How I Built a PROFITABLE App with AI in 6 Simple Steps (No Code)
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📅 Publicado em: 2025-11-20T16:00:59Z
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Despite what most AI vibe coding tools will tell you, building apps, launching them and actually getting real paying customers is still hard. In this video I break down my process for building, launching and making my app appcanvas.io profitable.
This is the 6 steps I followed to get my first customers for App Canvas, the tools I used, as well as my 6 marketing plans to continue growing it – all so that you can copy my journey and build your own profitable apps with AI.
Chapters:
00:00 — Intro: profitable AI app and six-step overview. 
02:09 — Early revenue: October launch and November growth. 
03:00 — Step 1: Find your thing and build a small audience. 
07:36 — Step 2: Identify audience problems from engagement. 
09:54 — Step 3: Create product ideas and define a focused MVP. 
12:12 — Step 4: Validate with waitlist + public prototype; pick tools. 
16:27 — Tools: Leap, Encore, AWS/GCP; Clerk auth; App Canvas MVP. 
17:48 — Step 5: Launch your MVP to the waitlist; manage expectations. 
19:49 — Step 6: Simple growth loop—content, feedback, iterate. 
23:20 — Scaling plan: directories, PH/Microlaunch, YouTube, short-form, X, partnerships. 
26:30 — Recap: six steps + marketing strategy. 
27:11 — Final thoughts and recommended tools (Leap, Bolt, Cursor)
Key points:
– I walk through how you can find your thing and create content to build an initial audience for your app idea
– I break down how I think about finding problems to solve for your audience and then how to plan products to solve those problems (including apps)
– I walk through my validation process from building quick prototypes to using waitlists to validate demand
– I talk about my launch process and how I launched App Canvas to my waitlist
– I break down my simple growth loop for early-stage apps and also my 6 next marketing steps to grow my app over the next few months
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