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I made $1M from 30 different apps
Starter Story
Nov 8, 2026
Over the past few years, Sanskar has built over 30 products and he just hit $1 million in revenue. In this episode, he shares his exact process for finding product ideas, the marketing strategies that helped him generate $1M, and how he does it all by himself. This is a masterclass in how to build a portfolio of tiny bets!
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This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.
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Stack
and
I
have
built
30
plus
product
We
recently
crossed
1
million
This
is
Sanskar
A
few
years
ago
he
was
working
the
night
shift
at
a
call
center
but
today
he
runs
eight
different
products
that
have
combined
made
him
over
1
million
We
have
around
1000
paying
customers
on
a
monthly
basis
And
right
now
we
have
zero
people
in
our
team
It's
just
him
building
really
simple
apps
that
solve
really
simple
problems
You
see
most
people
think
that
you
need
one
big
app
idea
in
order
to
win
but
Sanskar
proved
that
he
could
be
successful
with
a
portfolio
of
tiny
apps
A
lot
of
people
watch
very
few
execute
So
if
you
are
going
to
be
the
one
who
execute
you'll
be
by
default
ahead
of
every
other
person
So
I
asked
him
to
come
on
the
channel
and
break
down
the
system
behind
everything
that
he
does
And
in
this
video
we're
gonna
talk
through
the
eight
different
products
that
he's
built
that
were
successful
and
a
bunch
that
weren't
how
he
finds
ideas
that
actually
have
a
shot
at
making
money
and
the
exact
step
that
he
would
follow
if
he
was
building
a
product
today
from
scratch
This
one
is
gonna
be
fun
Let's
dive
in
Gus
and
this
is
Starter
Story
All
right
Sanskar
welcome
to
Starter
Story
Super
excited
to
have
you
on
the
channel
Could
you
share
with
us
who
you
are
what
you
built
and
what's
your
story
So
my
name
is
Sanskar
I
am
from
Bangalore
India
and
I
have
built
30
plus
products
out
of
which
eight
ended
up
making
revenue
I
run
this
company
alone
And
today
I
want
to
break
down
all
the
eight
products
how
I
found
each
idea
how
I
built
it
and
where
they
are
at
That's
one
of
the
reasons
I
wanted
to
have
you
on
the
channel
is
because
you've
still
launched
all
these
projects
That's
kind
of
how
I
found
you
online
So
could
you
just
walk
through
what
are
all
the
projects
you've
built
at
a
high
level
And
then
what
are
the
eight
that
you
mentioned
that
are
the
ones
that
have
made
money
Okay
so
I
have
built
more
than
30
products
You
can
find
the
list
of
all
the
products
on
my
website
sanskartewari
io
slash
projects
The
biggest
app
of
mine
is
magicslides
app
It
basically
helps
you
convert
any
sort
of
document
PDF
files
YouTube
video
into
a
full
fledged
presentation
which
you
can
export
in
PPTX
and
edit
it
we
have
an
editor
as
well
Number
two
AskVideo
is
basically
an
application
which
helps
you
talk
to
video
You
can
just
provide
it
a
YouTube
URL
and
you'll
be
able
to
talk
to
it
Then
we
have
BlurWebApp
is
a
Chrome
extension
which
helps
people
hide
sensitive
information
in
a
single
click
Then
there
is
Magic
Form
So
basically
I
built
an
app
for
Google
Sheet
which
is
just
below
which
is
called
Sheet
AI
which
wants
to
use
AI
inside
Google
Sheet
And
when
that
happened
I
put
2
000
in
MRR
and
we
got
some
investor
feedback
So
one
investor
wanted
me
to
create
a
pitch
deck
and
that's
the
whole
like
literally
where
the
idea
came
about
When
that
happened
I
was
like
I
have
covered
Google
Sheet
I
have
covered
Google
Slides
as
well
Shall
I
build
something
for
Google
Form
So
that's
when
Magic
Form
happened
Talking
PDF
is
another
app
similar
to
AskVideo
PDF
thing
And
yeah
then
few
more
applications
are
there
but
these
are
the
majors
Yeah
I
love
that
I
love
the
idea
of
just
having
single
feature
like
tiny
apps
I
think
That's
super
super
smart
Let's
move
to
the
let's
just
talk
about
some
of
the
revenues
So
how
much
money
have
these
products
made
over
time
Just
give
us
a
little
high
level
So
in
total
we
have
done
