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MOAT
AI-powered platform that helps you turn what you ship into viral social media content.
AI Thumbnails Maker
Sketch your ideas for youtube thumbnails, get AI-generated thumbnails
AI Business Name Builder
AI tool that helps you find an amazing name, get a great .com, and see SEO viability.
Product Market Fit
Products that generated over $1M
Sold
Pigeon CRM
(2019)18 months building, got to $1.5K MRR, YC interview, rejected, sold it
You Don't Need WordPress
(2018)Got lots of users, hard to monetize, sold for small amount
iPhone Repair Business
(2012)Nice side income while in college, sold for small amount
Failed
Campfire
(2023)Cohort based program. Made ~$10K but not as scalable as I'd like
TikToker
(2022)Got a lot of views but couldn't convert to $$
Starter Story Job Board
(2021)Our target audience isn't looking for a job, killed it
Wikipedia For Entrepreneurs
(2021)6 months building, too much spam, really hard to build, killed it
Ecommerce SMS Tool
(2021)2 months talking to customers, YC Interview, rejected, killed it
Starter Story For Universities
(2020)Sold to 1 customer, sales cycle so long, killed it
Starter Story FB Community
(2020)3 months running, engagement wasn't there, killed it
YouTuber
(2019)Made ~10 videos, 250 subscribers, gave up
How To Say No
(2019)Built in one weekend, went viral, but realized it wasn't monetizable
Trendspotting tool for A&R
(2019)1 month building, reached out to hundreds of A&R, nobody responded
Shipstreams
(2019)Realized streaming coding is not that interesting, killed it
Coding Livestreamer
(2018)Realized nobody wanted to watch me code, gave up
24 Hour Startup Challenge
(2018)Got lots of users, but it did not have a great business model, killed it
Gratiboard (Testimonial App)
(2018)Built in one day, launched on PH, complete flop
Clout Report (Musician Ranking)
(2018)Cool app, but couldn't monetize, killed it
Affiliate marketing site
(2017)2 months building, realized I was not passionate about topic, killed it
Screenshotting tool
(2017)2 months building, nobody paid, killed it
Collaborative Spreadsheet App
(2015)Started building but then shiny object syndrome, moved to something else
Anaplan Chrome Extension
(2015)My first side project, got some users, realized it was not monetizable
Delite (B2B SaaS App)
(2015)6 months building, got a few customers but they didn't actually use it, killed it
