I have 12 sources of income 😵‍💫

6 tools I use every day to juggle between startups: 1. Cursor AI Agent

It's not just my AI co-founder.

- It's my designer (uploading photos)
- It's my product manager
- It's my marketing (copywriting in the code)

Now with MCP, 90% of my code output is written by AI.

All I do is prompt engineering & code review.

I spend most of my time behind a computer...

But I think I've found my perfect fitness routine:

- That is easy
- That costs almost $0
- That gets me energized

Here are 6 rules I follow every day: 1/ Sleep 8 hours

This is the most important part.

A good night of sleep:

- Motivates me to exercise
- Reduce my food cravings
- Help my body build muscles

https://x.com/marc_louvion/status/1738903601618292926

HELL YEAH!

My weekend project made $1,000,000.

• in 1.5 year
• at 85% margin
• 0 all-nighters

A little story about money-printing startup ideas... 🧵👇
When I started building startups in 2016:

. I had a grand vision
. I was working 12hrs/day
. I believed ideas were priceless

The results after 4 years?

I made $70,000 with a SaaS.

Not bad. But with all the sacrifices I made, it's not worth it.

And with all the stress, I burned out in 2020...

I grew a YouTube channel from 0 to 100K followers in 10 months.

- 3.5M views
- $100K+ revenue for my startups
- Less than 10 hours/week time invested

Here are 9 lessons I learned 🧵 But before we start...

I'm not a typical YouTuber.

80% of my time is spent writing code and building startups.

I'm only able to tell stories about my work or my life.

Here's my channel:
Here are the stats:

Now, let's start. youtube.com/@marc-lou

How I would learn to code in 2024 (if I could start over):

(WARNING this is NOT for people who want to get a 9-5 but for those who want to learn to code fast, build a business, and quit their 9-5)

🧵 What I did wrong:

I learned to code in 2016 to build my dream startup (I believed I was the next Mark Zuckerberg).

So I bought Udemy courses. My cart looked like this:

- React: 64 hours
- JavaScript: 52 hours
- Node.js: 41 hours

I turned 31 today.

5 lessons I wish I knew at 21: 1/ Do it today, because you'll die tomorrow.

I failed 27 businesses.

I lived with cockroaches, ran out of money, and returned to my parents' house.

But I regret nothing. If I had to do it again, I would.

Each failure is a lesson.

Yes, you can grow a startup with 0 followers and $0.

This is how I get 300 visitors a day from Google, for free, using programmatic SEO ↓ 1/ What’s Programmatic SEO (pSEO)?

pSEO is a marketing strategy to rank on Google for a group of long-tail keywords related to 1 main keyword.

You use code to build a skeleton. And you fill it with content, usually generated programmatically too.

I never change my tech stack.

My 21 products get 550,000 page views per month using this simple — not fancy — tech stack: 1. Front-end

I use ReactJS, Tailwind CSS, and NextJS.

I also use daisyUI, the awesome Tailwind component library to speed things up.

Design trends give birth to new UI components every day. It’s a distraction. daisyUI has 20+ themes and all the components, that’s enough.

2017: I spent a year building a startup that made $0.
2023: I launched 10 products and made $263,000.

Speed is solopreneurs' best friend.

This is how to get ideas and build them fast: 1/ An idea, quick

The most successful products were built by solopreneurs scratching their itches.

@levelsio building NomadList while traveling the world is a great example.

- 21 products
- 13 top product
- Maker of the year

Here’s what I learned about launching startups Product Hunt ↓ 1/ Inbound upvotes

There are 2 ways to get upvotes.

Inbound upvotes are given by Product Hunt users who casually browse the site. Your listing should be on point:

- Your startup name should be crystal clear. I wrote about making names people remember: marclou.beehiiv.com/p/how-to-name-…

I never enjoyed marketing.

But I’d never earn $56,000/month without doing some kind of marketing.

I found a better alternative by making free tools that fulfill my inner builder.

↓ Free tool marketing consists of launching free and viral mini-apps promoting your main startup.

- You rank for new SEO keywords
- It’s sharable so people spread the word on TikTok
- You grow an audience by launching often
- Your inner builder is motivated to work

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7 lessons from building 9 startups in 2023

#1 Don’t marry your idea

Out of the 20+ startups I launched, only 1 made good money and grew.

It’s the same pattern for most solopreneurs who made life-changing money.

When it’s time to focus on your startup, you’ll know. #2 Emotions sell

Few care about a NextJS boilerplate. But many care about a shortcut to ship startups faster and reach financial independence.

Rephrase your copy to trigger an emotional reaction.

3 years ago I hit rock bottom.

- 0 income
- 0 following
- bad coding skills

Out of despair, I sold PDFs to help men stop dribbling. I ran ads on porn websites and made $8 in 2 months. A few months of nothingness went by.

Life had no taste. I was broke, out of shape, and living at my parents' house at 28 years old.

One day, I cried without knowing why. Anger came out and dug 4 holes in the wall.

I turn 30 today.

What I wish I knew at 20: Don't go big or go home.

Just go.

5 rules I used to build 10 startups in 2022: 1/ I have no idea where I’m going.

But if I do something and show it to the world, I’m going somewhere.

Along the way, I find guiding stars. Consistency is my guide.

Here we go again Reddit ⚔️ Watch the future carnage reddit.com/r/InternetIsBe…

Today: my startup is live on @ProductHunt
Tomorrow: my birthday can be a bliss/disaster

To support @HabitsGarden use the link below 😻

(Sound ON 🔊) Thanks for your support ❤️

And thanks to my wife for playing IRL World of Warcraft 😁

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My Twitter grew to 2,000 followers recently:

- 7x faster than the first 1,000
- Growing organically, consistently
- 3x less time spent

Here are 3 things I did: 1. I stopped chasing followers and focused on my signature.

People won’t follow you just because you tweet frequently. They need a reason.

- @DanKulkov writes excellent marketing content for founders
- @dagorenouf's memes make you laugh and get back to business

Reddit is absolutely INSANE 🤯

👀 710,000 views
📈 39,700 visitors
🔼 2,588 upvotes

A breakdown of the last 24 hours... 👇 4 pm (yesterday): I launch 50hacks.co on /InternetIBeautiful. No traction.

5pm: first comment "add downvotes". As a feature-obsessed person, I start building... 🚧

7pm: having dinner, looking at traffic, and see 130 current visitors 👀

https://twitter.com/marc_louvion/status/1548991063385206789?s=20&t=6r--joobAR4fouaEKLBedQ

🚀 My new startup 50 Hacks is now LIVE on
@ProductHunt: Top productivity tips chosen by the internet, and you!
👉 producthunt.com/posts/50-hacks @ProductHunt Featured on the homepage 🤩

But for how long?..