around
856
from
these
product
and
the
stripe
of
them
Then
we
have
85
000
plus
which
we
have
done
through
AppSumo
And
in
total
if
we
talk
about
we
recently
crossed
1
million
in
total
revenue
in
last
six
years
When
I
say
that
I
want
to
be
very
clear
Literally
first
two
years
were
zero
And
like
literally
other
years
were
like
kind
of
slowly
staying
So
it
was
not
always
things
like
that
Sunscar
is
proof
that
you
could
be
successful
with
a
bunch
of
tiny
bets
I
really
hope
you're
watching
this
and
feeling
inspired
to
start
building
your
own
ideas
If
you
need
somewhere
to
get
started
we
put
together
the
Side
Project
Ideas
Database
This
is
a
list
of
over
50
side
project
ideas
all
proven
and
backed
by
real
data
Inside
this
free
database
you're
going
to
find
a
ton
of
information
like
revenue
cost
to
start
growth
tactics
basically
everything
you
need
to
validate
an
idea
idea
in
goldstart
com
So
if
you
want
this
database
it's
100
free
Just
grab
it
at
the
link
in
the
description
All
right
let's
get
back
to
Sunscar
Sunscar
yeah
I
think
this
is
super
cool
to
see
all
the
different
stuff
you've
built
kind
of
how
it's
kind
of
compiled
over
time
like
you
said
I
think
What
would
you
say
is
like
a
common
theme
amongst
all
your
projects
So
number
one
all
of
my
products
literally
all
of
them
you'll
find
either
their
Chrome
extension
Workspace
add
on
which
is
Google
Workspace
Marketplace
So
that
was
the
one
clear
thing
where
I
was
not
trying
to
build
everything
from
scratch
And
rather
trying
to
find
a
platform
where
I
can
do
Another
one
of
that
is
all
of
them
are
not
like
multiple
feature
I'm
very
clear
that
this
app
does
this
The
point
is
that
when
you
add
too
many
features
you
don't
even
know
yourself
what
you're
selling
The
other
customer
also
don't
know
what
they're
buying
They
are
like
dude
tell
me
what
I
like
I'll
come
for
one
thing
People
don't
come
from
10
different
things
And
you're
starting
you
cannot
create
everything
And
the
third
thing
is
understanding
So
I
launched
Magic
Slides
after
two
years
learning
how
to
build
Send
Simple
app
So
Send
Simple
was
a
Google
Sheet
add
on
which
helps
you
send
email
through
that
like
directly
Gmail
your
Gmail
account
So
you'll
have
emails
in
the
Google
Sheet
and
you
can
send
The
point
I'm
saying
that
is
I
knew
how
to
build
products
That
gave
me
an
edge
where
I
can
understand
how
much
time
a
product
creation
will
take
That
helped
me
understand
what
should
I
build
Because
people
are
like
lost
when
you're
trying
to
create
an
app
You
are
like
I
don't
even
know
how
much
time
it
will
take
But
if
you
have
some
idea
that
will
be
helpful
I
think
what
I
like
about
what
you're
sharing
sharing
is
kind
of
like
the
ideas
just
kind
of
came
to
you
right
After
doing
something
or
talking
to
someone
or
learning
about
some
little
problem
And
I
personally
think
that's
really
cool
that
you've
been
able
to
launch
all
these
different
apps
or
projects
I
want
to
get
into
kind
of
your
approach
to
building
multiple
projects
But
really
briefly
I
want
to
talk
about
your
background
How
do
you
get
here
that
you're
building
30
plus
projects
And
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
how
you
got
here
I
saw
this
video
of
a
guy
who
shared
how
he
built
a
software
sitting
in
a
room
room
And
he
was
like
I'm
selling
this
for
one
crore
like
which
is
like
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
So
I
was
like
if
this
guy
can
do
it
maybe
I
can
do
I
was
very
clear
to
my
father
I'm
not
doing
college
It
didn't
work
out
because
two
years
I
did
nothing
I
was
had
to
kind
of
do
something
So
what
I
did
was
I
applied
for
a
call
center
job
I
worked
as
a
call
center
Then
I
moved
to
a
sales
job
I
did
eight
months
of
sales
job
calling
people
sitting
whole
day
just
coding
Again
after
a
while
you
were
like
not
So
I
came
back
I'm
sitting
at
zero
again
I
was
like
OK
I
left
the
job
I
want
what
to
do
now
I
saw
a
guy
who
shared
sign
in
sign
up
screens
300
likes
How
is
it
like
people
are
appreciating
And
I
was
like
I
want
to
share
that
too
I
created
a
GitHub
account
The
