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I cloned 3 apps and now make $35K/month
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Jul 26, 2025
This is how Samuel Rondot built 3 apps that are making a total $35K per month, by copying already successful projects.
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No tools listed for this business.
My
name
is
Samuel
and
I
run
three
apps
making
35
000
a
month
You
might
think
you
need
to
come
up
with
a
completely
new
idea
but
I
just
met
a
guy
who
does
the
exact
opposite
His
strategy
is
simple
One
find
an
app
that's
working
and
two
make
it
1
better
If
it's
already
successful
I
know
it's
validated
But
don't
be
fooled
He's
not
just
copying
and
pasting
And
in
this
episode
he
breaks
down
his
meticulous
method
for
finding
winning
ideas
and
turning
them
into
successful
apps
We'll
get
into
where
the
best
ideas
are
hiding
in
plain
sight
how
to
validate
fast
so
you
don't
waste
months
working
on
a
failed
project
and
the
playbook
for
researching
and
replicating
successful
apps
that
you
can
put
into
practice
today
All
right
let's
dive
in
I'm
Pat
Walls
and
this
is
Starter
Story
All
right
welcome
Samuel
to
the
channel
Thanks
for
coming
on
Tell
me
about
who
you
are
and
what's
your
story
So
my
name
is
Samuel
Rondeau
I
used
to
have
a
full
time
job
that
I
quit
a
few
years
ago
and
I
taught
myself
to
code
on
YouTube
And
now
I
run
three
SaaS
apps
that
are
making
me
35
000
per
month
Okay
cool
So
before
we
get
into
all
your
apps
and
how
they
grew
you
said
that
you
actually
taught
yourself
how
to
code
How
did
you
do
that
And
could
you
break
that
down
for
us
So
actually
I
used
to
be
an
optician
and
I
had
the
zero
coding
experience
At
the
time
I
wanted
to
rebuild
a
tool
I
was
using
for
Instagram
but
this
time
I
wanted
to
build
it
myself
using
code
I
ended
up
following
a
15
hour
course
on
YouTube
and
every
time
I
learned
something
new
in
the
course
I
immediately
tried
to
apply
it
to
that
tool
I
was
building
So
if
you
just
watch
a
course
most
of
the
time
it's
not
enough
because
you
end
up
losing
yourself
in
the
languages
that
you
will
probably
never
use
and
you
don't
really
see
why
you
are
learning
what
you
are
learning
But
yeah
it
all
started
like
this
I
followed
a
YouTube
course
and
it
quickly
became
a
passion
for
me
Cool
All
right
right
Well
for
anyone
watching
this
today
who
wants
to
learn
how
to
code
how
to
build
apps
what
would
be
your
advice
What
would
be
your
framework
or
playbook
on
how
you'd
get
started
If
I
were
18
years
old
now
I
don't
think
I
would
learn
to
code
the
traditional
way
I
would
probably
just
use
AI
coding
tools
And
with
AI
today
you
can
literally
build
like
90
of
most
apps
So
my
framework
today
would
be
one
pick
a
real
project
Two
ask
ChatGPT
what
you
need
to
learn
to
build
it
So
for
example
you
go
on
Google
or
on
Twitter
and
you
find
a
product
you
like
and
you
take
a
screenshot
of
that
page
and
you
ask
ChatGPT
how
can
I
build
just
the
landing
page
to
start
And
three
build
step
by
step
asking
ChatGPT
for
help
at
each
roadblock
I
would
of
course
ask
him
to
use
modern
technologies
like
Next
js
Node
js
That's
awesome
What
I
really
want
to
talk
about
is
ideas
and
finding
successful
ideas
You
have
multiple
successful
products
and
you
share
with
me
your
strategy
for
how
you
found
those
Could
you
tell
me
a
little
bit
more
about
that
I'm
someone
a
bit
lazy
and
I
don't
have
unlimited
energy
So
I
have
one
rule
that
is
really
crucial
for
me
is
to
never
build
something
that
doesn't
already
exist
and
isn't
already
successful
or
at
least
getting
some
traction
So
this
way
