Bryan Tam 🥊

23. Building apps after work.
Sharing the honest road from $0 to $1,000/month.

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

I'm Bryan. 23, Toronto.

Working a 9-5, building apps after work.

Apps made so far: $2.
Goal: $1,000/month by Oct 2027.

Posting the whole road here.
Builders doing the same, say hi 👋

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

Going all in on your startup sounds brave.

But keeping my 9-5 is what lets me be reckless with my apps.

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

Everyone keeps asking if you'd quit your 9-5 for a $4K/month side project.

Wrong question for most of us.

Most of us never get to that question. We're still at $2.

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

I quit my job.

If I wanted the easy applause I'd say I left to build.

I took another 9-5. I still only have a few hours after work but I'm using them wisely.

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

My apps have made $2 total.

Growing an audience and finding customers aren't the same thing.

Followers don’t pay but users might.

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@AIDailyGuy for sure!! its just the initial step

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

Build in public sells to other builders.

Your first customers are usually somewhere else.

Places like WhatsApp groups and Niche subreddits where people already complain about the problem.

Distribution still lives off-platform.

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@rvgdev That’s really cool!

The best consumer is yourself!

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

I'm 23, in Toronto, and I build apps after my 9-5.

Last month I ran my first half marathon.

This month I'm trying to get 50 strangers to use something I built.

If you're building after work too, let's connect.

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@emonuxui I’m bad at UI 😭

Nice to meet you!

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@builtwithrubel Nice to meet you too!

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@ctechdiva hiiii nice to meet you

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@kaiargus an iOS app!

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@nabendu82 That’s a lot of experience!

really nice to meet you and glad to connect

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@logan_myn Nice to meet you Logan

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@fikadjurovic Let’s gooo I love the after work gang

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@swSalim Nice to meet you!

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@TroelsOestbjerg awesome!

Where are you in your running and building journey

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@NayakSatya_SG Appreciate the kind words Nayak!!!

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@rapidlander_ I love your idea!

would definitely be a type of game you pull to play for a few mins

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@mac_dev9 Thank you Mac!!

[Bryan Tam 🥊 @bryntam]

@Xjohannesh Appreciate it, what else do you do after the 9-5 grind?