Indian
app
guy
has
username
And
then
I
posted
sign
up
sign
in
screen
of
mine
It
got
very
good
feedback
And
from
then
on
onwards
I
was
literally
building
to
share
So
I
tried
to
build
something
of
my
own
I
saw
Levels
IO
in
the
evenings
And
then
I
got
the
vacation
I
tried
to
build
something
I
launched
two
products
I
was
able
to
generate
the
revenue
within
two
days
of
launching
the
lifetime
deals
which
was
myself
So
I
did
that
twice
And
then
I
was
finally
able
to
leave
the
job
And
from
then
on
onwards
it
has
been
the
same
journey
of
just
being
excited
of
what
next
to
build
what
we
are
going
to
build
And
it's
been
an
amazing
journey
of
launching
30
plus
products
now
and
doing
one
million
Yeah
I
love
I
love
the
like
energy
you're
talking
about
it
with
I
think
that's
super
cool
And
I
think
yeah
I
also
think
it's
really
cool
Kind
of
the
background
you
came
from
are
you
going
to
have
to
really
learn
everything
really
from
scratch
So
congrats
on
this
journey
I
think
that's
really
awesome
Let's
switch
a
little
bit
So
I
think
one
of
the
main
reasons
I
want
to
have
you
on
the
channel
right
is
because
you've
built
all
these
projects
So
I'm
really
curious
how
do
you
come
up
with
all
these
app
ideas
Do
you
have
a
process
that
you
follow
for
coming
up
with
different
app
ideas
Today
if
I
were
to
find
ideas
what
I
will
do
is
number
one
the
TrustMRR
platform
which
I
have
showed
you
is
a
very
interesting
place
where
you
can
kind
of
see
revenue
and
stuff
of
companies
The
other
place
which
is
very
good
is
Twitter
I'm
very
active
there
And
I
feel
once
you
start
liking
the
right
posts
following
the
right
people
you
are
going
to
get
inspired
so
much
You
will
be
able
to
come
up
with
better
idea
and
everything
If
you
execute
a
lot
of
time
what
people
feel
is
they
should
be
ready
from
the
day
one
with
the
best
idea
and
the
right
idea
If
I
would
have
tried
that
I
would
never
have
launched
that
Like
keep
in
mind
for
people
who
think
why
I
did
the
30
is
because
first
year
I
just
did
one
And
I
realized
that
I
was
trying
to
sell
something
which
people
might
not
even
want
So
this
part
which
is
very
important
keep
iterating
because
you'll
also
be
able
to
start
thinking
it
in
a
way
where
you'll
understand
maybe
I
should
try
this
Maybe
I
should
try
that
One
more
way
is
that
basically
solving
your
own
problem
solving
your
own
problems
is
a
very
interesting
way
of
doing
this
Just
keep
in
mind
I
feel
a
lot
of
people
are
taking
it
wrong
in
a
way
of
they
are
college
students
or
someone
who
won't
pay
for
things
And
they
will
try
to
solve
their
own
problems
Make
sure
whatever
the
problem
you're
solving
there
are
people
who
can
pay
because
this
whole
indie
hacking
everything
works
only
if
there
is
revenue
Is
the
other
people
valuing
your
product
enough
to
pay
for
it
If
it
is
not
either
you're
targeting
wrong
people
or
you're
not
solving
the
rights
problem
The
other
thing
is
put
buy
buttons
before
you
even
create
the
product
This
is
very
interesting
And
honestly
speaking
even
I
didn't
follow
it
for
a
very
long
time
I
am
builder
I
love
building
Right
And
when
you
love
building
you
get
too
much
into
the
details
of
it
You
forget
that
Hey
you
got
to
launch
first
Now
I
can
just
place
the
buy
button
If
people
are
buying
then
I'll
create
that
So
that
is
another
way
Whatever
idea
you
have
literally
after
watching
this
video
you're
like
I
have
this
idea
I've
been
wanting
to
create
it
Maybe
I
should
figure
out
how
to
build
No
just
take
five
minutes
Create
a
simple
page
Use
any
white
coding
to
create
a
simple
page
of
that
Hey
I'm
selling
this
It's
available
Preorder
just
mark
the
date
to
be
10
to
30
days
Whatever
you
feel
I
will
be
able
to
make
a
minimum
viable
product
of
And
you
are
like
it
will
be
available
within
10
days
or
30
days
of
your
purchase
And
when
you
get
your
first
sale
then
you
start
the
10
days
timer
Right
So
it's
a
very
interesting
way
So
that
is
another
way
which
I
suggest
a
lot
of
people
Cool
So
that's
I
love
the
idea
of
like
put
buy
buttons
and
see
if
people
even
want
it
before
you
build
it