I
reduce
my
chance
of
failure
and
I
increase
my
chances
of
success
Usually
to
find
products
ideas
my
number
one
source
of
ideas
is
Twitter
especially
around
communities
like
Solopreneur
IndieHacker
BillionPublic
etc
And
then
I
look
for
things
that
are
working
or
products
that
I
personally
like
Here
are
my
four
keys
filters
Number
one
I
would
use
it
myself
Number
two
I
can
see
that
it
already
works
And
three
they
are
not
spending
thousands
on
marketing
meaning
there
is
a
true
demand
And
four
the
product
is
simple
enough
to
maintain
If
a
product
passes
this
filter
then
usually
I'm
confident
towards
building
it
Okay
let's
go
a
little
bit
deeper
on
that
When
you
come
across
ideas
online
what
is
the
actual
criteria
that
you're
looking
at
What
are
some
of
the
numbers
and
websites
and
things
that
you
look
at
to
know
if
this
is
worth
building
and
if
this
is
validated
So
first
the
most
important
thing
I
look
for
traction
The
best
signal
you
can
find
on
Twitter
is
when
founders
share
their
MRL
screenshot
or
Stripe
screenshot
I
know
that
sounds
basic
but
honestly
it's
the
ultimate
proof
that
the
tool
is
working
and
that
people
are
paying
for
it
Second
I
analyze
how
they
are
getting
their
customers
So
I
use
Ahrefs
to
check
their
traffic
sources
So
are
they
getting
customers
only
from
ads
or
are
they
also
ranking
on
SEO
If
they
are
growing
with
both
ads
and
SEO
that's
a
very
good
sign
because
it
shows
a
strong
demand
and
it's
usually
easier
to
replicate
their
success
If
they
rely
mostly
on
SEO
it
can
be
harder
because
SEO
takes
time
but
it's
still
doable
if
I'm
patient
And
third
I
check
if
the
product
is
technically
something
I
can
build
and
maintain
easily
I
don't
want
to
build
a
product
that
will
make
me
lose
sleep
maintaining
a
complex
backend
Simplicity
is
very
important
for
me
And
finally
I
ask
myself
do
I
actually
like
the
product
Because
there's
nothing
worse
than
working
on
a
product
you
don't
care
about
If
I
don't
enjoy
using
it
myself
I
won't
have
the
motivation
to
keep
going
long
term
So
in
short
traction
first
analyze
traffic
sources
check
if
I
can
build
it
easily
and
make
sure
I
like
the
product
That
strategy
is
cool
and
it's
amazing
to
have
it
kind
of
all
boiled
down
But
I
want
to
hear
how
it
actually
applied
to
your
actual
apps
that
you
built
How
did
that
strategy
specifically
work
So
actually
the
first
real
app
I
built
was
User
Optimist
And
at
that
time
I
didn't
use
that
strategy
and
it
was
a
mistake
mistake
because
I
ended
up
building
an
email
finding
tool
that
had
for
competitors
big
names
like
Apollo
LameList
and
stuff
like
that
And
it
was
so
difficult
to
maintain
So
after
User
Optimist
I
really
decided
to
build
something
that
would
be
easier
to
maintain
And
that's
how
I
ended
up
building
StoryShort
So
I
saw
a
post
from
a
guy
building
a
tool
to
automate
posting
faceless
video
on
YouTube
TikTok
etc
And
the
numbers
were
crazy
So
I
started
to
investigate
is
it
hard
to
build
And
where
is
the
traffic
coming
from
The
really
good
thing
with
this
one
is
all
the
traffic
was
from
a
Facebook
ad
which
means
I
can
replicate
it
literally
in
a
week
week
because
Facebook
ads
you
just
have
to
start
it
and
you
have
the
traffic
So
I
went
for
it
I
built
the
tool
launched
ads
and
StoryShort
AI
grew
very
fast
So
with
StoryShort
it
was
100
the
process
I
described
earlier
I
validated
the
idea
I
saw
there
a
clear
demand
It
was
a
simple
product
and
it
was
a
market
I
was
personally
interested
in
All
right
before
we
finish
talking
about
how
Samuel
grew
his
apps
to
34
000
per
month
let's
talk
about
something
a
lot
of
solo
founders
struggle
