I vibe coded a $20K/month mobile app in 14 days
Starter Story
Oct 26, 2025
Connor Burd is a 23-year-old founder who has built several apps that make $100K/month. He vibe-coded his latest project in just 14 days, and it’s already at $20K/month. This video breaks down his repeatable framework for revenue-first apps, why he only uses Facebook ads to grow, and the exact vibe coding process that lets him build in 2 weeks what used to take him 6-8 months.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Who is Connor
1:12 - Numbers behind his apps
1:49 - Connor's background
2:46 - The $1M vibe coding process
7:02 - Connor's validation framework
8:12 - $20K/mo marketing playbook
9:57 - The $20K/mo app reveal
11:10 - What made Payout successful
11:46 - Tech stack
12:14 - The key to a successful app
12:49 - The final word
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No tools listed for this business.
I'm
23
years
old
and
my
apps
do
over
a
million
dollars
in
sales
a
year
year
This
is
Connor
a
23
year
old
kid
who
cracked
the
code
on
building
apps
that
actually
make
money
I
built
my
latest
app
in
less
than
two
weeks
100
with
AI
To
prove
it
he
joined
a
hackathon
of
over
55
000
people
built
an
app
from
scratch
grew
it
to
20
000
a
month
and
won
the
entire
thing
The
apps
that
I
build
are
designed
to
make
money
from
day
one
I
asked
Connor
to
come
onto
the
channel
to
break
down
his
entire
playbook
for
building
money
making
apps
fast
And
in
this
episode
we
will
dive
into
how
he
finds
validated
ideas
that
can
make
money
from
day
one
exactly
how
he
vibe
codes
these
apps
quickly
and
his
step
by
step
playbook
on
how
to
grow
them
into
money
making
machines
Strap
in
because
this
is
an
episode
you
cannot
miss
I'm
Pat
Walls
and
this
is
Starter
Story
All
right
Welcome
Connor
to
the
channel
Tell
me
about
who
you
are
what
you
built
and
what's
your
story
Hi
I'm
Connor
and
over
the
past
few
years
I've
built
a
handful
of
mobile
apps
These
apps
have
done
over
a
million
in
revenue
now
I
really
only
got
into
entrepreneurship
roughly
three
years
ago
just
by
watching
YouTube
videos
and
staying
optimistic
on
what
I'm
building
Okay
Connor
that's
amazing
Can
you
share
with
me
what
types
of
apps
that
you've
built
So
I've
built
a
bunch
of
different
apps
I've
probably
got
around
six
apps
now
My
most
recent
app
is
called
Payout
and
this
is
one
that
I
just
recently
launched
in
the
month
in
revenue
The
downloads
is
over
12
000
over
1
300
new
subscriptions
One
cool
thing
is
this
is
part
of
the
Revenue
Cat
Chip
A
Ton
competition
It's
a
hackathon
that
people
can
release
new
apps
to
the
app
store
This
year
it
had
over
55
000
entrants
and
it
won
first
place
for
the
Build
Grow
Award
which
has
a
total
grand
prize
of
65
000
for
the
app
that
has
the
most
growth
over
the
two
month
period
Before
we
get
into
the
app
and
how
you
built
it
I
got
to
understand
a
little
bit
more
about
your
background
I
know
you're
only
23
years
old
and
it's
pretty
impressive
what
you've
done
Tell
me
how
you
get
to
this
place
where
you
even
start
building
apps
Before
I
started
building
apps
I
was
just
any
other
kid
playing
too
much
video
games
staying
up
late
no
computer
science
background
One
night
in
the
middle
of
the
night
I
woke
up
and
I
just
had
a
random
app
idea
I
wrote
down
the
whole
app
idea
in
my
notes
I'd
never
coded
anything
The
next
morning
I
woke
up
and
I
just
started
watching
YouTube
videos
I
didn't
have
a
MacBook
at
the
time
and
I
really
wanted
to
make
an
iOS
app
I
didn't
really
have
any
money
so
I
started
doing
random
tasks
just
selling
random
items
around
my
room
Eventually
I
got
my
hands
on
an
old
MacBook
I
started
building
a
social
app
called
Hotspot
Events
This
app
took