So
so
let's
say
there
is
an
idea
that
you're
ready
to
build
What
is
your
build
process
Talk
us
through
at
a
high
level
how
you
do
it
and
then
some
of
the
tools
that
you
use
So
if
you
want
to
build
a
web
application
here's
the
next
step
which
I
use
I
use
next
checkers
for
the
coding
for
back
And
I
use
Superbase
plus
Cloudflare
Then
when
it
comes
to
sending
emails
I
have
been
recommending
two
different
solutions
Number
one
I
use
recent
The
other
way
which
I
do
use
is
Apps
Script
But
now
the
main
part
which
is
actually
doing
all
this
is
not
done
by
me
Madly
it's
done
by
clock
So
obviously
you
build
all
these
products
and
it's
obviously
really
awesome
that
they
exist
Just
walk
us
through
at
a
high
level
How
do
you
get
customers
for
these
How
do
you
tell
people
about
the
different
products
that
you
know
I
got
my
first
sale
through
Facebook
I
was
going
into
Facebook
groups
and
I
found
a
group
which
had
the
target
audience
which
I
made
the
product
for
Now
if
I
tell
about
the
other
part
I
started
sharing
on
AppSumo
platform
So
I
launched
there
and
again
I
got
sales
from
there
Then
I
started
doing
content
on
YouTube
So
a
lot
of
people
feel
that
they
need
to
be
ready
today
to
able
to
do
content
This
was
me
five
years
ago
You
can
see
I
didn't
had
a
good
set
up
because
I
was
not
prepared
at
all
But
I
didn't
let
that
stop
me
I
realized
that
the
power
of
content
is
amazing
If
you
just
put
yourself
out
there
you'll
get
I
made
a
new
channel
for
every
single
product
Right
I
created
a
magic
slides
for
sheet
AI
for
everyone
And
I
created
content
around
that
because
if
you
create
a
single
page
which
is
talking
about
different
application
you're
just
confusing
because
my
apps
were
not
all
just
for
one
audience
right
They
were
for
different
different
audience
The
best
part
about
YouTube
is
the
longevity
which
means
the
video
you
create
five
years
ago
can
generate
sales
even
today
So
if
you
see
here
oldest
video
this
is
like
three
years
ago
Yeah
this
is
literally
magic
slides
Similarly
if
you
search
for
magic
form
you'll
see
this
one
This
is
magic
form
Same
thing
And
you'll
see
this
thing
One
lakh
forty
five
thousand
views
New
channel
It's
all
organic
Right
Then
we
have
sheet
AI
dot
app
You
see
here
it
also
have
close
to
2000
And
if
you
go
popular
17000
10000
7000
this
helped
me
grow
to
2000
plus
all
by
creating
content
on
YouTube
The
other
platform
is
this
Instagram
In
today's
age
I
feel
Instagram
is
must
So
Instagram
gives
you
a
very
good
on
If
you
post
today
you'll
be
able
to
get
that
Now
my
journey
on
Instagram
has
been
what
I
have
done
in
other
places
and
what
I
have
been
doing
with
apps
I
feel
I
am
not
expert
in
it
I
know
this
will
work
So
what
I
did
I
launched
multiple
applications
So
I
was
literally
posting
10
videos
They
were
literally
me
holding
my
phone
This
app
helps
you
do
this
This
is
this
I'll
record
that
open
edits
app
Instagram
edits
app
You
just
add
title
through
that
and
caption
and
post
within
one
hour
I
was
able
to
post
10
videos
Keep
in
mind
I
was
like
I
don't
know
what
what
is
going
to
work
I
am
just
going
to
push
content
and
I
have
been
active
So
that
is
the
other
way
I
think
I
think
the
theme
here
is
like
you
tried
a
lot
of
different
experiments
So
like
you
kind
of
had
an
idea
you
built
it
you
kind
of
saw
what
happened
and
what
did
work
you
double
down
on
it
or
build
another
version
of
it
or
whatever
Same
with
the
content
you
know
post
10
videos
see
which
one
gets
the
most
views
Do
something
like
that
again
tomorrow
Hopefully
someone
watching
if
you're
watching
at
this
point
in
the
video
is
seeing
like
that
they
don't
have
to
make
like
one
big
bet
You
know
you
can
make
a
lot
of
tiny
bets
kind
of
like
you've
had
both
with
content
both
with
your
projects
and
maybe
that's
one
of
the
reasons
you're
successful
So
I
think
that
I
think
that's
really
really
cool
Cool
Sanskar
Well
that
leads
me
to
our
last
question
which
is
a
question
we
ask
everyone
that
comes
on
Star
Story
You
know
if
you
could
stand
on
your
shoulders
from
five
six
years
ago
when
you
started