with
design
You've
got
a
working
idea
You
know
it
solves
a
problem
problem
But
suddenly
you've
wasted
hours
taking
screenshots
just
to
figure
out
how
to
make
your
app
look
good
That's
where
Mobbin
comes
in
Mobbin
is
the
world's
largest
library
of
real
world
mobile
and
web
app
designs
Over
1
7
million
people
from
Airbnb
designers
to
indie
devs
use
it
to
find
inspiration
study
flows
and
build
smarter
not
slower
You
can
search
thousands
of
actual
product
screens
by
keyword
flow
or
even
style
Whether
you
need
an
onboarding
flow
paywall
layout
or
just
a
clean
signup
form
Mobbin
shows
you
exactly
how
the
best
apps
do
it
So
you
don't
have
to
start
from
scratch
Whether
you're
building
your
first
app
or
your
10th
it's
a
massive
time
saver
Just
click
the
first
link
in
the
description
to
check
out
Mobbin
Thank
you
to
Mobbin
for
sponsoring
this
video
All
right
let's
get
back
to
Samuel
All
right
So
I
mean
on
that
note
can
you
break
down
the
three
different
businesses
that
you
built
that
are
all
successful
OK
so
I
built
usertimis
co
It's
a
LinkedIn
scrapping
tool
that
is
making
around
15
000
per
month
and
has
around
10
000
customers
I
have
storyshow
ai
which
is
an
AI
video
generator
for
TikTok
and
YouTube
that
is
making
around
20
000
per
month
and
has
around
4
000
customers
And
Capacity
so
which
is
brand
new
It's
an
AI
coding
tool
that
is
making
currently
900
per
month
and
has
around
50
users
OK
that's
awesome
So
we
talked
about
the
ideas
We
talked
about
the
framework
for
finding
ideas
Let's
talk
about
what
everyone
wants
to
hear
about
which
once
you
find
the
idea
how
do
you
grow
the
business
What
growth
strategies
are
you
using
and
how
do
you
know
which
ones
to
do
So
I
always
start
by
running
ads
It's
always
the
first
thing
I
do
So
I
do
it
on
Google
and
Meta
depending
on
the
product
Sometimes
it's
better
on
Google
sometimes
it's
better
on
Meta
It's
the
fastest
way
to
validate
and
test
the
market
And
as
soon
as
I
get
some
traction
with
ads
I
move
to
the
second
part
of
the
growth
which
is
SEO
I
think
too
many
apps
rely
only
on
ads
and
never
got
a
single
visitor
from
Google
Of
course
SEO
takes
time
but
once
it
works
it's
almost
free
traffic
and
it
compounds
I
also
use
faceless
YouTube
channels
to
grow
my
apps
I
even
created
a
feature
inside
StoryShort
for
this
The
idea
is
that
StoryShort
will
automatically
publish
daily
UGC
style
video
about
your
product
on
YouTube
channels
TikTok
and
Instagram
You
can
create
multiple
channels
that
talk
about
your
product
every
day
on
autopilot
So
depending
on
your
niche
this
can
bring
crazy
results
over
time
and
it
works
really
well
And
finally
I
do
affiliate
marketing
I
did
it
for
all
those
three
apps
especially
on
StoryShort
It's
super
important
because
not
only
does
it
bring
clients
at
a
fixed
cost
but
it
also
creates
variety
because
I
have
many
people
doing
YouTube
videos
about
StoryShort
writing
articles
so
it
brings
SEO
results
And
people
are
more
likely
to
share
your
product
if
they
earn
a
commission
So
in
short
my
growth
stack
is
one
start
with
ads
Two
build
SEO
as
soon
as
there's
traction
Three
use
faceless
YouTube
channel
to
drive
attention
also
on
TikTok
and
Instagram
And
four
run
an
affiliate
program
to
boost
variety
and
get
customers
at
a
fixed
price
All
right
cool
Well
on
a
similar
note
let's
talk
about
tech
stack
I
know
you
don't
come
from
a
software
engineering
background
but
what
stack
do
you
build
your
apps
in
and
how
do
you
deploy
these
So
all
my
apps
are
built
with
Next
js
and
Node
js
for
the
coding
part
I
use
Ahrefs
for
the
SEO
analysis
And
I
use
also
AI
tools
for
writing
