I'm creating this thread to keep a journal of my daily work and to connect with new, awesome people who are into the world of startups.
I knew I wanted to be rich since 14 years old, around that time I realised no one would get rich following the rat race, so I started researching by then how to make money online (as it is a global market, I knew the money to be made was much higher than creating a business in Portugal (Where I live)).
I first got my feet wet at 16 years old, through internet marketing, by then I had been researching around 2-4 hours a day on SEO, Adwords, Affiliate programs, etc.
I struggled a lot at first, since I had no credit card to pay for anything online.
I made my first dollars through PPD (Pay Per Download), I still remember the joy I felt when I finally withdrew the money, that moment I realised making money online was a reality, forever changing my path.
At 19 I finally realised that even though money could be made through internet marketing, the big money was on creating startups and business, so I rapidly changed my mindset, started gathering ideas and reading as much material as possible (The Millionaire Fastlane was the first business book I read).
My fist venture was Chicklopedia, an app where guys could rate their hook ups.
I got this idea from Lulu, which serves the exact oposite (girls rating their hook ups), not going to say that my goal was not to make money (being a member on various teen/young adult forums, I saw a big demand for this product), but my intent was to show the world the "double standards" of feminism.
Website Pictures
http://imgur.com/XY2eSCv
http://imgur.com/MTZjMZS
App Pictures
http://imgur.com/GLacX6D
http://imgur.com/fYRwR4t
Investors, Buyers, Etc
http://imgur.com/QJChd6C
http://imgur.com/xECIKan
http://imgur.com/Pjpi3Mu
http://imgur.com/x0MDD0E
http://imgur.com/kqiXjrI
I programed the app in 2 months, on the first 5 days of launch we had 3k users, 2k facebook likes, $150k valuation and around 50 investors wanting to get in on it.
Unfortunately, facebook poped our bubble, on our 7th day of release, by creating a new rule which prohibits the rating of people who didn't opt-in the app, and we had to take our app off the store.
It was tragic to spend 2 months executing our plan, only to have everything crumble down.
Fortunately, that didn't stop us from moving forward.
Currently we're working together on a new app which will revolutionize online anonymous chatting.
We searched reddit for common problems with chatroulette/reddit and worked really hard to find all possible solutions to those problems.
We're really confident we have solved most of the problems their users face, our app will allow gender neutrality (no more nexting 10 guys just to find a girl), allow users talk to whoom they find interesting, no more nudity, and have the possibility for users to access the app through both mobile and web.
I will use this progress thread to document updates on everything, from entrepreneurship to coding.
I'll write a post every day, detailing what was done, what needs to be done soon, and what I learned that day.
Thank you for reading!
I knew I wanted to be rich since 14 years old, around that time I realised no one would get rich following the rat race, so I started researching by then how to make money online (as it is a global market, I knew the money to be made was much higher than creating a business in Portugal (Where I live)).
I first got my feet wet at 16 years old, through internet marketing, by then I had been researching around 2-4 hours a day on SEO, Adwords, Affiliate programs, etc.
I struggled a lot at first, since I had no credit card to pay for anything online.
I made my first dollars through PPD (Pay Per Download), I still remember the joy I felt when I finally withdrew the money, that moment I realised making money online was a reality, forever changing my path.
At 19 I finally realised that even though money could be made through internet marketing, the big money was on creating startups and business, so I rapidly changed my mindset, started gathering ideas and reading as much material as possible (The Millionaire Fastlane was the first business book I read).
My fist venture was Chicklopedia, an app where guys could rate their hook ups.
I got this idea from Lulu, which serves the exact oposite (girls rating their hook ups), not going to say that my goal was not to make money (being a member on various teen/young adult forums, I saw a big demand for this product), but my intent was to show the world the "double standards" of feminism.
Website Pictures
http://imgur.com/XY2eSCv
http://imgur.com/MTZjMZS
App Pictures
http://imgur.com/GLacX6D
http://imgur.com/fYRwR4t
Investors, Buyers, Etc
http://imgur.com/QJChd6C
http://imgur.com/xECIKan
http://imgur.com/Pjpi3Mu
http://imgur.com/x0MDD0E
http://imgur.com/kqiXjrI
I programed the app in 2 months, on the first 5 days of launch we had 3k users, 2k facebook likes, $150k valuation and around 50 investors wanting to get in on it.
Unfortunately, facebook poped our bubble, on our 7th day of release, by creating a new rule which prohibits the rating of people who didn't opt-in the app, and we had to take our app off the store.
It was tragic to spend 2 months executing our plan, only to have everything crumble down.
Fortunately, that didn't stop us from moving forward.
Currently we're working together on a new app which will revolutionize online anonymous chatting.
We searched reddit for common problems with chatroulette/reddit and worked really hard to find all possible solutions to those problems.
We're really confident we have solved most of the problems their users face, our app will allow gender neutrality (no more nexting 10 guys just to find a girl), allow users talk to whoom they find interesting, no more nudity, and have the possibility for users to access the app through both mobile and web.
I will use this progress thread to document updates on everything, from entrepreneurship to coding.
I'll write a post every day, detailing what was done, what needs to be done soon, and what I learned that day.
Thank you for reading!
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