)

Love it make a video perhaps to let us know how you started programming, what you did to learn it and how long it took before you did your FIRST project. Subbed!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! I will probably make a video about learning to code one day, but I documented everything on my blog back then, you can find it in the "featured" section: jeannen.com 😄

great job man congratulations🥳

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Wow! Amazing edit & storytelling Nico.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks man!

Amazing brother proud of you, I'm really impressed by your story telling & video & audio quality

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! 😁

This is quite impressive! As a fellow early SaaS startup worker who watches my CEO carefully, I must admit that this is the way business is done - through fast and bold moves.

incredible video my friend, thanks for the inspiration!

Daamn, love these type of stories

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

I have a few more to tell 😁

Amazing first video, Nico! Did not except you to replicate your Twitter quality on KZread. You definitely deserve more views and subscribers! :)

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! 😄 I plan to make more videos like this one since it got lots of views!

I can see why it worked. Look at your new youtube channel. It shows perfectionism from he first video...

Fantastic story mate! I really wish I could experience that. Thanks a lot for putting names like Aquire of ProductHunt. Very useful!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Hope you will one day! I might have another similar story soon, where I will add more details if it turns out well 😄

Great storytelling and editing!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks 😄

nice video, gave lots of inspiration and info

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

so inspiring ! 🙌

Insane! Congrats!

That's some impressive work! Thank you for sharing Jeannen :)

Thank you please post more content on saas. It is pure gold.btw what is your tech stack or do you use nocode tools??❤❤🎉🎉

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, I will!! I use Nuxt + Tailwind now :)

great editing! keep it up, much love from SF.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks! 😄

👏🏻 congratulations mate! that was epic

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

Which Website's API Key did you use ? Like Midjourney or others ?

Immediately subscribed for your dedication and the passion to build something meaningfull 👌

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! 😄

Nice work. very inspiring

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

you inspired me man, i will make my own startup

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Do it!

Nice video! That got me thinking about selling my AI startup. It did about 30K last 12 months. I'll look into aquire.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Do it! They have tons of info on the website and KZread @acquiredotcom

What a fantastic video. It's so well done 👏

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

Very good and informative video. Nice sale!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks!!

Awesome story! Awesome video! You got me hyped!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! 😃

Great job brotha! Working on my first SaaS now!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, and good luck!!

Super video, lovely flow and details

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!’

I normally do never comment on videos but had to give you some credits for this perfect video 👌

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 😄

Great stuff - much success

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

awesome story man! inspired me to share mine how i sold two content websites with poor design for over $1mil.

Im so glad I saw this video! Im gunna try do the same process and use it to fund my studies! Thank you Did you do any marketing for the company when it got listed on producthunt and gained traction or was it all organic?

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Good luck! And it was all organic :)

Amazing video, congratulations on your incredible success!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks! 😄

Damn, you killed it with this one Nico! Marc now has some real competition 👀😆

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks man! 😄

Absolutely insane. 🎉🎉

Really cool style of the video! How did you make these cool grafics and soundeffects?

Great story and nice video editing skills! That was inspiring!

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Great video!!! so captivating! What advice would you give to non-technical folks who want to get into the same game? like where would WE start and would would we learn first?

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Check cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/weeks/0, free course from Harvard about programming. It won't be enough to make apps but it should show you quickly if programming is something you might want to do or not :)

Congrats!

Amazing one! I have a couple of ideas but even with the no codes options available I still have no idea where to start lol

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Pick the easiest one :) You can do everything using no-code, it doesn't matter, customers care about what your app does, not what it's built with!

i learned a lot thx

This is powerful 🙏, inspiring..

Nico now is the time to push it to the next limit, you have a years savings but don't let that get to you. Now is the time to push it 10x. Good luck I'm on a similar journey, stay hungry.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

$65,000 is just the start :)

inspirational!

Why brother has only 2.41k sub? it should be at-least 241k . Insane content, top editing. Refuse to believe this is your first YT channel

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 😄 Technically I published a few gaming videos 10 years ago, does that count? 😆

hey, thanks for this very interesting video. your process of finding innovative ways to publish things even if they are not finished is very inspiring. I'd love to know how you managed to go from France to the USA. Btw, I also started making videos in english even though it's not my main language and you really confirmed the practice. English is the language of technology.

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! I’m not living in the US, I left France to live in Asia 😄 And agree, plus much more innovation

You are sooo inspiring!

Inspired ❤

Very coooool Nico :) Just subscribed my friend

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot man 😍

Hi! I appreciate your consistent work of doing this startup 'til the end! Congrats! How did you know how to document or how to make such a clear plan? Did you study some course of start-ups or something like that?

@Jeannen

Ай бұрын

I failed over 30 projects, so I started to get an idea of what wasnt working. I just did the opposite! But I did spent quite a bit studying successful startups based on what was publicly available!