From DoorDash to $1M/year With Apps (the UGC playbook)

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Ernesto Lopez built a $1M/year app business by 22. He used to do DoorDash just to buy enough time to figure this out.In this episode he walks me through his entire UGC playbook. The one he used to get his first app to $20K in 30 days, and the one his current app is using to sit at #34 in the App Store right now.If you've got an app idea or you've shipped one and it's not moving, this is the episode.Follow Ernesto: https://x.com/ErnestoSOFTWAREChapters(0:00) From DoorDash to $1M/year(1:12) You have $100 and a laptop. What now?(2:32) How Snapout did $20K in 30 days(6:52) The UGC playbook (reactions vs talking head)(10:08) Where viral ideas actually come from(13:34) The repost trick that beats the algorithm(15:02) AI influencers and the 18yo making $10K/month(20:02) The $0 and a laptop full breakdown(24:00) Hitting $1M ARR(25:47) A message for anyone in the trenchesNew episodes of My First Dollar drop weekly. Builders going from zero to their first dollar of revenue.Follow if that's the direction you're going.🔗 Newsletter (My First Dollar) → https://getmyfirstdollar.com🔥 SuperX (grow faster on X) → https://superx.so𝕏 Follow me on X → https://x.com/robj3d3📸 Follow me on Insta → https://instagram.com/robhallam_

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Ernesto Lopez built a $1M/year app business by 22. He used to do DoorDash just to buy enough time to figure this out.In this episode he walks me through his entire UGC playbook. The one he used to get his first app to $20K in 30 days, and the one...

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