Calvin Kei

Building MAU, 10k MRR

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@athcanft 50k MRR churn fast if you stop maintaining it. while 1M cash is 1M cash

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@alexcooldev dostribution comes first, product comes second.
without distribution, no one notice your product

but without a good product, churn will be high and in the long run you fail

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@MDALISHANALI2 very true. focus on one thing always gives better result

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

It sucks at agentic use case though

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

If you think Gemini is falling behind, you are terribly wrong.

I was looking for a cheap alternative to gemini 3.5 flash, but couldn’t find any with

1. similar performance
2. similar latency
3. supports multimodal input

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

I wonder how retention will be like for these apps in 6-12 months. But not a bad idea for quick money

[Will @athcanft]

if i had to start from ZERO, here’s how i’d get to $10k mrr with a mobile app 👇

1. choosing the app niche
looksmaxxing, fitness, wealth - anything that appeals to core human desires is a MUST

2. designing the app for ads
a viral screenshot-able feature like cal ai’s “ai calorie logging” - this will allow me to make ads really easily without making the user feel sold to (as i can just show the screenshot of the feature briefly)

3. getting ad-ready
SUPER IMPORTANT: add an MMP to my app, for conversion tracking later when i run ads - either appsflyer, singular…

4. making the ads
study competitors on instagram / tiktok - see what hooks their using and translate their formats to my own app - i’ll make 12-30 variants of 1-2 formats ive found

5. running the ads
i prefer tiktok ads for mobile apps but meta does fine too - one campaign, one ad set, all my ads in the ad set - $50 a day budget to find a winner; then scale up spend once i’ve got a profitable ad

that’s literally it. i wish id known this earlier because i spent thousands of $ on ugc and influencers that didnt work for me

the most important part: DESIGN YOUR APP FOR ADS FROM THE START

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@nestymee good product is key to retention. if users like your product, they will top up the card and resubscribe

imagine card running out of fund and loses yoir netflix subscription, the first thing you do next morning is to top up the card.

keep building

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@sridharfyi https://t.co/QxS4ZpW6lA

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@ryanlohyr hey Ryan, I’ve been seeing your UGC all over instagram. I am building https://t.co/QxS4ZpW6lA, lets connect to share experience on Edtech?

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

Rejected by YC and Speedrun

Talked to an advisor from YC P26 and learned what we were missing

Gonna keep building https://t.co/QxS4ZpW6lA and reapply next year

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@Tech_Rose1 steal

[Cosmos allday 🇨🇭 @Cosmos_allday]

https://t.co/ePz0XvaPTC

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@FinaCash @Cosmos_Airdrops @Airdrops_one

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@FinaCash @Airdrops_one

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

@FinaCash @Cosmos_Airdrops

[Secret Network @SecretNetwork]

Today marks a HUGE milestone for the Secret Network ecosystem.

Congratulations to the @FinaCash team for shipping the first mobile wallet capable of interacting with Secret dApps!

It's now possible to use @StashhApp, @SiennaNetwork, and more from the Fina mobile app.

Try it!

[Calvin Kei @CalvinKei2]

I just became a @SecretNetwork Secret Agent! 🕵️ You too can help campaign for privacy
https://t.co/Tbyywdkk5x

[Secret Network @SecretNetwork]

NEW: @guyzys of @scrt_labs has proposed a major plan for #Terra #Luna devs - a 12-month on-chain fund to support Terra projects joining the Secret ecosystem and building with privacy by default! 💪

Learn more and leave your comments on the Secret Forum 👇
https://t.co/MeCYkOHHuZ

[Greg Osuri 🇺🇸 @gregosuri]

Update: Luna 2 will be airdropped to $UST / $LUNA holders on IBC DEXs (Osmosis, Sifchain, Crescent and Kava).

My work here is done, now we wait for TFL to update their proposal.

[Do Kwon 🌕 @stablekwon]

@gregosuri IBC assets will be indexed