me
six
to
eight
months
to
build
It
kind
of
failed
I
really
had
no
idea
what
I
was
doing
After
that
first
app
I
quickly
realized
that
apps
that
are
social
are
super
hard
to
scale
so
I
eventually
moved
on
to
utilities
and
tools
and
these
are
much
more
easy
to
scale
scale
as
a
one
man
person
This
was
all
about
three
years
ago
and
since
then
I've
scaled
these
apps
to
doing
over
a
million
in
subscription
revenue
Okay
I
mean
that's
amazing
I
love
that
you
did
this
without
having
all
the
crazy
tools
or
anything
like
that
So
my
next
question
for
you
is
how
do
you
build
these
apps
What
is
your
playbook
for
building
these
apps
How
do
you
think
about
building
an
app
from
scratch
Yeah
before
I
get
into
how
I
do
things
today
I
think
it's
important
that
people
know
that
you
don't
need
all
these
fancy
tools
I
was
just
watching
YouTube
videos
and
going
on
Stack
Overflow
and
now
my
process
today
is
pretty
straightforward
I
have
a
very
specific
set
of
steps
that
I
follow
to
make
sure
that
the
app
I'm
building
building
has
the
ability
to
convert
drive
a
lot
of
sales
also
have
really
good
user
retention
My
first
step
is
that
I'll
go
and
download
a
whole
bunch
of
apps
maybe
20
apps
that
are
in
the
niche
that
I'm
diving
into
as
well
as
other
apps
that
I
just
think
are
beautiful
apps
that
I
want
to
draw
inspiration
from
for
their
design
perspective
The
next
thing
I
do
is
screenshot
every
single
page
and
every
single
onboarding
And
I
take
all
these
screenshots
and
I'll
put
them
all
in
one
big
line
in
a
Figma
file
so
I
can
see
all
the
onboardings
every
question
they
ask
every
graph
they
have
And
I'll
pick
out
all
the
ones
that
I
like
and
I'll
grab
some
from
one
some
from
another
and
then
I'll
redesign
them
so
they
all
have
my
theme
and
my
aesthetic
that
I
want
for
my
app
I
think
it's
really
important
to
have
an
extensive
onboarding
Realistically
90
of
users
will
probably
only
ever
see
your
onboarding
if
you
have
a
paywalled
section
in
your
app
I
think
it's
really
important
that
you
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
this
maybe
even
as
much
time
as
designing
the
actual
functionality
of
the
app
When
it
comes
to
the
onboarding
these
are
the
most
important
things
that
you
want
to
do
to
make
sure
that
your
app
converts
successfully
The
first
one
is
you
want
to
invoke
emotion
You
want
to
make
sure
that
when
the
user
is
going
through
the
onboarding
they
feel
strongly
about
it
Most
purchases
are
made
emotionally
and
are
not
logical
when
it
comes
to
consumers
You
also
want
to
make
sure
that
you
show
the
strongest
incentives
of
your
app
how
it's
going
to
improve
your
user's
life
You
want
to
make
sure
that
they
understand
the
benefits
and
that
it's
very
simple
for
them
to
be
able
to
make
that
purchase
It's
also
important
to
make
sure
that
the
app
feels
personalized
In
today's
day
and
age
when
there's
so
much
competition
people
want
to
make
sure
that
what
they're
buying
feels
like
it's
meant
for
them
specifically
rather
than
just
like
a
generally
applicable
app
Finally
you
want
to
make
sure
that
you
have
some
sort
of
charts
graphs
something
to
make
the
app
feel
more
scientific
People
like
to
know
that
something
that
they're
using
has
been
proven
to
work
that
other
people
have
successfully
used
it
And
by
adding
these
charts
and
graphs
it'll
make
it
so
your
app
seems
very
legitimate
The
next
step
is
you're
going
to
want
to
design
your
data
structures
This
is
very
important
specifically
for
vibe
coding
It's
important
to
know
what
your
data
is
going
to
look
like
how
it's
shaped
Because
when
you
feed
the
AI
such
as
cursor
or
clod
it'll
make
it
much
more
simple
for
the
AI
to
know
what
exactly
you're
trying
to
build
So
it
doesn't
have
to
make
