Ray

Engineer | Musician | Gamer | Indie Maker
(acquired)

[Ray @devhe4d]

I just sold my first-ever startup, Summify, for $30,000 on @acquiredotcom 🔥🎉

Summify started as my weekend project last October. I only knew how to code and nothing else. But I wanted to be a solopreneur.

The journey was long and hard, but the lessons I learned were invaluable.

🏁 The Beginning
I didn’t do any validation ( I didn't know even what is validation )
I built Summify because I needed it myself - Scratching my own itch.

I just built it and ship it and posted it on Reddit hope for the best.

Three days after launching, I sold my first subscription😍 This was a good sign that people wanted my product.

But I quickly learned that knowing how to code wasn’t enough at all. 🫠

I had no marketing skills.
What are feedback channels?
Should I reply to all emails?
How do I deal with angry customers?
Churn rate? what is it?
How do I set up ads?
Where can I find customers?
And so much more…

I soon realized I had a lot to learn.

Big thanks to @marclou and @nico_jeannen. I read all your tweets and blog posts, and they changed how I thought about building, shipping, and marketing.

I went with trial and error approach, Just read and testing live in production.

Every experience taught me something new, especially What I should not do.

It took Summify three months to reach $500 MRR. It might have been slow growth, but I didn’t mind. I was happy even making $5 MRR because I was learning so much.

After eight months, Summify hit $2,500 MRR and then settled around $1,500 MRR.

🏁 The End
11 months later:
Over 15 million minutes summarized for 29,000 users.

Summify got acquired! 🎉

Looking back, selling my first indie project was a dream I didn’t know I could achieve in the first year.

Now, I’m more eager than ever to keep building and learning new things.

keep shipping!

#buildinpublic

[Ray @devhe4d]

@vikrambuilds I'm building https://t.co/pdGHOLbMoI — an all-in-one AI workspace.

It lets you use 120+ AI models in one place, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, image generation, video generation, file analysis, YouTube summaries, and ready-made prompts.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@vikrambuilds I'm making https://t.co/2HTxeqDjJN - AI SEO Agent for busy founders

InkieAI helps founders and small businesses rank higher in Google, ChatGPT, and AI search with automated keyword research, SEO articles, and content publishing.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@moonfarm_dev I built it exactly for my own products, I was my first user 😅

[Ray @devhe4d]

@moonfarm_dev I'm building https://t.co/pdGHOLbMoI — an all-in-one AI workspace.

It lets you use 120+ AI models in one place, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, image generation, video generation, file analysis, YouTube summaries, and ready-made prompts.

[Ray @devhe4d]

I'm a victim of ignoring SEO

I thought to myself SEO is dated, unnecessary, optional, but its 100% the opposite!

SEO is vital for your business to success

without SEO you are just shooting in the dark hope for the best

That's why I built https://t.co/HDhJhQ1Ltf to help me with my SEO needs

[Search Engine Land @sengineland]

The SEO world can be noisy.

Every new LLM feature, SERP shift, or Google comment sparks a frenzy.

But here’s the truth: What works in #SEO hasn’t changed.

The real operators stay calm, and focus on fundamentals.

Let’s bust some myths in this thread 🧵👇

[Search Engine Land @sengineland]

The SEO world can be noisy.

Every new LLM feature, SERP shift, or Google comment sparks a frenzy.

But here’s the truth: What works in #SEO hasn’t changed.

The real operators stay calm, and focus on fundamentals.

Let’s bust some myths in this thread 🧵👇

[Ray @devhe4d]

@AKirtesh I'm making https://t.co/2HTxeqDjJN - AI SEO Agent for busy founders

InkieAI helps founders and small businesses rank higher in Google, ChatGPT, and AI search with automated keyword research, SEO articles, and content publishing.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@AKirtesh I'm building https://t.co/pdGHOLbMoI — an all-in-one AI workspace.

It lets you use 120+ AI models in one place, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, image generation, video generation, file analysis, YouTube summaries, and ready-made prompts.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@IAmPascio I'm building https://t.co/pdGHOLbMoI — an all-in-one AI workspace.

It lets you use 120+ AI models in one place, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, image generation, video generation, file analysis, YouTube summaries, and ready-made prompts.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@IAmPascio I'm making https://t.co/2HTxeqDjJN - AI SEO Agent for busy founders

InkieAI helps founders and small businesses rank higher in Google, ChatGPT, and AI search with automated keyword research, SEO articles, and content publishing.

[Ray @devhe4d]

I love my https://t.co/FawIjfzmrY dashboard, more and more I use it instead of going to Google Search Console

[Ray @devhe4d]

@nezbuilds I'm making https://t.co/2HTxeqDjJN - AI SEO Agent for busy founders

InkieAI helps founders and small businesses rank higher in Google, ChatGPT, and AI search with automated keyword research, SEO articles, and content publishing.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@nezbuilds I'm building https://t.co/pdGHOLbMoI — an all-in-one AI workspace.

It lets you use 120+ AI models in one place, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, image generation, video generation, file analysis, YouTube summaries, and ready-made prompts.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@moonfarm_dev I like building stuff 😅

[Ray @devhe4d]

@moonfarm_dev Yes! its in the backlog, I'll probably do it for phase 2

[Ray @devhe4d]

@foxtomb232 I'm building https://t.co/pdGHOLbMoI — an all-in-one AI workspace.

It lets you use 120+ AI models in one place, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, image generation, video generation, file analysis, YouTube summaries, and ready-made prompts.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@foxtomb232 I'm making https://t.co/2HTxeqDjJN - AI SEO Agent for busy founders

InkieAI helps founders and small businesses rank higher in Google, ChatGPT, and AI search with automated keyword research, SEO articles, and content publishing.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@RoxanaLimban I'm making https://t.co/2HTxeqDjJN - AI SEO Agent for busy founders

InkieAI helps founders and small businesses rank higher in Google, ChatGPT, and AI search with automated keyword research, SEO articles, and content publishing.

[Ray @devhe4d]

@RoxanaLimban I'm building https://t.co/pdGHOLbMoI — an all-in-one AI workspace.

It lets you use 120+ AI models in one place, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, image generation, video generation, file analysis, YouTube summaries, and ready-made prompts.