Žiga Benko

Solo builder, on the road to 10k mrr

ios: TidyScroll, HoopChatAI, Dream2Anime

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

I miss times when I thought having a startup means just coding all day

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

I met a guy online, 3 days later we were co-founders.

Sometimes you just feel the right vibe...

I guess...

We will see how this works out 😅

🤙

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

@MartinTale Hahah this is so relatable 😅 keep on grinding 💪

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

This is top level prompting confusion 😵‍💫

Does anyone get what I meant?
@DataFast_

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

@frederickjames Finally someone telling the truth of "overnight success"

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

$26/month

40 days grinding.
40 organic posts.
1 iOS app.
4 paying customers.

Everyone says "if you're not at 10k MRR by now, you failed."

So... Should I move on, or keep grinding?

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

I CAN FINALLY 💩 & CODE!
Thanks @claudeai

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

@victor_bigfield https://t.co/nrS2008mGz - AI ads that actually convert

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

"My ios app made $10k in first 4 hours."

I lost count of how many posts like that I've read on x.

I am here to tell you that this is not average and that if you don't reach that is totally fine.

I have posted 42 videos in past 40 days and managed to get 4 customers.

It could be the product.
It could be the niche.
It could be me.

I am not here to tell you a secret sauce, but that you are not the only one struggling 💪🏻

We are all in the grind and we will get there 🙌🏻.

Eventually.

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

I had to post 42 videos on TikTok to break 2k views.

As a developer, stepping in front of the camera was (and still is) awkward as hell.

But if this gives me even a small chance of finding a winning format and reaching $10k+ MRR, it's worth it.

42 videos down. Let's keep going

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

I had to post 42 videos on TikTok to break 2k views.

As a developer, stepping in front of the camera was (and still is) awkward as hell.

But if this gives me even a small chance of finding a winning format and reaching $10k+ MRR, it's worth it.

42 videos down. Let's keep going

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

It's funny how one good free trial makes all those cringey TikToks suddenly feel worth it.

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

Grind never stops

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

@VadimStrizheus I've been posting UGC by myself for 32 days straight and havent broke 900 views... Is this normal as "beginners friction"?

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

@FitzWebbV @FrancescoCiull4 @BrandaidAI @FitzWebbV @FrancescoCiull4

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

@FitzWebbV @FrancescoCiull4 @BrandaidAI I spent half an hour searching for this thread, just to show you guys this.. we were the pioneers of the pigeon messaging 🥹

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

It didn't feel real until now.

We decided to shutdown our first business I build together with my wife.

It was long overdue.

Even though we closed the business 6months ago.

To me it was real when I stopped the services that ran the app for 2 years. 🥹

On to the better things

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

@rokbozi

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

The hard part is done.

Got my first paying customers on my ios app. 🥳🍾

Only a month or two and I will be at $100k MRR...

Right? 🤡

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

Who else needs this?

[Žiga Benko @zigcBenx]

I hate ChatGPT's UI

I just have to much stuff going on in business and life and I get lost in conversation mess.

So I build Eduardo.

It's visualized mindmap of everything that is going on from calendar, your grandma birthday to business projects and time management.

Wdyt?