any
guesses
on
what
you're
trying
to
make
I
recommend
making
a
text
document
with
an
explanation
as
well
as
some
JSON
data
that
explains
what
your
data
actually
looks
like
and
some
information
about
each
of
the
attributes
that
you're
going
to
have
for
your
data
By
giving
it
this
text
document
in
advance
it
allows
me
to
code
this
thing
very
quickly
With
this
prep
done
you
can
actually
start
to
build
the
app
Usually
I'd
start
with
building
the
core
functionality
of
the
app
skipping
the
onboarding
and
just
going
straight
for
the
main
features
of
the
app
You
can
really
just
drop
the
screenshots
into
clod
or
cursor
whatever
AI
you're
using
And
because
it's
now
able
to
read
the
images
and
understand
what
it's
looking
at
it'll
actually
be
able
to
write
the
code
for
the
full
screen
for
you
When
working
with
AI
it
doesn't
always
get
everything
right
on
the
first
time
So
sometimes
you
need
to
just
continue
to
work
with
it
and
eventually
it'll
get
the
details
details
correct
I
don't
recommend
being
too
picky
because
it's
important
to
get
a
version
out
quickly
rather
than
getting
a
perfect
app
out
As
far
as
the
tools
that
I
use
now
I
honestly
just
use
clod
That's
the
only
thing
I'm
using
for
AI
coding
and
it
does
everything
for
me
It
is
absolutely
insane
that
Connor
was
able
to
build
and
launch
this
app
in
just
a
few
few
weeks
I
hope
that
his
story
inspires
a
lot
of
people
watching
to
get
started
and
vibe
code
stuff
as
well
However
I
need
you
to
be
careful
I
see
a
lot
of
people
get
into
vibe
coding
try
to
one
shot
something
real
quick
get
lost
not
be
able
to
deploy
and
then
give
up
Because
here's
the
truth
about
building
with
AI
You
need
to
know
how
to
use
these
AI
tools
effectively
what
to
build
how
to
ship
fast
and
how
to
build
something
that
actually
works
Well
this
is
exactly
why
we
launched
Starter
Story
Build
which
is
our
program
where
you
will
learn
how
to
launch
your
project
using
only
AI
coding
tools
and
do
it
in
just
a
couple
couple
weeks
Once
you
understand
how
to
actually
leverage
these
AI
tools
you
can
build
a
lot
faster
and
save
a
whole
lot
of
time
So
if
you're
ready
to
learn
how
to
build
apps
the
right
way
with
AI
well
head
to
the
first
link
in
the
description
to
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Story
Build
Our
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is
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this
week
so
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out
that
link
and
save
your
spot
All
right
let's
get
back
to
the
video
The
next
question
I
have
for
you
is
around
validation
You've
built
multiple
apps
that
are
really
successful
and
I
know
you've
also
built
some
stuff
that
wasn't
successful
as
well
Looking
back
how
do
you
know
if
your
app
idea
is
validated
and
it's
worth
taking
it
the
distance
So
the
way
I
see
it
is
there's
two
different
types
of
apps
There's
innovating
new
ideas
and
there's
modifying
versions
of
existing
ideas
If
you're
creating
a
modified
version
of
an
existing
app
then
congrats
your
app
is
already
validated
by
other
people
Now
all
you
have
to
do
is
make
some
modifications
and
make
it
so
the
app
feels
like
it's
your
own
The
other
option
is
when
you're
making
something
brand
new
What
I
usually
do
when
I'm
making
something
brand
new
is
go
look
on
TikTok
Instagram
see
if
anyone's
talking
about
the
problem
that
you're
trying
to
solve
You
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
an
easy
path
for
you
to
market
this
app
by
looking
at
the
comments
and
seeing
like
are
people
asking
questions
asking
like
how
do
I
solve
this
problem
Then
now
with
the
current
state
of
how
fast
you
can
build
apps
I
actually
will
skip
the
weightless
steps
and
just
go
