I built a clone of a $1B app and now make $14K/month

Denis Yurchak was scrolling Twitter in March when he saw Pieter Levels tweet about Skype shutting down and how big of a loss it would be. Six months later, he runs a $15K MRR with 10,000 users mini-skype. This video breaks down his weekend MVP sprint, how he automated support to stay solo, and why timing a product launch around a billion-dollar company shutdown created instant demand.

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Denis' app: https://www.yadaphone.com
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Who is Denis
1:13 - Numbers behind Yadaphone
1:59 - What is Yadaphone
3:09 - Non-technical background
4:08 - The $100K tweet
5:08 - Building the app in a weekend
6:30 - How to get users overnight
7:51 - What made Yadaphone successful
8:39 - Denis' successful app playbook
11:54 - Tech stack
12:33 - Do this from Day 1
13:44 - The final word