this
or
you
know
again
for
that
person
watching
who
is
just
getting
started
what
would
be
like
one
final
big
piece
of
advice
that
you
would
give
to
yourself
from
back
then
or
give
to
somebody
watching
So
the
advice
which
I
will
give
to
my
younger
self
is
the
biggest
mistake
which
I
did
which
was
kept
working
on
a
single
thing
even
when
it
was
not
working
I
was
trying
to
sell
something
which
I
thought
will
be
great
And
I
was
like
why
are
these
people
not
using
it
I
think
this
is
great
To
summarize
it
in
a
single
word
it's
put
more
buy
buttons
on
the
Internet
If
you
don't
have
an
option
for
people
to
pay
you're
not
even
letting
the
God
make
the
magic
happen
I
hear
talk
to
people
and
I
am
like
hey
how
are
you
doing
there
Like
I
want
to
learn
something
I
also
want
to
do
the
side
hustle
I
want
to
make
some
money
I
was
like
is
there
a
way
for
people
to
buy
something
from
their
answer
is
always
So
if
you
are
someone
who
wants
to
make
money
who
wants
to
generate
income
close
your
eyes
and
tell
me
how
many
buy
buttons
do
you
have
If
you
have
zero
then
you
have
your
answer
If
you
have
few
you
have
your
answer
to
increase
that
I
would
have
told
myself
since
I
stopped
trying
to
add
more
features
put
the
buy
button
That's
super
great
advice
Since
I
think
it's
so
much
for
breaking
everything
down
talking
about
your
process
how
you
find
ideas
This
is
really
very
awesome
Leave
a
comment
for
sense
or
any
questions
you
might
have
And
we'll
try
to
answer
the
comments
If
you're
going
on
this
journey
and
you
want
some
learnings
and
everything
I'm
documenting
my
whole
journey
everything
I
learn
on
a
day
to
day
basis
And
if
you
have
any
questions
you
can
connect
me
with
me
on
Instagram
and
message
me
And
I
do
reply
Always
happy
to
help
because
I
know
how
impactful
this
can
be
But
man
thanks
for
joining
Appreciate
it
Thank
you
for
having
me
It
was
great
OK
I
just
wrapped
up
a
sense
card
That
was
a
really
fun
conversation
One
I
love
his
energy
I
think
he's
like
a
cool
dude
and
I
loved
his
like
passion
I
could
you
could
just
like
feel
it
hopefully
if
you
watch
the
whole
video
But
I
kind
of
said
this
somewhere
in
the
middle
of
the
interview
which
is
my
base
takeaway
is
to
run
like
a
bunch
of
experiments
He
kind
of
in
one
year
he
launched
one
product
and
for
whatever
reason
that
didn't
work
out
And
so
he
sort
of
shifted
his
mindset
to
launch
a
bunch
of
different
things
until
something
worked
Now
I
know
there's
debate
on
whether
you
should
really
focus
on
one
thing
or
if
you
you
should
focus
on
a
bunch
of
different
projects
You
know
I
think
you
could
win
either
way
And
we
have
examples
of
that
on
the
channel
But
the
experiments
part
I
think
is
what
is
cool
because
when
he
was
just
getting
started
or
you're
just
getting
started
you
don't
know
you
know
you
don't
know
what's
going
to
work
You
don't
know
what
is
not
going
to
work
And
so
if
you
run
a
bunch
of
experiments
you
launch
a
bunch
of
stuff
you're
going
going
to
get
the
signal
you
maybe
need
to
know
whether
you
should
or
you
shouldn't
go
down
a
path
And
then
the
last
thing
is
to
take
the
same
approach
when
it
comes
to
content
And
I'm
so
I
fall
victim
to
this
of
like
wanting
it
to
be
perfect
or
feeling
stupid
if
it's
not
good
enough
Whereas
his
approach
was
just
like
I
just
record
myself
boom
boom
post
it
I
don't
even
think
about
it
anymore
And
he
uses
that
kind
of
as
well
as
like
an
experiment
ground
to
see
like
what
people
connect
to
what
people
don't
connect
to
And
I
think
that's
something
I'm
going
to
try
to
adopt
a
little
bit
more
So
yeah
this
is
a
really
fun
interview
I
hope
you
hope
you
enjoyed
it
I
hope
you
enjoyed
learning
from
him
and
his
process
how
he
finds
ideas
how
he
builds
them
If
you
are
ready
to
start
building
your
own
projects
we
have
a
link
in
the
description
to
a
database
of
a
bunch
of
ideas
that
you
could
get
inspiration
from
validate
and
start
building
yourself
So
that's
it
for
this
episode
Thank
you
guys
so
much
for
watching
We
will
see
you
in
the
next
one
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