ahead
and
build
the
app
I
really
believe
that
any
app
can
make
thousands
of
dollars
these
days
Your
idea
doesn't
have
to
be
some
crazy
app
that
changes
society
to
make
a
couple
thousand
dollars
There's
hundreds
of
millions
of
people
in
the
US
alone
and
if
you
can
even
capture
a
tiny
grain
of
sand
out
of
that
then
you
can
make
more
than
enough
to
sustain
yourself
I
agree
with
that
too
There
are
so
many
apps
out
there
that
are
crushing
it
that
we
don't
even
know
about
It's
pretty
insane
what's
possible
today
But
as
we
know
building
it
is
not
enough
We
have
to
focus
on
one
very
important
thing
which
is
distribution
My
next
question
for
you
is
around
marketing
What
was
your
playbook
to
grow
this
app
from
zero
to
20
000
a
month
in
50
days
And
what
is
your
general
playbook
for
marketing
apps
For
this
app
there
was
a
couple
different
tactics
that
I
used
to
get
the
app
off
the
ground
The
first
one
was
influencer
campaigns
This
is
when
you
work
with
an
influencer
and
have
them
promote
the
app
for
their
already
existing
audience
If
you
can
work
with
an
influencer
and
get
them
to
promote
your
product
people
already
have
some
degree
of
trust
for
that
influencer
and
they're
more
likely
to
listen
to
their
recommendations
For
this
app
I
partnered
with
a
content
creator
that
was
already
in
the
niche
for
the
app
I
was
building
and
his
videos
were
able
to
drive
a
bunch
of
traffic
to
the
app
like
thousands
thousands
of
downloads
The
goal
is
to
create
relatable
viral
content
about
your
app
that
comes
off
as
natural
and
unprocessed
Once
one
of
these
videos
starts
to
perform
well
you
can
get
more
videos
like
that
made
with
other
creators
so
you
can
have
people
just
repeat
formats
that
are
working
for
you
One
of
the
major
benefits
of
running
these
UGC
campaigns
is
that
as
these
creators
produce
content
you're
building
out
a
library
of
ads
that
you
can
run
in
the
future
and
you
already
know
relatively
how
good
the
performance
will
be
on
ads
based
on
how
well
it
did
organically
And
my
goal
is
to
always
get
my
app
to
the
point
where
I
can
run
paid
ads
It's
the
most
consistent
way
to
drive
revenue
growth
to
your
app
Recently
the
paid
ads
algorithm
has
changed
Facebook
is
trying
to
balance
two
things
They
want
to
make
sure
that
the
advertisers
are
happy
with
their
results
while
also
keeping
people
on
the
platform
by
making
sure
the
videos
are
entertaining
The
more
entertaining
your
video
is
the
cheaper
it'll
be
to
get
your
video
put
in
front
of
people
but
you
also
want
to
make
sure
that
you're
driving
conversions
so
your
ad
has
to
also
make
sure
that
it
pushes
your
product
So
it's
important
to
find
that
balance
between
having
a
video
that's
very
entertaining
and
also
has
the
potential
to
convert
Thank
you
for
sharing
all
those
growth
tactics
I
think
that
might
be
the
most
important
part
We
haven't
really
talked
too
much
about
what
your
app
actually
does
Would
you
be
able
to
show
us
a
quick
demo
of
your
onboarding
and
how
your
app
works
So
my
app
is
called
Payout
It's
a
class
action
lawsuit
discovery
app
that
lets
people
find
class
action
lawsuits
that
they
already
are
applicable
for
And
this
is
basically
just
a
way
for
people
to
get
some
money
from
companies
that
have
done
something
wrong
So
for
the
onboarding
I'll
quickly
run
through
it
here
asking
for
activity
notifications
You
can
see
the
social
proof
Here's
the
paywall
This
paywall
has
been
converting
really
well
You
can
see
that
I
have
a
weekly
and
a
yearly
option
here
And
the
goal
is
to
prioritize
users
to
get
the
yearly
option
since
it
has
the
highest
lifetime
value
per
customer
Here's
the
main
feature
of
the
app
It's
a
list
of
class
action
lawsuits
that
you
can
check
and
see
if
you're
