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Six Figures in 6 days

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Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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It's like Among Us. Published in 2018, absolutely exploded in 2020 due to a single Twitch streamer. I'm pretty sure the devs of Among Us became millionaires virtually overnight. Influencers with large followings wield awesome power.

And Flappy Bird before that, right?

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

#72

I would ignore most of this advice and simplify it this way: Act Immediately Get an influencer All the rest of OP's journey doesn't really matter. My newest venture this summer did 7 figures after I got motivated by watching Hamilton, this was also a week long period of sales, which came after a 2 week long period of idea and building hype. It definitely came down to doing something very trendy and having people know…

same experiences here. timing and big scale. trends and influencers are powerful.

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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There is nothing on this blog that I can see except text and some links at the bottom, yet if I have JS disabled I just get a black page. JS to display text. Brilliant.

JS to display text = i don't have to read this.

I feel strongly enough about this that I had “js;dr” stickers made and have been distributing them at conferences for a couple years.

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

#76

I would ignore most of this advice and simplify it this way: Act Immediately Get an influencer All the rest of OP's journey doesn't really matter. My newest venture this summer did 7 figures after I got motivated by watching Hamilton, this was also a week long period of sales, which came after a 2 week long period of idea and building hype. It definitely came down to doing something very trendy and having people know…

I think "Publish Often" is also an important part of OP's success. Had they not practiced making custom icons since 2013, they probably would not have been ready to capitalize on the one time they got buzz.

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

#77

Apple users pay 28 USD for an icon pack. I'm blown away. Is this how they behave with everything? Just ask what you want and they will pay for it?

People who just want something that sets them apart from their peers.

Why are you blown away? People pay 50 USD for a personalised phone cover. Is this different because it's software?

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

the key to his success is honing his craft via side projects, sharing these ideas often, having a quick and easy tooling to publish ideas, pushing to prod and sharing these ideas. thats the key to success. the MKBHD pickup is just the recognition of the skill honed through this process.

That seems to ignore the fact that there are hundreds of people of equally "honed skills" not having earned $100k over 6 days. The key to a success of this type is luck. Sure, you can optimize for being on the path of success, but majority will still be missed.

I mean, it's obviously both skill and luck. Like pretty much anything else that's "instantly" successful.
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