Starter Story

Kyan is a college student who built his first app and turned it into a $25K/month business. This is the story about how he found a tiny problem and turned it into a profitable app in just 5 months.

*Free: $1M Attention Guide:* https://clickhubspot.com/pgxp

Follow Kyan: https://x.com/kyanbuilds
Check out ToneAdapt: https://www.toneadapt.com/

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Chapters:
Chapters

00:00:00 Zero to $25K in 5 months
00:01:04 What's your story?
00:01:41 App breakdown
00:03:01 Kyan's background
00:03:40 Finding and validating the idea
00:04:20 The Attention Playbook
00:05:03 Solve your own problem
00:05:22 Build process and tech stack
00:06:51 Growth and marketing
00:07:39 Being "cringe"
00:08:20 Find something you already know
00:09:30 Find a tiny problem
00:10:11 Ship V1 FAST
00:10:32 Post 3x per day
00:11:09 Scale winning content
00:12:15 ToneAdapt demo
00:14:12 Advice to younger self
00:15:05 Pat and Gus reflections: a cool little idea

Zac built an analytics SaaS, and just hit $1M ARR, But here's the thing... you've probably never heard of it. And that's the whole point!

His business model is unique and that's exactly why he is successful. So, in this video, we break down why agencies are the dream customer nobody's building for and his advice for doing it all over again.

*30+ Business Ideas in Unsexy Niches:* https://clickhubspot.com/ma5x

Follow Zac: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zcherin/
Check out Hiro: https://www.hiroanalytics.com/

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Chapters:
Chapters

00:00:00 Zero to $1M
00:00:56 What's your story?
00:01:25 SaaS breakdown
00:02:24 Business model
00:03:01 Zac's background
00:03:34 Find your overlooked business idea
00:04:16 Tools and tech stack
00:05:01 Building for agencies
00:07:10 Risks to the business
00:08:02 How to build a SaaS like this
00:09:19 Advice for founders
00:10:24 Pat and Gus reflections: the agency model

Kyle Fowler is a regular guy who runs two mobile apps that together do over $120,00K per month. This is the story of how a self-taught developer turned a hobby into one successful app... and then did it again.

*Steal 90+ Business Ideas:* https://clickhubspot.com/3bnt

Follow Kyle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylefowler2/
Check out Cardstock: https://www.openbraceapps.com/
Check out Scanémon: https://www.scanemon.com/

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Chapters:
Chapters

00:00:00 Building from your hobbies
00:00:57 What’s your story?
00:01:30 App businesses breakdown
00:02:51 Founder background
00:03:58 Solve your own problems!
00:04:44 Building the apps
00:05:23 Timeline and launch
00:06:05 Tech stack and costs
00:06:28 Idea and validation
00:07:59 Finding $1M app ideas
00:09:20 Marketing apps in 2026
00:10:11 App demo
00:11:01 Final advice
00:12:08 Pat and Gus reflections

Benjamin Chen is a 20-year-old NYU student who’s built 45+ apps and scaled his latest app to $30K/month. What makes Benji different is he has a repeatable system that’s helped him build, launch, and grow his apps fast. This video breaks down the exact system he uses to scale apps profitably.

*Free iOS App Bootcamp:* https://clickhubspot.com/r91p

Follow Benji: https://twitter.com/benjiianc
Check out Snag: https://snagapp.com/

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Chapters:
Chapters

00:00:00 The system behind a successful app
00:01:05 Who is Benji?
00:01:26 App breakdown
00:02:25 Founder background
00:03:37 Build process
00:04:14 Build your own iOS apps!!
00:04:50 Tech stack and tools
00:05:39 Finding app ideas
00:06:39 Marketing apps
00:08:11 UGC example
00:08:50 Paid ads strategy
00:09:42 App Playbook (Step-by-Step)
00:11:59 Advice
00:13:02 Pat and Gus reflections: the proven system

David (and his brother Daniel) launched Shipper, an AI app builder. But here's the secret... they didn't reinvent the wheel. They just saw a billion-dollar opportunity and thought, "if we capture just 1% of the market, maybe it could change our lives?" This is the story of how they grew shipper to over $50K/month by building a micro-version of a billion-dollar market.

*Free Database: 50+ AI App Ideas Making Millions* https://clickhubspot.com/zgul

Follow David: https://twitter.com/chhddavid
Check out Shipper: https://shipper.now/

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Chapters:
Chapters

00:00:00 Every idea is taken…
00:00:49 What’s your story?
00:01:27 Business breakdown
00:02:46 Founder background
00:03:29 More AI App Ideas
00:04:14 Idea behind the business
00:04:54 Build story
00:05:45 Tech stack
00:06:17 Growth and marketing
00:07:21 Finding the 1% difference
00:09:15 Advice to younger self
00:10:05 Pat and Gus reflections: Copy & Paste