applicable
for
For
example
this
one
is
the
NBA
Top
Shot
app
They
had
a
privacy
settlement
over
the
Metapixel
being
on
their
website
You
can
see
the
description
requirements
of
who's
applicable
for
this
lawsuit
You
can
press
the
get
started
button
and
fill
form
This
will
take
you
to
a
form
that
you
can
fill
out
all
of
your
information
in
and
have
everything
ready
to
go
to
mail
this
in
and
claim
your
class
action
settlement
And
you
can
see
the
app
will
prepare
the
PDF
ready
for
you
to
mail
in
There's
also
the
wallet
tab
where
you
can
keep
track
of
all
the
class
action
lawsuits
that
you're
applying
for
and
your
forms
tab
where
you
can
see
all
the
forms
that
you've
already
filled
out
Okay
I
mean
that's
a
really
cool
idea
for
an
app
I
think
anybody
watching
this
right
now
probably
wants
to
go
on
there
and
check
and
see
if
they're
owed
any
money
from
these
class
action
lawsuits
What
is
it
about
this
app
that
really
makes
it
work
Why
do
you
think
it
did
zero
to
20k
a
month
month
So
fast
I
think
the
value
proposition
for
this
app
is
just
very
obvious
There's
some
core
things
that
all
people
want
They
want
to
be
healthier
They
want
to
make
more
money
They
want
to
look
attractive
all
sorts
of
things
like
this
I
like
to
make
apps
that
tap
into
these
core
human
desires
And
I
think
that
anybody
that
wants
to
build
apps
should
be
doing
the
same
And
this
one
plays
into
people
want
to
make
more
money
So
it's
very
easy
for
people
to
invest
money
into
an
app
that
they
know
will
make
them
more
money
Okay
I
want
to
change
topics
a
little
bit
and
understand
how
you
built
this
app
What
tech
stack
do
you
use
And
what
tools
do
you
use
to
run
this
business
I
use
Figma
for
UI
design
apps
or
screenshots
and
making
the
app
icon
I
use
Mixpanel
for
analytics
I
use
Cloud
Code
for
vibe
coding
For
the
more
technical
stuff
I'll
use
Next
js
and
TypeScript
for
my
website
and
backend
I
use
Brazil
for
hosting
I
use
GitHub
for
version
control
as
well
as
making
it
easier
to
host
I
use
Expo
for
cross
platform
build
management
And
I
use
Revenue
Cat
for
subscription
analytics
and
pricing
testing
Okay
cool
Thanks
for
sharing
That's
a
pretty
simple
stack
you
got
there
I
like
that
The
last
question
I
have
for
you
that
I
ask
everyone
who
comes
on
to
Starter
Story
What
advice
would
you
have
for
anyone
watching
this
that
wants
to
build
apps
like
you
You've
built
a
bunch
of
successful
stuff
You
built
some
failed
things
What
would
be
your
number
one
piece
of
advice
on
getting
started
today
My
number
one
piece
of
advice
would
be
to
build
something
simple
with
a
great
onboarding
A
simple
app
can
make
lots
of
money
You
only
really
need
one
to
three
good
features
and
your
onboarding
will
pull
most
of
the
the
weight
for
you
All
right
well
that's
great
advice
Thank
you
Connor
for
coming
on
I
love
what
you
built
Amazing
stuff
you
shared
here
Thanks
for
coming
on
and
sharing
everything
Yeah
thanks
for
having
me
All
right
right
I
wanted
to
thank
Connor
for
coming
on
to
the
channel
I
hope
this
video
finally
gives
you
the
proof
that
you
can
build
apps
in
a
matter
of
weeks
that
grow
really
really
fast
This
video
was
the
playbook
here
on
how
to
do
it
and
we're
showing
you
the
real
actual
app
that
he
did
it
with
If
you're
ready
to
launch
your
app
then
definitely
check
out
Starter
Story
Build
We
will
help
take
your
idea
turn
it
into
a
real
app
get
it
in
front
of
real
people
using
only
AI
tools
If
you're
ready
to
get
off
the
sidelines
and
launch
head
to
the
link
in
the
description
and
check
out
Starter
Story
Build
I
promise
you
won't
regret
it
All
right
that's
it
for
this
episode
Thank
you
guys
for
watching
We'll
see
you
in
the
next
one
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