articles
so
for
the
SEO
So
I
was
using
SEOptal
which
is
really
great
But
now
I
just
switched
to
a
new
one
called
Outrank
so
It
really
automates
the
writing
of
articles
post
it
automatically
on
your
blog
And
I
use
Vercel
for
deploying
my
apps
Stripe
for
payments
And
yeah
that's
it
That's
great
On
a
similar
note
people
who
are
watching
are
probably
wondering
OK
you're
telling
us
how
much
money
your
business
is
making
but
what's
the
profit
What's
the
cost
to
run
this
business
and
how
profitable
are
these
Well
use
Artemis
cost
me
around
4
000
per
month
And
StoryShort
cost
me
around
5
000
per
month
So
it
costs
a
bit
less
than
use
Artemis
because
use
Artemis
you
have
to
run
instances
to
automate
many
things
So
it's
quite
expensive
And
capacity
I
can't
tell
yet
but
it
will
be
quite
expensive
because
we
have
to
run
instances
to
deploy
a
website
each
time
Cool
You
built
a
bunch
of
successful
businesses
Some
things
have
worked
some
things
haven't
What
did
you
learn
while
building
those
businesses
that
surprised
you
What
really
surprised
me
is
that
you
don't
need
to
innovate
You
just
need
to
see
what
is
working
on
AX
in
communities
and
forums
and
build
your
own
alternative
your
own
version
of
a
product
If
you
like
the
product
and
see
that
it's
working
just
clone
the
idea
build
an
MVP
in
two
weeks
and
launch
ads
immediately
I
think
people
always
overcomplicate
this
but
simple
boring
tools
are
what
make
the
most
of
money
I
think
Great
And
last
question
that
I
ask
everyone
who
comes
onto
the
channel
if
you
could
go
back
in
time
and
stand
on
Samuel's
shoulder
when
you
were
an
optician
what
advice
would
you
give
him
to
get
started
to
build
apps
and
make
money
online
My
first
advice
would
be
of
course
to
use
AI
coding
tools
At
that
time
there
was
no
coding
tool
but
today
you
can
use
so
many
AI
coding
tools
that
I
think
that
I
wouldn't
have
learned
to
code
Two
would
be
spend
time
learning
Google
Ads
and
Meta
even
X
Ads
and
there
are
many
ads
you
can
learn
Three
launch
as
soon
as
possible
Skip
the
boring
parts
of
building
a
SaaS
like
the
password
reset
pages
setting
pages
Just
launch
the
minimal
basic
products
and
run
ads
to
test
demand
right
away
Once
you
get
traction
focus
on
SEO
It
will
bring
compounding
free
traffic
over
time
And
even
if
one
day
you
want
to
sell
the
tool
having
SEO
traffic
is
also
very
valuable
And
automate
as
much
as
you
can
Use
automation
tools
like
Outrank
StoryShorts
etc
to
automate
posting
article
creation
as
much
as
you
can
Finally
once
you
have
growth
and
customers
coming
daily
I
would
finish
the
product
bring
new
features
etc
All
right
Well
that's
great
advice
I
love
your
strategy
I
love
the
business
that
you're
building
Thank
you
for
coming
on
the
channel
Samuel
And
I
hope
everyone
watching
this
learn
something
and
are
going
to
build
cool
stuff
because
of
it
Thanks
for
coming
on
Thanks
Pat
I
love
Samuel's
story
because
it
goes
to
show
that
you
don't
need
to
invent
a
brand
new
idea
You
can
go
find
something
that's
already
working
and
just
make
it
a
little
bit
better
With
the
right
process
and
the
right
approach
anybody
can
build
something
successful
An
inside
Starter
Story
build
will
show
you
how
to
build
apps
the
right
way
In
just
two
weeks
you'll
find
an
idea
build
it
with
AI
and
ship
it
out
into
the
world
Over
1
000
people
have
already
joined
and
shipped
their
first
apps
So
if
you
want
to
finally
bring
your
idea
to
life
head
to
the
link
in
the
description
and
check
out
Starter
Story
build
Thank
you
guys
for
watching
We'll
see
you
in
the
next
one
Peace
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